Glossary

Question 1

socialisation

Answer 1

the process an indvidual learns and internalises the culture of society

Question 2

nuclear family

Answer 2

a two-generation family of a man and a woman and their children

Question 3

extended family

Answer 3

a group of kin extended beyond the nuclear family

Question 4

re-constituted family

Answer 4

a stepfamily, in which one or both partners has children from a previous relationship

Question 5

single parent family

Answer 5

someone who has a child but no partner who lives with them

Question 6

same sex parent family

Answer 6

parenting of children by same sex couples

Question 7

serial monogamy

Answer 7

dating a series of people one after another

Question 8

bean pole family

Answer 8

a family that is vertically extended but not horizontally extended

eg, grandparents, parents, children but no aunts/uncles

Question 9

polygamy

Answer 9

having more than one wife/husband at the same time

Question 10

pure relationship

Answer 10

one which exists solely to meet each partner’s needs. couples stay together for love, happiness, or sexual attraction, rather than because of tradition or duty or for the sake of the children