FCS 205 Exam 1 (Passed!)

Define Family Science correct answers Academic family of study based on research based on evidence for marriage and family practice and policies. What is the importance of family? correct answers Basic unit of society Interactions and impacts all other social units in a given society is impacted. List the major themes of the textbook? correct answers People are influenced by society around them as they make choices. Define the comparative perspective approach to the study of the family? correct answers The idea that the society or social system cannot be fully understood without comparing it with other societies or systems. Why is the study of family important? correct answers Families make up the world around us and it is important to know what is going on with families today. Describe some Biblical perspectives on family? correct answers One man and one woman that show love and care for each other, Man is the ruler of the wife but doesn't abuse the female. God is the center of their life. In what ways is family considered the basic unit of society? correct answers Interacts and impacts all other social units in a given society Describe the concepts of diversity and continuity in families around the world? correct answers Forbid sexual behavior between close relatives To produce new members of society and to teach them the culture in which they live Assigned to heirs designated by family Briefly describe how families are changing world wide with regard to: correct answers Living arrangements Rise in female-headed household Cohabitation Describe the following pressing issues for world's families correct answers War and armed conflicts All have devastating consequences on families. Poverty- Higher infant and maternal mortality rates, Malnutrition, Overall poor health,Reduced access to health care and other services Migration- From farms to urban areas, From one country to another, Many unemployed women and their children have driven to prostitution and sex trafficking.The abandonment of many wives and children with children living and working on the streets.Youth may migrate for better life, leaving behind their parents, grandparents and other older adults who may need care