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family sociology test dos
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10th Grade
10/14/2010

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What us the family life cycle stage where two people come together to live?
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Beginning Stage
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What are the 3 stages of Parenting in order?
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Expanding, Developing, Launching
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What happenes in the expanding parenting stage?
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The kids are babies and there is no freedom and less energy
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What is the Parenting stage where the kids are in school, have more schedules, and start to not rely on parents as much?
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Developing
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What happens in the Launching Parenting stage?
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The oldest child has left home, children start leaving
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What is the third stage in the family life cycle and what happens?
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Middle Age. The kids are gone, the parents are still working, and the parets have alone time againa.
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What is Empty Nest Syndrome?
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when parents feel like they have no purpose after their kids are gone
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What is the fourth stage of the family life cycle where partners enjoy more freedom, may have grandkids, and are concerned about finances and healthcare?
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RETIREMENT
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Where do most images of what a family is like come from?
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Media and other families
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When you're single who do you rely on?
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friends
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When you're single what do you have more time to spend on and what is the downfall?
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Career and loneliness
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What is the plusses and minuses of couples?
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They can focus more on each other and the income, minuses are career conflict and having to include them in major decisions.
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What can be shared in a nuclear family?
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child raising duties
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What is a blended family?
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a husband and wife, one of whom with children from a previous marriage and sometimes with new kids born to that couple.
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What is an adopted family
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when a kid is made part of a family throuh legal action with many adjustments
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What are the responsibilities of a legal guarden?
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They have financial and legal rights for the child and act as a parent
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What goes on in a foster family
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They take care of the kids on a short term basis and have to be liscensed by the state.
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Helps cement family values
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legacies, traditions, and rituals
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Family boundaries
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some families have strict boundaries, ohers can let ppl come and go
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What does a family atmosphere do?
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makes you feel loved and secure
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A eeling that family members cab rely on each other
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Interdependence
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