Defining Family Quiz

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According to the Long Island Housing Code, which of the following best defines a family?

  • A group of persons related by blood, adoption, or marriage, living and cooking together as a single housekeeping unit (correct)
  • A group of persons consisting of the parents and their children, whether actually living together or not
  • A group of persons related by friendship and living together as a single housekeeping unit
  • A group of people or animals affiliated by consanguinity, affinity, or co-residence

In the context of family, what does consanguinity refer to?

  • Relationship by blood or by a common ancestor (correct)
  • Relationship by friendship or co-residence
  • Relationship by adoption or marriage
  • Relationship by affinity or household servants

What is the family considered according to anthropologists in terms of genetic distance?

  • Family is only understood through biological relationships
  • Family is solely defined through genetic distance and blood relations
  • Family should be understood metaphorically through other concepts rather than through genetic distance (correct)
  • Family is defined based on consanguinity and co-residence only

According to the Oxford English dictionary, how does it define family?

<p>A group of persons consisting of the parents and their children, whether actually living together or not (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the family serve as according to the text?

<p>A natural laboratory and learning ground for understanding harmony in relationships with human beings (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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