Types of families: lesson 7

Question 1

Nuclear families

Answer 1

Married couple with two or more kids, instrumental husband and expressive wife

Question 2

Symmetrical family

Answer 2

Married couple where husband and wife share roles equally

Question 3

House husband

Answer 3

Married couple where wife is the breadwinner and the husband is responsible for domestic duties

Question 4

Extended family

Answer 4

Families with members outside nuclear family

Question 5

Vertical extended

Answer 5

Grandparents, parents and children

Question 6

Horizontal extended

Answer 6

Aunts, uncles and cousins

Question 7

Beanpole family

Answer 7

Multi- gen family which is long and thin

Question 8

Lone parent

Answer 8

Only one parent is present

Question 9

Matrifocal

Answer 9

Only a mum

Question 10

Reconstituted family

Answer 10

Nuclear family breaks up and merges with another

Question 10

Patrifocal

Answer 10

Only a dad

Question 11

Same sex

Answer 11

Same gender

Question 12

Polygamy

Answer 12

Marriage between one sex and two people of another

Question 13

Polyandry

Answer 13

1 women 2 men

Question 14

Polygyny

Answer 14

1 man 2 women

Question 15

Divorce extended

Answer 15

Related through divorce not marriage

Question 16

Chosen families

Answer 16

Not biologically related

Question 17

Living Apart Together

Answer 17

Couples in romantic relationships but not cohabiting

Question 18

Negotiated families

Answer 18

Vary according to expectations of their member