QUIZ #3: CHAPTERS 12 & 13 QUESTIONS
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS 2026
Seven Characteristics of Family (325-326) - CORRECT ANSWER -Shared Identity
Emotional Bonds
Shared History
Genetic or Legal Ties
Interdependence
Communication Rules
Shared Roles
Updated Family Statistics - CORRECT ANSWER -% of Married Couple Households -
1975: 66%, 2025: 47%
Nuclear family - CORRECT ANSWER -wife, husband, and their biological or adopted
children (today this is a minority family type)
Extended family - CORRECT ANSWER -Sharing a household with relatives such as
aunts, uncles, parents, children, and grandparents
Extended family statistic - CORRECT ANSWER -By the year 2060, nearly 25% all
people in the US will be over the age of 65, and many of these individuals will be
sharing a household with relatives
Stepfamily - CORRECT ANSWER -Triangulation: loyalty conflicts arise when a coalition
is formed, uniting one family member with another against a third family member.
LGBTQ+ family - CORRECT ANSWER -Lesbian , gay, bisexual, transgender, queer,
and other sexual and gender minority
, Like other families, LGBTQ+ families vary in gender, race, ethnicity, education,
geography, income, and pathway to parenthood
Cohabiting couples - CORRECT ANSWER -Two unmarried, romantically involved adults
living together in a household with or without children
Single-parent family - CORRECT ANSWER -One adult resides in the household,
possessing sole responsibility as caregiver for the children.
Voluntary kin family-3 types - CORRECT ANSWER -supplemental, substitute,
convenience
Voluntary kin family: supplemental - CORRECT ANSWER -dissatisfaction with family,
label others as family
Voluntary kin family: substitute - CORRECT ANSWER -no contact with blood relatives,
estrangement or death
Voluntary kin family: convenience - CORRECT ANSWER -ties are temporary, host
family, study abroad
Dual Income No Kids (DINK) - CORRECT ANSWER -Couple that shares income
without children
DINK Statistic - CORRECT ANSWER -"Us adults younger than 50 without children who
say they are unlikely to ever have kids rose from 37% in 2018 to 47% in 2023."
Family Communication Patterns - CORRECT ANSWER -communication is guided by
shared beliefs about how families should converse and by interpersonal communication
behaviors that reflect those beliefs
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS 2026
Seven Characteristics of Family (325-326) - CORRECT ANSWER -Shared Identity
Emotional Bonds
Shared History
Genetic or Legal Ties
Interdependence
Communication Rules
Shared Roles
Updated Family Statistics - CORRECT ANSWER -% of Married Couple Households -
1975: 66%, 2025: 47%
Nuclear family - CORRECT ANSWER -wife, husband, and their biological or adopted
children (today this is a minority family type)
Extended family - CORRECT ANSWER -Sharing a household with relatives such as
aunts, uncles, parents, children, and grandparents
Extended family statistic - CORRECT ANSWER -By the year 2060, nearly 25% all
people in the US will be over the age of 65, and many of these individuals will be
sharing a household with relatives
Stepfamily - CORRECT ANSWER -Triangulation: loyalty conflicts arise when a coalition
is formed, uniting one family member with another against a third family member.
LGBTQ+ family - CORRECT ANSWER -Lesbian , gay, bisexual, transgender, queer,
and other sexual and gender minority
, Like other families, LGBTQ+ families vary in gender, race, ethnicity, education,
geography, income, and pathway to parenthood
Cohabiting couples - CORRECT ANSWER -Two unmarried, romantically involved adults
living together in a household with or without children
Single-parent family - CORRECT ANSWER -One adult resides in the household,
possessing sole responsibility as caregiver for the children.
Voluntary kin family-3 types - CORRECT ANSWER -supplemental, substitute,
convenience
Voluntary kin family: supplemental - CORRECT ANSWER -dissatisfaction with family,
label others as family
Voluntary kin family: substitute - CORRECT ANSWER -no contact with blood relatives,
estrangement or death
Voluntary kin family: convenience - CORRECT ANSWER -ties are temporary, host
family, study abroad
Dual Income No Kids (DINK) - CORRECT ANSWER -Couple that shares income
without children
DINK Statistic - CORRECT ANSWER -"Us adults younger than 50 without children who
say they are unlikely to ever have kids rose from 37% in 2018 to 47% in 2023."
Family Communication Patterns - CORRECT ANSWER -communication is guided by
shared beliefs about how families should converse and by interpersonal communication
behaviors that reflect those beliefs
