Lesson 4: Family Structures and Legacies

Question 1

The standard sociological definition of family is given by

Answer 1

Burgess and Locke (1976)

Question 2

A group of persons united by ties of marriage, blood or adoption, consisting of a single household, interacting and inter-communicating with each other in their respective social roles of husband and wife, mother and father, son and daughter, brother and sister creating a common culture.

Answer 2

family

Question 3

7 major family functions

Answer 3

1. The economic
2. The reproductive
3. The regulation of sexual activity
4. Socialization, especially the transmission of the culture to the children
5. The conferral of status
6. Provision of affection and companionship
7. Child-raring

Question 4

Family structure reflects relationships at the juncture of biological relatedness, marital and partnership
status, and living arrangements (Pasley & Petren, 2015).

Answer 4

fun fact :D

Question 5

more stuff changes cuz we are more modern

Answer 5

leads to more family types

Question 6

A family where one or more of the children has been adopted. Any structure of a
family may also be an adoptive family.

Answer 6

Adoptive family

Question 7

A family where the parents are members of different racial identity
groups

Answer 7

Bi-racial or multi-racial family

Question 8

: A family where the adopted child is of a different racial identity group
than the parents

Answer 8

Trans-racial adoptive family

Question 9

A family that consists of members from two (or more) previous families.

Answer 9

Blended family:

Question 10

An arrangement where divorced parents both have legal responsibility for their
children. Children may alternatively live with both parents or live with one and have regular visitation
with the other.

Answer 10

Co-custody family

Question 11

A family member is separated from the rest of the family. This
may be due to employment far away, military service, incarceration, or hospitalization. They remain
significant members of the family.

Answer 11

Conditionally separated families

Question 12

A family where Grandparents or Aunts and Uncles play major roles in the children’s
upbringing. This may or may not include those relatives living with the children.

Answer 12

Extended family

Question 13

A family where one or more children are legally temporary household members. This
“temporary” period may be as short as a few days or as long as the child’s entire childhood. Kinship
care families are foster families where there is a legal arrangement for the child to be cared for by
relatives of one of the parents

Answer 13

Foster family

Question 14

A family where one or both of the parent’s sexual orientation is gay or lesbian.
This may be a two-parent family, an adoptive family, a single-parent family, or an extended family.

Answer 14

Gay or Lesbian family

Question 15

A family where the parents have immigrated to another country as adults. Their
children may or may not be immigrants. Some family members may continue to live in the country of
origin but still be significant figures in the life of the child.

Answer 15

Immigrant family

Question 16

A family that moves regularly to places where they have employment. The most
common form of migrant family is farm workers who move with the crop seasons. Children may have
a relatively stable community of people who move at the same time - or the family may know no one
in each new setting. Military families may also lead a migrant life, with frequent relocation, often on
short notice

Answer 16

Migrant family

Question 17

A family consisting of a married man & woman and their biological children.

Answer 17

Nuclear family

Question 18

This can be either a father or a mother who is singly responsible for the raising
of a child. The child can be by birth or adoption. They may be a single parent by choice or by life
circumstances. The other parent may have been part of the family at one time or not at all.

Answer 18

Single parent family

Question 19

: These families live in more than one country. They may spend part of each
year in their country of origin, returning to the country of origin on a regular basis. The child may spend
time being cared for by different family members in each country.

Answer 19

Transnational family

Question 20

The parenting styles commonly used in psychology today are based on the work of

Answer 20

Diana Baumrind

Question 21

a developmental psychologist at the University of California at Berkeley, in the 1960s

Answer 21

Diana Baumrind

Question 22

contributed by refining the parenting style (?) model in the 1980s

Answer 22

Maccoby and
Martin

Question 23

a graphical representation of one’s family relationship and medical history. It records
family members and their relationships with each other. It also shows many of their physical and
physiological attributes through an elaborate system of symbols

Answer 23

genogram

Question 24

high control
high responsiveness

Answer 24

authorative

Question 25

low control
high responsiveness

Answer 25

permissive

Question 26

high control
lowresponsiveness

Answer 26

authoritarian

Question 27

high control
low responsiveness

Answer 27

authoritarian

Question 28

low control
low responsiveness

Answer 28

negligent

Question 29

symbol of man in genogram

Answer 29

square

Question 30

symbol of woman in genogram

Answer 30

circle