The Waltons are a large family living together, consisting of a mother, a father, 4 boys and 3 girls, a grandmother and a grandfather. This family lives together and functions as family. For example, they all sit down together for a family meal together for dinner every night. Every member of this family is expected to be at that dinner. How would developmental psychologists classify this family?
a. As a traditional nuclear family
b. As a coparenting family
c. As an extended family
d. As an economically distressed family