4.1 The Family in Social Structure

• What is the key characteristic of an extended family?

  Multiple generations in household
• Match the family type with its description:

  Nuclear Family ↔️ Married couple and their children

  Extended Family ↔️ Includes grandparents, aunts, uncles

  Single-Parent Family ↔️ One parent raising children

  Reconstituted Family ↔️ Blended family from remarriage
• What is the primary agent of socialization within the family?

  The family
• The family is the primary unit for reproduction and continuation of the species.


  True
• Reinforcement involves encouraging positive behaviors through rewards and discouraging negative ones through consequences
• How does the political structure influence the family?

  Determines family-related policies
• What is a family defined as in this study material?

  Related group sharing resources
• Match the family type with its description:

  Nuclear Family ↔️ Two parents and children

  Extended Family ↔️ Multiple generations in one household

  Single-Parent Family ↔️ One parent raising children

  Reconstituted Family ↔️ Blended family from remarriage
• What is the primary role of the family in socialization?

  Teaching societal norms
• Families provide economic security by sharing resources such as food and shelter
• How does the economic structure influence the family?

  Financial resources and labor
• Contemporary families emphasize emotional support and personal fulfillment over economic provision.


  True
• What are the three primary relationships by which a family can be defined?

  Blood, marriage, or choice
• The nuclear family comprises a married couple and their children
• A single-parent family consists of one parent raising children.

  True
• Steps in how a family transmits social values

  1️⃣ Explicit Teaching

  2️⃣ Modeling

  3️⃣ Reinforcement

  4️⃣ Cultural Immersion
• Families provide economic support by offering resources such as food and shelter
• What does the socialization method of "modeling" involve?

  Demonstrating behaviors for emulation
• The economic structure affects the division of labor within the family.

  True
• Cultural structures shape family values and traditions
• A nuclear family consists of a married couple and their children
• An extended family includes grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins.


  True
• What is a single-parent family characterized by?

  One parent raising children
• A reconstituted family is formed when divorced parents remarry and combine families
• Emotional support from families is essential for individual well-being.


  True
• What is the family's role in reproduction?

  Procreation and continuation
• Methods by which families transmit social values:

  1️⃣ Explicit teaching

  2️⃣ Modeling

  3️⃣ Reinforcement

  4️⃣ Cultural immersion
• The political structure determines family-related policies, such as taxation and welfare support
• Match the family type with its contemporary characteristic:

  Nuclear Family ↔️ Both parents working outside

  Single-Parent Family ↔️ Increasingly common

  Reconstituted Family ↔️ Formed from divorce or widowhood
• What are some broader social shifts that have influenced family dynamics?

  Increased female labor