Chapter.12 Exam Prep Life At Home Families And Relationships - The Real World Sociology 7e Test Bank by Kerry Ferris. DOCX document preview.
Chapter 12 Life at Home: Families and Relationships
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. The U.S. Census Bureau defines “family” as
a. | people who are emotionally or materially interdependent. |
b. | people who share a household. |
c. | parents living with minor children. |
d. | two or more individuals related by blood, marriage, or adoption who share a household. |
DIF: Easy REF: 12.1 What Is the Family?
MSC: Remembering
2. Why do the authors of your textbook reject definitions of family that depend on particular types of people, such as parents, and specific types of ties, such as marriage?
a. | They believe that the nuclear family remains the most important prototype for a family. |
b. | They want the definition to be broad enough to encompass a variety of living arrangements. |
c. | They believe that in the future more families will consist of two sets of parents with children. |
d. | They argue that it is important to limit the definition of families so that families can be discussed with clarity. |
DIF: Easy REF: 12.1 What Is the Family?
MSC: Remembering
3. The Industrial Revolution changed the common meaning of family because
a. | it stopped mattering whether children were present. |
b. | family no longer exclusively referred to people who shared a household. |
c. | it shifted the meaning from nuclear family to extended family. |
d. | it shifted the meaning from extended family to nuclear family. |
DIF: Easy REF: 12.1 What Is the Family?
MSC: Remembering
4. A heterosexual couple raising their children in the same household is defined as a(n) ________ family.
a. | nontraditional |
b. | nuclear |
c. | extended |
d. | broken |
DIF: Easy REF: 12.1 What Is the Family?
MSC: Applying
5. Which of the following seems to make people, in general, more likely to define a group as a family?
a. | the size of the group in question |
b. | the presence of children |
c. | the ages of group members |
d. | the socioeconomic class of the people involved |
DIF: Moderate REF: 12.1 What Is the Family?
MSC: Remembering
6. Given the history of the family, what sort of changes do you think would be most likely to make the extended family more relevant again?
a. | changes in America’s travel and transportation services |
b. | changes in the economy that make people less likely to move away from their hometowns to get a job |
c. | changes in divorce laws that make it harder for couples to separate |
d. | changes in religion that cause adults to reevaluate how they relate to their parents |
DIF: Difficult REF: 12.1 What Is the Family?
MSC: Analyzing
7. Today, who do average Americans have in mind when they think of their families?
a. | an uncle or aunt |
b. | a brother or sister |
c. | any person in their ethnic group |
d. | a cousin |
DIF: Easy REF: 12.1 What Is the Family?
MSC: Applying
8. What feature of the nuclear family, as opposed to the extended family, makes it uniquely qualified to serve the needs of an industrial economy?
a. | It has more emotional resources on which to draw in times of trouble. |
b. | It makes geographic mobility much easier. |
c. | It is capable of retaining more knowledge about child rearing and household labor. |
d. | It functions better as a unit of economic production. |
DIF: Difficult REF: 12.1 What Is the Family?
MSC: Remembering
9. In what way do functionalists view the family as responsible for the reproduction of society?
a. | It produces and socializes children. |
b. | It is the fundamental planning mechanism for society. |
c. | It is the most important unit of consumption. |
d. | It is the basic unit of the household and the smallest building block of a society. |
DIF: Easy REF: 12.2 Sociological Perspectives on Families
MSC: Remembering
10. Some are worried about the effect that the rise in one-child families is having on the foundation of Japanese society. On what sort of theoretical perspective on the family is this concern based?
a. | structural functionalist |
b. | symbolic interactionist |
c. | life course theory |
d. | historical materialist |
DIF: Moderate REF: 12.2 Sociological Perspectives on Families
MSC: Applying
11. According to conflict theory, the nuclear family facilitates exploitation
a. | through the use of nannies and domestic workers. |
b. | by making geographic mobility possible. |
c. | through a sexual division of labor within the home. |
d. | by exploiting the working class whose products it consumes. |
DIF: Easy REF: 12.2 Sociological Perspectives on Families
MSC: Remembering
12. ________ is the theoretical perspective that would lead you to consider the broader social effects of the division of labor between men and women in the household.
a. | Symbolic interactionism |
b. | Queer theory |
c. | Conflict theory |
d. | Structural functionalism |
DIF: Easy REF: 12.2 Sociological Perspectives on Families
MSC: Applying
13. According to symbolic interactionists Jay Gubrium and Jim Holstein, what form does the family take in contemporary society?
a. | “The family” does not exist; rather, family is a fluid, adaptable set of concepts and practices. |
b. | The family is the unit that raises children. |
c. | The family is based on legal and economic structures. |
d. | The family is the institution for the socialization of children. |
DIF: Moderate REF: 12.2 Sociological Perspectives on Families
MSC: Remembering
14. What is an individual saying when they describe someone who is related to them biologically as “not really kin”?
a. | The relative has not exercised their rights or fulfilled their obligations as a family member. |
b. | The relative is part of the extended rather than the nuclear family. |
c. | The relative does not belong to the relevant voluntary associations. |
d. | The relative has died. |
DIF: Easy REF: 12.2 Sociological Perspectives on Families
MSC: Remembering
15. Family friends who are referred to as “Aunt” or “Uncle” are examples of
a. | the Full House effect. |
b. | homogamy. |
c. | fictive kin. |
d. | extended families. |
DIF: Easy REF: 12.2 Sociological Perspectives on Families
MSC: Remembering
16. A symbolic interactionist studying the family would be MOST interested in
a. | the inequalities associated with men’s negligible role in raising and caring for infants. |
b. | the diminished role the family plays in teaching children important skills. |
c. | the way gift giving within an extended family makes some bonds more important than others. |
d. | the way increasing divorce rates are making it harder for families to function and to socialize children. |
DIF: Moderate REF: 12.2 Sociological Perspectives on Families
MSC: Applying
17. YMAY-12.1-6. Talcott Parsons held the view that the family is responsible for the reproduction of society as it produces and socializes children who will in turn become future workers and produce and socialize more new members of society. What type of theoretical viewpoint is this?
a. | structuralist/functionalist |
b. | dramaturgical |
c. | symbolic interactionist |
d. | conflict theory |
DIF: Easy
REF: 12.2 Sociological Perspectives on Families | InQuizitive MSC: Understanding
18. In the Hawaiian language, makuahine means both “mother” and what else?
a. | daughter |
b. | sister |
c. | aunt |
d. | cousin |
DIF: Easy
REF: 12.2 Sociological Perspectives on Families | InQuizitive MSC: Remembering
19. Which of the following is an example of fictive kin?
a. | Your cousin who lives two time zones away who you have not seen in decades but your grandparents always tell stories about her during holidays. |
b. | Your dad’s best friend whom you refer to as “Uncle Pete” even though he’s not really your uncle. |
c. | Any relatives who are related by marriage and not blood. |
d. | Any stepsiblings or stepparents. |
DIF: Easy
REF: 12.2 Sociological Perspectives on Families | InQuizitive MSC: Applying
20. The family is responsible for the reproduction of society as it produces and socializes children who will in turn become future workers and produce and socialize more new members of society. What did Talcott Parsons refer to this as?
a. | structural functionalism |
b. | homogamy |
c. | endogamy |
d. | pattern maintenance |
DIF: Difficult
REF: 12.2 Sociological Perspectives on Families | InQuizitive MSC: Understanding
21. ________ is what sociologists call marriage to someone within one’s social group.
a. | Heterogamy |
b. | In-group orientation |
c. | Endogamy |
d. | Exogamy |
DIF: Moderate REF: 12.3 Mate Selection
MSC: Remembering
22. ________ is what sociologists call marriage to someone from a different social group.
a. | Exogamy |
b. | Endogamy |
c. | Homogamy |
d. | Out-group orientation |
DIF: Moderate REF: 12.3 Mate Selection
MSC: Remembering
23. Until recently, South Korea had laws in place banning marriage between people who belonged to the same clan. Therefore, they were required to practice
a. | polyandry. |
b. | exogamy. |
c. | endogamy. |
d. | plural families. |
DIF: Moderate REF: 12.3 Mate Selection
MSC: Applying
24. Very few people in the United States today marry outside their own socioeconomic class, which suggests that there is a high degree of
a. | endogamy. |
b. | exogamy. |
c. | polyandry. |
d. | polygamy. |
DIF: Moderate REF: 12.3 Mate Selection
MSC: Applying
25. ________ laws prohibited the mixing of racial groups through marriage, cohabitation, or sexual contact.
a. | Reconstruction |
b. | Common |
c. | Anti-miscegenation |
d. | Jim Crow |
DIF: Easy REF: 12.3 Mate Selection
MSC: Remembering
26. The last antimiscegenation law in the United States was struck down in
a. | 1865. |
b. | 1895. |
c. | 1917. |
d. | 1967. |
DIF: Moderate REF: 12.3 Mate Selection
MSC: Remembering
27. How have Americans’ attitudes changed, if they have at all, regarding interracial marriage?
a. | Americans are much more accepting of interracial marriage than they were in the past. |
b. | Americans are a little more accepting of interracial marriage than they were in the past. |
c. | Americans are about as accepting of interracial marriage as they were in the past. |
d. | Americans are less accepting of interracial marriage than they were in the past. |
DIF: Moderate REF: 12.3 Mate Selection
MSC: Remembering
28. What would a music critic call “musical miscegenation” if they used the term “miscegenation” metaphorically?
a. | the way white country music and black blues music come together to make rock and roll |
b. | the way pop stars become disconnected from their roots |
c. | the way the press treats pop superstars and the effect this has on contemporary music |
d. | the role the piano has played in twentieth-century jazz |
DIF: Easy REF: 12.3 Mate Selection
MSC: Applying
29. The most consistent factor involved in forming relationships and selecting mates is
a. | personal chemistry. |
b. | the unique individual characteristics of the individuals involved. |
c. | the tendency to choose mates who are similar in class, race, ethnicity, and age. |
d. | the desire to find a mate who comes from a radically different background. |
DIF: Easy REF: 12.3 Mate Selection
MSC: Remembering
30. How could new technologies like the Internet decrease the importance of propinquity in mate selection while preserving or even increasing the importance of homogamy?
a. | by bringing people together from all over the world based on similar interests or backgrounds |
b. | by making it obvious to most people that their best chance for marital satisfaction may be with a type of person they have never met before |
c. | by masking some of the characteristics of potential mates until the two people have met |
d. | by allowing social networking sites to connect individuals to more and more residents of their hometowns |
DIF: Moderate REF: 12.3 Mate Selection
MSC: Remembering
31. JDate is a website that helps Jewish people form romantic relationships, especially those who are not practicing Jews or who live in areas where there are not many other Jews. Jewish people who use this website care about
a. | religious purity. |
b. | homogamy. |
c. | propinquity. |
d. | polyandry. |
DIF: Moderate REF: 12.3 Mate Selection
MSC: Applying
32. JDate, a dating website for Jewish people, is sometimes used by non-Jews who are interested in dating Jews. These non-Jews are practicing
a. | monogamy. |
b. | exogamy. |
c. | homogamy. |
d. | polyandry. |
DIF: Easy REF: 12.3 Mate Selection
MSC: Applying
33. What is the meaning of propinquity?
a. | It is a fixed set of beliefs. |
b. | It is the tendency to seek people with similar backgrounds. |
c. | It is the desire for the exotic and the foreign. |
d. | It is the tendency to partner with people who live close by. |
DIF: Easy REF: 12.3 Mate Selection
MSC: Remembering
34. The increasing number of Americans who move out of state to attend college will decrease the importance of ________, assuming that students start new romantic relationships in school.
a. | homogamy |
b. | monogamy |
c. | exogamy |
d. | propinquity |
DIF: Moderate REF: 12.3 Mate Selection
MSC: Applying
35. The United States had no interstate highway system before World War II, and traveling to different parts of the country was difficult. This means that ________ must have been even more important in determining mate selection.
a. | exogamy |
b. | economic considerations |
c. | schools |
d. | propinquity |
DIF: Moderate REF: 12.3 Mate Selection
MSC: Applying
36. In Loving v. Virginia, the Supreme Court ruled that Virginia’s law banning marriage between persons of different races was unconstitutional under the Fourteenth Amendment. What attitude led many to disagree with this decision?
a. | People should partner up with similar people and respect endogamy. |
b. | People should be required to marry within the same economic class. |
c. | People should partner up with people who are different than themselves. |
d. | People should be required to marry only one person for life. |
DIF: Difficult REF: 12.3 Mate Selection | InQuizitive
MSC: Understanding
37. Mary commutes to college in Atlanta from a nearby neighborhood. She ends up marrying Joe, who lives two doors down from her and attends the same school. What is this an example of?
a. | endogamy |
b. | miscegenation |
c. | propinquity |
d. | exogamy |
DIF: Easy REF: 12.3 Mate Selection | InQuizitive
MSC: Applying
38. According to the text, ________ is one of several reasons people live their lives unmarried.
a. | the bohemian lifestyle |
b. | an inability to find a mate |
c. | the single lifestyle |
d. | fear of infidelity |
DIF: Easy REF: 12.4 Relationship Trends
MSC: Remembering
39. Demographers noticed ________ in the numbers of unwed individuals living with their romantic partners between 1960 and 2014.
a. | a very slight increase |
b. | a sharp increase |
c. | a sharp decrease |
d. | no change |
DIF: Easy REF: 12.4 Relationship Trends
MSC: Remembering
40. What are unmarried adults who are romantically involved and live together under the same roof participating in?
a. | cohabitation |
b. | sinful behavior |
c. | premarital bliss |
d. | the honeymoon phase |
DIF: Easy REF: 12.4 Relationship Trends
MSC: Remembering
41. American ideology focuses on the importance of marriage and family values and assumes that the family is at the center of almost everyone’s life. How does this compare to the way people really live?
a. | Marriage remains central to people’s lives, but family values are less important than in the past. |
b. | Family values remain very important, but many more people are choosing not to get married than in the past. |
c. | Both marriage and the family are central to the lives of the majority of Americans in much the same way they were in the distant past. |
d. | Increasingly, both marriage and the family are less central to the lives of average Americans. |
DIF: Moderate REF: 12.4 Relationship Trends
MSC: Remembering
42. In the past, a woman in North Carolina would found guilty of “lewd and lascivious association” if she lived with her boyfriend. Her behavior today would be known as
a. | cohabitation. |
b. | noncustodial parenting. |
c. | symbolic interactionism. |
d. | homogamy. |
DIF: Moderate REF: 12.4 Relationship Trends
MSC: Applying
43. Which of the following is true about single fathers, despite Geoffrey Greif pointing out that “more fathers are rearing children alone following separation and divorce than ever before?”
a. | Single fathers are still only about 15 percent of all single parents. |
b. | Many states have laws against giving sole custody to fathers following a divorce. |
c. | Most of these fathers move back in with their parents so that their children live with grandparents. |
d. | Soon there will be more single fathers than single mothers. |
DIF: Moderate REF: 12.4 Relationship Trends
MSC: Applying
44. According to Kathryn Edin and Maria Kefalas, young women of low socioeconomic status have children because
a. | they want to gain access to welfare benefits. |
b. | they do not have access to adequate birth control. |
c. | they are poorly educated. |
d. | a baby is a symbol of belonging, and motherhood can lead to respect from one’s community. |
DIF: Moderate REF: 12.4 Relationship Trends
MSC: Remembering
45. Laura Scott describes U.S. society as ________, suggesting that U.S. cultural values support childbearing and child rearing as the normative and preferred practice.
a. | matriarchal |
b. | pronatalist |
c. | patriarchal |
d. | essentialist |
DIF: Moderate REF: 12.4 Relationship Trends | InQuizitive
MSC: Understanding
46. ________ is the physical and legal responsibility for the everyday life and routines of children.
a. | Custody |
b. | Good parenting |
c. | Visitation |
d. | Child support |
DIF: Easy REF: 12.5 Breaking Up
MSC: Remembering
47. Remarriage rates are lower today than they were in the 1960s because
a. | divorced people tend to have a series of short relationships instead of getting remarried. |
b. | there has been an increase in cohabitation among unmarried couples. |
c. | divorce rates have dropped slightly. |
d. | people tend to divorce at later ages, so they are less likely to remarry. |
DIF: Easy REF: 12.5 Breaking Up
MSC: Remembering
48. How are children of divorced parents today different from children of divorced parents in the 1970s?
a. | Children of divorced parents today are more likely to get divorced themselves than were children whose parents divorced in the 1970s. |
b. | Children of divorced parents today are more likely to be divorced multiple times than were children whose parents divorced in the 1970s. |
c. | Children of divorced parents today are more likely to get married than were children whose parents divorced in the 1970s. |
d. | Children of divorced parents today are considerably less likely to divorce than were children whose parents divorced in the 1970s. |
DIF: Moderate REF: 12.5 Breaking Up
MSC: Remembering
49. How is custody of minor children usually handled in divorce cases?
a. | Fathers are now slightly more likely than mothers to receive custody. |
b. | Mothers always receive custody. |
c. | Mothers receive custody in a disproportionate number of cases. |
d. | Mothers and fathers are about equally likely to receive custody. |
DIF: Easy REF: 12.5 Breaking Up
MSC: Remembering
50. A father is more likely than a mother to be awarded custody of his minor children following a divorce when
a. | he lives in a rural area. |
b. | he lives in a politically conservative area. |
c. | the children are younger than twelve. |
d. | he makes substantially more money than his ex-wife. |
DIF: Moderate REF: 12.5 Breaking Up
MSC: Remembering
51. In the mid-1990s, the children of divorced parents were about ____ times more likely to divorce than their peers from intact families.
a. | 0.6 |
b. | 1.5 |
c. | 2.1 |
d. | 3.0 |
DIF: Difficult REF: 12.5 Breaking Up | InQuizitive
MSC: Remembering
52. ________ is/are tasks designed to achieve a tangible goal like washing the dishes or taking out the trash.
a. | Instrumental tasks |
b. | Expressive tasks |
c. | Female tasks |
d. | The second shift |
DIF: Easy REF: 12.6 The Work of Family
MSC: Remembering
53. What kind of task is calling a family member to wish them a happy birthday?
a. | family |
b. | expressive |
c. | operative |
d. | instrumental |
DIF: Easy REF: 12.6 The Work of Family
MSC: Remembering
54. Reading bedtime stories to children is an important task in many families. What part of reading the bedtime story is an instrumental task?
a. | making bedtime fun and keeping everyone happy |
b. | staying entertained as a parent by reading books you like to the children |
c. | getting children into pajamas, tucked into bed, and then to sleep |
d. | sharing a moment with a child and developing shared interests |
DIF: Moderate REF: 12.6 The Work of Family
MSC: Applying
55. Who is more likely to return home after a full day of paid labor and put in a “second shift” taking care of the home and children?
a. | women |
b. | men |
c. | young people |
d. | older people |
DIF: Easy REF: 12.6 The Work of Family
MSC: Remembering
56. Arlie Hochschild’s study of two-income families found that women were much more likely than men to do the majority of the unpaid labor inside the home, even after a full day’s work outside the home. What term do sociologists use to describe this extra labor?
a. | women’s work |
b. | the female burden |
c. | the double standard |
d. | the second shift |
DIF: Easy REF: 12.6 The Work of Family
MSC: Remembering
57. Which of the following is a strategy that some middle- and upper-class women have used to balance the demands of work and home?
a. | hiring other women to do domestic work |
b. | demanding that their husbands complete most chores |
c. | doing more of certain chores |
d. | demanding the abolition of housework |
DIF: Easy REF: 12.6 The Work of Family
MSC: Remembering
58. Some women accept the burdens of the “second shift” in order to avoid conflict with their husbands or children. How does this affect them?
a. | It increases their confidence and self-esteem. |
b. | It increases their efficiency. |
c. | It makes them unhappy and emotionally numb. |
d. | It improves their self-reported level of marital satisfaction. |
DIF: Moderate REF: 12.6 The Work of Family
MSC: Remembering
59. What does Arlie Hochschild call mothers who accept the dual workloads of paid labor at work and unpaid labor at home without any help?
a. | instrumental leaders |
b. | Supermoms |
c. | dual mothers |
d. | revolutionary moms |
DIF: Easy REF: 12.6 The Work of Family
MSC: Remembering
60. To whom has Hochschild’s concept of the “Supermom” always been applicable?
a. | upper-class mothers |
b. | middle-class parents |
c. | working-class mothers |
d. | the homeless |
DIF: Moderate REF: 12.6 The Work of Family
MSC: Remembering
61. There are strategies available to help ease the burden of the second shift, but they are mainly available to
a. | people with extended families. |
b. | young couples. |
c. | newlyweds. |
d. | wealthier families. |
DIF: Easy REF: 12.6 The Work of Family
MSC: Remembering
62. Which of the following strategies does Arlie Hochschild claim some women use to help balance working a paid job and being responsible for the home?
a. | no longer caring that there are dirty clothes all over the floor |
b. | divorcing husbands who refuse to help |
c. | forcing their children to take over the majority of the housework |
d. | throwing away clothing when they find it on the floor to teach their husbands a lesson |
DIF: Easy REF: 12.6 The Work of Family
MSC: Applying
63. Who does the family influence as an agent of socialization?
a. | only children |
b. | everyone |
c. | women |
d. | the elderly |
DIF: Easy REF: 12.7 Family and the Life Course
MSC: Remembering
64. What happens to marital satisfaction when small children are present in the household?
a. | It goes up. |
b. | It goes down. |
c. | It goes up for the first child but down for every child after that. |
d. | It goes up for newlyweds but down for older married couples. |
DIF: Difficult REF: 12.7 Family and the Life Course
MSC: Remembering
65. How does the birth of children tend to change the gendered division of labor within the household?
a. | It gets fathers more involved. |
b. | It brings the extended family into the household more. |
c. | It makes the division of labor more traditionally split along gender lines. |
d. | It has no influence on the gendered division of labor. |
DIF: Difficult REF: 12.7 Family and the Life Course
MSC: Remembering
66. What is it called when individuals must care for both their own children and their elderly parents?
a. | the sandwich generation effect |
b. | elderly caregiving |
c. | extended family care |
d. | dual workloads |
DIF: Moderate REF: 12.7 Family and the Life Course
MSC: Remembering
67. Which of the following things is a child likely to convince a parent to do?
a. | switch to a different political party |
b. | start reading more literature |
c. | quit smoking cigarettes |
d. | learn about new cultures |
DIF: Difficult REF: 12.7 Family and the Life Course
MSC: Applying
68. What term applies to a child who leaves home at eighteen but later returns for at least a short period of time?
a. | emotionally stunted |
b. | boomerang kid |
c. | adult minor |
d. | sandwich kid |
DIF: Easy REF: 12.7 Family and the Life Course
MSC: Remembering
69. Many college graduates find themselves unable to afford the costs of living on their own and, at least temporarily, live with their parents again. What good news about families can we take from this trend?
a. | It allows parents to have more of a say in their children’s romantic lives. |
b. | That so many children are willing to live with their parents again suggests that they have closer relationships with parents than previous generations did. |
c. | College students today are taking less time to finish college and moving past the “student” phase of their lives more quickly than in the past. |
d. | By living with their parents, these college graduates save money and demonstrate fiscal responsibility in ways that the past generation did not. |
DIF: Moderate REF: 12.7 Family and the Life Course
MSC: Remembering
70. Most young people face similar financial pressures while in their twenties, but considerably more men move back in with their parents than women. What is one reason for this?
a. | Men care more about saving money than women do. |
b. | Women lose more independence when they move back home than men do. |
c. | Men have stronger relationships with their parents than women do. |
d. | Women are more likely than men to have serious emotional conflicts with their mothers. |
DIF: Moderate REF: 12.7 Family and the Life Course
MSC: Remembering
71. Which of the following was true of parenting in the nineteenth century and earlier?
a. | Fathers were far more likely to have the final say in decisions about their children. |
b. | Mothers often valued other mothers’ opinions about child rearing over the opinions of their own children’s fathers. |
c. | The extended family was less important in terms of instrumental support. |
d. | Members of the community had far less influence than they do today. |
DIF: Moderate REF: 12.8 Trouble in Families
MSC: Remembering
72. A person is MOST likely to be murdered by
a. | a family member. |
b. | a law enforcement officer. |
c. | a drug dealer or a drug user. |
d. | someone seeking to rob them. |
DIF: Easy REF: 12.8 Trouble in Families
MSC: Remembering
73. The radio played a news story about the murder of a twenty-five-year-old married woman with one child. Who would you expect the police to first investigate for the crime?
a. | a serial killer |
b. | her husband |
c. | a gang member being initiated into a street gang |
d. | a burglar who she surprised in the act |
DIF: Moderate REF: 12.8 Trouble in Families
MSC: Applying
74. How do rates of intimate partner violence differ across racial groups?
a. | They are higher among whites than in other racial groups. |
b. | They are about equal across racial groups. |
c. | They are lower among Asian Americans than in other racial groups. |
d. | They are higher among non-English-speaking individuals than among English speakers. |
DIF: Difficult REF: 12.8 Trouble in Families
MSC: Analyzing
75. What is the main reason abusive partners resort to intimate partner violence?
a. | They have anger management problems. |
b. | They have problems outside the relationship that drive them over the edge. |
c. | They are generally violent in all aspects of their lives. |
d. | They desire power over their victims. |
DIF: Difficult REF: 12.8 Trouble in Families
MSC: Remembering
76. What is the term for the range of behaviors that abusers use to gain and maintain power over their victims?
a. | manipulation |
b. | passive aggression |
c. | domestic abuse |
d. | symbolic violence |
DIF: Moderate REF: 12.8 Trouble in Families
MSC: Remembering
77. How do most abusive relationships appear at the beginning?
a. | The signs of violence are there from the start. |
b. | Violence usually begins as soon as the relationship starts, if not before. |
c. | There is tension and a “walking on eggshells” feeling from day one. |
d. | The abusive partner is charming, attentive, and thoughtful. |
DIF: Moderate REF: 12.8 Trouble in Families
MSC: Remembering
78. What sort of actions do abusive partners take to keep their partners in the relationship?
a. | keep up a constant stream of threats |
b. | stop the cycle of abuse and truly reform |
c. | periodically enter a cycle of loving contrition |
d. | seek psychological help |
DIF: Easy REF: 12.8 Trouble in Families
MSC: Remembering
79. What is one common reason why victims of domestic abuse stay in abusive relationships?
a. | They are waiting for someone to save them. |
b. | They do not feel responsible for their own abuse. |
c. | They do not have the resources to get away. |
d. | The abusive partner treats them well all the time. |
DIF: Easy REF: 12.8 Trouble in Families
MSC: Remembering
80. Which of the following statements is LEAST likely to come from a domestic violence offender?
a. | “She deserved it.” |
b. | “I really want to change.” |
c. | “I just lose control.” |
d. | “I have anger management problems.” |
DIF: Moderate REF: 12.8 Trouble in Families
MSC: Applying
81. Why are child and elder abuse likely to go unreported?
a. | Few authority figures care enough to investigate abuse. |
b. | Neither kind of abuse is perceived as a serious problem in America today. |
c. | Most child and elder abuse is done carefully so as to make it hard to prove in court. |
d. | The victims are relatively powerless. |
DIF: Moderate REF: 12.8 Trouble in Families
MSC: Remembering
82. Sometimes child welfare agencies are called to investigate a child who never seems to have clean clothing and is very skinny. The suspicion would be that the child is a victim of
a. | neglect. |
b. | incest. |
c. | violence. |
d. | eldest child syndrome. |
DIF: Easy REF: 12.8 Trouble in Families
MSC: Applying
83. Judith Stacey’s Brave New Families explored the ways in which families adapted to meet the challenges of a postmodern society. They did so by creating innovative family structures that looked very different from the “traditional” family. Which of the following would you think was the full title of Stacey’s book?
a. | Brave New Families: Gender, Love, and Property |
b. | Brave New Families: The Quest for Intimacy |
c. | Brave New Families: Creating a Safe Legal Haven for Families with Special Needs |
d. | Brave New Families: Stories of Domestic Upheaval in Late-Twentieth-Century America |
DIF: Difficult REF: 12.9 Postmodern Families: The New Normal
MSC: Applying
84. What percentage of families consisted of a married couple with a male breadwinner, a stay-at-home mom, and their children as of 2012?
a. | less than 25 percent |
b. | 30 percent |
c. | 35 percent |
d. | more than 40 percent |
DIF: Easy
REF: 12.9 Postmodern Families: The New Normal | InQuizitive
MSC: Remembering
TRUE/FALSE
1. For a couple to be considered a nuclear family, it must have at least one child, and all members live in the same household.
DIF: Easy REF: 12.1 What Is the Family?
MSC: Remembering
2. The literal translation of homogamy is “like marries like.”
DIF: Easy REF: 12.3 Mate Selection
MSC: Remembering
3. Approximately half of all millennials say that marrying someone of a different race is good for society.
DIF: Moderate REF: 12.3 Mate Selection
MSC: Remembering
4. Most individuals experience an increase in happiness when they become parents, especially in the first two years of a newborn’s life.
DIF: Moderate REF: 12.4 Relationship Trends
MSC: Remembering
5. The likelihood of individuals cohabitating with one another has declined modestly since 1996.
DIF: Easy REF: 12.4 Relationship Trends
MSC: Remembering
6. As of 2008, women were about as likely as they ever were to be granted custody of children following a divorce.
DIF: Moderate REF: 12.5 Breaking Up
MSC: Remembering
7. The family is created and sustained through interactional work.
DIF: Easy REF: 12.6 The Work of Family
MSC: Remembering
8. In societies across the globe, men and women have always performed different tasks to help the family function, and these roles have always been considered unequal.
DIF: Easy REF: 12.6 The Work of Family
MSC: Remembering
9. A husband who keeps all of his family’s money in his bank account and gives his wife a weekly allowance might be considered guilty of domestic abuse.
DIF: Difficult REF: 12.8 Trouble in Families
MSC: Applying
10. Improvised or do-it-yourself forms of family characterize the modern era.
DIF: Moderate REF: 12.9 Postmodern Families: The New Normal
MSC: Remembering
SHORT ANSWER
1. How does the nuclear family contribute to oppression according to conflict theory?
DIF: Easy REF: 12.2 Sociological Perspectives on Families
MSC: Applying
2. People can be related by blood or marriage and yet not really be members of the same family according to symbolic interactionism. Provide an example of how this occurs.
DIF: Easy REF: 12.2 Sociological Perspectives on Families
MSC: Remembering
3. In 1967, the Supreme Court declared that antimiscegenation laws were unconstitutional in Virginia. What did such laws prohibit and why was it prohibited?
DIF: Moderate REF: 12.3 Mate Selection MSC: Remembering
4. Mixed-race unions are now legal, though they are still uncommon. How does the number of mixed-race unions today differ from the number in the 1960s?
DIF: Easy REF: 12.3 Mate Selection MSC: Remembering
5. Describe the differences between polyandry and polygyny.
DIF: Moderate REF: 12.3 Mate Selection MSC: Remembering
6. Why do people tend to choose mates who live in close geographic proximity?
DIF: Easy REF: 12.3 Mate Selection MSC: Remembering
7. Almost all of the work done within the family is either instrumental or expressive. Briefly describe the differences between these types of tasks.
DIF: Easy REF: 12.6 The Work of Family MSC: Remembering
8. Why is the number of Americans aged sixty-five or older growing twice as fast as the population as a whole?
DIF: Difficult REF: 12.7 Family and the Life Course MSC: Remembering
9. The care of the elderly was once a task entrusted to the family, but more of the elderly are living elsewhere today. Identify the settings in which the elderly are increasingly living instead.
DIF: Difficult REF: 12.7 Family and the Life Course MSC: Remembering
10. Why are poor women more likely to be abused?
DIF: Difficult REF: 12.8 Trouble in Families MSC: Analyzing
ESSAY
1. The television show Full House told the story of a sports broadcaster and morning talk show host, Danny Tanner, and his three daughters, D. J., Stephanie, and Michelle. A drunk driver killed Danny’s wife before the series began. He needed help raising his three little daughters, so he turned to his rock musician brother-in-law, Jesse Katsopolis, and his comedian best friend, Joey Gladstone. The three men all lived in the same household and took care of the children, who referred to Jesse and Joey as Uncle Jesse and Uncle Joey. Does this qualify as a “family”? Justify your answer.
DIF: Moderate REF: 12.1 What Is the Family? MSC: Applying
2. Compare the definition of family used by the U.S. Census Bureau and the one used in Chapter 12. How are they different? Why do the authors of the textbook prefer their definition?
DIF: Moderate REF: 12.1 What Is the Family? MSC: Analyzing
3. Why do symbolic interactionists studying the family say the “family” does not exist, only “families”? What do they mean by this?
DIF: Moderate REF: 12.2 Sociological Perspectives on Families
MSC: Analyzing
4. Compare and contrast the structural functionalist perspective of the family with the conflict perspective.
DIF: Difficult REF: 12.2 Sociological Perspectives on Families
MSC: Analyzing
5. Conflict theory argues that most disputes within the family are really about competition for resources. What sorts of resources are there struggles over? Who tends to have access to fewer resources? How does conflict present itself within the family?
DIF: Difficult REF: 12.2 Sociological Perspectives on Families
MSC: Applying
6. Many Americans claim to believe that “love is blind” and that romance can occur anywhere as long as two people have chemistry. However, the argument made in Chapter 12 is that society is primarily responsible for two people pursuing a romantic relationship. What social factors play into the mate selection process?
DIF: Difficult REF: 12.3 Mate Selection MSC: Analyzing
7. Many Americans believe that marriage and family are at the center of everyone’s lives, but sociological research shows that this is not the case. Describe some of the trends that make family less important in the day-to-day life of the average American.
DIF: Difficult REF: 12.4 Relationship Trends MSC: Applying
8. Explain what Arlie Hochschild means by the “second shift,” and describe the different ways people attempt to deal with it.
DIF: Difficult REF: 12.6 The Work of Family MSC: Applying
9. How and why does domestic abuse happen?
DIF: Difficult REF: 12.8 Trouble in Families MSC: Applying
10. What is a postmodern family?
DIF: Moderate REF: 12.9 Postmodern Families: The New Normal
MSC: Analyzing
11. How does age affect the ways in which people define family? How would you expect this to change in the future given the information provided in Chapter 12 regarding the postmodern family?
DIF: Difficult REF: 12.9 Postmodern Families: The New Normal
MSC: Applying