1.What is a family? What is family composition? - The term family is defined in this unit as a group of people who are tied together by blood, co-residence, or affection.
Family composition is referred to as the makeup of a family, including the number of members, their ages, and their relationships to each other.2.What is cultural bias? What is an example of this? - Cultural bias is the interpretation or judgment of practices by the standards of one's own culture. An example of cultural bias is when someone may look at a different culture practice and consider it wrong because it is not the way they handle a particular concern.3.What are stereotypes? How are they different from prejudice? -Stereotypes are assumed beliefs about a group of people.
Stereotypes are different from prejudice because stereotypes are generally based on characteristics present in some members of a group, while prejudice happens when assumptions are made about a group before people get to know them.4.What is the difference between a nuclear family and an extended family? - There’s a difference between a nuclear and an extended family. A nuclear family is consisting of two parents and their children, while an extended family can consist of many generations living under one roof. Examples of an extended family are grandchildren living with grandparents, or an elderly father living with his daughter’s family in their household.Critical Thinking Questions1.
How can families assimilate to a new culture? - Families can assimilate to a new culture by learning the new culture’s language (helps parents communicate with teachers, doctors, etc.), by acknowledging differences between the cultures, and by being open-minded about the people and practices of the new culture.2.What are some of the problems with stereotypes or cultural bias when looking at families? - One problem with stereotypes or cultural bias when looking at families are that they may have to deal with negative comments or actions in a plethora of aspects of their daily lives, such as when shopping for groceries or even buying a vehicle. Another problem can be found with their children.
Children may be bullied at school, or stereotyped by teachers and other people in charge.3.Adversity affects today’s family, just as Black Death affected families from earlier times. What kinds of adverse challenges do today’s families face and how can they manage the situations? - Some adverse challenges that today’s families face are financial adversities, emotional adversities, and health adversities.
Families can manage the situation by talking about it as a family and working together to find a resolution to the family issue.4.Why are families diverse in composition? How are family lifestyles of today different than the past? - Families are diverse in composition because . Family lifestyles of today compare differently than those of the past. Family lifestyles of today blah blah.
Family lifestyles of the past blah blah.
