FAD 2230 FSU EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Functional - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅purpose for which a thing exists (what it does)
Structural - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅a form that a thing takes (what it actually is)
Family Functions - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅-raising children responsibly
-providing economic & other practical support
-offering emotional security
Extended family - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅the family structure that involves a whole kinship group in
traditional societies
Nuclear family - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅husband, wife, children
Postmodern family - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅families today exhibit a multiplicity of forms and that new
or altered family forms continue to emerge and develop
Family Change Perspective - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅-change represents historically expected
adjustments to changing conditions in a society
-family is an adaptable institution
-longer life expectancy=longer relationships
-access to divorce= more options
-tolerance=acceptance
-flexibility can be functional in times of economic crisis
family decline - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅-the relaxation of institutional control over relationships and
families
-individualism and self indulgence has hurt relationships, led to high divorce rates, and undermines
responsible parenting
, 5 social factors that impact families - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅ever-new biological & communication
technologies, economic conditions, historical periods, demographic characteristics, family policy
Ever-New Biological and Communication Technologies - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅-assisted reproduction
technologies allow increased opportunity for creating families
-communication technologies allows greater opportunity for support and connection but also a source
of conflict
economic conditions - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅-increasing economic inequality between families
-the overall long term trend in US households income has been upward
historical periods - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅-world events impact family values, attitudes, and
arrangements ex. great depression, WWII, terrorist threats of the 200s
demographic characteristics - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅-age: people live longer= more years to invest in
education & a longer period for family interactions but also a growing populations that must be cared
for
-religion: religious affiliation and practice is a significant influence on family life= a sense of community,
support, and values
-race: how people view varied social groups
-ethnicity: cultural distinctions, minority group: persons in non white race/ethnic categories who
experience disadvantage, exclusion, or discrimination, the US is becoming more racially and ethnically
diverse, habitus: ones experience and perception of the social world
family policy - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅-all the procedures, regulations, attitudes and goals of programs
and agencies that affect families
-family impact lens: a perspective that advocates for thinking about public policies in terms of how they
affect whole family units
Sliding vs. deciding - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅-recognize as many options or alternatives as possible
-recognize the social pressures that may influence personal choice
-consider the consequences of the alternatives rather than gravitating to the one that sounds the most
attractive
Functional - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅purpose for which a thing exists (what it does)
Structural - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅a form that a thing takes (what it actually is)
Family Functions - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅-raising children responsibly
-providing economic & other practical support
-offering emotional security
Extended family - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅the family structure that involves a whole kinship group in
traditional societies
Nuclear family - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅husband, wife, children
Postmodern family - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅families today exhibit a multiplicity of forms and that new
or altered family forms continue to emerge and develop
Family Change Perspective - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅-change represents historically expected
adjustments to changing conditions in a society
-family is an adaptable institution
-longer life expectancy=longer relationships
-access to divorce= more options
-tolerance=acceptance
-flexibility can be functional in times of economic crisis
family decline - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅-the relaxation of institutional control over relationships and
families
-individualism and self indulgence has hurt relationships, led to high divorce rates, and undermines
responsible parenting
, 5 social factors that impact families - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅ever-new biological & communication
technologies, economic conditions, historical periods, demographic characteristics, family policy
Ever-New Biological and Communication Technologies - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅-assisted reproduction
technologies allow increased opportunity for creating families
-communication technologies allows greater opportunity for support and connection but also a source
of conflict
economic conditions - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅-increasing economic inequality between families
-the overall long term trend in US households income has been upward
historical periods - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅-world events impact family values, attitudes, and
arrangements ex. great depression, WWII, terrorist threats of the 200s
demographic characteristics - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅-age: people live longer= more years to invest in
education & a longer period for family interactions but also a growing populations that must be cared
for
-religion: religious affiliation and practice is a significant influence on family life= a sense of community,
support, and values
-race: how people view varied social groups
-ethnicity: cultural distinctions, minority group: persons in non white race/ethnic categories who
experience disadvantage, exclusion, or discrimination, the US is becoming more racially and ethnically
diverse, habitus: ones experience and perception of the social world
family policy - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅-all the procedures, regulations, attitudes and goals of programs
and agencies that affect families
-family impact lens: a perspective that advocates for thinking about public policies in terms of how they
affect whole family units
Sliding vs. deciding - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅-recognize as many options or alternatives as possible
-recognize the social pressures that may influence personal choice
-consider the consequences of the alternatives rather than gravitating to the one that sounds the most
attractive
