TRUE OR FALSE

1. Families ( ___are; ___ are not) social with cultural dimensions

2. Families ( ___are; ___ are not) limited to a husband, wife, and child(ren) living under one roof.
3. Families ( ___are; ___ are not) limited to a husband, wife, and child(ren) living under one roof in 1983.
4. The traditional nuclear family ( ___has been; ___ has not been) a fundamental part of the European Cultural Heritage
5. Each type of household ( ___does; ___ does not) requires recognition and acceptance by professionals who must help
families achieve optimal health.
6. In nuclear families, the workload distribution between the two adults ( ___can; ___ cannot) be constant.
7. Blended families may be ( ___custodial; ___ noncustodial) parents who have their children with them.
8. A traditional family in which one partner is required to travel a great deal of the time for business or when one is caring for
an ill family member at a distant location, ( ___may; ___ may not) experience similar problems and stressors.
9. ( ___majority; ___ minority) of the American population fit the traditional nuclear model.
10. Cohabitating couples ( ___may; ___ may be) heterosexual or homosexual couples.
11. Cohabitating couples ( ___may; ___ may not) share a sexual relationship.
12. The ( ___is; ___ is no) main male in a commune family who designates responsibilities and dictates the other members
some religious or social ideologies.
13.

IDENTIFICATION

________________ 1. Structures are those which are most familiar to us and which are readily accepted by society.
________________ 2. Consists of a husband and wife living together who have no children living outside the home
________________ 3. One adult is living alone either by choice to remain single or because of separation from spouse
and/or children because of divorce, death, or distance from children.
________________ 4. Several generations or age-groups live together in the same household.
________________ 5. Several nuclear families live in the same household, or near one another, and share goods and
services.
________________ 6. Divorced or widowed parents marry and raise their children from each of their previous marriages.
________________ 7. Caring for a child or children as a result of separation, or divorce, from, or the death of, a spouse.
________________ 8. Some of which are accepted by society and others are strongly questioned on the basis of illegitimate
union.
________________ 9. Most common forms of nontraditional family
________________ 10. When a woman adopts or have children without being married or when an unplanned pregnancy
occurs and there is no marriage.
________________ 11. May range from young adults living together to an elderly couple sharing their lives outside of
marriage to avoid tax penalties or inheritance issues.
________________ 12. A group of unrelated, monogamous (married or committed to one person) couples living together and
collectively rearing their children.
________________ 13. Spouse of either sex has more than one mate at a given time
________________ 14. Where abused or homeless children are sheltered