[PSY3123] - Final Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (82 pages long)

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 3123
• Professor: Kristel Thomassin

Document Summary

Variety of legal defs exists but often change as result of court cases and legislation. Stats canada (census family): married couple with children, common law couple with children, single parent with child. Children"s aid society of toronto: anyone with a meaningful relationship to a child. Government regulations determine family services such as immigration, medical benefits, bereavement leave, penitentiary visits. Common law spouses, single parents, same sex couples all considered families under various laws. A family consisting of a husband wife and children. Often called the standard north american family forms basis for what advocates call traditional family values. Family of orientation: family that we are born into and raised in. Family of procreation: family formed through marriage or cohabitation. In case of conflict, a family member might not be considered as belonging. A family whose members though not related by blood or marriage, call themselves family.