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Final Exam Flashcards

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Stressor

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Life event that can produce change in the family system

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Generativity

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Focus on one’s legacy

- key issue in middle age according to Erik Erikson

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Midlife crisis

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Extreme strain as a person re-evaluates his or her life in middle age

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Empty nest syndrome

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Depression and sense of uselessness some women experience when the last child leaves home

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Boomerang kids

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Children who return to their parents’ home after moving out

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Revolving door

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Young people’s repeated moving in and out of their parents’ home

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Sandwich generation

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Middle-aged adults who experience the stress of the continuing dependency of their children and the increasing disability of their parents

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Chronological age

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The number of years a person has lived

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Physical age

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Physical changes that occur with age

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Psychological age

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Frame of mind and behaviours associated with one’s age

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Social age

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Expectations of how we should act when we are a certain age and how we should interact with people older and younger than ourselves

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Divorce

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Legal dissolution of a marriage

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Divorce rate

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Measure that predicts the proportion of couples that can be expected to divorce before their 30th wedding anniversary, based on current patterns of divorce

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Custody

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Legal right and responsibility to care for a child in one’s home

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Joint custody

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Legal right and responsibility of both parents to make decisions and care for their child

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Binuclear family

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An arrangement where both father and mother act as parents to their children following divorce but maintain separate homes

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Transitional state

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State of temporary imbalance resulting from changes in relationships, routines, assumptions and roles

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Disequilibrium

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Lack of balance in family system

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Custodial parent

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Individual who has custody of his or her child

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Noncustodial parent

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Parent who does not have custody of the child

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Sleeper effect

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Problem that emerges only long after an event (such as divorce)

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Remarriage

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Marriage that takes place after a previous marriage has ended

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Stepfamily

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Family where children are related to one parent but not the other

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Simple stepfamily

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Family in which all children are the biological or adopted children of one and only one married spouse or common-law partner in the couple

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Complex stepfamily

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Variations of stepfamily form

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Vested interests

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Interests of a group of people who have a stake in keeping society as it is

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Gatekeepers

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Individuals recognized as having special expertise in identifying problems and who control access to important people or services

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ABCX model

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Model that explains how families respond to stressors based on the resources they have and how they perceive the stressor

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Crisis

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Imbalance in demands placed on an individual or the family by a stressor and their ability to meet the demands

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Double ABCX model

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Elaboration of the original post-crisis factors as well

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Resilience

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Strengths that are developed in the struggle with family challenges

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Normative family changes

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Changes that are expected as part of the family life cycle

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Enabler

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Person whose behaviour allows another to act in a certain way; often used in reference to nonalcoholic members of alcoholic families

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Codependent

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Often partner or child of an alcoholic and who also displays a variety of psychological symptoms as a result of living with an alcoholic

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Family violence

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Any form of abuse, mistreatment or neglect that children or adults experience from other members of their family

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Abuse

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Situation in which a person takes advantage of a less powerful person

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Physical abuse

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Intentional use of physical force against a child, resulting in injury or causing bodily harm

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Corporal punishment

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Any kind of physical force used to inflict pain and which serves as a punishment for an offence or to discourage inappropriate behaviour

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Sexual abuse

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Any form of sexual conduct directed at a child, with or without physical contact

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Emotional abuse

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Any situation in which a child is seriously or repeatedly subjected to behaviour that could cause them harm

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Neglect

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Failure to give appropriate attention or care to a child, resulting in serious emotional or physical harm

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Intimate partner violence

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Violence committed by legally married, separated, divorced or common-law partners, current or previous dating partners and other intimate partners

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Battered woman syndrome

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Pattern of signs and symptoms appearing in women who are physically and mentally abused over an extended period by an intimate partner, legal defence used by a woman accused of killing abusive partner

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Second-stage housing

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Longer-term housing for abused women

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Social safety net

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Basic social security programs needed to support family life

46
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Means test

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Method of screening applicants to ensure that only those who need financial assistance receive it

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Absolute poverty

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Lacking minimum basic requirements necessary for physical survival

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Relative poverty

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Definition of poverty based on comparing individuals or families to others in the population

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Dependency ratio

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Ratio of combined youth and senior population to the working-age population, expressed as number of dependents for every 100 workers

50
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Matrilineal

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Counting descent through one’s mother

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Patrilineal

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Counting descent through one’s father

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