What is considered a "family household"? How has the family household in the United States changed since the 1970s? Provide three specific examples.
What will be an ideal response?
Correct answers will vary but should include a definition of a family household as a household consisting of two or more people who occupy a given domicile and are related by blood, marriage, or adoption. Changes might include (1) family households are in decline since 1970 but still make up about two thirds of households in the United States; (2) people are living longer and can maintain household and family structure for more years; (3) women outlive men, which means many women who were in family households live out the end of life alone or in a nonfamily household; (4) family households are smaller than in the past because people have fewer children; (5) there are declines in the birthrates for married women in two-parent families but increases in families with one parent; and finally (6) the Great Recession caused a slight uptick in the number of people living in some form of family household, which may be a consequence of the poor economy forcing people to move in together.
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b. Children develop their own religious beliefs, based on their own spiritual experiences. c. Children often adopt the religious beliefs of their peers. d. Children's religious beliefs are most influenced by the mass media.
In Freud's theory, the part of the personality from which the infant's unsocialized drives arise is termed the:
a. ego b. id c. libido d. superego
According to Walters and Burger (2013 ), the most common way by which people reveal their infidelity is _____
A) through text messaging B) by a third partner C) via email D) in person
What pressures people to use drugs? Which set of pressures do you think will be harder to change?
What will be an ideal response?