Exam Questions Chapter 10 Work And Family

1. The labor force emerged during the .
   1. Middle Ages b. Colonial Period

c. Industrial Revolution d. Great Depression

REFERENCES: The Interface of Work and Family Life

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.10.01 ­ Summarize men’s traditional family role and how

expectations for husbands have changed over the past several decades.

KEYWORDS: fact

1. In 2010, settled the largest sex-discrimination lawsuit in history.
   1. Sears b. Target

c. Costco d. Wal-Mart

REFERENCES: The Interface of Work and Family Life

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.10.01 ­ Summarize men’s traditional family role and how

expectations for husbands have changed over the past several decades.

KEYWORDS: concept

1. In 2010, percent of Americans said that marriages work better when the husband is breadwinner and the wife takes care of the house and children.

a. 10 b. 20

c. 30 d. 40

REFERENCES: Men’s Work and Family Roles

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.10.01 ­ Summarize men’s traditional family role and how

expectations for husbands have changed over the past several decades.

KEYWORDS: fact

1. Men continue to dominate corporate America. In 2010, less than percent of the highest-earning executives in Fortune 500 companies were women.
   1. 1 b. 3

c. 5 d. 8

REFERENCES: Men’s Work and Family Roles

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.10.01 ­ Summarize men’s traditional family role and how

expectations for husbands have changed over the past several decades.

KEYWORDS: fact

1. Sociologist Jessie Bernard asserted that the role for men emerged in the United States during the 1830s.
   1. good provider b. masculine

c. egalitarian d. macho

REFERENCES: Men’s Work and Family Roles

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.10.01 ­ Summarize men’s traditional family role and how

expectations for husbands have changed over the past several decades.

KEYWORDS: concept

1. The provider role (and its counterpart, the housewife role) lasted into the .
   1. 1950s and 1960s b. late 1970s

c. early 1990s d. 21st century

REFERENCES: Men’s Work and Family Roles

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.10.01 ­ Summarize men’s traditional family role and how

expectations for husbands have changed over the past several decades.

KEYWORDS: fact

1. Employed wives contribute about of a family’s income.
   1. a tenth b. a third

c. a half d. three-fourths

REFERENCES: Men’s Work and Family Roles

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.10.01 ­ Summarize men’s traditional family role and how

expectations for husbands have changed over the past several decades.

KEYWORDS: fact

1. Men with children work compared to childless men, on average.
   1. decreased hours b. increased hours

c. less d. about the same

REFERENCES: Men’s Work and Family Roles

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.10.01 ­ Summarize men’s traditional family role and how

expectations for husbands have changed over the past several decades.

KEYWORDS: fact

1. The Census Bureau only considers those whose wives work full time as , also called househusbands.
   1. stay-at-home-dads b. unemployed

c. egalitarian d. slackers

REFERENCES: Men’s Work and Family Roles

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.10.01 ­ Summarize men’s traditional family role and how

expectations for husbands have changed over the past several decades.

KEYWORDS: fact

1. The expanding economy needed more workers, and women were drawn into the labor force in significant numbers beginning around .

a. 1850 b. 1890

c. 1930 d. 1940

REFERENCES: Women’s Work and Family Roles

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.10.02 ­ Summarize women’s traditional family role and how

expectations for wives have changed over the past several decades.

KEYWORDS: fact

1. After WWII, as soldiers came home, the government encouraged women to .
   1. expand their movement into the work force
   2. help their husbands, brothers and fathers find jobs
   3. return to their kitchens
   4. continue business as usual

REFERENCES: Women’s Work and Family Roles

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.10.02 ­ Summarize women’s traditional family role and how

expectations for wives have changed over the past several decades.

KEYWORDS: concept

1. In 2010, about percent of wives with children between ages 6 and 17 earned wages. a. 13 b. 25

c. 50 d. 71

REFERENCES: Women’s Work and Family Roles

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.10.02 ­ Summarize women’s traditional family role and how

expectations for wives have changed over the past several decades.

KEYWORDS: fact

1. The pronounced tendency for men and women to be employed in different types of jobs is termed .
   1. gender inconsistency b. occupational segregation

c. work sexism d. occupational socialization

REFERENCES: Women’s Work and Family Roles

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.10.02 ­ Summarize women’s traditional family role and how

expectations for wives have changed over the past several decades.

KEYWORDS: fact

1. In 2008, percent of all employed women were office or service workers. a. 25 b. 35

c. 45 d. 55

REFERENCES: Women’s Work and Family Roles

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.10.02 ­ Summarize women’s traditional family role and how

expectations for wives have changed over the past several decades.

KEYWORDS: fact

1. Today, in percent of married couples, only the wife is employed.
   1. 2 b. 7

c. 12 d. 21

REFERENCES: Women’s Work and Family Roles

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.10.02 ­ Summarize women’s traditional family role and how

expectations for wives have changed over the past several decades.

KEYWORDS: fact

1. Women who worked full time in 2011 earned cents for every dollar earned by men. a. 92 b. 82

c. 72 d. 62

REFERENCES: Women’s Work and Family Roles

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.10.02 ­ Summarize women’s traditional family role and how

expectations for wives have changed over the past several decades.

KEYWORDS: fact

1. Gradually, beginning around , more women began to enter the labor force. a. 1690 b. 1790

c. 1890 d. 1990

REFERENCES: Women’s Work and Family Roles

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.10.02 ­ Summarize women’s traditional family role and how

expectations for wives have changed over the past several decades.

KEYWORDS: concept

1. Some career women choose to the labor force in order to stay home with their children for a time.
   1. “say a permanent goodbye” to b. reject

c. “turn their back on” d. “opt out” of

REFERENCES: Women’s Work and Family Roles

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.10.02 ­ Summarize women’s traditional family role and how

expectations for wives have changed over the past several decades.

KEYWORDS: concept

1. In 2011, about percent of mothers of children under fifteen in married-couple families were stay- at-home mothers, wives of steadily employed men, who were temporarily out of the labor force for the entire year to “take care of home and family.”

a. 10 b. 23

c. 36 d. 81

REFERENCES: Women’s Work and Family Roles

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.10.02 ­ Summarize women’s traditional family role and how

expectations for wives have changed over the past several decades.

KEYWORDS: fact

1. The family is one in which a traditional division of labor is the ideal. This family model is often associated with evangelical Christianity, as well as Orthodox Judaism, traditional Catholicism, and Mormonism.
   1. strictly religious b. ritualistic

c. neotraditional d. gender specific

REFERENCES: Women’s Work and Family Roles

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.10.02 ­ Summarize women’s traditional family role and how

expectations for wives have changed over the past several decades.

KEYWORDS: concept

1. Mothers of young children
   1. were the first women to move into the labor force. b. were the last women to move into the labor force.

c. have never entered the labor force. d. now represent the majority of the labor force.

REFERENCES: Women’s Work and Family Roles

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.10.02 ­ Summarize women’s traditional family role and how

expectations for wives have changed over the past several decades.

KEYWORDS: fact

1. In 2011 there were about stay-at-home mothers.
   1. two million b. five million

c. eight million d. fifteen million

REFERENCES: Women’s Work and Family Roles

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.10.02 ­ Summarize women’s traditional family role and how

expectations for wives have changed over the past several decades.

KEYWORDS: concept

1. Brad and Janet have been married for 10 years. Janet is a prosecuting attorney. Brad stays home to care for the house and family. The text would identify Brad as a
   1. good provider. b. role-reversed father.

c. sissy. d. househusband.

REFERENCES: Two-Earner Unions and Work/Family Options

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.10.03 - List some options and alternatives available to twoearner couples.

KEYWORDS: application

1. Today, the statistical norm among married couples is the marriage.
   1. dual-career b. male-as-sole-provider

c. two-earner d. female-as-sole-provider

REFERENCES: Two-Earner Unions and Work/Family Options

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.10.03 - List some options and alternatives available to twoearner couples.

KEYWORDS: fact

1. Shift work is associated with
   1. increased marital satisfaction. b. increased shared leisure time.

c. decreased marital stability. d. decreased physical stress.

REFERENCES: Two-Earner Unions and Work/Family Options

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.10.03 - List some options and alternatives available to twoearner couples.

KEYWORDS: fact

1. The text observes that a little over half of home-based workers are women. Besides catching up on work, the reason they give most often for working at home is
   1. to coordinate work with personal/family needs.
   2. fear of the workplace.
   3. an insistence on not taking orders from others.
   4. a personal sense of entrepreneurship.

REFERENCES: Two-Earner Unions and Work/Family Options

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.10.03 - List some options and alternatives available to twoearner couples.

KEYWORDS: fact

1. Home-based work has
   1. increased significantly over the past few decades. b. increased slightly over the past few decades.

c. decreased slightly over the past few decades. d. decreased significantly over the past few decades.

REFERENCES: Two-Earner Unions and Work/Family Options

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.10.03 - List some options and alternatives available to twoearner couples.

KEYWORDS: concept

1. involve(s) the necessary tasks of attending to both the emotional needs of all family members and the practical needs of dependent members, as well as maintaining the family domicile.
   1. The second shift b. Unpaid family work

c. Domestic chores d. The good provider role

REFERENCES: Unpaid Family Work

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.10.04 - Discuss division of labor regarding unpaid family work.

KEYWORDS: fact

1. Including child care, many employed wives (and just a few husbands) put in what sociologist Arlie Hochschild calls a of unpaid family work that amounts to an extra month of work each year.
   1. stalled revolution b. second shift

c. third shift d. pink collar ghetto

REFERENCES: Unpaid Family Work

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.10.04 - Discuss division of labor regarding unpaid family work.

KEYWORDS: concept

1. Sociologist Arlie Hochschild notes that “women continue to feel responsible for family members’ well­being and are more likely than men to adjust their work and home schedules to accommodate others.” The extra work this amounts to is called:
   1. the second shift b. extra care syndrome

c. pink-collar trap d. unavoidable barrier

REFERENCES: Unpaid Family Work

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.10.05 - Give reasons for why women do more unpaid family work than do men.

KEYWORDS: concept

1. In 2005, couples dedicated approximately hours weekly to housework. a. 21 b. 34

c. 45 d. 52

REFERENCES: Unpaid Family Work

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.10.04 - Discuss division of labor regarding unpaid family work.

KEYWORDS: concept

1. Social scientists have proposed alternative hypotheses for why women do more unpaid household labor. Which of the following is NOT one of those hypotheses?
   1. Partners’ relative earnings influence their division of

household labor

c. The partner with less power in the relationship can escape undesirable household labor

• 1. Gender roles influence partners’ division of

household labor

d. The relative time available to each partner influences the division of household labor

REFERENCES: Unpaid Family Work

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.10.05 - Give reasons for why women do more unpaid family work than do men.

KEYWORDS: concept

1. In which of the following racial/ethnic groups is housework significantly shared by household members other than the wife/mother, even if not by her husband?
   1. Vietnamese/Laotian b. Hispanic

c. white d. African American

REFERENCES: Unpaid Family Work

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.10.04 - Discuss division of labor regarding unpaid family work.

KEYWORDS: fact

1. In general, men spend more time in unpaid family work than do Caucasian men.
   1. Asian American b. African American

c. Hispanic d. Native American

REFERENCES: Unpaid Family Work

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.10.04 - Discuss division of labor regarding unpaid family work.

KEYWORDS: concept

1. Generally, lesbian couples’ division of labor than that of gay male couples.
   1. was less systematic b. was more egalitarian

c. was less egalitarian d. was more difficult to measure

REFERENCES: Unpaid Family Work

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.10.04 - Discuss division of labor regarding unpaid family work.

KEYWORDS: concept

1. University of Michigan researchers cited in the text use the term “ ” in noting that, as men and women

are both putting in more hours of employment, the total amount of time a couple spends on housework has declined.

• 1. second shift b. stalled revolution

c. vanishing housework d. leisure world

REFERENCES: Unpaid Family Work

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.10.04 - Discuss division of labor regarding unpaid family work.

KEYWORDS: concept

1. According to the text’s discussion of child care workers, these women are often .
   1. underage b. well paid

c. white non-Hispanic d. poorly paid

REFERENCES: Juggling Employment and Family Work

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.10.06 - Describe the causal feedback loop regarding work and family living

KEYWORDS: fact

1. The text points out that virtually all research and other writings on the subject suggest that today’s typical American

family is

• 1. rushed and stressed. b. peaceful and loving.

c. nonstressful. d. conflict-ridden.

REFERENCES: Juggling Employment and Family Work

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.10.06 - Describe the causal feedback loop regarding work and family living

KEYWORDS: fact

1. A little over of all employees now work more than 40 hours per week.
   1. one-fourth b. one-third

c. one-half d. two-thirds

REFERENCES: Juggling Employment and Family Work

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.10.06 - Describe the causal feedback loop regarding work and family living

KEYWORDS: fact

1. The American Time Use Survey shows that women spend time than men in the care of the household and its members.
   1. the same amount of b. slightly more

c. slightly less d. more than double the

REFERENCES: Juggling Employment and Family Work

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.10.06 - Describe the causal feedback loop regarding work and family living

KEYWORDS: fact

1. According to the text, fathers are spending time with their children in comparison to the past.
   1. more b. the same amount of

c. slightly less d. substantially less

REFERENCES: Juggling Employment and Family Work

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.10.06 - Describe the causal feedback loop regarding work and family living

KEYWORDS: fact

1. Robert has just received a promotion as a bank loan officer, which will necessitate relocation in another state. His wife, Sarah, has agreed to give up her job in order to accommodate her husband’s career advancement. Sarah may be referred to as a __________ spouse.
   1. compliant b. trailing

c. following d. geographically mobile

REFERENCES: Juggling Employment and Family Work

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.10.06 - Describe the causal feedback loop regarding work and family living

KEYWORDS: application

1. Jane is an insurance executive and lives in San Francisco. Her husband, Don, is an attorney who practices law in New York City. On the weekends, Jane may travel to New York, or Don to San Francisco so that they can be together. Jane and Don’s arrangement is most specifically referred to as
   1. geographic cohabitation. b. trailing spouses.

c. a commuter marriage. d. a dual-earner family.

REFERENCES: Juggling Employment and Family Work

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.10.06 - Describe the causal feedback loop regarding work and family living

KEYWORDS: application

1. Career advancement often requires
   1. gender equality b. unethical conduct

c. the market approach d. geographic mobility

REFERENCES: Juggling Employment and Family Work

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.10.06 - Describe the causal feedback loop regarding work and family living

KEYWORDS: concept

1. A 2001 survey found found that approximately percent of women agree that one can be a good mother and have a successful career.

a. 25 b. 40

c. 65 d. 90

REFERENCES: Juggling Employment and Family Work

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.10.06 - Describe the causal feedback loop regarding work and family living

KEYWORDS: concept

1. Family income tends to be with various child outcomes.
   1. favorably associated b. negatively associated

c. curvilinearly associated d. unassociated

REFERENCES: Juggling Employment and Family Work

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.10.06 - Describe the causal feedback loop regarding work and family living

KEYWORDS: concept

1. There are essentially three types of nonrelative child care. Which of the following is NOT one of these?
   1. in-home caregiver (or nanny) b. family child care

c. babysitting d. center care

REFERENCES: Social Policy, Work, and Family

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.10.07 - Discuss family policy regarding work-family conflict.

KEYWORDS: concept

1. The term refers to child care provided in a caregiver’s home.
   1. in-home caregiver (or nanny) b. family child care

c. babysitting d. center care

REFERENCES: Social Policy, Work, and Family

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.10.07 - Discuss family policy regarding work-family conflict.

KEYWORDS: concept

1. By the time they enter school, an estimated percent of children have been in paid, non-relative childcare.

a. 84 b. 64

c. 44 d. 24

REFERENCES: Social Policy, Work, and Family

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.10.07 - Discuss family policy regarding work-family conflict.

KEYWORDS: fact

1. Policy researchers define child care as the full time education and care of children under age , and care before and after school for older children.
   1. six b. five

c. four d. three

REFERENCES: Social Policy, Work, and Family

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.10.07 - Discuss family policy regarding work-family conflict.

KEYWORDS: fact

1. is a term used when two-earner couples exchange child care and work roles daily or even more often than that.
   1. “Tag team” b. “Day care war”

c. "Flip flop" d. "Self-care"

REFERENCES: Social Policy, Work, and Family

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.10.07 - Discuss family policy regarding work-family conflict.

KEYWORDS: fact

1. About percent of children under age 5 whose mothers are employed are cared for by grandparents.
   1. 5
   2. 10
   3. 15
   4. 30

REFERENCES: Social Policy, Work, and Family

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.10.07 - Discuss family policy regarding work-family conflict.

KEYWORDS: fact

1. Paid care is more common for children in families.
   1. working class
   2. higher-income
   3. larger
   4. none of the above

REFERENCES: Social Policy, Work, and Family

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.10.07 - Discuss family policy regarding work-family conflict.

KEYWORDS: fact

1. In 2010, about percent of children ages 9 to 11 whose mothers were employed were in self-care.
   1. 5
   2. 10
   3. 20
   4. 40

REFERENCES: Social Policy, Work, and Family

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.10.07 - Discuss family policy regarding work-family conflict.

KEYWORDS: fact

1. involves providing assistance with daily living activities to an elderly relative who is chronically frail, ill, disabled, or just in need of assistance.
   1. Day care b. Aging intervention

c. Elder care d. Senior-sitting

REFERENCES: Social Policy, Work, and Family

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.10.07 - Discuss family policy regarding work-family conflict.

KEYWORDS: fact

1. An estimated Americans are taking care of their aging parents.
   1. 400,000 b. 4 million

c. 14 million d. 34 million

REFERENCES: Social Policy, Work, and Family

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.10.07 - Discuss family policy regarding work-family conflict.

KEYWORDS: fact

1. Joanne’s mother is 90 years old, disabled, and in need of assistance with daily living activities. Recently, Joanne and her husband suggested that Joanne’s mother move in with them. This situation is an example of what the text refers to as
   1. elder care. b. family care.

c. aged dependency. d. infirmity.

REFERENCES: Social Policy, Work, and Family

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.10.07 - Discuss family policy regarding work-family conflict.

KEYWORDS: application

1. Which of the following is NOT one of the elements discussed in the text that is suggested as desirable in selecting a child-care facility?
   1. cultural sensitivity b. a relationship with parents

c. accreditation d. the largest play spaces

REFERENCES: Social Policy, Work, and Family

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.10.07 - Discuss family policy regarding work-family conflict.

KEYWORDS: fact

1. Job sharing, working at home or telecommuting, compressed workweeks, and personal days are all examples of
   1. family leave. b. flexible scheduling.

c. care programs. d. profit sharing.

REFERENCES: Social Policy, Work, and Family

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.10.07 - Discuss family policy regarding work-family conflict.

KEYWORDS: concept

1. involves flexible starting and ending times with required core hours.
   1. Job sharing b. Family leave

c. Flextime d. Elder care

REFERENCES: Social Policy, Work, and Family

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.10.07 - Discuss family policy regarding work-family conflict.

KEYWORDS: concept

1. Some large corporations demonstrate interest in effecting workplace policies that are supportive of employee efforts to combine family and work commitments.
   1. family-friendly b. fast track

c. family track d. third-shift

REFERENCES: Social Policy, Work, and Family

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.10.07 - Discuss family policy regarding work-family conflict.

KEYWORDS: fact

1. Employees who are allowed some flexibility in deciding when to begin and end work report all EXCEPT which of the following benefits?
   1. reduced incidences of dissatisfaction
   2. less job-related fatigue
   3. enhanced job satisfaction and loyalty to the employer
   4. fewer family-work conflicts

REFERENCES: Social Policy, Work, and Family

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.10.07 - Discuss family policy regarding work-family conflict.

KEYWORDS: fact

1. involves an employee being able to take an extended period of time from work, either paid or unpaid, for maternity, paternity, ill-child and elder-care purposes.
   1. Family leave b. Flex time

c. Family vacation d. Personal days

REFERENCES: Social Policy, Work, and Family

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.10.07 - Discuss family policy regarding work-family conflict.

KEYWORDS: fact

1. The 1993 Family and Medical Leave Act mandates up to of unpaid family leave for workers in companies with at least fifty employees.
   1. two weeks b. twelve weeks

c. twenty weeks d. two years

REFERENCES: Social Policy, Work, and Family

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.10.07 - Discuss family policy regarding work-family conflict.

KEYWORDS: fact

1. Greg and Bill work for the same company, in the same position. They actually share an office, since Greg works

primarily mornings and weekends and Bill works in the afternoons. Greg and Bill’s situation is an example of

__________.

• 1. flextime usage b. job sharing

c. multiple employee tactics d. job overlapping

REFERENCES: Social Policy, Work, and Family

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.10.07 - Discuss family policy regarding work-family conflict.

KEYWORDS: application

1. How a couple allocates paid and unpaid work and then justifies that allocation can be thought of as a ,

a way of working through everyday situations based on each person’s beliefs and deep feelings about gender roles.

• 1. partner determination b. traditional bargain

c. gender strategy d. gender manipulation

REFERENCES: The Two­Earner Couple’s Relationship

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.10.08 - Explain how feelings of fairness regarding work-family roles impact relationship satisfaction.

KEYWORDS: concept

1. According to Hochschild, a fairly common is to develop family myths—“versions of reality that obscure a core truth in order to manage a family tension.”
   1. gender strategy b. reality construct

c. source of empathy d. ambivalence acceptance

REFERENCES: The Two­Earner Couple’s Relationship

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.10.08 - Explain how feelings of fairness regarding work-family roles impact relationship satisfaction.

KEYWORDS: concept

1. Many traditional men view a wife’s earning more than they do as a
   1. treat b. relief

c. threat d. second shift

REFERENCES: The Two­Earner Couple’s Relationship

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.10.08 - Explain how feelings of fairness regarding work-family roles impact relationship satisfaction.

KEYWORDS: application

1. Study after study shows that marital satisfaction is greater when .
   1. the man provides and the woman does the household work
   2. wives feel that husbands share fairly in the household work
   3. husbands actually participate equally in the household work
   4. husbands feel that wives share fairly in the outside employment

REFERENCES: The Two­Earner Couple’s Relationship

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.10.08 - Explain how feelings of fairness regarding work-family roles impact relationship satisfaction.

KEYWORDS: concept

1. To be successful, two-earner marriages will require social policy support and
   1. workplace flexibility. b. authoritative marital roles.

c. a laissez-faire orientation. d. social inequality.

REFERENCES: The Two­Earner Couple’s Relationship

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.10.08 - Explain how feelings of fairness regarding work-family roles impact relationship satisfaction.

KEYWORDS: fact

1. Only since the Industrial Revolution has working been considered separate from family living.
   1. True
   2. False

REFERENCES: The Interface of Work and Family Life

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.10.01 ­ Summarize men’s traditional family role and how

expectations for husbands have changed over the past several decades.

KEYWORDS: concept

1. Some husbands today are rejecting the idea that dedication to one’s job or occupational achievement is the ultimate

indicator of success.

• 1. True
  2. False

REFERENCES: Men’s Work and Family Roles

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.10.01 ­ Summarize men’s traditional family role and how

expectations for husbands have changed over the past several decades.

KEYWORDS: concept

1. Mothers of young children were the first women to move into employment outside the home.
   1. True
   2. False

REFERENCES: Women’s Work and Family Roles

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.10.02 ­ Summarize women’s traditional family role and how

expectations for wives have changed over the past several decades.

KEYWORDS: concept

1. Careers are basically the same as jobs.
   1. True
   2. False

REFERENCES: Two-Earner Unions and Work/Family Options

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.10.03 - List some options and alternatives available to twoearner couples.

KEYWORDS: fact

1. The vast majority of two-paycheck marriages can be classified as dual-career.
   1. True
   2. False

REFERENCES: Two-Earner Unions and Work/Family Options

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.10.03 - List some options and alternatives available to twoearner couples.

KEYWORDS: fact

1. Careers differ from jobs in that they pay significantly more but require less education.
   1. True
   2. False

REFERENCES: Two-Earner Unions and Work/Family Options

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.10.03 - List some options and alternatives available to twoearner couples.

KEYWORDS: concept

1. Both men and women do far more housework these days than in 1965.
   1. True
   2. False

REFERENCES: Unpaid Family Work

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.10.04 - Discuss division of labor regarding unpaid family work.

KEYWORDS: concept

1. Research on racial/ethnic differences finds that the pattern of men’s spending less time than women in housework

occurs in white, black, and Hispanic families.

• 1. True
  2. False

REFERENCES: Unpaid Family Work

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.10.04 - Discuss division of labor regarding unpaid family work.

KEYWORDS: concept

1. In recent years, men have been decreasing their share of the housework
   1. True
   2. False

REFERENCES: Unpaid Family Work

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.10.04 - Discuss division of labor regarding unpaid family work.

KEYWORDS: concept

1. Virtually all research and other writings on the subject suggest that today’s typical American family is a stressed

and rushed one.

• 1. True
  2. False

REFERENCES: Juggling Employment and Family Work

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.10.06 - Describe the causal feedback loop regarding work and family living

KEYWORDS: concept

1. The American Time Use Survey shows that women spend more than double the time than men do in the care of the household and its members.
   1. True
   2. False

REFERENCES: Juggling Employment and Family Work

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.10.06 - Describe the causal feedback loop regarding work and family living

KEYWORDS: fact

1. The vast majority of commuter couples prefer their life style.
   1. True
   2. False

REFERENCES: Juggling Employment and Family Work

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.10.06 - Describe the causal feedback loop regarding work and family living

KEYWORDS: concept

1. Over 30 percent of children age twelve to fourteen whose mothers are employed full time are in self­care—without adult supervision—for an average of seven hours a week.
   1. True
   2. False

REFERENCES: Social Policy, Work, and Family

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.10.07 - Discuss family policy regarding work-family conflict.

KEYWORDS: concept

1. Childless workers have begun to argue for a better “work­life balance.”
   1. True
   2. False

REFERENCES: Social Policy, Work, and Family

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.10.07 - Discuss family policy regarding work-family conflict.

KEYWORDS: concept

1. How pleasures or stresses associated with work affect interaction within the family is called

REFERENCES: The Interface of Work and Family Life

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.10.01 ­ Summarize men’s traditional family role and how

expectations for husbands have changed over the past several decades.

1. What sociologist Jessie Bernard terms the role for men emerged in the United States during the 1830s.

REFERENCES: Men’s Work and Family Roles

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.10.01 ­ Summarize men’s traditional family role and how

expectations for husbands have changed over the past several decades.

1. The pronounced tendency for men and women to be employed in different types of jobs is termed .

REFERENCES: Women’s Work and Family Roles

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.10.02 ­ Summarize women’s traditional family role and how

expectations for wives have changed over the past several decades.

1. The concept of the describes the fact that motherhood has a tremendous negative lifetime impact on earnings.

REFERENCES: Women’s Work and Family Roles

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.10.02 ­ Summarize women’s traditional family role and how

expectations for wives have changed over the past several decades.

1. is organizing family activities and caring for kin.

REFERENCES: Women’s Work and Family Roles

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.10.02 ­ Summarize women’s traditional family role and how

expectations for wives have changed over the past several decades.

1. Today, marriages, in which both partners are in the labor force, are the statistical norm among married couples.

REFERENCES: Two-Earner Unions and Work/Family Options

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.10.03 - List some options and alternatives available to twoearner couples.

1. work involves the necessary tasks of attending both the emotional needs of all family members and the practical needs of dependent members, as well as maintaining the family domicile.

REFERENCES: Unpaid Family Work

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.10.04 - Discuss division of labor regarding unpaid family work.

1. Social scientists have called marriages in which spouses live apart .

REFERENCES: Juggling Employment and Family Work

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.10.06 - Describe the causal feedback loop regarding work and family living

1. A(n) is one who relocates to accommodate the partner’s career.

REFERENCES: Juggling Employment and Family Work

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.10.06 - Describe the causal feedback loop regarding work and family living

1. involves helping with the daily activities of an aging relative who is chronically ill, disabled, or frail.

REFERENCES: Social Policy, Work, and Family

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.10.07 - Discuss family policy regarding work-family conflict.

1. Policy researchers define as the full-time care and education of children under age six, care before and after school and during school vacations for older children, and overnight care when employed parents must travel.

REFERENCES: Social Policy, Work, and Family

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.10.07 - Discuss family policy regarding work-family conflict.

1. involves flexible work starting and ending times, with required core hours.

REFERENCES: Social Policy, Work, and Family

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.10.07 - Discuss family policy regarding work-family conflict.

1. involves an employee being able to take an extended period of time from work, either paid or unpaid, for the purpose of caring for a newborn, for a newly adopted or seriously ill child, for the care of an elderly parent, or for their own health needs with the guarantee of a job upon returning.

REFERENCES: Social Policy, Work, and Family

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.10.07 - Discuss family policy regarding work-family conflict.

1. Job sharing and flextime are both examples of .

REFERENCES: Social Policy, Work, and Family

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.10.07 - Discuss family policy regarding work-family conflict.

1. Some large corporations demonstrate interest in effecting policies that are supportive of employee efforts to combine family and work commitments.

REFERENCES: Social Policy, Work, and Family

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.10.07 - Discuss family policy regarding work-family conflict.

1. Outline the origins, ambiguities, conflicts and current consequences of the economic roles of husbands and wives. In your answer, be sure to use appropriate concepts and include supportive appropriate data or research results.

REFERENCES: Men’s Work and Family Roles

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.10.01 ­ Summarize men’s traditional family role and how

expectations for husbands have changed over the past several decades.

1. What is the “wage gap?” Give several examples.

REFERENCES: Women’s Work and Family Roles

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.10.02 ­ Summarize women’s traditional family role and how

expectations for wives have changed over the past several decades.

1. What are the rewards and costs of a commuter marriage? Under what conditions is a commuter marriage likely to be more successful?

REFERENCES: Two-Earner Unions and Work/Family Options

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.10.03 - List some options and alternatives available to twoearner couples.

1. What are the challenges of shift work for family members? Give an example.

REFERENCES: Two-Earner Unions and Work/Family Options

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.10.03 - List some options and alternatives available to twoearner couples.

1. Many couples work outside the home and also have a family. What appears to be the effects on children when both partners work outside the home?

REFERENCES: Juggling Employment and Family Work

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.10.06 - Describe the causal feedback loop regarding work and family living

1. Many couples work outside the home and also have a family. What can parents do in order to be sure they do not shortchange their children?

REFERENCES: Juggling Employment and Family Work

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.10.06 - Describe the causal feedback loop regarding work and family living

1. You and your partner both wish to return to outside employment after your baby’s first year. Compare and contrast

the advantages and disadvantages of each possible option for childcare available to you.

REFERENCES: Social Policy, Work, and Family

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.10.07 - Discuss family policy regarding work-family conflict.

1. More and more families today are choosing to work for employers who are sensitive to the needs of families. Describe a variety of strategies companies could adopt that would be more responsive to the needs of families.

REFERENCES: Social Policy, Work, and Family

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.10.07 - Discuss family policy regarding work-family conflict.

1. You and your partner both wish to return to outside employment after your baby’s first year. If you choose to

employ a day care center, what criteria should be used to find quality care?

REFERENCES: Social Policy, Work, and Family

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.10.07 - Discuss family policy regarding work-family conflict.

1. More and more families today are choosing to work for employers who are sensitive to the needs of families. More and more businesses are choosing to adopt “family friendly” work policies because they realize that these policies not only benefit the employee, but also contribute to higher productivity, lower absenteeism, and higher employee morale. Suggest reasons why is it impossible for all businesses to adopt the same “family­friendly” work policies.

REFERENCES: Social Policy, Work, and Family

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.10.07 - Discuss family policy regarding work-family conflict.