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Exam 4: Chapter 12, 13, 14, and 15 Flashcards

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Crude Divorce Rate

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The number of divorces per 1,000 people in the population

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Refined Divorce Rate

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A measure of divorce based on the number of divorces that occur out of every 1,000 married women

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Intergenerational Transmission of Divorce

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A pattern noted by researchers that people whose parents divorced are also more likely to divorce

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No-fault Divorce

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A type of divorce, now prevalent in the fifty states, in which a divorcing couple can go before a judge without one party having to blame the other

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Legal Separation

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A binding agreement signed by both spouses that provides details about child support

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Stations of Divorce

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The interrelated emotional, legal, economic, co-parental, community, and psychic dimensions of divorce, which together attempt to capture the complexity of the divorce experience

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Legal Divorce

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The termination of the marriage contract by a state court order

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Alimony

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Payment by one partner to the other to support the more dependent spouse for a period of time

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Legal Custody

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A custody agreement where one parent has the legal authority to make important decisions concerning the children after a divorce, such as where they will go to school, in what community or state they will reside, or who will be notified in case of a health emergency or school problem

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Sole Legal Custody

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A child custody arrangement in which legal custody is granted solely to the parent with whom the child lives

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Joint Legal Custody

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A custody agreement in which noncustodial parents (usually fathers) retain their legal rights with respect to their children

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Physical Custody

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A child custody arrangement that decides where the child will reside

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Sole Physical Custody

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A child custody arrangement in which the child legally lives with one parent and “visits “ the other parent

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Joint Physical Custody

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A custody arrangement in which children spend a substantial portion of time in the homes of both parents, perhaps altering weeks or days within a week

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Child Snatching

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The act of a noncustodial parent kidnapping his or her child

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Divorce Mediation

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A non-adversarial means of resolution, in which the divorcing couple, along with a third party, such as a therapist or trained mediator, negotiate the terms if their financial, custody, and visitation settlements

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Child Support Order

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A legal document delineating the amount and circumstances surrounding the financial support of noncustodial children

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Binuclear Family

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A type of family consisting of divorced parents living in two separate households but remaining one family in spirit for the sake of the children

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Repartnering

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The act of entering into a relationship after a divorce, which may lead to cohabitation or marriage

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Double Standard of Aging

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The view that women’s attractiveness and femininity decline with age, but men’s attractiveness and masculinity do not decline

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Blended Family (or reconstituted family)

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Another term for stepfamily; a family that may consist of stepparents, step-siblings, or half-siblings

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Siblings

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Children who share both biological parents

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Step-siblings

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Children not biologically related but whose parents are married to one another

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Half-sibling

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A child who shares one biological parent with another child

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Mutual Child(ren)

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The child (or children) born to a couple that has remarried

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Residential Child(ren)

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A child (or children) living in the household with a remarried couple more than half of the time

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Nonresidential Child(ren)

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A child (or children) living in the household of a divorced parent less than half of the time

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Baby Boom Generation

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People born in the years after WWII through the early 1960’s

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Life Expectancy

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The amount of time (in years) a person can expect to live from birth

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Centenarian

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A person who lives to be at least 100 years old

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Social Security

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A federal government sponsored cash assistance program for seniors (and survivors)

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Life-Stage Perspective

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A perspective that claims development proceeds through a fairly set pattern of sequential stages that most people experience

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Life-Span Perspective

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A perspective that claims development is a lifelong process, is multidirectional, and consists of both positive and negative changes involving gains and loses

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Life-Course Perspective

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A perspective that sees age-related transitions as socially produced, socially recognized, and shared - a product of social structure, historical forces, and culture

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Companionate Grandparenting

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A type of grandparenting where the grandparents and grandchildren enjoy recreational activities, occasional overnight stays, and even babysitting with an emphasis on fun and enjoyment

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Remote Grandparenting

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A type of grandparenting in which the grandparent and grandchildren are emotionally or physically distant

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Involved Grandparenting

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A type of grandparenting in which the grandparents and grandchildren have frequent interaction or possibly even live together

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Kinkeeping

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Maintaining ties among family members

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Gerontologists

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Researchers studying issues affecting the elderly

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Activities of Daily Living (ADL’s)

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General day-to-day activities such as cooking, cleaning, bathing, and home repair

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Dementia

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The loss of mental functions such as thinking, memory, and reasoning

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Alzheimer’s disease

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The most common form of dementia; at present, it is incurable

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Formal Care

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Care provided by social service agencies on a paid or volunteer basis

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Informal Care

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Unpaid care by someone close to the care recipient

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“Sandwich Generation”

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A generation of people who are in the middle of two living generations providing care to members of cohorts on both sides of them, parents and children

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Resilience

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A multi-faceted ability to thrive despite adversity

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Individual-level Protective Factors

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Traits including a positive self-concept, sociability, intelligence and scholastic competence, autonomy, self-esteem, androgyny, good communication and problem-solving skills, humor, and good mental and pysical health

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Family Protective Factors

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Family characteristics or dynamics that shape the family’s ability to endure in the face of risk factors

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Family Recovery Factors

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Family characteristics or dynamics that assist families in bouncing back from a crisis situation

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Community Factors

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Community features that help promote resilience, such as social networks and religious and faith-based fellowships

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Selective Programs

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Programs for which only a select group of people is eligible

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Means-tested Programs

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Programs for which beneficiaries need to meet some eligibility requirement to quality

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Universal Programs

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Programs to help strengthen all families without any eligibility requirement

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Progressive Taxation

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A tax system under which those who earn more pay a higher percentage of their income in taxes than those who earn less

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National Health Insurance

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A healthcare system for all citizens that considers health care a public right

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Maternity (family) leave

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A paid and guaranteed leave from work to care for children, including after the birth of a child

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Flextime

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Flexibility in the daily hours of work

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Flexplace

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Flexibility in the location of work, including working from home

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Telecommuting

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Flexibility in the location of work, including working from home

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Earned Income Tax Credit

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A refundable federal tax credit for low-income working families that reduces the amount of taxed owed

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Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF)

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The principal cash welfare program in the United States

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Early Childhood Intervention

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Attempts to maintain or improve the quality of life for young children

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Cumulative Advantages and Disadvantages

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Early life chances that influence statue in later life

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