Family Dynamic A Canadian Perspective 5th Edition Ward Test Bank
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- ISBN-10 : 0176502009
- ISBN-13 : 978-0176502003
- Authors: Margaret Ward
Completely updated to reflect the reality of today’s families, The Family Dynamic, Fifth Edition is the definitive resource for Canadian students and teachers. Praised for its accessible, clear and approachable writing style, The Family Dynamic is a leader in the Canadian academic marketplace. Challenging issues have been woven throughout the text to stimulate thought and discussion about the current state and future of the family. Sociology / Human Services majors and non-majors alike will appreciate the relevant examples used to illustrate the modern Canadian family.
Table contents:
Part One: The Family
Ch 1: What is a Family?
What is a Family?
Thinking about Families
How Does Society Influence Families?
Macro or Micro?
The Family as an Institution
The Family as Centre for Conflict
The Family System
The Family as Interacting Members
Fair Trade
The Family through Time
Researching the Family
The Approach of this Book
Summary
Key Terms
Class Assignments
Personal Assignments
Ch 2: Being Different
Women and Men
Changing Family Forms
Racial and Ethnic Differences
Patterns of Immigration to Canada
Multiracial Families
Providing Services to Racial and Ethnic Minorities
Is Being Different Acceptable?
Differences and the Study of the Family
Summary
Key Terms
Class Assignments
Personal Assignments
Part Two: The Couple Relationship: Merging Differences
Ch 3: Getting Together
Setting the Family Cycle Turning
Mate Selection and Society
The Courtship Continuum
Matchmaker, Matchmaker—Arranging Marriages
The Shift toward Free Choice
A New Custom—Dating (and Beyond)
Freedom of Choice?
The Disadvantaged in Romance
The Never Married
Sexuality
The Love Ideal
Obstacles to Love Relationships—The Communication Gap
Thorns in the Relationship
Get Ready, Get Set …
Briar Rose Revisited
Summary
Key Terms
Class Assignments
Personal Assignments
Ch 4: Wedding Bells … and After
Society and Marriage
Law and Marriage
Marriage in the Family Cycle
Why Marry?
Marriages Yesterday
The “Modernization” of Marriage
Roles in Marriage
Married, But not Married
Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Adults in Heterosexual Marriages
One Family, Two Incomes—The New Reality
Married Happiness
Long-Lasting Marriages
Does Marriage have a Future?
Summary
Key Terms
Class Assignments
Personal Assignments
Part Three: The Expanding Family
Ch 5: Children—Yes or No?
Enlarging the Family Circle
The Shrinking Family
Unwanted Children
“Desperately Seeking Baby”
The New Technology
Instant Parenthood
Some Issues
The Future
Summary
Key Terms
Class Assignments
Personal Assignments
Ch 6: Bringing Up Baby
Socialization in the Life Cycle
The Socialization Smorgasbord
What are Children Worth?
Parents—The First Socializers
Ethnic and Racial Groups
The Wider Family Circle
Society at Large
Faces of Socialization—The Case of Gender Role
Family Trends and Socialization
Some Issues
Summary
Key Terms
Class Assignments
Personal Assignments
Part Four: The Middle Years and Beyond
Chapter 7: The Middle Years and the Not-So-Empty Nest
The Parent Generation at Midlife
Adolescence and the Approach of Adulthood
The Not-So-Empty Nest
The Sandwich Generation
The Social Time Clock
The Middle Years—A Time of Changes
Summary
Key Terms
Class Assignments
Personal Assignments
Ch 8: Grey Power and the Sunset Years
What Is Old?
Dimensions of Aging
The Aging of Canada
Developmental Tasks of Old Age
The “Young” Old
The “Old” Old
Three Key Issues
Minority Groups and Aging
What Does the Future Hold?
Summary
Key Terms
Class Assignments
Personal Assignments
Part Five: Changes in the Family
Ch 9: The Lone-Parent Family—The Future Majority?
The Path of Single Parenthood
The Quality of Life
Are Children in Lone-Parent Families at Risk?
A Special Worry—The Teen Mother
The Single Father
What of the Future?
Summary
Key Terms
Class Assignments
Personal Assignments
Ch 10: Coming Apart—The Divorce Experience
A Short History
Why People Divorce
The Road to Divorce
The Crises of Divorce
Children and Divorce
Custody and Parenting
Divorce and the Family Life Cycle
The Future
Summary
Key Terms
Class Assignments
Personal Assignments
Ch 11: The Second Time Around
Remarriage—A New Trend?
Forming a New Family System
Effects of Stepfamily Living on Children
Remarriage and the Family Life Cycle
The Stepfamily and the Wider Society
Family Adaptation
Summary
Key Terms
Class Assignments
Personal Assignments
Ch 12: The Family and the World of Work
Care for Family Members
Work and Family Stress
Losing a Job—The Effects of Unemployment
Burnout and the Family
Flexible Work Arrangements
The Family, Work, and Society
Summary
Key Terms
Class Assignments
Personal Assignments
Part Six: Social Problems in the Family
Ch 13: The Family Beleaguered—When Problems Come
Who Decides When a Problem is a Problem?
The Impact on Families
Two Specific Family Problems
Communication and Problem-Solving
The Long View
Summary
Key Terms
Class Assignments
Personal Assignments
Ch 14: Home Dangerous Home—Abuse and Violence in the Family
What is Family Violence?
Child Abuse
Abuse between Partners
Abuse of Older Adults
Why do People Abuse Family Members?
Theories of Abuse and Neglect
Preventing Family Violence
Summary
Key Terms
Class Assignments
Personal Assignments
Ch 15: Poverty and the Family
Helping the “Worthy” Poor
Poverty, Officially Defined
Who are the Poor?
Homelessness
What is Poverty Doing to Children?
What can be Done?
Summary
Key Terms
Class Assignments
Personal Assignments
Part Seven: The Future of Canadian Families
Ch 16: The Crystal Ball—Predicting the Future of the Family
An Aging Population
Different Types of Families
Changes in Family Roles
Technology and Family Life
The Family in Society
The Unknowns
Will the Family Survive?
Summary
Key Terms
Class Assignments
Personal Assignments
Appendix—Major Sociological Theories
Glossary
References
Index
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