Family Studies Test #1

One individual living on their own

• Single parent

• Single person

• Couple

• Extended family

One couple living with no children

• Extended family

• Single person

• Couple

• Blended family

One couple and their children

• Nuclear family

• Extended family

• Adoptive family

• Foster family

Parent with child/children

• Blended family

• Adoptive family

• Foster family

• Single parent

A couple with one or more children from previous relationships

• Nuclear family

• Blended family

• Step family

• Extended family

Someone living with a family member outside their nuclear family (grandparent, cousin, aunt/uncle, etc.)

• Foster family

• Couple

• Extended family

• Adoptive family

Parent(s) with their child/children that they have legally adopted

• Adoptive family

• Foster family

• Blended family

• Nuclear family

Individual or couple with a child under their temporary care

• Foster family

• Adoptive family

• Extended family

• Step family

Someone who has financial and legal responsibility over a child: Usually happens when a parent may be temporarily unavailable

• Nuclear family

• Adoptive family

• Legal guardianship

• Foster family

When does the beginning stage of the family life cycle begin?

• When the couple begins having children

• When the couple phases out of dating and forms a bond that leads to a committed realtionship

• When the couple stops having more children

• When the couple phases out of raising children and become "empty nesters"