Which of the Following Would NOT Be a Family as Sociologists

question 75

Multiple Choice

Which of the following would NOT be a family as sociologists define the term?

• A) a married couple who maintain separate apartments on different sides of Central Park in New York City
• B) two men who enter a business partnership in which one runs a retail outlet while the other produces products to sell in it
• C) a couple who remarries and shares a household with children from their previous marriages
• D) an unmarried couple who never have children and live in separate residences
• E) a lesbian couple who have a child using a sperm donor

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Definitions:

Existential Therapy

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