Chapter 2 Vocab Flashcards

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Single Parent Families

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Families headed by one adult

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Joint custody

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Term used to describe the shared legal right of parents who are not married to provide care and make decisions about their children’s lives

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Extended Family

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Family in which several generations live together

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Stepfamilies

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Families formed when a single parent marries another family

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Adoption

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Process by which a child of one pair of parents legally becomes the child of other parents (or parent)

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Adoption Agency

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State-funded or private agency licensed by the state to handle adoption

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Independent Adoption

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Adoption in which a person, such as a lawyer or physician, works out the details between the birth parents and adoptive parents

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Illegal Market Adoption

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Adoption in which a child is bought or sold. This us against the law in all states.

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Closed Adoption

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Adoption in which the identity of the birth parents and the adopting family are not revealed

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Open Adoption

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Adoption that involves some degree of communication between the birth parent(s) and adoptive family

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Foster Families

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Families in which adults provide temporary homes for children who cannot live with their birth parents

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Guardian

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Person often chosen by a child’s biological parents to take responsibility for the child in the event of the birth parents death or extended absence

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Family Life Cycle

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Series of six stages that many families go through over the years

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Nurturance

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Providing all aspects of care for a child, which includes meeting physical, mental, and social-emotional needs

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Guidance

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Words and actions parents use to influence their children’s behavior

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Discipline

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Use of method and techniques to teach children self-control

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Power Assertion

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Discipline Technique in which parents use or threaten to use some form of punishment

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Love Withdrawl

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Discipline techniques in which parents threaten children with being unloved or suggest some form of parent/child separation

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Induction

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Technique in which parents discipline by reasoning and explaining

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Authoritarian

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Parenting style in which the main objective is to make children completely obedient

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Permissive

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Parenting style in which parents give children almost no guidelines or rules

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Democratic

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Parenting style in which parents set some rules, but allow children some freedom; also called authoritative

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Cultural Diversity

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Having more than one culture represented

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Multicultural Families

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Families with members from two or more cultural groups

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Five characteristics of successful multicultural families
1) Verbal & nonverbal communication differences between cultures 2) differing cultural expectations, roles, beliefs, & values 3) differing traditions including religious beliefs, rituals, and holidays 4) differing views regarding family life 5) expressions of bias or exclusion from others, especially family members
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Family Life Cycle Stages
Beginning stage, Childbearing stage, Parenting stage, Launching stage, Mid-Years stage, Aging stage
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Nuclear Family
Family consisting of a father, a mother, and their biological child or children who live together