1. Families Make a Difference: Ch. 1 & 2
Study Guide

2. 1. What is a family?
Family: a group of two or more people who live together. These people are related by birth, marriage, or adoption.

3. 2. Why are families so important?
Families provide a function, or a purpose, to their members
Functions of a family include:
Love and affection
Economic Support
Security/Protection
Procreation
Education
Guidance
Teaching values
Socialization
Ensure the continuation of society through procreation and socialization

4. 2. Family Function cont.
Families who do not carry out their functions are called dysfunctional

5. 3. What are the different levels of society?
Family – basic level of society
Community
State
Nation
Family
Community
State
Nation
Levels of Society
*which level does family have the most impact on? –community. It will take more work/effort to have an impact on state/nation
--ask students how they are involved in their community! Do you do any volunteer work?
*how do families impact the community? When they use parks, go to local businesses, volunteer, plant trees/flowers, vote in local elections, and maintain their home

6. 4. What is the relationship between families and society?
Families are vital to the health of society
Families need to build their own strengths
Strong families help make a strong society
Ex: if your family volunteers during a clean-up day, you will make your community better for everyone
*which level does family have the most impact on? –community. It will take more work/effort to have an impact on state/nation
--ask students how they are involved in their community! Do you do any volunteer work?
*how do families impact the community? When they use parks, go to local businesses, volunteer, plant trees/flowers, vote in local elections, and maintain their home

7. 5. What 4 skills are important in a strong family?
Communication skills
Avoiding misunderstandings
Problem solving/decision making skills
How to raise children or spend time
Management skills
Handling finances or the household schedule
Conflict resolution skills
Settling arguments

8. View: Home Improvement
After watching the episode, answer the following question:
Explain how the Taylor family used each skill to build a stronger family:
Communication
Problem solving/decision making
Conflict resolution
Management

9. 6. What do families need to know to help them solve their problems?
Family comes first
Every family member contributes to the family
Change is possible
Problems can be solved
Where to get help

10. Family Problem Assignment

11. 7. How can studying families help you in the future?
Learn about yourself
Strengthen your current family relationships
Learn skills to use in your future relationships
Expose you to family life careers
Counseling, education, health care, etc.
Family life careers: counseling, education, adoption agencies/foster care programs, vocational rehabilitation, youth/ministry programs, long-term/hospice care, etc.

12. 8. Needs vs. Wants Need: required for survival
Must attend to unmet needs
Want: desired, but not essential

13. Abraham Maslow’s Hierarchy of Human Needs: The Theory
Wanted to find out what motivates people
Motivation to satisfy needs
Lower level needs must be satisfied before progressing on to meet high level needs
When a need is met, it becomes less important and the next level of need becomes the focus

14. Abraham Maslow’s Hierarchy of Human Needs
SELF
ACTUALIZATION
ESTEEM
LOVE & BELONGING
SAFETY & SECURITY NEEDS
PHYSICAL NEEDS

15. Abraham Maslow’s Hierarchy of Human Needs
Realizing personal potential, creativity, problem solving, seeking personal growth
Achievement, confidence, independence, self-respect, respect from others
Friendship, intimacy, affection, love
From coworkers, family, friends, romantic relationships
Protection from elements, security, law, stability, freedom from fear
Air, food, drink, shelter, warmth, sleep

16. Assignment: Abraham Maslow’s Hierarchy of Human Needs Poster
Using oak tag, rulers, and colored pencils; create a visual representation of each level of Hierarchy of Human Needs
At each level, include 4 magazine pictures that represent human needs associated with each level

17. How many emotions can you come up with?
For the next 5 minutes, try to think of as many emotions as possible.
Take a piece of paper
Fold it in half
List positive emotions on one side
List negative emotions on the other side
After 5 minutes, you will each come up one at a time, and write either one positive or one negative emotion that you came up with – no repeats!

18. Positive Emotions Negative Emotions

19. 9. What is a support system?
a group of family and friends who are available to provide help when needed
When families spending time working with one another they are building a stronger support system

20. 10. Ways to offer emotional support.
Say positive things
“You performed great in your game tonight!”
Offering help before being asked
“I know you have a lot of other things going on today, can I help you finish vacuuming?”
Being a good listener
Emotional support benefits
BOTH parties!

21. 11. What is the relationship between family and personality?
Personality traits are developed or learned from family and often kept for life
Adventurous, observant, lazy, picky, confident
Positive emotional support from family = personality traits leading to success in life

22. Using your BYOT or the iPads..
Go to
Take your time to read through each questions and answer honestly
Once complete, go to
Use your first and last name (without spaces) for your “nickname”
In the message, include your
personality type
1 strength for that personality you believe describes you
1 weakness for that personality you believe describes you

23. 12. What effect do values have on family life?
Values: beliefs and principles about what is important
Control the way the family lives
Provides the direction family life takes
If your family values following the rules, your parents are probably not going to let you go see an R rated movie when you are 14.
If your family values religion, you are probably going to be spending your weekends and holidays a lot differently than an atheist family

24. 13. Types of values Tangible – objects that you can see or touch
Ex. Car, jewelry, furniture, house, electronics, artwork, pets, friends, books, clothes
Intangible – values that are not seen or touched, but perceived
Ex. Honesty, independence, religion, trust, friendship, love, security, knowledge, patriotism, education, creativity

25. If you have a free day, with no school, no work, and no responsibilities, what would you do with that day??
What would you buy if you suddenly had to spend $500 in the next 24 hours?
Go around the room and have each person answer

26. If your home was on fire and you could only save three things, what objects would you save?
(assume all people & pets are safe)
If you had one year to live, what would you want to do before you passed?

27. If you were deserted on a tropical island with one other person, who would you choose?
If you had to teach something, what would you teach?

28. Assignment: Coat of Arms
Medieval knight wore coats of arms that symbolized their achievements and values
Create your own Coat of Arms with the following:
Picture of the thing you do best
One word that describes how you wish others would see you
Picture of a lifetime dream/goal
Picture of the ONE thing that is most important to you

29. 14. Ways families teach values
By example
Demonstrating or showing what is right/wrong
Direct teaching
Verbally telling
Religious training
Principles to live by
Example: shoveling a driveway for an elderly neighbor
Direct teaching: telling the child it is not okay to hit someone
Religious training: not eating pork for Jewish religion

30. 15. Areas that cause debate are called what?
Conflicting Values
Ex: Politics, aging, friends, war & peace, health, religion, leisure time, money, morals, death, government

31. 16. What should you do when there is a conflict value?
Try not to attack or criticize another’s values
Learn something positive about another person’s values

32. Assignment: A question in values
Read through the descriptions of each person
Explain which 5 people will be sacrificed in writing

33. 17. Sources outside of the family that affect values you hold
Friends
Movies
Magazines
Television
Newspapers

34. Activity: Values in Advertisements
Choose an advertisement
Find AT LEAST 3-5 values in the advertisement
Be ready to defend your answer!

35. 18. Explain the difference between the two types of goals
Short term goal
Less than a year to complete
Long term goal
Over a year to complete

36. 19. There are 3 groups of resources that help us reach our goals.
Human – offer knowledge, skills, talents, energy, time, interests and abilities
Material – consists of money & possessions, equipment, clothing, housing, transportation.
Community – includes facilities (libraries, museums, parks, services (senior center & recreation) and government programs (food stamps, health care & Head start)

38. 20. Explain the steps in the decision making process
Identify the Problem
Write down the problem that needs to be solved
Brainstorm Possible Solutions
Make a list of possible ways to solve the problem
Explore and Evaluate Possible Solutions
Pro’s/con’s of each possibility
Make a Decision and Act on It
Select one choice that is best for you
Evaluate Your Decision