Final

Question 1

Family transitions

Answer 1

expected or predictable changes in the course of family life

Question 2

Family stress

Answer 2

a state of tension that arises when demands test or tax a family’s capabilities

Question 3

Resilient Families

Answer 3

families capable of doing well in the face of adversity

Question 4

Silver divorce

Answer 4

Divorce among older couples and those in long-term marriages

Question 5

Legal custody

Answer 5

the right to make important decisions about the children and the obligation to have legal responsibility for them

Question 6

Sandwich generation

Answer 6

the generation of adults who simultaneously try to meet the competing needs of their parents and their children

Question 7

Elder abuse

Answer 7

overt acts of aggression against an aging person

Question 8

Elder neglect

Answer 8

acts of omission or failure to give adequate care to an aging person

Question 9

Family boundary ambiguity

Answer 9

Lack of clarity about who is in or out of the family or who is performing what roles and tasks within the family system

Question 10

the stressor event

Answer 10

In the ABC-X model “A”

Question 11

65-74 years old

Answer 11

young-old

Question 12

state of sorrow over the death or departure of a loved one

Answer 12

Bereavement

Question 13

a “team” approach to raising children after divorce

Answer 13

coparenting

Question 14

Informal caregiving

Answer 14

unpaid assistance provided by family, friends, and neighbors for persons requiring help

Question 15

Parallel parents

Answer 15

parents who parented alongside each other but with minimal contact or communication or conflict

Question 16

Divorce mediation

Answer 16

an alternative, nonadversarial means of dispute resolution by which a couple, with the assistance of a third party, negotiate the terms of the divorce settlement

Question 17

Private face of family

Answer 17

the aspect of the family that provides individuals with intimacy, emotional support, and love

Question 18

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

Answer 18

Crude divorce rate

Question 19

Fictive kin

Answer 19

close relations with people we consider “like family” but who are not related to us by blood or marriage

Question 20

No-fault divorce

Answer 20

a divorce granted without either party having to prove the other party guilty of misconduct

Question 21

crisis

Answer 21

In the ABC-X family crisis model, “X”

Question 22

Cultural script

Answer 22

set of socially prescribed and understood guidelines

Question 23

Papernow’s Model for Family Development

Answer 23

Seven stages stepfamilies go through as the new family system develops: Fantasy, Immersion and Awareness; Mobilization and Action; Contact and Resolution

Question 24

Ambiguous loss

Answer 24

when a person (family member) is physically present but psychologically absent

Question 25

Older-old

Answer 25

75-84

Question 26

Old-old

Answer 26

85+

Question 27

In the ABC-X family crisis model, “A”

Answer 27

the stressor event

Question 28

In the ABC-X family crisis model, “B”

Answer 28

family’s ability to cope with a crisis (resources)

Question 29

In the ABC-X family crisis model, “C”

Answer 29

family’s appraisal of the stressor event.

Question 30

In the ABC-X family crisis model, “X”

Answer 30

crisis

Question 31

Vulnerable families

Answer 31

families that are having difficulties or functioning less effectively before the onset of additional stressors or demands