chapter 6

Question 1

family

Answer 1

social unit where people form relationships and make a commitment to live together as a defined family group and provide for the groups social, emotional, and economic needs, including care of children

Question 2

domestic violence

Answer 2

broad range of acts of violence (asssult, injury, and rape) against family members

Question 3

child maltreatment

Answer 3

broad term used to encompass the abuse and victimization of children (eg. physical abuse, sexual abuse, neglect, psychological maltreatment)

Question 4

child protective services

Answer 4

programs through which, social worker, law enforcement personnel, and health care workers respond to reports of child maltreatment

Question 5

child welfare

Answer 5

practices, policies, and services put in place to promote child well-being and safety

Question 6

extended family

Answer 6

other relatives, apart from parents and children, live in the same household or close proximity

Question 7

kinship

Answer 7

common ancestry

Question 8

nuclear family

Answer 8

one or more parents live with their dependent children apart from other relatives

Question 9

qualitative research

Answer 9

highlights data that is descriptive in nature

Question 10

quantitative research

Answer 10

collecting from a larger group of people data about social behaviors, phenomena, programs, and social units