Marriages And Families

Front 1

According to the text, over time, cohabitation has become:

Back 1

Mainstream

Front 2

What contributes to young adults continuing to live with their parents or to move back
home?

Back 2

Personal Decorating Pref.

Front 3

Family togetherness, stability, and loyalty are all examples of:

Back 3

Family values

Front 4

When persons think in terms of seeking primarily personal—as opposed to communal
or group—happiness and goals, this reflects which orientation?

Back 4

Idividualistic

Front 5

Parents, especially, and siblings and other relatives are usually highly influential in
developing a child’s _____________, or that child’s sense of worth and value.

Back 5

self-concept

Front 6

The text points out that families create, store, preserve, and pass on particular objects,
events, or rituals that members consider relevant to them. This refers to which function
of the family?

Back 6

Archival

Front 7

Over the last five years, the proportion of children living in single parent families has:

Back 7

Stabilized

Front 8

Compared to the recent past, children are __________ likely to live with a grandparent
today.

Back 8

More

Front 9

Data from a longitudinal study suggest that, since the 1970s, an earlier trend in individualism has:

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Reversed

Front 10

A person who believed in the “family decline” theory might say what?

Back 10

There is a serious breakdown in family

Front 11

Family diversity has progressed to the point that there is:

Back 11

No typical family

Front 12

We live in a society characterized by ________________ change, including increased ethnic, economic, and family diversity.

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considerable

Front 13

Realistic flavor and vivid detail are most likely to be found in which type of research method?

Back 13

Case study

Front 14

According to the text, one disadvantage of survey research is:

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People will say what they think researchers want to hear

Front 15

In the contemporary version of evolutionary theory, it is the survival of one’s genes, termed __________, that is important.

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Inclusive fitness

Front 16

The __________ perspective has its roots in Charles Darwin’s principle of the survival of the fittest.

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Biosocial

Front 17

Sociobiology and evolutionary psychology are alternate terms for which perspective?

Back 17

Biosocial

Front 18

. The conflict and feminist perspectives call attention to __________ within groups
including families – and within the larger society.

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unequal power

Front 19

The __________ perspective looks at the family as a whole; for change to occur, the family system as a whole must change.

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family systems

Front 20

According to the exchange theory, the partner with less commitment to the
relationship is the one who has more power, including the power to exploit the other.
This concept is identified as:

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the principle of less interest

Front 21

According to the interactionist theoretical perspective, ______________ is how
children begin to learn behavior appropriate to the roles they may play in adult life.

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Role taking

Front 22

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?

Back 22

Interactionest

Front 23

Suppose that a law states: “The husband is the head of the household. As such, he will establish a place and a mode of living and the wife must conform thereto. The husband must support his wife and minor children out of his labor. The wife must assist him insofar as she is able.” This hypothetical law is consistent with the focus of which theoretical perspective?

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structure functional

Front 24

The view that the family is an enduring social institution because of the important tasks it performs for society – reproduction, emotional support, socialization of children – is the __________ perspective.

Back 24

srtucture functional

Front 25

For Muslims, dating, marital choice, childrearing, the employment of women, dress,
and marital decision-making are all __________ issues.

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Religious

Front 26

In comparison with Protestants, Catholics tend to be more __________ in their
worldview.

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Communcal

Front 27

At present, __________ are the numerical majority in the United States.

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whites

Front 28

In Miller’s typology of Native American families, __________ families have lost
Indian culture and are becoming assimilated to the white working class.

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trasitional

Front 29

Among American Indians, compare cohabitation versus marriage.

Back 29

More couples cohabitate and less marry than U.S. average

Front 30

__________ are most likely of all minority groups to be caring for older family
members.

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Asian Americans

Front 31

Some immigrant parents have been separated from their children, leaving them
behind in the care of relatives for long periods, thus engaging in:

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Transitional Motherhood

Front 32

. Immigrants and children of immigrants now compose about __________ of the U.S.
population.

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1/5th

Front 33

According to recent estimates, there are __________ million undocumented immigrants residing in the United States.

Back 33

11

Front 34

.__________ have a tradition of informal marriage.

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Puerto Ricans

Front 35

Binational families are those in which:

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Some family members are legal residents but some are not legal

Front 36

One possible explanation for the lower marriage rates of African Americans is/are:

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high rates of incarceration of black men

Front 37

According to the text, marriages of the future may contain “equally dependent
spouses”. What are the qualities of this type of marriage?

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Each spouse is equally dependante

Front 38

The 1994 Gender Equity Act declares girls a(n) “__________ population.”

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underseved

Front 39

The text observes that all of the gender socialization theories discussed:

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seems plausable but lacks evidence

Front 40

The process by which society influences members to internalize attitudes and expectations is called:

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socialization

Front 41

Genetic heritage is expressed through __________ processes.

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Hormonal

Front 42

Evolutionary perspectives stress that stratification and the division of labor in society shape gender roles. In this view, it is __________ that produce the gendered behavior we see.

Back 42

structural strengths

Front 43

After various factors associated with earnings are taken into account, research finds a
varying, but perhaps as much as a _______ , differential in earnings that is usually
attributed to discrimination.

Back 43

20%

Front 44

Cross-culturally and historically, it appears that ___________ societies have been
characterized by some degree of male dominance.

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All

Front 45

In 2006, employed women earned __________ percent of what employed men did.

Back 45

81%

Front 46

One hypothesis which is replacing the usual assumption of gender differences “holds
that males and females are similar on most, but not all, psychological variables”. This
theory is called the:

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Gender simularities hypothesis

Front 47

The preeminence of the male provider role is a powerful theme in __________ racial
groups.

Back 47

All

Front 48

According to the text, more and more women are entering nontraditional occupations
such as:

Back 48

The military

Front 49

. A feminine expectation that has emerged over the past twenty years is that of the
“__________ woman”: independent, ambitious, and self-confident.

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Professional