Marriage and Family (author Knox) Chapter
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Binuclear family -
✅ Family in which the members live in two households
Blended family -
✅ A family created when two individuals marry and at least one of them brings a child or
children from a previous relationship or marriage. Also referred to as a stepfamily.
Civil union -
✅ A pair-bonded relationship given legal significance in terms of rights and privileges.
Common-law marriage -
✅ A marriage by mutual agreement between cohabitants without a marriage license or
ceremony.
Conflict framework -
✅ View that individuals in relationships compete for valuable resources
Control group -
✅ Group used to compare with the experimental group that is not exposed to the
independent variable being studied.
Cross-sectional study -
✅ Means studying the whole population at one time.
Domestic partnership -
✅ A relationship in which individuals who live together are emotionally and financially
interdependent and are given some kind of official recognition by a city or corporation so as to
receive partner benefits.
Experimental group -
✅ The group exposed to the independent variable.
Extended family -
✅ The nuclear family or parts of it plus other relatives.
Familism -
✅ Philosophy in which decisions are made in reference to what is best for the family as a
collective unit.
Family -
✅ A group of two or more people related by blood, marriage, or adoption.
Family life course development -
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, ✅ The stages and process of how families change over time.
Family life cycle -
✅ Stages which identify the various challenges faced by members of a family across time.
Family of orientation -
✅ The family of origin into which a person is born.
Family of origin -
✅ The family into which an individual is born or reared, usually including a mother,
father, and children
Family of procreation -
✅ The family a person begins by getting married and having children.
Family systems framework -
✅ Views each member of the family as part of a system and the family as a unit that
develops norms of interaction.
Feminist framework -
✅ Views marriage and the family as contexts for inequality and oppression.
Functionalists -
✅ Structural theorists who view the family as an institution with values, norms, and
activities meant to provide stability for the larger society.
Generation Y -
✅ Children of the baby boomers, typically born between 1979 and 1984. Also known as
the Millennial or Internet Generation.
Hypothesis -
✅ A suggested explanation for a phenomenon.
Individualism -
✅ Philosophy in which decisions are made on the basis of what is best for the individual.
IRB approval -
✅ Institutional Review Board approval is the OK by one's college, university, or
institution that the proposed research is consistent with research ethics standards and poses no undo
harm to participants.
Longitudinal study -
✅ Means studying the same group across time.
Marriage-resilience perspective -
✅ The view that changes in the institution of marriage are not indicative of a decline and
do not have negative effects.
Marriage -
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Binuclear family -
✅ Family in which the members live in two households
Blended family -
✅ A family created when two individuals marry and at least one of them brings a child or
children from a previous relationship or marriage. Also referred to as a stepfamily.
Civil union -
✅ A pair-bonded relationship given legal significance in terms of rights and privileges.
Common-law marriage -
✅ A marriage by mutual agreement between cohabitants without a marriage license or
ceremony.
Conflict framework -
✅ View that individuals in relationships compete for valuable resources
Control group -
✅ Group used to compare with the experimental group that is not exposed to the
independent variable being studied.
Cross-sectional study -
✅ Means studying the whole population at one time.
Domestic partnership -
✅ A relationship in which individuals who live together are emotionally and financially
interdependent and are given some kind of official recognition by a city or corporation so as to
receive partner benefits.
Experimental group -
✅ The group exposed to the independent variable.
Extended family -
✅ The nuclear family or parts of it plus other relatives.
Familism -
✅ Philosophy in which decisions are made in reference to what is best for the family as a
collective unit.
Family -
✅ A group of two or more people related by blood, marriage, or adoption.
Family life course development -
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, ✅ The stages and process of how families change over time.
Family life cycle -
✅ Stages which identify the various challenges faced by members of a family across time.
Family of orientation -
✅ The family of origin into which a person is born.
Family of origin -
✅ The family into which an individual is born or reared, usually including a mother,
father, and children
Family of procreation -
✅ The family a person begins by getting married and having children.
Family systems framework -
✅ Views each member of the family as part of a system and the family as a unit that
develops norms of interaction.
Feminist framework -
✅ Views marriage and the family as contexts for inequality and oppression.
Functionalists -
✅ Structural theorists who view the family as an institution with values, norms, and
activities meant to provide stability for the larger society.
Generation Y -
✅ Children of the baby boomers, typically born between 1979 and 1984. Also known as
the Millennial or Internet Generation.
Hypothesis -
✅ A suggested explanation for a phenomenon.
Individualism -
✅ Philosophy in which decisions are made on the basis of what is best for the individual.
IRB approval -
✅ Institutional Review Board approval is the OK by one's college, university, or
institution that the proposed research is consistent with research ethics standards and poses no undo
harm to participants.
Longitudinal study -
✅ Means studying the same group across time.
Marriage-resilience perspective -
✅ The view that changes in the institution of marriage are not indicative of a decline and
do not have negative effects.
Marriage -
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