Description
A candid and thoughtful conversation about families and family life. This text combines the personal touch and scholarly expertise of an outstanding teacher to explore the ways that family members and intimate partners interact, and how families adapt to stresses, changes and everyday challenges. We are all a product of our families of origin. How that influences who we are and who we become is a central theme woven throughout Family Life Now. This book follows the Family Life Education framework to examine marriages, families, and intimate relationships. Throughout the text, theories from the fields of sociology, family studies, psychology, lifespan human development, and other social sciences are integrated so that they can be applied to real life situations. The text also presents enough biological science to explain some of the physical realities of who we are and why we behave as we do.
What is the Pearson Census Update Edition?
The Census Update edition incorporates 2010 Census data into a course—simply and easily. The components of the Census Update Program are as follows:
- Census Update Edition - Features fully updated data throughout the text—including all charts and graphs—to reflect the results of the 2010 Census. This edition also includes a reproduction of the 2010 Census Questionnaire for your students to explore in detail.
- 2010 Census Update Primer - A brief seven-chapter overview of the Census, including important information about the Constitutional mandate, research methods, who is affected by the Census, and how data is used. Additionally, the primer explores key contemporary topics such as race and ethnicity, the family, and poverty. The primer can be packaged with any Pearson text at no additional cost, and is available via MySocLab, MySocKit, and MySearchLab. The primer can also be purchased standalone.
- 2010 Census Update Primer Instructor’s Manual with Test Bank - Includes explanations of what has been updated, in-class activities, homework activities associated with the MyLabs and MyKits, discussion questions for the primer, and test questions related to the primer.
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- MyFamilyLab - Gives students the opportunity to explore the methods and data and apply the results in a dynamic interactive online environment. It includes:
- primary source readings relevant to the Census
- an online version of the 2010 Census Update Primer
- a series of activities using 2010 Census results
- video clips explaining and exploring the Census
This Books a la Carte Edition is an unbound, three-hole punched, loose-leaf version of the textbook and provides students the opportunity to personalize their book by incorporating their own notes and taking only the portion of the book they need to class – all at a fraction of the bound book price.
Table of Contents
1.) BRIEF
2.) COMPREHENSIVE
BRIEF TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Chapter 1: Family Life Now
Chapter 2: Understanding Families through Research and Theory
Chapter 3: Family Communication, Conflict, and Forgiveness
Chapter 4: Gender in Today’s Society
Chapter 5: Intimacy: Developing and Experiencing Affectionate Bonds
Chapter 6: Love and Loving
Chapter 7: The Path to Commitment: Attraction, Dating, and Parenthood
Chapter 8: Coupling: From Singlehood to Marriage
Chapter 9: You, Sex, and Sexuality
Chapter 10: The Choices and Challenges of Childbearing
Chapter 11: Parenting Choices, Challenges, and Changes
Chapter 12: Work and Family
Chapter 13: Uncoupling: Relationship Deterioration and Divorce
Chapter 14: Rebuilding Family Life Following Divorce
Chapter 15: Family Change: Stress, Crisis, and Transition
Chapter 16: Family Life and Aging
COMPREHENSIVE TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Chapter One: Family Life Now
What Is Marriage? What Is Family?
Contemporary Families
Families in Cultural Contexts\ Family Life Education: The Study of Families through a Family Lens
Family Life Education
Chapter Two: Understanding Families through Research and Theory
Understanding Families through Research
Understanding Families through Theory
Family Interactions and You
Family Life Education
Chapter Three: Family Communication, Conflict, and Forgiveness
The Communication Process
Communication between Men and Women
Types of Communication
Cornerstones of Communication
Conflict in Relationships
The Role of Forgiveness in Family and Intimate Relationships
Family Life Education
Chapter Four: Gender in Today’s Society
It Matters: The Biology of Gender
It Matters: The Culture of Gender
The Theories of Gender Development
It Matters: The Agents of Socialization
It Matters: Gender and Contemporary Issues
Family Life Education
Chapter Five: Intimacy: Developing and Experiencing Affectionate Bonds
Intimacy: Do We Have A Need To Relate To Others?
Developing Intimacy
Obstacles to Intimacy
Family Life Education
Chapter 6: Love and Loving
Love Is a Cultural and Historical Experience
What Is Love, Actually?
Developing Love
Theories of Love and Loving
Family Life Education
Chapter 7: The Path To Commitment: Attraction, Dating, And Parenthood
“Frisky Business”: Interpersonal Attraction Theories
The Path to Commitment
Non-Marital Cohabitation: Living Together
Family Life Education
Chapter 8: Coupling: From Singlehood to Marriage
Being Single
The Act of Marriage
The Transition to Marriage: Why it’s So Tough
Satisfying Marriages
Family Life Education
Chapter 9: You, Sex, and Sexuality
Learning Sexuality: Cultural Contributions
Our Sexual Selves
Sexually Transmitted Infections
Relationships and Sex
Experiencing Sexual Difficulties
Family Life Education
Chapter 10: The Choices and Challenges of Childbearing
Childbearing Trends: Who’s Having Babies?
Having Children: Now, Later, Or Never?
Being Pregnant and Giving Birth
Unexpected Outcomes
Adoption: By Circumstance or Choice
Contraception and Abortion
Family Life Education
Chapter 11: Parenting Choices, Challenges, and Changes
Parenting Is a Process: Change over Time
The Styles of Parenting
From Partners to Parents: Making the Transition
Today’s Parents
Parenting 101: Best Practices For Parenting
Family Life Education
Chapter 12: Work and Family
Working Families: The Transformation of American Homes
Couples and Work: Just Trying To Make Ends Meet
The Balancing Act: Juggling Family Life and Work
The Government’s Role: Policies for Working Families
Marriage and Money
Family Life Education
Chapter 13: Uncoupling: Relationship Deterioration and Divorce
Uncoupling
Emotionally Ending the Marriage
Legally Ending the Marriage: The Formal Divorce
Avoiding Divorce: Getting a Marriage Back On Track
Family Life Education
Chapter 14: Rebuilding Family Life Following Divorce
The Aftermath of Divorce: Transitions
How Divorce Affects Children and Adolescents
Challenges for Single Parents
Transition to Repartnering
Family Life Education
Chapter 15: Family Change: Stress, Crisis, and Transition
Family Change
Family Crisis
Family Coping and Resilience
The Crisis of Family Violence
Family Life Education
Chapter 16: Family Life and Aging
Aging and the Aged
Marriage Experiences through Aging
Intergenerational Ties
Family Changes toward the End of Life
Dying and Death Experiences
Family Life Education
Purchase Info
ISBN-10: 0-205-20401-5
ISBN-13: 978-0-205-20401-4
Format: Unbound (Saleable)
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