What is meant by the ‘golden age of the traditional family?

What will be an ideal response?


When people in the United States talk about the "golden age of the traditional family," they are typically talking about one particular group of families: White, middle-class, heterosexual, two-parent families living in the 1950s. Social historians argue that the rosy picture usually painted about this group is really something that never existed. It is important to remember that a great diversity of family structures and functions has existed in the United States and around the world over time.

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Schaie and Willis’s Stage Theory of Cognition places individuals in early adulthood in the stages of _____ and _____.

a. executive, acquisitive b. achieving, responsible c. responsible, reorganizational d. achieving, legacy creating

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Important factors in the common factors approach to therapy are __________ factors

a. insightful b. dysfunctional c. research d. relationship

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All of the following are true statements regarding high school level small groups EXCEPT:

a. High school students have the cognitive ability to process some of the more advanced skills that some counseling theories explore. b. High school groups have similarities as well as differences compared to groups at the elementary and middle/junior high levels. c. Using activities that are not meaningful could lead to high school students losing their interest in continuing the group experience. d. Teens prefer to avoid person-to-person connections.

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If, as a _____________, you received enough consistent love, support, and nurturance from your family, there is a reasonable chance that as an adult you approach the world without unreasonable demands for support and personal emotional repair.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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