Family Types (QUIZ)

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  • Created on: 25-03-14 09:27
What is a nuclear family?
2 adults of either sex with children
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What is a traditional nuclear family?
2 adults of either sex with the male breadwinner and the female housewife
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What is a cereal packet family?
The nuclear family presented by the media
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What is a neo-nuclear family?
Dual-working family (both parents work)
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What is a blended family?
Step-brothers and step-sisters living together
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What is a beanpole family?
Living with/regular contact with grandparents and/or great-grandparents
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What is a horizontally extended family?
Living with/regular contact with cousins, aunts and uncles
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What is a modified extended family?
Continued contact with family members despite living apart
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What is a lone-parent family?
A family unit headed by one parent
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What is a single person household?
One person living alone
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What is co-parenting?
Separated parents with an equal share in parenting
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What is a same sex couple?
Homosexuals living together/in a relationship
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What is a cohabiting couple?
A couple living together without being married
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What is an empty nest family?
One or more parent(s) living in a house after their children have moved out
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What is an empty shell marriage?
2 married adults staying together without any love or affection
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What is a symmetrical family?
2 adults who perform equally shared roles
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What is monogamy?
Having one partner at a time
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What is polygamy?
Having many partners at a time
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What is kinship?
Being related by blood/marriage/law
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What is a traditional nuclear family?

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What is a blended family?

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