chapter 6

Question 1

family

• definition
• 3 types

Answer 1

• social unit containing 2 or more members
• 1. kinship
     
     2. nuclear
     3. extended

Question 2

kinship

Answer 2

common ancestry

• marriage
• adoption

Question 3

nuclear family

Answer 3

one or more parents with children

Question 4

extended family

Answer 4

in addition to parents and children, other relatives live in the same household

Question 5

examples of family relationship defined by law

Answer 5

1. defined by personal choices

2. marriage and adoption

Question 6

functions of families

Answer 6

1. mutual support
2. socialization of young people
3. regulation of sexual behavior

Question 7

alimony

Answer 7

a husband’s or wife’s court-ordered provision for a spouse after separation or divorce

Question 8

spousal support

Answer 8

One spouse paying the other after a divorce

Question 9

no fault divorce

Answer 9

a. Divorces in which neither spouse is required to prove fault or marital misconduct on the part of the other

Question 10

child maltreatment

Answer 10

abuse and victimization of children

Question 11

child welfare

Answer 11

practices, policies and services to promote child well being and safety

Question 12

child protective services

Answer 12

programs that respond to reports of child maltreatment

Question 13

child neglect

• definition
• ex

Answer 13

• Failing to meet a child’s basic needs

- physical, emotional, educational and medical

Question 14

physiological maltreatment

Answer 14

public embarrassment, verbal cruelty, intimidation

Question 15

institutional or primary view of social welfare

Answer 15

society as a whole has a responsibility to help people providing economic and social support services

Question 16

residual or secondary view of social welfare

Answer 16

people should be responsible for their own lot in life

Question 17

qualitative data

• definition
• ex

Answer 17

• descriptive in nature

- case studies, focus groups, observation, interviews

Question 18

quantitative

• definition
• ex

Answer 18

• numbers, statistics

- surveys, checklist

Question 19

adoption and safe families act

Answer 19

a. States that a child can be removed if exposed to aggravated circumstances, parent commits murder, parent commits felony to children, parental and sibling rights have been terminated