Week 4 Flashcards
This deck includes material from chapter 3 of "Exploring Family Theories."
How many stages are in the family life cycle?
8
Who developed the family life cycle? Hint: It’s two people.
Evelyn Duvall and Ruben Hill
What is stage 1 of the family life cycle?
Married Couple
What is stage 2 of the family life cycle?
Childbearing
What is stage 3 of the family life cycle?
Preschool Age
What is stage 4 of the family life cycle?
School Age
What is stage 5 of the family life cycle?
Teenage
What is stage 6 of the family life cycle?
Launching Center
What is stage 7 of the family life cycle?
Middle-Age Parents
What is stage 8 in the family life cycle?
Aging Family Members
Which stage in the family life cycle is the establishment phase and courtship and marriage?
Stage 1
Which stage in the family life cycle is childbearing families and families with infants?
Stage 2
Which stage in the family life cycle is families with preschool children?
Stage 3
Which stage in the family life cycle is families with school-age children?
Stage 4
Which stage in the family life cycle is families with adolescents?
Stage 5
Which stage in the family life cycle is families with young adults or the launching stage?
Stage 6
Which stage in the family life cycle is the middle years?
Stage 7
Which stage in the family life cycle is aging family members?
Stage 8
What positions are in the family in stage 1?
Husband & Wife
What positions are in the family in stage 2?
Husband/Father, Wife/Mother, Infant Son/Daughter
What positions are in the family in stage 3?
Husband/Father, Wife/Mother, Son/Brother, Daughter/Sister
What positions are in the family in stage 4?
Husband/Father, Wife/Mother, Son/Brother, Daughter/Sister
What positions are in the family in stage 5?
Husband/Father, Wife/Mother, Son/Brother, Daughter/Sister
What positions are in the family in stage 6?
Husband/Father/Grandfather, Wife/Mother/Grandmother, Son/Brother/Uncle, Daughter/Sister/Aunt
What positions are in the family in stage 7?
Husband/Father/Grandfather & Wife/Mother/Grandmother
What positions are in the family in stage 8?
Widow or Widower, Husband/Father/Grandfather, Wife/Mother/Grandmother
What are the developmental tasks in stage 1 of the family life cycle?
Hint: There are three.
1) Establishing a mutually satisfying marriage
2) Adjusting to pregnancy and the promise of parenthood
3) Fitting into the kin network
Reminder: The first stage in the family life cycle is married couple.
What are the developmental tasks in stage 2 of the family life cycle?
Hint: There are two.
1) Having, adjusting to, and encouraging the development of infants
2) Establishing a satisfying home for both parents and infant(s)
Reminder: The second stage in the family life cycle is childbearing.
What are the developmental tasks in stage 3 of the family life cycle?
Hint: There are two.
1) Adapting to the critical needs and interests of preschool children in stimulating, growth-promoting ways
2) Coping with energy depletion and lack of privacy as parents
Reminder: The third stage in the family life cycle is preschool age.
What are the developmental tasks in stage 4 of the family life cycle?
Hint: There are two.
1) Fitting into the community of school-age families in constructive ways
2) Encouraging children’s educational achievement
Reminder: The fourth stage in the family life cycle is school age.
What are the developmental tasks in stage 5 of the family life cycle?
Hint: There are two.
1) Balancing freedom with responsibility as teenagers mature and emancipate themselves
2) Establishing postparental interests and careers as growing parents
Reminder: The fifth stage in the family life cycle is teenage.
What are the developmental tasks in stage 6 of the family life cycle?
Hint: There are two.
1) Releasing young adults into work, military service, college, marriage, and so on, with appropriate rituals and assistance
2) Maintaining a supportive home base
Reminder: The sixth stage in the family life cycle is launching center.
What are the developmental tasks in stage 7 of the family life cycle?
Hint: There are two.
1) Refocusing on the marriage relationship
2) Maintaining kin ties with older and younger generations
Reminder: The seventh stage in the family life cycle is middle-age parents.
What are the developmental tasks in stage 8 of the family life cycle?
Hint: There are three.
1) Coping with bereavement and living alone
2) Closing the family home or adapting it to aging
3) Adjusting to retirement
Reminder: The eighth stage in the family life cycle is aging family members.
Who developed a version of the family life cycle with 24 stages?
Roy Rodgers
Source: Page 76 in “Exploring Family Theories”
Who “built on the concept of the family life cycle, but noted that not all families followed the cycle from beginning to end”?
Joan Aldous
Source: Page 76 in “Exploring Family Theories”
What term did Joan Aldous use to refer to the family life cycle?
Family Careers
Source: Page 76 in “Exploring Family Theories”
How many stages did Joan Aldous’ family career have?
Four
Source: Page 76 in “Exploring Family Theories”
What are the four stages of the family career?
1) Establishment of the Marital Relationship
2) Parental Role
3) Return to the Couple Relationship
4) Aging Couple
