Individual, Family, Society

Question 1

What is a family?

Answer 1

It is a group of individuals, usually living together related by blood, marriage or some type of union

Question 2

Functions of the Family

Answer 2

1. Procreation
2. Socialization
3. Education
4. Economic
5. Emotional

Question 3

Family Types

Answer 3

1. Nuclear family
2. Extended family
3. Single-parent family
4. Reconstituted family
5. Sibling household family

Question 4

Nuclear Family

Answer 4

Consists of the mother, father, and child living together under the same household

Question 5

Extended family

Answer 5

It includes two ore more generations living together e.g. uncles, aunts, grandparents

Question 6

Single-parent Family

Answer 6

Only one parent is present at home with his or her child

Question 7

Reconstituted Family

Answer 7

Family where one or more parents have children from previous relationships

Question 8

Sibling Household

Answer 8

Both parents are absent from the home. An older brother or sister take care of the younger ones

Question 9

Different Forms of Marriage

Answer 9

1. Monogamy
2. Polygamy
3. Polgyny
4. Polyandry

Question 10

Monogamy

Answer 10

The marriage of one man to one woman

Question 11

Polygamy

Answer 11

A generalized term for the custom of having more than one spouse at a time

Question 12

Polygyny

Answer 12

Customs of one man having two or more wives

Question 13

Polyandry

Answer 13

Custom of one woman having two or more husbands

Question 14

Types of family Unions

Answer 14

1. Legal Marriage
2. Consensual or common law union
3. Visiting relationships

Question 15

Legal Marriage

Answer 15

This union is a formal marriage that is either conducted with a religious ceremony or legal ceremony

Question 16

Consensual / Common Law Union

Answer 16

A man and woman who decide to live together but are not legally married

Question 17

Visiting Union

Answer 17

A woman lives without a permanent partner but is visited by the partner occasionally. He may or may not have children with her

Question 18

Homosexual Union

Answer 18

Same sex unions with two males or two females. The partners may or may not have children

Question 19

Conjugal

Answer 19

Relating to marriage or relationship between a married couple

Question 20

Kinship

Answer 20

A family relationship by blood or adpotion

Question 21

Patriarchal

Answer 21

Father is head of the family and is the main authority figure

Question 22

Matriarchal

Answer 22

Mother is head of the family and is the main authority figure

Question 23

Matrifocal

Answer 23

Focused or centered on the mother

Question 24

Bigamy

Answer 24

The crime of marrying someone while already married to someone else

Question 25

Incest

Answer 25

Sex between people who are too closely related to marry each other

Question 26

Annulment

Answer 26

A legal procedure that declares a marriage null and void, that is technically the marriage never existed and never valid

Question 27

Alimony

Answer 27

Financial support for a husband or wife after separation or divorce

Question 28

Egalitarian

Answer 28

Both mother and father has equal authority in the household