FAS 331 EXAM 2
What is a family? - Answer- Family is bound by blood and friends are family you choose
Nuclear family - Answer- Husband, wife, and children
Traditional family - Answer- the man's role is primarily husband, father, and income earner and the woman's role is wife, m...
FAS 331 EXAM 2
What is a family? - Answer- Family is bound by blood and friends are family you choose
Nuclear family - Answer- Husband, wife, and children
Traditional family - Answer- the man's role is primarily husband, father, and income earner and the woman's role is wife,
mother, and homemaker
Extended family - Answer- a family that extends beyond the nuclear family, including grandparents, aunts, uncles, and
other relatives, who all live nearby or in one household.
Cohabitation family - Answer- Couples that live together but are not marrried
Family of Origin - Answer- the family in which one grows up, usually consisting of parents and siblings
Family of Procreation - Answer- The family you begin when you get married and have children
What is marriage? - Answer- legal union, united sexually, may cooperate economically, may give birth to, adopt, or rear
kids
Monogamy - Answer- Marriage to only one person at a time
Serial monogamy - Answer- A form of marriage in which a person may have several spouses in his or her lifetime, but
only one spouse at a time.
Polygamy - Answer- having more than one spouse at a time
Polygyny - Answer- One male, several females.
Polyandry - Answer- One female, several males.
Cenogamy - Answer- involves group marriage
Scientific Method - Answer- A series of steps followed to solve problems including collecting data, formulating a
hypothesis, testing the hypothesis, and stating conclusions.
Random sampling - Answer- a method of poll selection that gives each person in a group the same chance of being
selected (difficult and expensive)
People lie - Answer- not just subjects, pressure to publish and make money
Time lag - Answer- the study of developmental processes by taking measures of participants of the same age group at
different times (might change over time, not up to date, 3-5 years to get published)
Qualitative - Answer- relating to, measuring, or measured by the quality of something rather than its quantity.
Quantitative - Answer- relating to, measuring, or measured by the quantity of something rather than its quality.
4 Basic Sources of Data in Marriage & Family research - Answer- Surveys, clinical studies, direct observation,
experimental research
Mesosystem (Bronfenbrenner) - Answer- The network of different relationships and settings that the individuals
encounter.
Fact - Answer- a statement based on observation with which many people would agree
Theory - Answer- a set of organized statements used to explain facts (*key word is because, means its a theory*)
Why are theories important? - Answer- no single theory can explain marriage/family relationships, theories influence what
we measure, how we intervene, build and change over time, help guide research
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