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Family theories
Test one with dr. Crow
Question | Answer |
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Define quotidian | The ordinary, usual, commonplace, and everyday events of daily life |
Define prosaic | The daily living that involves rituals, routines, rules of life |
What is a Love-Lab? | Gottman's research was centered in an apartment like situation within which couples spent several days a year for many years while being observed by researchers |
Define the family of procreation | the family we create with a partner and refers to that partner agreeing to form a relationship and include children |
Define the family of orientation | the family in which we were raised |
What is Head Start? | a government program started in the 60's under the leadership of President Lyndon B. Johnson as part of the Great Society initiative. It targeted the early education of disadvantaged children. |
What are family processes? | the strategies families use to attain goals. ex: creation & maintenance of rituals, parenting approaches |
What does TANF stand for? | Temporary Assistance to Needy Families |
What is the family origin? | the same thing as the family of orientation |
Explain same-sex marriages | marriage between two members of the same sex. Same-sex marriage is available in some states but not in most. |
Explain the defense of marriage act | Federal law passed in '96 stating that no state need treat a relationship between people of the same sex as a marriage, even if the relationship has been approved in another state. Has serious effects on things like insurance, and hospital rights. |
what is a covenant marriage | in some states, it's legal to obtain a marriage within which the couple agrees to premarital counseling and accepts a much more limited lit of grounds for divorce. Promoted by the religious right in American politics |
explain no-fault divorce | started in the 1970's by then governor Ronald Reagan & saved couples from having to legitimately prove their reason for divorce. |
what is child rearing | The act of raising a child |
what is childbearing | The act of creating and carrying a child |
define polygyny | one man marries more than one woman |
define ideology | encompasses the beliefs,values, attitudes, and assumptions of an individual or group that represent one's understanding of the world and how things are organized. |
define protean family | families are very adaptable and change structure and even what do within family life to meet the demands of a changing and volatile world |
Is it possible to study the family without bringing a bias to that endeavor? | No |
What do we mean when we say we are defining family in terms of function rather than structure? | we are describing it by what families provide for each other (i.e., financial support) rather than what families look like (i.e. two parents and their child[ren]) |
What do we mean when we say that family life is unique? | It is different for every family and even for every person in that family |
explain temporary assistance to need families | the current government program to provide assistance to need families. it is different from past welfare programs in that benefits are time-bound and limited in scope. |