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50 Cards in this Set
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Unconscious decisions are called
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Choosing by default
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The text points out that shifts in balance of individuality and familism have meant that family lives have become
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Less predictable
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What factor may cause a father to make choices about his family "by default?"
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Strong day-to-day pressures on the job cutting into time at home.
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Theoretical perspectives are ways of
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Viewing reality, or ways of looking at reality.
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Which of the following is NOT among the eight theoretical perspectives on the family discussed in the text?
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Containment theory
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Theoretical perspectives or theories can increase our_______families and family life.
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understanding of
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The question of how two previously separate individuals come together and over time create a shared view of themselves as a couple would be best answered using which perspective?
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Interactionist
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A longitudinal study of the impact of group membership on self-concept confirmed Cooley's notion that social feedback shapes the self-concept, a process he termed__________.
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"the looking glass self"
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Women's domestic work was largely invisible in social science until ________ began to treat household labor as work that has economic value.
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feminist theories
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The ________ perspective argues that humans' evolutionary biology affects much of human behavior and, more specifically, many family - related behaviors.
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biosocial
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Random assignment of research participants to Group 1, Group 2, and Group 3 would suggest that the investigators are using which technique?
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Experiment
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Collecting data over a period of years using documented materials would reflect a(n)
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longitudinal study
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The text points out that, as the proportion of children declines,
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neighborhoods are less likely to contain children.
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According to the text's discussion of social class differences among marriages,
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working-class couples tend to emphasize values associated with parenthood and job stability and may be more traditional in gender role ideology.
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The cultural _______ approach emphasizes those features that racial / ethnic minority families have in common with mainstream white families.
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equivalent
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Of any other racial / ethnic group, a higher proportion of _________ children live in poverty.
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black
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Latino families may be ________, those in which some family members are American citizens or legal residents, while others are undocumented.
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binational
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Most immigrant family tax dollars go to _________ government.
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the federal
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Among American Indians,
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more couples cohabitate and less couples marry than the U.S. average.
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In comparison with Protestants, Catholics tend to be more _________ in their worldview.
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communal
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Which of the following is NOT an example given by the text of women in nontraditional roles?
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housewife
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Consider the statement: "Due to social pressures, firms frequently have to hire underqualified women." This illustrates __________ sexism.
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modern
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"Chromosomes, hormones, the internal sex structures, the gonads and the external genitalia all vary more than most people realize." This statement complements a discussion of which of the following?
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intersexuality
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In the 1950's, when intersex babies were first studied, they were then called
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hermaphrodites
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During the 1980's, a new cultural message about men emerged. According to this message, the "__________" male or "new man" is emotionally sensitive and expressive, valuing tenderness and equal relationships with women.
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liberated
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In recent decades, the earnings gap between men and women
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narrowed some.
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The process by which society influences members to internalize attitudes and expectations is called
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socialization.
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In Kimmel's typology of camps within the men's movement, which group emerged in the 1990's and tends not to focus on patriarchy as problematic?
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masculinists
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The text defines love as
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a deep and vital emotion that satisfies needs; cares and accepts the beloved, and results in an intimate relationship.
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Julie is extremely concerned about her self-image and how she appears to others, without regard tot he well-being of others. Julie's behavior illustrates
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narcissism
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According to the __________ theoretical perspective on human sexuality, women and men are seen as being influenced by cultural messages about how we are to be sexual.
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interactionist
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Research shows some support for the __________ hypothesis - that is, that familiarity reduces the reward power of a sexual encounter with a spouse or partner compared to a new relationship.
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habituation
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In the NORC survey discussed in the text, the average frequency of sex for sexually active, married respondents under age 60 was _______ per month.
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7 times
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What is the key function of marriage for most Americans?
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love and ongoing emotional support
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Those who view individualized marriage as __________ assert that our culture's unchecked individualism has cause widespread moral weakening and self-indulgence.
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family decline
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Louisiana, Arizona and Arkansas became the first states to
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enact a covenant marriage law
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Today, approximately __________ million U.S. heterosexual couples cohabit.
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5.5
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In 2003, of the 700,000 same-sex households in the United States, were there more gay-male couples or lesbian couples?
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about evenly divided
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__________ is associated with a host of marital difficulties including infidelity, divorce, violence, and conflict.
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Heavy or risky drinking, and other forms of substance abuse
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Jane is seeking to improve her economic status by marrying a man who earns a great deal of money. Her marital behavior illustrates
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hypergamy.
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Sociologist Robert Davis believes that black men are inclined to see white women as
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"the prize."
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The text points out that ___________ is closely related to the concept of date rape.
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sexual coercion
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On average, American women are now having around ___________ children each.
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2
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In 2005 in the US, all of these were higher rates in the past EXCEPT:
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teen pregnancy rates
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Nonmarital birth rates of ________ women are highest of any racial / ethnic group.
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Hispanic
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During the 1990's declines in the teen birth rate were especially large for ______ women.
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black
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Racial / ethnic stereotyping often gives us an exaggerated, negative image of ________________ as parents.
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African Americans and Latinos
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The correlation between interparental conflict and behavior problems in children held true regardless of whether the parents were
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married or divorced
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What was formerly known as Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) is now a federal aid program called
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Temporary Assistance for Needed Families
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It is estimated that ____________ children under age eighteen are living in a grandparent's household.
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more than 3.6 million
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