Families and Aging

Question 1

Family

Answer 1

An intimate group consisting of two or more people who (1) have a committed relationship, (2) care for one another and any children, and (3) share close emotional ties and functions.

Question 2

Incest Taboo

Answer 2

Cultural norms and laws that forbid sexual intercourse between close blood relatives

Question 3

Marriage

Answer 3

A socially approved mating relationship that people expect to be stable and enduring

Question 4

Endogamy (homogamy)

Answer 4

Cultural practice of marrying within one’s group

Question 5

Exogamy (heterogamy)

Answer 5

Cultural practice of marrying outside one’s group

Question 6

Nuclear Family

Answer 6

A family form composed of married parents and their biological or adopted children .

Question 7

Extended family

Answer 7

A family form composed of parents, children, and other kin

Question 8

Patrilocal residence pattern

Answer 8

Newly married couples live with the husband’s family.

Question 9

Matrilocal residence pattern

Answer 9

Newly married couples live with the wife’s family.

Question 10

Neolocal residence pattern

Answer 10

A newly married couple sets up its own residence

Question 11

Boomerang Generation

Answer 11

Young Adults who move back into their parents’ home or never leave it in the first place

Question 12

Matriarchal family system

Answer 12

The oldest females control cultural, political, and economic resources and, consequently, have the power over males.

Question 13

Patriarchal family systems

Answer 13

The oldest males control cultural, political, and economic resources and, consequently, have the power over females.

Question 14

Egalitarian family

Answer 14

Both partners share power and authority fairly equally

Question 15

Marriage Market

Answer 15

Prospective spouses compare the assets and liabilities of eligible partners and choose the best available mate .

Question 16

Arranged marriage

Answer 16

Parents or relatives choose the children’s spouses

Question 17

Monogamy

Answer 17

One person is marries exclusively to another person

Question 18

Serial monogamy

Answer 18

individuals marry several people, but one at a time.

Question 19

Polygamy

Answer 19

A man or woman has two or more spouses

Question 20

Cohabitation

Answer 20

Two unrelated people aren’t married but live together and are in a sexual relationship

Question 21

Dating cohabitation

Answer 21

A couple that spends a great deal of time together decides to move in together.

Question 22

Premarital cohabitation

Answer 22

A couple loves together before getting married

Question 23

Fictive Kin

Answer 23

nonrelatives who are accepted as part of a family.

Question 24

Intimate partner violence (IPV)

Answer 24

Abuse that occurs between people in a close relationship.

Question 25

Child Maltreatment (child abuse)

Answer 25

A broad range of behaviors that place a child at serious risk or result in serious harm, including physical and sexual abuse, neglect, and emotional mistreatment.

Question 26

Elder Abuse (elder mistreatment)

Answer 26

Any knowing, intentional, or negligent act by a caregiver or other person that causes harm to people age 65 or older.

Question 27

Life expectancy

Answer 27

the average expected number of years of life remaining at a given age.

Question 28

Baby boomers

Answer 28

People born between 1946 and 1964

Question 29

Old-age dependency ratio

Answer 29

The number of people age 65 and older who aren’t in the labor force relative to the number of working-age adults ages 18 to 64.

Question 30

Activity Theory

Answer 30

Proposes that many older people remain engaged in numerous roles and activities including work .

Question 31

Exchange Theory

Answer 31

Posits that people seek through their social interactions to maximize their rewards and minimize their costs.

Question 32

Ageism

Answer 32

Discrimination against older people

Question 33

Continuity Theory

Answer 33

Posits that older adults can substitute satisfying new roles for those they’ve lost.