Chapter 7: Families

Test Bank

Multiple Choice

1. A household is a(n) ______ unit.

a. economic

b. social

c. residential

d. public

Learning Objective: 7-1: Identify myths and misconceptions about families and family life.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Introduction

Difficulty Level: Medium

2. The Census counted ______ family groups in 2016 in the United States.

a. 22 million

b. 42 million

c. 62 million

d. 82 million

Learning Objective: 7-1: Identify myths and misconceptions about families and family life.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Introduction

Difficulty Level: Medium

3. Family, religion, and education are examples of which of these?

a. social groups

b. social roles

c. social norms

d. social institutions

Learning Objective: 7-1: Identify myths and misconceptions about families and family life.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Introduction

Difficulty Level: Easy

4. Which of these family forms is often seen as the ideal family in the United States?

a. nuclear

b. extended

c. single-parent

d. remarried

Learning Objective: 7-1: Identify myths and misconceptions about families and family life.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Myths of the Family

Difficulty Level: Medium

5. Which of these is NOT true of the change in household types between 1970 and 2012?

a. Men living alone increased.

b. Women living alone increased.

c. Married couples with children increased.

d. “Other families” households increased.

Learning Objective: 7-1: Identify myths and misconceptions about families and family life.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Myths of the Family

Difficulty Level: Hard

6. Research by Gubernskaya found that which group of individuals had less-traditional views about marriage and children?

a. divorced females with at least two biological children

b. single, older, religious males with a high-school education

c. married couples who owned their own business and had no children

d. never-married, educated, employed, and secularized women

Learning Objective: 7-1: Identify myths and misconceptions about families and family life.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Myths of the Family

Difficulty Level: Hard

7. Which family group increased during the past three decades?

a. individuals living with relatives

b. married couples

c. other family households

d. married couples with children

Learning Objective: 7-1: Identify myths and misconceptions about families and family life.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Myths of the Family

Difficulty Level: Medium

8. Which of the following myths about the American family was NOT mentioned in your textbook?

a. Families of the past were better and happier than modern families.

b. The family and its failings lead to many of our social problems.

c. The American family is on the verge of extinction.

d. Families are safe havens, protecting its members from harm and danger.

Learning Objective: 7-1: Identify myths and misconceptions about families and family life.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Myths of the Family

Difficulty Level: Medium

9. A family consisting of parents and their children is called which of these?

a. nuclear family

b. extended family

c. cohabiting family

d. a non-traditional family

Learning Objective: 7-1: Identify myths and misconceptions about families and family life.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Myths of the Family

Difficulty Level: Easy

10. Reynoldo says that the nuclear family is the largest family group in the United States and is nostalgic for the families of the past as he says they were better and happier. Which of these is TRUE of Reynaldo’s statements?

a. They are compatible with the functionalist perspective.

b. They are compatible with the conflict perspective.

c. They are compatible with the interactionist perspective.

d. They are common myths about the family.

Learning Objective: 7-1: Identify myths and misconceptions about families and family life.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Myths of the Family

Difficulty Level: Medium

11. Which of these is NOT a function of the family according to the functionalist perspective?

a. It serves as a secondary group.

b. It confers social status.

c. It provides for socialization.

d. It provides protection.

Learning Objective: 7-1: Identify myths and misconceptions about families and family life.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Functionalist Perspective

Difficulty Level: Medium

12. According to the conflict perspective, conflicts between spouses or family members derive from ______ or ______ inequalities.

a. religious; power

b. economic; power

c. power; educational

d. educational; religious

Learning Objective: 7-1: Identify myths and misconceptions about families and family life.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Conflict Perspective

Difficulty Level: Medium

13. From a feminist perspective, familial inequality emerges from which of these?

a. inappropriate role definitions

b. lack of traditional values in the society

c. a patriarchal family structure

d. biological inequalities between men and women

Learning Objective: 7-1: Identify myths and misconceptions about families and family life.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Conflict and Feminist Perspectives

Difficulty Level: Medium

14. Unwed motherhood is still heavily stigmatized in which of these countries?

a. Sweden

b. the United States

c. South Korea

d. Norway

Learning Objective: 7-1: Identify myths and misconceptions about families and family life.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Interactionist Perspective

Difficulty Level: Medium

15. Which of these is NOT promoted by heteronormativity?

a. marriage

b. adoption

c. monogamy

d. whiteness

Learning Objective: 7-1: Identify myths and misconceptions about families and family life.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Interactionist Perspective

Difficulty Level: Medium

16. From the interactionist perspective, we create and maintain our definition of a family through which of these?

a. endogamy

b. egalitarianism

c. patriarchy

d. social interaction

Learning Objective: 7-1: Identify myths and misconceptions about families and family life.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Interactionist Perspective

Difficulty Level: Medium

17. When were no-fault divorces introduced?

a. 1940s

b. 1970s

c. 1990s

d. 2005

Learning Objective: 7-2: Describe how the sociological perspectives explain social problems related to the family.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Divorce

Difficulty Level: Medium

18. Which of these is NOT a reason that divorce rates have increased?

a. The society has transitioned from nuclear to extended family forms.

b. The stigma attached to divorce has decreased.

c. The increasing geographic and occupational mobility of families.

d. The increasing economic independence of women.

Learning Objective: 7-2: Describe how the sociological perspectives explain social problems related to the family.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Divorce

Difficulty Level: Hard

19. The recent divorce rate has remained at about ______ divorces per 1,000 individuals.

a. 3.5

b. 6.7

c. 8.9

d. 11.2

Learning Objective: 7-2: Describe how the sociological perspectives explain social problems related to the family.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Divorce

Difficulty Level: Medium

20. Sam and Alex are divorcing. Which action can they take to make sure their three children are least affected by the divorce?

a. One of them should reduce their socioeconomic resources to help the children adapt to reality.

b. One of them should remarry within one year to show the children a happy relationship.

c. Both parents should make sure that traditional sex roles within the household are maintained after the separation.

d. Both parents should maintain a positive relationship with the children.

Learning Objective: 7-2: Describe how the sociological perspectives explain social problems related to the family.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Divorce

Difficulty Level: Medium

21. Which of these is TRUE of divorce?

a. Women experience an increase in household income after marriage.

b. College-educated couples have the highest rates of divorce.

c. The U.S. has a lower divorce rate than the European Union.

d. The U.S. divorce rate has remained stable in recent years.

Learning Objective: 7-2: Describe how the sociological perspectives explain social problems related to the family.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Divorce

Difficulty Level: Hard

22. Which type of parenting has been found to lead to fewer behavioral problems for children whose parents are divorced?

a. single parenting

b. parallel parenting

c. co-parenting

d. mother-only parenting

Learning Objective: 7-2: Describe how the sociological perspectives explain social problems related to the family.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Divorce

Difficulty Level: Medium

23. In the United States, nearly ______ of surveyed women reported that they had been raped or physically assaulted by a current or former intimate partner.

a. 15%

b. 50%

c. 35%

d. 60%

Learning Objective: 7-4: Discuss social and political efforts to protect families and children.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Intimate Partner Violence

Difficulty Level: Medium

24. All but which of these social factors have been consistently linked to family violence?

a. low religious participation

b. low socioeconomic status

c. social stress

d. social isolation

Learning Objective: 7-4: Discuss social and political efforts to protect families and children.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Intimate Partner Violence

Difficulty Level: Medium

25. Which of these is NOT associated with an increased risk of child maltreatment?

a. parental marital conflict

b. physical, cognitive, and emotional disabilities of the child

c. parental unemployment and financial stress

d. parental media consumption habits

Learning Objective: 7-4: Discuss social and political efforts to protect families and children.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Child Abuse and Neglect

Difficulty Level: Medium

26. Which of these is NOT true of teen mothers compared to their childless peers?

a. They are more likely to be poor.

b. They are more likely to have a lower educational level.

c. They are more likely to be married.

d. They are more likely to come from families with lower incomes.

Learning Objective: 7-3: Identify common family problems and discuss the ways they affect society.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Teen Pregnancies and Newborn Abandonment

Difficulty Level: Medium

27. Which of these is TRUE of teen pregnancy?

a. Teens provided with free or subsidized condoms have higher birthrates.

b. Teen birthrates have increased since 2007.

c. White adolescent females have the highest birthrates of all racial and ethnic groups.

d. Asian Pacific Islanders have the lowest birthrates of all racial and ethnic groups.

Learning Objective: 7-3: Identify common family problems and discuss the ways they affect society.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Teen Pregnancies and Newborn Abandonment

Difficulty Level: Hard

28. School-based sex education programs are mandatory in all of the following countries EXCEPT which of these?

a. the Netherlands

b. the United States

c. France

d. Australia

Learning Objective: 7-3: Identify common family problems and discuss the ways they affect society.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Teen Pregnancies and Newborn Abandonment

Difficulty Level: Medium

29. John’s dad is in the military, serving overseas. Which of these is NOT cited by your text as a possible negative outcome of parental military involvement that John may suffer as a result?

a. heteronormativity

b. behavioral problems

c. poor academic performance

d. anxiety

Learning Objective: 7-3: Identify common family problems and discuss the ways they affect society.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: The Problems of Time and Money

Difficulty Level: Easy

30. Which of this is TRUE of American work and family balance?

a. Compared with families in other countries, American dual worker families work shorter weeks.

b. Fathers tend to spend their time with children doing caregiving activities.

c. Mothers tend to spend their time with children doing interactive activities.

d. In order to spend more time with their children mothers will reduce their time for personal and leisure time.

Learning Objective: 7-3: Identify common family problems and discuss the ways they affect society.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: The Problems of Time and Money

Difficulty Level: Medium

31. Any form of maltreatment of an older person by someone who has a special relationship with the elder is known as which of these?

a. institutional elder abuse

b. domestic elder abuse

c. intimate elder abuse

d. caretaker elder abuse

Learning Objective: 7-3: Identify common family problems and discuss the ways they affect society.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Elder Abuse and Neglect

Difficulty Level: Medium

32. The National Elder Mistreatment study estimates that about ______ of elderly men and women reported at least one form of mistreatment in the past year.

a. 1 percent

b. 11 percent

c. 21 percent

d. 51 percent

Learning Objective: 7-3: Identify common family problems and discuss the ways they affect society.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Elder Abuse and Neglect

Difficulty Level: Medium

33. The Family Medical Leave Act of 1993 provides qualifying employees with up to ______ of unpaid, job-protected leave per year.

a. 3 weeks

b. 8 weeks

c. 24 weeks.

d. 12 weeks.

Learning Objective: 7-4: Discuss social and political efforts to protect families and children.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993

Difficulty Level: Medium

34. Jeremy and Lindsay have just had a new child and want to spend some time at home caring for her. Both of them work full-time in large firms. They may be eligible for which of these?

a. Family Medical Leave Act

b. Personal Responsibility and Work Act

c. Title IX

d. Title X

Learning Objective: 7-4: Discuss social and political efforts to protect families and children.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993

Difficulty Level: Medium

35. Why have two-thirds of eligible workers not taken advantage of FMLA?

a. They do not know about it.

b. They are politically opposed to it.

c. They cannot afford the lost wages.

d. They fear they will lose their ability to be promoted at work if they are seen as “leave takers.”

Learning Objective: 7-4: Discuss social and political efforts to protect families and children.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993

Difficulty Level: Medium

36. Responses to domestic violence can be characterized as having a distinct ______ approach.

a. American

b. individual

c. punitive

d. community

Learning Objective: 7-4: Discuss social and political efforts to protect families and children.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Community Responses to Domestic Violence and Neglect

Difficulty Level: Medium

37. Which federal office handles legal and policy issues regarding violence against women?

a. U.S. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency

b. Office of Violence Against Women

c. Project Harmony

d. The Women’s Center and Shelter

Learning Objective: 7-4: Discuss social and political efforts to protect families and children.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Community Responses to Domestic Violence and Neglect

Difficulty Level: Medium

38. Research indicates that grandparents who care for their grandchildren are at high risk for distress related to which of these?

a. increasing age

b. the foster care system

c. a lack of social resources

d. religious pressures

Learning Objective: 7-3: Identify common family problems and discuss the ways they affect society.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Grandparents as Parents

Difficulty Level: Medium

39. Which of these is NOT an organization dedicated to supporting grandparents?

a. AARP

b. Generations United

c. Project Harmony

d. Kinship Support Network

Learning Objective: 7-4: Discuss social and political efforts to protect families and children.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Grandparents as Parents

Difficulty Level: Medium

True/False

1. Most families in the United States consist of a mother, a father, and their biological children.

Learning Objective: 7-1: Identify myths and misconceptions about families and family life.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Myths of the Family

Difficulty Level: Easy

2. A household is a social unit based on kinship relations.

Learning Objective: 7-1: Identify myths and misconceptions about families and family life.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Myths of the Family

Difficulty Level: Easy

3. Non-traditional families are often blamed for increases in drug abuse, delinquency, illiteracy, and crime in society.

Learning Objective: 7-1: Identify myths and misconceptions about families and family life.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Myths of the Family

Difficulty Level: Easy

4. Functionalists believe that the family, as the most important social institution, operates autonomously from other social institutions in society.

Learning Objective: 7-1: Identify myths and misconceptions about families and family life.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Functionalist Perspective

Difficulty Level: Medium

5. From an interactionist perspective, non-traditional family forms become social problems only when they deviate from the definition of a “normal” family.

Learning Objective: 7-1: Identify myths and misconceptions about families and family life

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Interactionist Perspective

Difficulty Level: Medium

6. The rate of divorce for older adults has decreased significantly in recent years.

Learning Objective: 7-2: Describe how the sociological perspectives explain social problems related to the family.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Divorce

Difficulty Level: Medium

7. Most women experience a substantial increase in household income following a divorce.

Learning Objective: 7-2: Describe how the sociological perspectives explain social problems related to the family.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Divorce

Difficulty Level: Medium

8. The U.S. birthrate for teenagers (aged 15–19 years) is the highest in the developed world.

Learning Objective: 7-3: Identify common family problems and discuss the ways they affect society.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Teen Pregnancies and Newborn Abandonment

Difficulty Level: Easy

9. Research suggests that earlier sexual activity is the primary cause of high birth rates among U.S. teens as compared to their European counterparts.

Learning Objective: 7-3: Identify common family problems and discuss the ways they affect society.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Teen Pregnancies and Newborn Abandonment

Difficulty Level: Medium

10. There is no comprehensive national reporting system for abandoned babies in the United States.

Learning Objective: 7-3: Identify common family problems and discuss the ways they affect society.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Teen Pregnancies and Newborn Abandonment

Difficulty Level: Medium

11. The increase of cohabitation has coincided with the increase in unmarried childbearing.

Learning Objective: 7-5: Explain the relationship between cohabitation and marriage.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Cohabitation

Difficulty Level: Medium

12. Almost half of the adult cohabiters are within 18–24 years of age.

Learning Objective: 7-5: Explain the relationship between cohabitation and marriage.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Cohabitation

Difficulty Level: Medium

13. Sexual health education has been defined as the responsibility of the family.

Learning Objective: 7-3: Identify common family problems and discuss the ways they affect society.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Teen Pregnancies and Newborn Abandonment

Difficulty Level: Medium

14. The Family Medical Leave Act of 1993 pertains to all U.S. employers.

Learning Objective: 7-4: Discuss social and political efforts to protect families and children.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: The Family Medical Leave Act of 1993

Difficulty Level: Medium

15. According to the National Center on Elder Abuse, community education and outreach are two responses important in combating the problem of elder abuse and neglect.

Learning Objective: 7-4: Discuss social and political efforts to protect families and children.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Elder Abuse and Neglect

Difficulty Level: Medium

16. Children living in a grandparent’s household without a parent present are no more likely to be living in poverty than children living with both grandparents and a parent.

Learning Objective: 7-3: Identify common family problems and discuss the ways they affect society.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Expanding the Definition of Family

Difficulty Level: Easy

17. Today’s grandparents are more likely to have their grandchildren living with them than the grandparents of thirty years ago.

Learning Objective: 7-3: Identify common family problems and discuss the ways they affect society.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Grandparents as Parents

Difficulty Level: Medium

Essay

1. Discuss the changing definition of family and how it is supported or not supported by social institutions. What are some of the changes in family in recent years and how have they been received? What reasoning is used to avoid change?

Learning Objective: 7-1: Identify myths and misconceptions about families and family life.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Introduction

Difficulty Level: Hard

2. Discuss what the research tells us about teen pregnancy rates in the United States. What are the reasons the rate is so high compared to other developed countries? What are the consequences of this high birth rate?

Learning Objective: 7-3: Identify common family problems and discuss the ways they affect society.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Teen Pregnancies and Newborn Abandonment

Difficulty Level: Hard

3. Compare and contrast abuse and neglect.

Learning Objective: 7-4: Discuss social and political efforts to protect families and children.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Intimate Partner Violence

Difficulty Level: Easy

4. Define cohabitation and describe how it affects marriage.

Learning Objective: 7-2: Describe how the sociological perspectives explain social problems related to the family.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Cohabitation

Difficulty Level: Easy