Key Terms

Question 1

Chronological Age (Ch. 8)

Answer 1

number of years a person has lived

Question 2

Psychological Age (Ch. 8)

Answer 2

a frame of mind and behaviours associated with one’s age

Question 3

Physical Age (Ch. 8)

Answer 3

the physical changes that occur with age

Question 4

Social Age (Ch. 8)

Answer 4

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

Question 5

Lone-Parent Family (Ch. 9)

Answer 5

a mother or father with no spouse or common-law partner present, living in a dwelling with one or more children

Question 6

Teenage Mother (Ch. 9)

Answer 6

a woman who has her first birth under the age of 20

Question 7

Divorce (Ch. 10)

Answer 7

the legal dissolution of a marriage

Question 8

Divorce Rate (Ch. 10)

Answer 8

a measure that predicts the proportion of couple that can be expected to divorce before their 30th wedding anniversary based on current patterns of divorce

Question 9

Custody (Ch. 10)

Answer 9

the legal right and responsibility to care for a child in one’s own home

Question 10

Joint Custody (Ch. 10)

Answer 10

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

Question 11

Binuclear Family (Ch. 10)

Answer 11

an arrangement where both father and mother act as parents to their child(ren) following divorce but maintain separate homes

Question 12

Transitional State (Ch. 10)

Answer 12

a state of temporary imbalance resulting from changes in relationships routines assumptions and roles

Question 13

Disequilibrium (Ch. 10)

Answer 13

a lack of balance in the family system

Question 14

Custodial/Noncustodial Parent (Ch. 10)

Answer 14

an individual who has/does not have custody of the child

Question 15

Sleeper Effect (Ch. 10)

Answer 15

a problem that emerges only long after an event such as divorce (i.e.: children may display fear of intimacy or betrayal that will interfere with any potential intimate relationships in the future)

Question 16

Remarriage (Ch. 11)

Answer 16

a marriage that takes place after a previous marriage ended

Question 17

Step Family (Ch. 11)

Answer 17

a family where children are related to one parent but not the other

Question 18

Simple Step Family (Ch. 11)

Answer 18

a 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

Question 19

Complex (Blended) Family (Ch. 11)

Answer 19

variation of the step family form

Question 20

Role Spillover (Ch. 12)

Answer 20

a situation where family and work roles or time demands interfere with each other

Question 21

Role Overload (Ch. 12)

Answer 21

the perception of being stressed or overwhelmed by the pressures of multiple family and work roles

Question 22

Caregiver Strain (Ch. 12)

Answer 22

a term used to describe the burdens in the caregivers’ day-to-day lives that can be attributed to the need to provide care or assistance to someone else

Question 23

Work-Family Balance (Ch. 12)

Answer 23

a self-defined state of well-being that recognizes the inter-relatedness of work life and life apart from work

Question 24

Burnout (Ch. 12)

Answer 24

a state that occurs when a person experiences prolonged stress without learning how to cope with it

Question 25

Flextime (Ch. 12)

Answer 25

a system of working a set number of house with the starting and finishing times chosen within agreed limits by the employee

Question 26

Compressed Workweek (Ch. 12)

Answer 26

a work schedule based on working longer shifts over fewer days

Question 27

Telecommuting (Ch. 12)

Answer 27

a work arrangement in which the employee works outside the office, often from home

Question 28

Job Sharing (Ch. 12)

Answer 28

a work arrangement in which two employees share one full-time job with prorated salaries and benefits

Question 29

Vested Interests (Ch. 13)

Answer 29

interests of a group of people who have a stake in keeping society as it is (i.e.: these people tent to ave the greatest influence in society - usually among the wealthiest and benefit from the current system)

Question 30

Gatekeepers (Ch. 13)

Answer 30

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

Question 31

ABCX Model (Ch. 13)

Answer 31

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

Question 32

Stressor (Ch. 13)

Answer 32

an event that is so significant it causes changes in the family

Question 33

Crisis (Ch. 13)

Answer 33

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

Question 34

Double ABCX Model (Ch. 13)

Answer 34

an elaboration of the original ABCX model that includes post-crisis factors as well

Question 35

Resiliencies (Ch. 13)

Answer 35

the strengths that are developed in the struggle with family challenges

Question 36

Normative Family Changes (Ch. 13)

Answer 36

changes that are expected as part of the family life cycle

Question 37

Enabler (Ch. 13)

Answer 37

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

Question 38

Codependent (Ch. 13)

Answer 38

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

Question 39

Corporal Punishment (Ch. 14)

Answer 39

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

Question 40

Intimate Partner Violence (Ch. 14)

Answer 40

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

Question 41

Battered Woman Syndrome (Ch. 14)

Answer 41

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

Question 42

Second-Stage Housing (Ch. 14)

Answer 42

longer-term housing for abused women

Question 43

Social Safety Net (Ch. 15)

Answer 43

basic social security programs needed to support family life

Question 44

Means Test (Ch. 15)

Answer 44

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

Question 45

Absolute Poverty (Ch. 15)

Answer 45

lacking the minimum basic requirements necessary for physical survival

Question 46

Relative Poverty (Ch. 15)

Answer 46

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

Question 47

Dependency Ratio (Ch. 16)

Answer 47

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

Question 48

Matrilineal/Patrilineal (Ch. 16)

Answer 48

counting descent through one's mother/father