PRAXIS (5122) FAMILY AND CONSUMER SCIENCES EXAM
QUESTIONS |UPDATED 2025\26 |COMPLETE!!
Terms in this set (154)
Children at first identify entirely with the mores, norms, and
Individuation is the process values of their family; it is only after prolonged exposure to
through which a person other people outside the home that a child will begin to question
comes to think of himself or his or her upbringing and perhaps modify his or her belief
herself as a distinct person system. A
despite being a member of a fully individualized person is able to maintain a coherent
family. personality without renouncing membership in a family with
which he or she may have some disagreement.
An extended family is comprised of more than one adult couple.
For instance, it might include a man and a woman, their
children, and their grandchildren. Agrarian societies in which
Agrarian societies are more people tend the same land for their entire lives are more
likely to live with their extended conducive to the
families. maintenance of the extended family. This is in part because it is
more difficult for a large group to move around together. In
modern, industrial, urban, and nomadic societies, it is more
common for people to be grouped together in nuclear families
(one adult couple and their children)
, Despite money being a main issue for divorce, it is more
important for partners to have good self-esteem, empathy, a
Financial Stability is NOT feeling of permanence in the relationship, and strong personal
necessary for a person to identities. Solid marriages weather the inevitable hard times with
commit emotionally to a a mixture of humor, empathy, and habit. The idea of empathy is
marriage. particularly important in marriage because it implies that each
partner may not fully understand the other. Nevertheless, a
loving spouse with try to help whenever possible.
Research suggests that parents often feel some strain as they
occupy multiple roles, but this is offset by the enjoyment they
derive from their work. Having a newborn, on the other hand,
Having a child between the ages has a noticeably damaging effect on job satisfaction. The
of 2 and 4 has little to no demands of caring for a newborn, as well as the desire to spend
effect on job satisfaction. as much time as possible with this new child, make it unpleasant
to be away
from home for any reason. Flexible scheduling, high wages, and
intellectual challenge are all directly correlated with job
satisfaction.
Psychologists estimate that it takes most people at least two
years to accept divorce entirely. Until this is reached, the
divorcee should not initiate a new relationship. The best way to
Accepting that the marriage complete the process of acceptance is to establish an individual
is over is the first step a identity. This may include developing a balance between being
person should take after single and being a parent. It is appropriate to plan for the future,
divorce. but people should be aware that it is impossible to predict what
they will want once they have fully processed the finality of the
divorce.
, In the first eight to ten years of life, siblings tend to alternate
between cooperation and competition. As they grow older, they
Sibling rivalry is most
will often spend little time together for a few years, but
pronounced in same-sex
during
siblings within three years of
adolescence will gradually develop empathy for one
age.
another. Most research suggests that adult relationships
between siblings simply exaggerate the tone of the relationship
of the youth; that
is, good relationships get better and bad relationships get worse.
This is an exception to the general trend, which is that married
people are healthier, wealthier, and more content than their
single counterparts. Married men are less likely to abuse alcohol
and drugs, and less likely to become depressed. Married women
Married women typically earn a are healthier and more likely to report satisfaction with their
lower wage than single women. home lives. One reason why married women may earn less
money is that they are more likely to be raising children, and
therefore less focused on professional development. Despite
reports about the decline of marriage, an overwhelming majority
of Americans will marry at least once during their lives.
The bond between a stepparent, particularly a stepfather, and
an adolescent girl takes the longest to form. One possible
reason for this phenomenon is that stepfathers tend to be less
Accepting a stepparent is engaged with stepdaughters than with stepsons. The effect of
hardest for adolescent girls. remarriage on children is much the same as divorce because it
involves a
fundamental restructuring of the family concept. Nevertheless,
stepparents who work to engage with their stepchildren can
develop positive relationships over time.
, The members of a family should work on communicating
positively. The decisions made by families tend to reinforce the
status quo in the interest of conformity and conflict avoidance.
For reasons both genetic and environmental, the members of
Both the content and the style
families are likely to struggle with the same sorts of problems in
of family communication are
life. Despite a general tendency toward stability and
important.
consistency, families inevitably change in response to the
aging of each
member and to pressures from the environment. Finally, it is a
central tenet of family science that it is impossible to
understand a family member without understanding the family
as a whole.
When the criticized partner responds to criticism by deflecting
or soothing the other person, tempers are quelled and the
partnership remains strong. Gottman's research suggests that
there is a classic pattern of degenerating communication in an
unsuccessful relationship. The pattern begins with criticism that is
According to John Gottman, not directed at a certain behavior, but at the other person as a
humor is the best response to whole. In other words, the criticism of unsuccessful couples
criticism by a spouse. tends to lean toward character assassination. Eventually, these
negative interactions lead to contempt, in which one partner
openly disparages and disrespects the other. The inevitable
response to contempt is defensiveness, followed by stonewalling
or a total lack of communication. When couples stop
communicating, the relationship is not likely to endure.
QUESTIONS |UPDATED 2025\26 |COMPLETE!!
Terms in this set (154)
Children at first identify entirely with the mores, norms, and
Individuation is the process values of their family; it is only after prolonged exposure to
through which a person other people outside the home that a child will begin to question
comes to think of himself or his or her upbringing and perhaps modify his or her belief
herself as a distinct person system. A
despite being a member of a fully individualized person is able to maintain a coherent
family. personality without renouncing membership in a family with
which he or she may have some disagreement.
An extended family is comprised of more than one adult couple.
For instance, it might include a man and a woman, their
children, and their grandchildren. Agrarian societies in which
Agrarian societies are more people tend the same land for their entire lives are more
likely to live with their extended conducive to the
families. maintenance of the extended family. This is in part because it is
more difficult for a large group to move around together. In
modern, industrial, urban, and nomadic societies, it is more
common for people to be grouped together in nuclear families
(one adult couple and their children)
, Despite money being a main issue for divorce, it is more
important for partners to have good self-esteem, empathy, a
Financial Stability is NOT feeling of permanence in the relationship, and strong personal
necessary for a person to identities. Solid marriages weather the inevitable hard times with
commit emotionally to a a mixture of humor, empathy, and habit. The idea of empathy is
marriage. particularly important in marriage because it implies that each
partner may not fully understand the other. Nevertheless, a
loving spouse with try to help whenever possible.
Research suggests that parents often feel some strain as they
occupy multiple roles, but this is offset by the enjoyment they
derive from their work. Having a newborn, on the other hand,
Having a child between the ages has a noticeably damaging effect on job satisfaction. The
of 2 and 4 has little to no demands of caring for a newborn, as well as the desire to spend
effect on job satisfaction. as much time as possible with this new child, make it unpleasant
to be away
from home for any reason. Flexible scheduling, high wages, and
intellectual challenge are all directly correlated with job
satisfaction.
Psychologists estimate that it takes most people at least two
years to accept divorce entirely. Until this is reached, the
divorcee should not initiate a new relationship. The best way to
Accepting that the marriage complete the process of acceptance is to establish an individual
is over is the first step a identity. This may include developing a balance between being
person should take after single and being a parent. It is appropriate to plan for the future,
divorce. but people should be aware that it is impossible to predict what
they will want once they have fully processed the finality of the
divorce.
, In the first eight to ten years of life, siblings tend to alternate
between cooperation and competition. As they grow older, they
Sibling rivalry is most
will often spend little time together for a few years, but
pronounced in same-sex
during
siblings within three years of
adolescence will gradually develop empathy for one
age.
another. Most research suggests that adult relationships
between siblings simply exaggerate the tone of the relationship
of the youth; that
is, good relationships get better and bad relationships get worse.
This is an exception to the general trend, which is that married
people are healthier, wealthier, and more content than their
single counterparts. Married men are less likely to abuse alcohol
and drugs, and less likely to become depressed. Married women
Married women typically earn a are healthier and more likely to report satisfaction with their
lower wage than single women. home lives. One reason why married women may earn less
money is that they are more likely to be raising children, and
therefore less focused on professional development. Despite
reports about the decline of marriage, an overwhelming majority
of Americans will marry at least once during their lives.
The bond between a stepparent, particularly a stepfather, and
an adolescent girl takes the longest to form. One possible
reason for this phenomenon is that stepfathers tend to be less
Accepting a stepparent is engaged with stepdaughters than with stepsons. The effect of
hardest for adolescent girls. remarriage on children is much the same as divorce because it
involves a
fundamental restructuring of the family concept. Nevertheless,
stepparents who work to engage with their stepchildren can
develop positive relationships over time.
, The members of a family should work on communicating
positively. The decisions made by families tend to reinforce the
status quo in the interest of conformity and conflict avoidance.
For reasons both genetic and environmental, the members of
Both the content and the style
families are likely to struggle with the same sorts of problems in
of family communication are
life. Despite a general tendency toward stability and
important.
consistency, families inevitably change in response to the
aging of each
member and to pressures from the environment. Finally, it is a
central tenet of family science that it is impossible to
understand a family member without understanding the family
as a whole.
When the criticized partner responds to criticism by deflecting
or soothing the other person, tempers are quelled and the
partnership remains strong. Gottman's research suggests that
there is a classic pattern of degenerating communication in an
unsuccessful relationship. The pattern begins with criticism that is
According to John Gottman, not directed at a certain behavior, but at the other person as a
humor is the best response to whole. In other words, the criticism of unsuccessful couples
criticism by a spouse. tends to lean toward character assassination. Eventually, these
negative interactions lead to contempt, in which one partner
openly disparages and disrespects the other. The inevitable
response to contempt is defensiveness, followed by stonewalling
or a total lack of communication. When couples stop
communicating, the relationship is not likely to endure.
