Week 4

Question 1

How many stages are in the family life cycle?

Answer 1

8

Question 2

Who developed the family life cycle? Hint: It’s two people.

Answer 2

Evelyn Duvall and Ruben Hill

Question 3

What is stage 1 of the family life cycle?

Answer 3

Married Couple

Question 4

What is stage 2 of the family life cycle?

Answer 4

Childbearing

Question 5

What is stage 3 of the family life cycle?

Answer 5

Preschool Age

Question 6

What is stage 4 of the family life cycle?

Answer 6

School Age

Question 7

What is stage 5 of the family life cycle?

Answer 7

Teenage

Question 8

What is stage 6 of the family life cycle?

Answer 8

Launching Center

Question 9

What is stage 7 of the family life cycle?

Answer 9

Middle-Age Parents

Question 10

What is stage 8 in the family life cycle?

Answer 10

Aging Family Members

Question 11

Which stage in the family life cycle is the establishment phase and courtship and marriage?

Answer 11

Stage 1

Question 12

Which stage in the family life cycle is childbearing families and families with infants?

Answer 12

Stage 2

Question 13

Which stage in the family life cycle is families with preschool children?

Answer 13

Stage 3

Question 14

Which stage in the family life cycle is families with school-age children?

Answer 14

Stage 4

Question 15

Which stage in the family life cycle is families with adolescents?

Answer 15

Stage 5

Question 16

Which stage in the family life cycle is families with young adults or the launching stage?

Answer 16

Stage 6

Question 17

Which stage in the family life cycle is the middle years?

Answer 17

Stage 7

Question 18

Which stage in the family life cycle is aging family members?

Answer 18

Stage 8

Question 19

What positions are in the family in stage 1?

Answer 19

Husband & Wife

Question 20

What positions are in the family in stage 2?

Answer 20

Husband/Father, Wife/Mother, Infant Son/Daughter

Question 21

What positions are in the family in stage 3?

Answer 21

Husband/Father, Wife/Mother, Son/Brother, Daughter/Sister

Question 22

What positions are in the family in stage 4?

Answer 22

Husband/Father, Wife/Mother, Son/Brother, Daughter/Sister

Question 23

What positions are in the family in stage 5?

Answer 23

Husband/Father, Wife/Mother, Son/Brother, Daughter/Sister

Question 24

What positions are in the family in stage 6?

Answer 24

Husband/Father/Grandfather, Wife/Mother/Grandmother, Son/Brother/Uncle, Daughter/Sister/Aunt

Question 25

What positions are in the family in stage 7?

Answer 25

Husband/Father/Grandfather & Wife/Mother/Grandmother

Question 26

What positions are in the family in stage 8?

Answer 26

Widow or Widower, Husband/Father/Grandfather, Wife/Mother/Grandmother

Question 27

What are the developmental tasks in stage 1 of the family life cycle? Hint: There are three.

Answer 27

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.

Question 28

What are the developmental tasks in stage 2 of the family life cycle? Hint: There are two.

Answer 28

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.

Question 29

What are the developmental tasks in stage 3 of the family life cycle? Hint: There are two.

Answer 29

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.

Question 30

What are the developmental tasks in stage 4 of the family life cycle? Hint: There are two.

Answer 30

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.

Question 31

What are the developmental tasks in stage 5 of the family life cycle? Hint: There are two.

Answer 31

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.

Question 32

What are the developmental tasks in stage 6 of the family life cycle? Hint: There are two.

Answer 32

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.

Question 33

What are the developmental tasks in stage 7 of the family life cycle? Hint: There are two.

Answer 33

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.

Question 34

What are the developmental tasks in stage 8 of the family life cycle? Hint: There are three.

Answer 34

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.

Question 35

Who developed a version of the family life cycle with 24 stages?

Answer 35

Roy Rodgers Source: Page 76 in "Exploring Family Theories"

Question 36

Who "built on the concept of the family life cycle, but noted that not all families followed the cycle from beginning to end"?

Answer 36

Joan Aldous Source: Page 76 in "Exploring Family Theories"

Question 37

What term did Joan Aldous use to refer to the family life cycle?

Answer 37

Family Careers Source: Page 76 in "Exploring Family Theories"

Question 38

How many stages did Joan Aldous' family career have?

Answer 38

Four Source: Page 76 in "Exploring Family Theories"

Question 39

What are the four stages of the family career?

Answer 39

1) Establishment of the Marital Relationship 2) Parental Role 3) Return to the Couple Relationship 4) Aging Couple