FSW Exam 1 Study Guide – Practice Questions, Flashcards & Exam Review
What social trends and changes in demographics have occurred in the U.S. in relation to family
life (as discussed in class and expanded upon in text (pp. 8-9 & 11 especially)? - correct answer
✔✔1)smaller amount of people get married
2) people are getting married at an older age - around 27
3)more people started living together without being married
4)fertility has declined
5)married women wait longer after marriage to have a baby
6)non martial birth became higher
7)samesex household increased
8)divorce rate has highered
9)remariage rates have declined
what are the most common types of households? - correct answer ✔✔1) child free or post child
rearing couples
2)people living alone
3)married couples with children under the ages of 18
pg 7 figure 1.2
family - correct answer ✔✔any sexually expressive, parent child or other kind of relationship in
which people economic or any otherwise particle unit of care over a long period of time. A
family consist a group that individuals can identify themselves as a part of.
nuclear family - correct answer ✔✔breadwinner husband, homemaker wife and children living
together in a independent household.
, What's missing from a purely structural definition (e.g., "mother, father, and kids") of family? -
correct answer ✔✔the love and acceptation that family provides
What is the U.S. Census Bureau definition of family ? - correct answer ✔✔two more or people
related by blood, marriage or adoption residing together in a household. who is left out is gay
relationships that are accepted now as style of family figure 1.1
what are some family functions? - correct answer ✔✔1)raising children responsibility
2)providing economic and practical support
3)offering emotional security.
What are the "family decline" and the "family change/adaptation" perspectives? - correct
answer ✔✔family decline perspective claims that a cultural change towards individualism and
self-indulgence has hurt relationships, led to higher divorce rates and undermines responsible
parenting
family change perspective - correct answer ✔✔people who believe that family changes over
time could be for the better as the definition of family has grown it more various styles of family
that are now acceptable. They see families changing to adjust to the conditions of society during
each generation.
What are the advantages and disadvantages of the impact of technology on family relations
(e.g., parental monitoring and communication); do all families have equal access to technology?
- correct answer ✔✔advantages of biological technologies have increased over time through
perfecting of technological fertilization through processes such as atrifical seminarian, donor
insemination, in vitro fertilization, surrogacy more on pg 13.
advantages of communication technology have been being able to stay in contact with
members of the family through social media platforms. Parents can also monitor where children
are and see when they are not home through location services. They can even monitor the
speed their Childs car is going through such technology.
not all families have access to such technology creating a digital divide between those who
have access and those who do not
What social trends and changes in demographics have occurred in the U.S. in relation to family
life (as discussed in class and expanded upon in text (pp. 8-9 & 11 especially)? - correct answer
✔✔1)smaller amount of people get married
2) people are getting married at an older age - around 27
3)more people started living together without being married
4)fertility has declined
5)married women wait longer after marriage to have a baby
6)non martial birth became higher
7)samesex household increased
8)divorce rate has highered
9)remariage rates have declined
what are the most common types of households? - correct answer ✔✔1) child free or post child
rearing couples
2)people living alone
3)married couples with children under the ages of 18
pg 7 figure 1.2
family - correct answer ✔✔any sexually expressive, parent child or other kind of relationship in
which people economic or any otherwise particle unit of care over a long period of time. A
family consist a group that individuals can identify themselves as a part of.
nuclear family - correct answer ✔✔breadwinner husband, homemaker wife and children living
together in a independent household.
, What's missing from a purely structural definition (e.g., "mother, father, and kids") of family? -
correct answer ✔✔the love and acceptation that family provides
What is the U.S. Census Bureau definition of family ? - correct answer ✔✔two more or people
related by blood, marriage or adoption residing together in a household. who is left out is gay
relationships that are accepted now as style of family figure 1.1
what are some family functions? - correct answer ✔✔1)raising children responsibility
2)providing economic and practical support
3)offering emotional security.
What are the "family decline" and the "family change/adaptation" perspectives? - correct
answer ✔✔family decline perspective claims that a cultural change towards individualism and
self-indulgence has hurt relationships, led to higher divorce rates and undermines responsible
parenting
family change perspective - correct answer ✔✔people who believe that family changes over
time could be for the better as the definition of family has grown it more various styles of family
that are now acceptable. They see families changing to adjust to the conditions of society during
each generation.
What are the advantages and disadvantages of the impact of technology on family relations
(e.g., parental monitoring and communication); do all families have equal access to technology?
- correct answer ✔✔advantages of biological technologies have increased over time through
perfecting of technological fertilization through processes such as atrifical seminarian, donor
insemination, in vitro fertilization, surrogacy more on pg 13.
advantages of communication technology have been being able to stay in contact with
members of the family through social media platforms. Parents can also monitor where children
are and see when they are not home through location services. They can even monitor the
speed their Childs car is going through such technology.
not all families have access to such technology creating a digital divide between those who
have access and those who do not
