Family Relationships: Study Guide
FACS 3369W: Final Exam Study Guide
Expect 3-4 questions from each chapter.
Chapter 1: * Characteristics of intimate relationships: Intimacy is sharing intellectual, physically and/or emotionally with another person. Intimacy usually occurs when individuals disclose information about themselves, allowing themselves to become vulnerable, and involves trusting that the other person will not use that information to cause harm. Involving receiving support from that person or persons * Definitions of marriage (3): Marriage is a multifaceted Institution. It is defined as the emotional and legal commitment of two people to share emotional and physical intimacy, various tasks and economic resources. * Characteristics of marriage * Marriage is a demographic event: * Marriage is the joining of tow family and social network * Marriage is a legal contract b/t couple and the state * Marriage is an economic union * Marriage is the most common living arrangement for adults * Marriage is the context of most human sexual activity * Marriage is a reproductive unit * Marriage is a unit that socializes children * Marriage is an opportunity to develop an intimate, sharing relationship * Definition of family (4-5): Two or more people who are committed to each other and who share intimacy, resources, decision making responsibilities and values. * Trends in family structure (12): * 69% in nuclear families (Two parent families) * 76 percent white * 70 percent Hispanic * 42 percent blacks * 87 percent Asian Americans * Single parent families with children under the age of 18 have dramatically increased in number * In 1920—12 percent * In 1980---22 percent * In 1990—28 percent * In 2005---37 percent * About half (52%) of all African American families are headed by a single mother * 25 percent
Expect 3-4 questions from each chapter.
Chapter 1: * Characteristics of intimate relationships: Intimacy is sharing intellectual, physically and/or emotionally with another person. Intimacy usually occurs when individuals disclose information about themselves, allowing themselves to become vulnerable, and involves trusting that the other person will not use that information to cause harm. Involving receiving support from that person or persons * Definitions of marriage (3): Marriage is a multifaceted Institution. It is defined as the emotional and legal commitment of two people to share emotional and physical intimacy, various tasks and economic resources. * Characteristics of marriage * Marriage is a demographic event: * Marriage is the joining of tow family and social network * Marriage is a legal contract b/t couple and the state * Marriage is an economic union * Marriage is the most common living arrangement for adults * Marriage is the context of most human sexual activity * Marriage is a reproductive unit * Marriage is a unit that socializes children * Marriage is an opportunity to develop an intimate, sharing relationship * Definition of family (4-5): Two or more people who are committed to each other and who share intimacy, resources, decision making responsibilities and values. * Trends in family structure (12): * 69% in nuclear families (Two parent families) * 76 percent white * 70 percent Hispanic * 42 percent blacks * 87 percent Asian Americans * Single parent families with children under the age of 18 have dramatically increased in number * In 1920—12 percent * In 1980---22 percent * In 1990—28 percent * In 2005---37 percent * About half (52%) of all African American families are headed by a single mother * 25 percent