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Marriage & Family
chapters 9 and 10
Term | Definition |
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Psychological Parent | a person serving as a parent who is not biologically related to the child |
Postmodern Family | term meant to include all family variations existing today |
Nonresidential Fathers | fathers who dont live in the primary residence of their children |
cohoabitation | refers to the condition of heterosexual couples living together without being married |
Trial Marriage | cohabiting to assess whether partners are sufficiently compatible for marriage |
Cohabitation Effect | a phenomenon in which couples who cohabit before they marry are likely to divorce |
Serial Monogamy | an involvement in a single exclusive relationship followed by another exclusive relationship |
Same-Sex Marriage | marriage in which same-sex couples are united legally with all the legal rights guaranteed by the federal government to traditional married couples |
Civil Union | refers to same sex couples recognized in certain states without the legal rights guaranteed by the federal government to traditional marriedcouples |
Domestic Partnership | refers to same-sex couples or cohabiting couples reconized in certain states but without the legal rights guaranteed by the federal government to traditional married couples |
Divorce | legal termination of a marriage |
Bigamy | the act of entering into a marriage with on person while still legally married to another |
Grandparent Family | a type of family in which grandparents are responsible for raising their grandchildren |
Sandwich Generation | the generation that may be responsible for care for aging parents and young children at the same time |
Empty Nest | a home after the last child has left home |
Spacious Nest | the transition to more physical room in the empty nest home and more psychological space for the marital relationship |
Renested Family or Cluttered Nest | a home to which adult children have returned to live temporarily |
Boomerang Kids | adult children who return to live with parents temporarily |
Ageism | discrimination in the workplace or other areas because of age |
Fixed Income | is income from a pension, annuity, or other source that is frozen at a certain level; fixed incomes may be increased with cost-of-living raises |
Assisted Suicide | refers to the situation in which one person supplies the means for another to commit suicide in order to prevent suffering |
Euthanasia | it taking another person's life to prevent suffering |
Passive Euthanasia | is withholding treatment that would prolong life because the current quality of life is minimal |
The percentage of elderly women compared to elderly men has.... | increased dramatically in the last 80 years |
The final step in families adapting to a death is: | establishing new relationships are life pursuits |
what is a true statement about middle age? | social contacts are reduced through the loss of family and friends |
In which type of family do most children live? | a family with two biological parents |
What is not a following benefit of a traditionally married couple? | extensive family network |
The bond between a single parent and a child may be: | stronger than the parental bond in a tradinal family |
Civil unions and domestic partnerships: | are only recognized in certain states |