Ch.16 Exam Prep The Crystal Ball—Predicting the Future

a. 

Younger people are uninterested in saving for their retirement.

b. 

The job market for young people is insecure and often not well paid.

c. 

Families will be unable to provide personal care for elderly relatives.

d. 

Seniors do not pay their fair share of taxes.

a. 

It has disappeared from time to time.

b. 

It has gradually become less important.

c. 

It has shown itself to be extremely adaptable.

d. 

It has remained basically unchanged.

a. 

remain rigid in its traditional form

b. 

meet individual and social needs

c. 

focus on the good of people

d. 

support the elderly

a. 

We are learning more about diseases of the elderly.

b. 

Less money is spent on primary and secondary education.

c. 

More generations coexist now than at any other time in history.

d. 

There is less ageism.

a. 

encouraging more mothers to place their children in subsidized daycare

b. 

placing demands on employers to establish flexible work arrangements

c. 

narrowing the category of family members who are responsible for others

d. 

placing more responsibility on family members for the physical care of relatives

a. 

global disasters

b. 

aging populations

c. 

political action

d. 

individual decisions

a. 

women keeping their maiden name

b. 

fathers wanting a son to carry on their name

c. 

mothers gaining sole custody of children

d. 

fathers being unemployed and unable to care for their children

a. 

decreases in the divorce rate

b. 

changes in social policy

c. 

decreases in the number of employed mothers

d. 

increases in communication technology

a. 

How can younger generations keep in touch with grandparents?

b. 

How will widowed women take care of themselves financially?

c. 

How can salaries for service jobs, like caring for the elderly, be increased?

d. 

How will the care of seniors be paid for?

a. 

more nursing homes versus more home care services

b. 

more working women versus hiring more home help aides

c. 

more nursing homes versus higher taxes to pay for them

d. 

higher taxes versus increased service levels

a. 

increases the expectation that individuals are responsible for themselves

b. 

places a larger burden on taxpayers because of an increase in payments

c. 

shifts money to wealthier individuals from the deserving poor

d. 

shifts financial responsibility from relatives and close friends to society

a. 

Fewer children experience divorce.

b. 

More children live in affluent neighbourhoods.

c. 

Children have more siblings.

d. 

Children have older parents.

a. 

It will be managed more firmly by parents.

b. 

It will be left almost entirely to the media.

c. 

It will be under the control of more parent figures.

d. 

It will be more reliant on grandparents and other kin.

a. 

Parents will supervise their children too closely through cell phones.

b. 

Parents’ willingness to learn about computers will erode children’s expertise.

c. 

Children’s expertise may erode parents’ authority.

d. 

Family meetings via videoconferencing are less fulfilling than face-to-face gatherings.

a. 

the divorce rate

b. 

the definition of “family”

c. 

the number of employed mothers

d. 

the degree of alarm in society

a. 

older women, because of improved pensions

b. 

older men, because they tend to outlive their wives

c. 

young men who have moved out of the emptying nest

d. 

young women who delay marriage even though they are parents

a. 

They are finding it hard to establish themselves financially.

b. 

They are able to buy large houses at a younger age.

c. 

They are finishing school earlier.

d. 

They are entering the workforce at a younger age.

a. 

The “traditional” family will continue to be the majority.

b. 

The number of “different” family forms will increase.

c. 

The birthrate will continue to increase.

d. 

A growing number of couples will choose marriage over cohabitation.

a. 

single mothers

b. 

cohabiting couples

c. 

same-sex couples

d. 

stepfamilies

a. 

Social media facilitates the development of relationships that are less demanding.

b. 

Family relationships are strengthened through social media.

c. 

Working parents keep in touch with their children with cell phones.

d. 

If you don’t get along with your family members, you can always find people through social networking.

a. 

Less people are choosing to cohabit.

b. 

More same-sex marriages end in divorce.

c. 

More children are born out of marriage.

d. 

Families are growing.

a. 

New stages have been added to reflect new family forms.

b. 

The social time clock has become more insistent.

c. 

Social scripts that specify appropriate behaviour have become more rigid.

d. 

There has been a growing emphasis on family values.

a. 

biological parents

b. 

the mother

c. 

stepparents

d. 

the father

a. 

There is increasing role flexibility between the sexes.

b. 

The breadwinner husband is increasing in popularity.

c. 

Marriages are more stable because spouses are equal partners.

d. 

Couples can afford to support more children.

a. 

Women are having babies at an earlier age.

b. 

The population is growing due to a high birthrate.

c. 

The population as a whole is getting older.

d. 

The baby-boom generation is now at a child-bearing age.

a. 

Fewer couples are cohabiting instead of marrying.

b. 

More same-sex couples are being legally married.

c. 

Divorce and remarriage have decreased.

d. 

More married women are bearing children.

a. 

the practical effects of having a robot in every home

b. 

the ethics of experimentation on human embryos

c. 

the effect of using communications technology on family relationships

d. 

the elimination of the homemaker’s role

a. 

how people make use of it

b. 

how well parents supervise their children

c. 

income levels to permit purchase of equipment

d. 

amount of time spent surfing the Internet

a. 

More children live in two-parent families than before.

b. 

Married couples are younger when they have children.

c. 

There is a decrease in the use of contraceptives and an increase in abortions.

d. 

More children live in stepfamilies than before.

a. 

welfare of future generations

b. 

healthy generational principle

c. 

seventh generation principle

d. 

Indigenous generational principle

a. 

Great Britain

b. 

Europe

c. 

Asia

d. 

Pacific islands

a. 

that families are less necessary for a functioning society today than in the past

b. 

that “traditional” family values are ideal

c. 

that the family is fragile and declining

d. 

that individuals are responsible for meeting the intimacy needs of family members

a. 

Seniors are taxing our health system.

b. 

Seniors make up the largest group of high income families.

c. 

There are less seniors in the population overall.

d. 

More seniors than children are dependents.

a. 

Consider current trends that might continue.

b. 

Take account of future economic downturns.

c. 

Look at future government social and economic policies.

d. 

Allow for future immigration policies.