FAD2230 Exam 1Questions and Answers
Discribe colonial america - Answer-families were business, school, church, and welfare institutions.
Describe post modern america - Answer-balance between work & life, flexible to accommodate family
life.
Describe industrialized america - Answer-separated work and home life, due to the waves of
immigration at the time lead to a poor, working class middle and upper class of people.
Describe the picture perfect 1950's Home life - Answer-Leave it to beaver, mom stayed at home with
beaver and dad went to work each day. Most of the home nurturing and cleaning was left to the mother
where working was the fathers only job.
Describe the Iconic 1970's home life - Answer-The brady bunch
Showed change since the 50's way of life
accepted divorce or death of a spouse
allowed a blended family lifestyle
Showed that there is happiness in a new type of family not just the iconic 50's household
, Describe the Iconic 1980's Home life - Answer-Bill Cosbys: Cosby show
Showed an upper class of family
Both parents worked changing the previous beliefs
Expressed womens empowerment, showing that woman could have a happy home with children on top
of a white collar job such as being a Lawyer
Describe the Iconic 1990's style displayed in the mass media. - Answer-Friends
strayed away from marriage as previously showed.
Expanded on happiness of sexual freedom
Showed power in the woman and men of the show having sex without marriage and being with more
than one partner, previously looked down upon.
Describe the Iconic 2000 mass media family - Answer-The Osbournes
Took a jump from a traditional family.
Showed the current life of previous rock legend OZZY osbourne and his family.
They did not deal with the traditional issues such as the Beavers.
They were wealthy and were not built on the structure of wholesome family, but a more realistic
approach to the the modern family.
What is burgess & locke's definition of a family? - Answer-A group of persons united by the ties of
marriage, blood, or adoption. Constituting a single household, interacting and communicating with one
another in their respective "roles" and maintaining a common culture.
What is the modern definition of a family? - Answer-Focus on what a family does (function) rather than
who is in the family (structure)
What are three main focus that describe a modern family? - Answer-1. cooperation economically and in
practical ways
Discribe colonial america - Answer-families were business, school, church, and welfare institutions.
Describe post modern america - Answer-balance between work & life, flexible to accommodate family
life.
Describe industrialized america - Answer-separated work and home life, due to the waves of
immigration at the time lead to a poor, working class middle and upper class of people.
Describe the picture perfect 1950's Home life - Answer-Leave it to beaver, mom stayed at home with
beaver and dad went to work each day. Most of the home nurturing and cleaning was left to the mother
where working was the fathers only job.
Describe the Iconic 1970's home life - Answer-The brady bunch
Showed change since the 50's way of life
accepted divorce or death of a spouse
allowed a blended family lifestyle
Showed that there is happiness in a new type of family not just the iconic 50's household
, Describe the Iconic 1980's Home life - Answer-Bill Cosbys: Cosby show
Showed an upper class of family
Both parents worked changing the previous beliefs
Expressed womens empowerment, showing that woman could have a happy home with children on top
of a white collar job such as being a Lawyer
Describe the Iconic 1990's style displayed in the mass media. - Answer-Friends
strayed away from marriage as previously showed.
Expanded on happiness of sexual freedom
Showed power in the woman and men of the show having sex without marriage and being with more
than one partner, previously looked down upon.
Describe the Iconic 2000 mass media family - Answer-The Osbournes
Took a jump from a traditional family.
Showed the current life of previous rock legend OZZY osbourne and his family.
They did not deal with the traditional issues such as the Beavers.
They were wealthy and were not built on the structure of wholesome family, but a more realistic
approach to the the modern family.
What is burgess & locke's definition of a family? - Answer-A group of persons united by the ties of
marriage, blood, or adoption. Constituting a single household, interacting and communicating with one
another in their respective "roles" and maintaining a common culture.
What is the modern definition of a family? - Answer-Focus on what a family does (function) rather than
who is in the family (structure)
What are three main focus that describe a modern family? - Answer-1. cooperation economically and in
practical ways
