FAS 370 Exam 1 Question and
answers already passed 2025/2026
A family as an Institution - correct answer ✔a restrictive, stable view that regards family as a source of
responsibility
ex. Legal bonds to another person
A family as a Set of Relationships - correct answer ✔Family of choice, includes many people/things,
unstable
ex. Cohabiting couples, "play cousins"
A family as a Center of Comfort - correct answer ✔People who know you best, a place of safety and
protection
A family as a Center of Conflict - correct answer ✔Abuse, painful; this is normal but the problem can
arise from how people deal with it.
A family as a State of Mind - correct answer ✔Internal family system that regulates the family member
even if the others are not present.
What is the broad definition for family? - correct answer ✔A group of people who have intimate social
relationships and influence each other.
What are the 6 central functions of a family? - correct answer ✔-Sexual intimacy
- Reproduction
- Economic cooperation
-Socialization of children
-Emotional Needs
, -Status
Some Run Endlessly Sorting Everyone's Stuff
Sexual Intimacy - correct answer ✔How families regulate sexual behavior.
- Family life has become disconnected from sexuality
- advt. Given rights to women and children, reduced rape and incest
- Lack of regulation in childbirth, sex is more problematic within the family
ex. Western culture emphasizes the ideas of exclusivity and safety
Reproduction - correct answer ✔It is within families that children are born. Not necessarily reared, but
still born.
Economic Cooperation - correct answer ✔Families are responsible for the care and economic provision
of their members.
- Definition of care varies from family to family and culture to culture.
- Overall, it appears to be the job of those closest to each other.
Socialization of Children - correct answer ✔Socialization is the process of learning who people are
supposed to be in their society and social groups.
- It again varies in the individual and culture and takes an entire lifetime
- Majority of the initial socialization takes places in the first few years of life from parents as models
Emotional Needs - correct answer ✔Families attempt to provide for each other affectionately.
-Families can determine who will be close to whom emotionally
-provide for the bonds of intimacy and closeness
- Affection is a human need
answers already passed 2025/2026
A family as an Institution - correct answer ✔a restrictive, stable view that regards family as a source of
responsibility
ex. Legal bonds to another person
A family as a Set of Relationships - correct answer ✔Family of choice, includes many people/things,
unstable
ex. Cohabiting couples, "play cousins"
A family as a Center of Comfort - correct answer ✔People who know you best, a place of safety and
protection
A family as a Center of Conflict - correct answer ✔Abuse, painful; this is normal but the problem can
arise from how people deal with it.
A family as a State of Mind - correct answer ✔Internal family system that regulates the family member
even if the others are not present.
What is the broad definition for family? - correct answer ✔A group of people who have intimate social
relationships and influence each other.
What are the 6 central functions of a family? - correct answer ✔-Sexual intimacy
- Reproduction
- Economic cooperation
-Socialization of children
-Emotional Needs
, -Status
Some Run Endlessly Sorting Everyone's Stuff
Sexual Intimacy - correct answer ✔How families regulate sexual behavior.
- Family life has become disconnected from sexuality
- advt. Given rights to women and children, reduced rape and incest
- Lack of regulation in childbirth, sex is more problematic within the family
ex. Western culture emphasizes the ideas of exclusivity and safety
Reproduction - correct answer ✔It is within families that children are born. Not necessarily reared, but
still born.
Economic Cooperation - correct answer ✔Families are responsible for the care and economic provision
of their members.
- Definition of care varies from family to family and culture to culture.
- Overall, it appears to be the job of those closest to each other.
Socialization of Children - correct answer ✔Socialization is the process of learning who people are
supposed to be in their society and social groups.
- It again varies in the individual and culture and takes an entire lifetime
- Majority of the initial socialization takes places in the first few years of life from parents as models
Emotional Needs - correct answer ✔Families attempt to provide for each other affectionately.
-Families can determine who will be close to whom emotionally
-provide for the bonds of intimacy and closeness
- Affection is a human need
