FAMILY COMMUNICATION EXAM 1 COOMM 3800 REAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS (VERIFIED
ANSWERS) LATEST UPDATE | RATED A+ NEW!!
Three types of family - ANSWER: Structural- who lives in household
Psychosocial Task- functions family serves
Transactional Process- define family through interactions
Turner and West definition of family - ANSWER: a family is a self-defined group of
intimates who create and maintain themselves through their own interactions with
others; a family may include both voluntary and involuntary relationships; it creates
both literal and symbolic internal and external boundaries' and it evolves through
time; it has a history, a present, and a future
Break down of definition of family - ANSWER: Self-defined: you choose who you call
family
Interactional: communication, create and maintain sense of family on how you relate
with each other
Voluntary: choose to mary and live with
Involuntary: didn't chose those people; bound by birth or by law
External boundaries: decide family membership who is in and outside of family.
Internal boundaries: govern communication within the family ex: secrets
History, present, and future: evolves over time, need past and projected future
together, lives always intertwined.
TRANSACTION definition
Implications of how we define family? - ANSWER: who has the right to marry legally?
who has the right to adopt?
who has to pay child support?
who has visitation rights for children?
who gets notified in an emergency?
Common myths about families? - ANSWER: Diversity in families is new in American
families
Substance abuse is a bigger problem than ever
Families don't value motherhood like they used to
Children are exposed to sex more than ever
ALL Myths because these have always been part of families
Nuclear family - ANSWER: married couple raising biological children
21.6% of all households in US
Communication: stereotypical gender roles can make it difficult to communicate
outside traditional nuclear family.
, Gay/Lesbian family - ANSWER: committed same-sex parents raising at least one child
901,997 same-sex couple households in US
Communication: may be targets to homophobia and have to deal with negative
communication from family. struggle with when and how to disclose sexual
orientation to children.
Extended families - ANSWER: parents and children living together with other
relatives (aunts, cousins, grandparents)
49 million americans live in multigenerational houses
Communication: older generations may be relied on too much for housework and
childcare. Boomerang kids can make setting rules difficult
Stepfamily - ANSWER: married couple raising at least one child who is not the
biological offspring of both adults
5.6 million american children live with at least one step parent
Communication: negotiating relationships may be difficult. patient and cooperative
co-parenting is key
Single-parent family - ANSWER: one parent and at least one child
29.5% of US households. 17.3 million women vs. 2.5 million men.
Communication:experience and lot of blame and strife. tend to fare better in co-
cultures that stress the importance of this group
Couples (married or cohabiting) - ANSWER: two adults living together without
children
7.5 million opposite sex cohabiting couples and 700,000 same-sex couples
Communication: may engage in more damaging conflicts. can be more free but more
challenging. Stress form society always asking "when are you getting married or
having kids"?
Four government influences on families - ANSWER: family policy: everything that
government does that affects families. ex: family planning services, foster care
Covenant marriages: guided by the belief that couples should not be easily granted a
divorce ex: counseling, two-year separation before divorce
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS (VERIFIED
ANSWERS) LATEST UPDATE | RATED A+ NEW!!
Three types of family - ANSWER: Structural- who lives in household
Psychosocial Task- functions family serves
Transactional Process- define family through interactions
Turner and West definition of family - ANSWER: a family is a self-defined group of
intimates who create and maintain themselves through their own interactions with
others; a family may include both voluntary and involuntary relationships; it creates
both literal and symbolic internal and external boundaries' and it evolves through
time; it has a history, a present, and a future
Break down of definition of family - ANSWER: Self-defined: you choose who you call
family
Interactional: communication, create and maintain sense of family on how you relate
with each other
Voluntary: choose to mary and live with
Involuntary: didn't chose those people; bound by birth or by law
External boundaries: decide family membership who is in and outside of family.
Internal boundaries: govern communication within the family ex: secrets
History, present, and future: evolves over time, need past and projected future
together, lives always intertwined.
TRANSACTION definition
Implications of how we define family? - ANSWER: who has the right to marry legally?
who has the right to adopt?
who has to pay child support?
who has visitation rights for children?
who gets notified in an emergency?
Common myths about families? - ANSWER: Diversity in families is new in American
families
Substance abuse is a bigger problem than ever
Families don't value motherhood like they used to
Children are exposed to sex more than ever
ALL Myths because these have always been part of families
Nuclear family - ANSWER: married couple raising biological children
21.6% of all households in US
Communication: stereotypical gender roles can make it difficult to communicate
outside traditional nuclear family.
, Gay/Lesbian family - ANSWER: committed same-sex parents raising at least one child
901,997 same-sex couple households in US
Communication: may be targets to homophobia and have to deal with negative
communication from family. struggle with when and how to disclose sexual
orientation to children.
Extended families - ANSWER: parents and children living together with other
relatives (aunts, cousins, grandparents)
49 million americans live in multigenerational houses
Communication: older generations may be relied on too much for housework and
childcare. Boomerang kids can make setting rules difficult
Stepfamily - ANSWER: married couple raising at least one child who is not the
biological offspring of both adults
5.6 million american children live with at least one step parent
Communication: negotiating relationships may be difficult. patient and cooperative
co-parenting is key
Single-parent family - ANSWER: one parent and at least one child
29.5% of US households. 17.3 million women vs. 2.5 million men.
Communication:experience and lot of blame and strife. tend to fare better in co-
cultures that stress the importance of this group
Couples (married or cohabiting) - ANSWER: two adults living together without
children
7.5 million opposite sex cohabiting couples and 700,000 same-sex couples
Communication: may engage in more damaging conflicts. can be more free but more
challenging. Stress form society always asking "when are you getting married or
having kids"?
Four government influences on families - ANSWER: family policy: everything that
government does that affects families. ex: family planning services, foster care
Covenant marriages: guided by the belief that couples should not be easily granted a
divorce ex: counseling, two-year separation before divorce
