Chapter 12: Families

Test Bank

Multiple Choice

1. Which of these is the socially acknowledged and approved and often legal union of two people, allowing them to live together and to have children by birth or adoption?

a. household

b. marriage

c. family

d. exogamy

Learning Objective: 12.1: Explain basic sociological concepts of the family, marriage, and intimate relationships.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Some Basic Concepts

Difficulty Level: Easy

2. In which type of society are multiple spouses the dominant marital pattern?

a. monogamous

b. homogamous

c. exogamous

d. polygamous

Learning Objective: 12.1: Explain basic sociological concepts of the family, marriage, and intimate relationships.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Some Basic Concepts

Difficulty Level: Medium

3. Ashley is married to three husbands. This type of marital pattern is referred to as which of these?

a. polygyny

b. polyandry

c. monogamy

d. heterogamy

Learning Objective: 12.1: Explain basic sociological concepts of the family, marriage, and intimate relationships.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Some Basic Concepts

Difficulty Level: Medium

4. Another term for group marriage is which of these?

a. homogamy

b. polygyny

c. polyandry

d. cenogamy

Learning Objective: 12.1: Explain basic sociological concepts of the family, marriage, and intimate relationships.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Some Basic Concepts

Difficulty Level: Easy

5. David is a white 50-year-old man who is married to Nyla, a 22-year-old African American female. Their marriage is an example of which of these?

a. homogamy

b. polygamy

c. exogamy

d. endogamy

Learning Objective: 12.1: Explain basic sociological concepts of the family, marriage, and intimate relationships.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Some Basic Concepts

Difficulty Level: Medium

6. Throughout history, families have been defined much more by ______ than ______.

a. heterogamy; homogamy

b. polygamy; endogamy

c. endogamy; exogamy

d. cenogamy; endogamy

Learning Objective: 12.1: Explain basic sociological concepts of the family, marriage, and intimate relationships.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Some Basic Concepts

Difficulty Level: Medium

7. According to the text, the link between marriage and family is currently which of these?

a. as strong as ever

b. greatly weakened, if not broken

c. redefined and now of greater importance

d. slightly decreased in importance

Learning Objective: 12.1: Explain basic sociological concepts of the family, marriage, and intimate relationships.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Marriage

Difficulty Level: Medium

8. Sam and Mary have been dating for 5 years and are best friends who share everything. They could be said to be in which of these?

a. intimate relationship

b. private relationship

c. cohabiting relationship

d. endogamous relationship

Learning Objective: 12.1: Explain basic sociological concepts of the family, marriage, and intimate relationships.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Intimate Relationships

Difficulty Level: Hard

9. ______ love is more likely to lead to long-lasting intimate relationships when compared to ______ love.

a. Formal; superficial

b. Informal; passionate

c. Passionate; companionate

d. Companionate; passionate

Learning Objective: 12.1: Explain basic sociological concepts of the family, marriage, and intimate relationships.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Love

Difficulty Level: Hard

10. What is the premise of Zygmunt Bauman’s Liquid Love ?

a. Relationships are becoming easier to understand.

b. Relationships form and end more easily, which challenges marriage as an institution.

c. Sociologists focus more on marriage and the family and less on relationships.

d. The Internet and new communication forms have changed relationships.

Learning Objective: 12.1: Explain basic sociological concepts of the family, marriage, and intimate relationships.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Love

Difficulty Level: Medium

11. According to the chapter text, in 1970 married couples comprised 71% of all U.S. households. By 2018, married couples comprised what percentage of all households?

a. 70%

b. 60%

c. 50%

d. 25%

Learning Objective: 12.2: Describe current trends that are changing marriage and the family.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Decline in Marriage

Difficulty Level: Medium

12. Jamie, her husband, and their daughter live together in a small town. Their family would be which of these?

a. cohabiting household

b. nuclear family

c. exogamous family

d. cenogamies family

Learning Objective: 12.2: Describe current trends that are changing marriage and the family.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Decline in Marriage

Difficulty Level: Medium

13. The text refers to the weakening of social norms related to marriage as which of these?

a. the McDonaldization of marriage

b. the deinstitutionalization of marriage

c. the carousel of marriage

d. the feminization of marriage

Learning Objective: 12.2: Describe current trends that are changing marriage and the family.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: The Deinstitutionalization of Marriage

Difficulty Level: Easy

14. Which of these has influenced marital deinstitutionalization?

a. the strong division of labor between breadwinners and homemakers

b. the decrease in rates of cohabitation

c. the high and increasing divorce rate

d. the decrease of children being raised outside of the family

Learning Objective: 12.2: Describe current trends that are changing marriage and the family.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: The Deinstitutionalization of Marriage

Difficulty Level: Medium

15. Which type of marriage is less concerned with “love” as a foundation for the marriage?

a. companionate marriage

b. individualized marriage

c. institutional marriage

d. deinstitutionalized marriage

Learning Objective: 12.2: Describe current trends that are changing marriage and the family.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: The Deinstitutionalization of Marriage

Difficulty Level: Medium

16. Which types of marriage meshes well with the nuclear family configuration?

a. instrumental

b. passionate

c. companionate

d. institutional

Learning Objective: 12.2: Describe current trends that are changing marriage and the family.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: The Deinstitutionalization of Marriage

Difficulty Level: Medium

17. Juan and Reina’s marriage is marked by each of them focusing on their freedoms. Which type of marriage is this?

a. companionate

b. passionate

c. individualized

d. deinstitutionalized

Learning Objective: 12.2: Describe current trends that are changing marriage and the family.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: The Deinstitutionalization of Marriage

Difficulty Level: Medium

18. Who coined the term pure relationship, which refers to one that is entered for its own sake?

a. Anthony Giddens

b. Andrew Cherlin

c. Georg Simmel

d. Randall Collins

Learning Objective: 12.2: Describe current trends that are changing marriage and the family.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Self-Disclosing Intimacy and Pure Relationships

Difficulty Level: Medium

19. Which of these would argue that intimate partners should keep some secrets from each other?

a. Anthony Giddens

b. Andrew Cherlin

c. Georg Simmel

d. Randall Collins

Learning Objective: 12.2: Describe current trends that are changing marriage and the family.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Questioning the New Idea on Marriage and Relationships

Difficulty Level: Medium

20. Which of these expect that a relationship that has endured over a period should lead to a traditional marriage?

a. marriage naturalists

b. marriage planners

c. marriage conservatives

d. marriage conservationists

Learning Objective: 12.2: Describe current trends that are changing marriage and the family.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: The Resilience of Marriage

Difficulty Level: Easy

21. Which type of household is one in which a person lives with non-relatives?

a. single

b. cohabiting

c. non-family

d. family

Learning Objective: 12.2: Describe current trends that are changing marriage and the family.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Nonfamily Households

Difficulty Level: Easy

22. What percentage of households in the U.S. contain only one occupant?

a. 3%

b. 28%

c. 33%

d. 48%

Learning Objective: 12.2: Describe current trends that are changing marriage and the family.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Nonfamily Households

Difficulty Level: Medium

23. What percentage of households in India contain only one occupant?

a. 3%

b. 28%

c. 33%

d. 48%

Learning Objective: 12.2: Describe current trends that are changing marriage and the family.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Nonfamily Households

Difficulty Level: Medium

24. Which of the following statements is TRUE of the changes that have been taking place over the years in regard to the family household?

a. Families have grown larger.

b. Women are more likely to have formal employment.

c. People are living longer.

d. Births to unmarried women have declined.

Learning Objective: 12.2: Describe current trends that are changing marriage and the family.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: The Family Household

Difficulty Level: Medium

25. Couples who share a home and a bed without being legally married are practicing which of these?

a. a family household

b. a nonfamily household

c. cohabitation

d. companionate marriage

Learning Objective: 12.2: Describe current trends that are changing marriage and the family.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Cohabitation

Difficulty Level: Easy

26. Which country has a long history of cohabitation, with 40% of first births taking place within cohabitative relationships?

a. the U.S.

b. Japan

c. Sweden

d. France

Learning Objective: 12.2: Describe current trends that are changing marriage and the family.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Cohabitation

Difficulty Level: Medium

27. Which country has the highest rate of single parents?

a. the U.S.

b. Japan

c. Sweden

d. France

Learning Objective: 12.2: Describe current trends that are changing marriage and the family.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Single-Parent Families

Difficulty Level: Medium

28. Tom, Fred, and Mike are divorced. They refuse to pay child support as they no longer speak to their children and are NOT involved in their lives. Which phrase can be used to describe these fathers?

a. serial fatherhood

b. masculinization of irresponsibility

c. fatherless youth

d. Disneyland dads

Learning Objective: 12.2: Describe current trends that are changing marriage and the family.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Nonresident Parents

Difficulty Level: Easy

29. Nonresident mothers are more likely than nonresident fathers to do which of these?

a. maintain contact with their children through telephone calls or e-mail

b. see their children more infrequently

c. have fewer open encounters with their children

d. be a cyberparent

Learning Objective: 12.2: Describe current trends that are changing marriage and the family.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Nonresident Parents

Difficulty Level: Medium

30. Lorena has children from two previous marriages who are living with her, her new husband, and his kids. Lorena’s new living arrangement exemplifies which of these?

a. blended family

b. nuclear family

c. monogamous family

d. cenogamous family

Learning Objective: 12.2: Describe current trends that are changing marriage and the family.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Stepfamilies and Blended Families

Difficulty Level: Medium

31. Studies of children of same-sex couples have shown that children who grow up in these households have which of these outcomes?

a. psychological problems

b. academic problems in school

c. suffer from high levels of depression

d. show no adverse effects

Learning Objective: 12.2: Describe current trends that are changing marriage and the family.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Lesbian and Gay Families

Difficulty Level: Medium

32. Which theorist would argue that the socialization of children is very important to the family and society?

a. Talcott Parsons

b. Karl Marx

c. Max Weber

d. George Herbert Mead

Learning Objective: 12.3: Apply structural/functional, conflict/critical, and inter/actionist theories to the family.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Structural/Functional Theories

Difficulty Level: Medium

33. Bella’s research focuses on children’s socialization within the family and how parents transmit norms and values. Which theoretical perspective is the basis for her research?

a. conflict theory

b. feminist theory

c. interactionist theory

d. structural/functional theory

Learning Objective: 12.3: Apply structural/functional, conflict/critical, and inter/actionist theories to the family.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Structural/Functional Theories

Difficulty Level: Medium

34. What is the term for two or more generations of a family living in the same household or near one another?

a. blended family

b. extended family

c. nuclear family

d. family of affinity

Learning Objective: 12.3: Apply structural/functional, conflict/critical, and inter/actionist theories to the family.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Structural/Functional Theories

Difficulty Level: Easy

35. Which of these focuses on how male domination and female subordination impacts families?

a. structural–functional theory

b. conflict theory

c. interactionist theory

d. exchange theory

Learning Objective: 12.3: Apply structural/functional, conflict/critical, and inter/actionist theories to the family.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Conflict/Critical Theories

Difficulty Level: Easy

36. Randall Collins sees the family as an arena for which of these?

a. social support

b. economic equality

c. gender conflict

d. symbolic meaning

Learning Objective: 12.3: Apply structural/functional, conflict/critical, and inter/actionist theories to the family.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Conflict/Critical Theories

Difficulty Level: Easy

37. Which theoretical perspective focuses on the fact that girls learn, from an early age, that family responsibilities take precedence over all other aspects of their lives?

a. feminist

b. interactionist

c. structural–functional

d. conflict

Learning Objective: 12.3: Apply structural/functional, conflict/critical, and inter/actionist theories to the family.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Feminist Theory

Difficulty Level: Medium

38. Which theorists look at the family from the perspective of choices made based on rewards and costs?

a. structural/functional

b. feminist

c. exchange

d. symbolic interactionist

Learning Objective: 12.3: Apply structural/functional, conflict/critical, and inter/actionist theories to the family.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Exchange Theory

Difficulty Level: Easy

39. A researcher has observed Adam and Sara's 5-year dating relationship. The researcher notes that Adam, willing to overlook Sara’s annoying qualities and focus on her positive qualities as a kind and thoughtful person, decided to ask Sara to marry him. Adam’s relationship decision supports which of these theories?

a. conflict theory

b. interactionist theory

c. exchange theory

d. feminist

Learning Objective: 12.3: Apply structural/functional, conflict/critical, and inter/actionist theories to the family.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Exchange Theory

Difficulty Level: Hard

40. Which model focuses on how some children from impoverished households have access to limited opportunities for proper socialization?

a. anomie

b. overload

c. deficit

d. cultural tension

Learning Objective: 12.4: Describe current problems associated with the family.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Deficit Model

Difficulty Level: Medium

41. Which model focuses on the dual strains from family commitments and responsibilities and the increasing societal emphasis on the self and individualization?

a. overload

b. cultural tension

c. anomie

d. conflict-of-interest

Learning Objective: 12.4: Describe current problems associated with the family.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Cultural Tensions Model

Difficulty Level: Medium

42. Lisa’s boss has given her more responsibilities at work which have led to her must spending more time there. Her husband is unhappy because she is hardly home, and he is taking on the household and child care duties. Which model of family conflict applies to Lisa’s situation?

a. overload

b. cultural tension

c. anomie

d. conflict-of-interest

Learning Objective: 12.4: Describe current problems associated with the family.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Cultural Tensions Model

Difficulty Level: Medium

43. Rajesh immigrated to the U.S. from India. In India, he relied on his extended family for support and advice. Now, he lives only with his wife and children and feels he is left to his own devices when trying to organize his family’s relationships. Which model of family conflict is he most likely to encounter?

a. anomie

b. overload

c. deficit

d. cultural tension

Learning Objective: 12.4: Describe current problems associated with the family.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Anomie Model

Difficulty Level: Medium

44. Which of these involves the exertion of power over a partner in an intimate relationship through behavior that is intimidating, threatening, harassing, or harmful?

a. child abuse

b. elder abuse

c. sibling abuse

d. intimate partner violence

Learning Objective: 12.4: Describe current problems associated with the family.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Intimate Partner Violence

Difficulty Level: Medium

45. According to a 2010 large national study, what percent of elderly respondents reported some type of abuse?

a. 10%

b. 25%

c. 50%

d. 90%

Learning Objective: 12.4: Describe current problems associated with the family.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Elder Abuse

Difficulty Level: Easy

46. The poverty rate for female-headed families in 2017 was ______ times higher than that of married-couple families.

a. 5

b. 10

c. 15

d. 20

Learning Objective: 12.4: Describe current problems associated with the family.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Poverty and the Family

Difficulty Level: Easy

47. Globally, which of these is the most common form of family violence?

a. child abuse

b. elder abuse

c. wife beating

d. emotional neglect of children

Learning Objective: 12.4: Describe current problems associated with the family.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Gender Inequalities

Difficulty Level: Medium

48. Which of these is a risk factor as it relates to divorce?

a. getting married at an older age

b. having stable finances

c. cohabiting before marriage

d. being the same religion

Learning Objective: 12.4: Describe current problems associated with the family.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Divorce

Difficulty Level: Medium

49. Which of these is TRUE of global economic flows?

a. Weak economies often push entire families to leave and seek temporary work elsewhere.

b. Weak economies often push children to work on cruise lines.

c. Families in weak economies often immigrate exclusively to the U.S. because of its economic promise.

d. Families in weak economies may be separated for long periods of time.

Learning Objective: 12.5: Identify the effects of globalization on the family.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Global Economic Flows

Difficulty Level: Medium

50. Which of these is an effect of global conflict on the family?

a. The “marriage squeeze” leaves men without enough suitable women to partner with for marriage.

b. Family members may be forced to flee to other countries.

c. Women are more likely to divorce their husbands.

d. Soldiers are less likely to marry.

Learning Objective: 12.5: Identify the effects of globalization on the family.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Global Conflict

Difficulty Level: Medium

51. Which of these is TRUE of the nearly 1 million Cuban families who live in the U.S. today?

a. Most of these families have no family left in Cuba.

b. Family-based relationships between Cuban parents and children who had left helped to build a relationship between Cuba and the U.S.

c. Most Cuban-Americans are firmly opposed to better relations between the U.S. and Cuba.

d. Cubans who have emigrated to the U.S. are NOT allowed to visit Cuban family members.

Learning Objective: 12.5: Identify the effects of globalization on the family.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Global Trafficking

Difficulty Level: Medium

True/False

1. The definition of the family, according to the Census Bureau, includes only those who are related by birth or marriage.

Learning Objective: 12.1: Explain basic sociological concepts of the family, marriage, and intimate relationships.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Family, Marriage, and Intimate Relationships

Difficulty Level: Medium

2. Sociologists view the family as a universal social institution that is central to social life.

Learning Objective: 12.1: Explain basic sociological concepts of the family, marriage, and intimate relationships.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Family, Marriage, and Intimate Relationships

Difficulty Level: Medium

3. Monogamy means only marriage between one man and one woman.

Learning Objective: 12.1: Explain basic sociological concepts of the family, marriage, and intimate relationships.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Some Basic Concepts

Difficulty Level: Medium

4. Group marriage is referred to as exogamy.

Learning Objective: 12.1: Explain basic sociological concepts of the family, marriage, and intimate relationships.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Some Basic Concepts

Difficulty Level: Medium

5. Michael is a college graduate who enjoys sports and Italian food. He is married to Jennifer, who is also a college graduate and enjoys playing sports and going out to Italian restaurants. Michael and Jennifer’s relationship is endogamous.

Learning Objective: 12.1: Explain basic sociological concepts of the family, marriage, and intimate relationships.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Some Basic Concepts

Difficulty Level: Medium

6. The nature of intimacy changes over time.

Learning Objective: 12.1: Explain basic sociological concepts of the family, marriage, and intimate relationships.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Intimate Relationships

Difficulty Level: Medium

7. Many sociologists have moved away from a focus on family and marriage and prefer to discuss “relationships” and “personal life.”

Learning Objective: 12.1: Explain basic sociological concepts of the family, marriage, and intimate relationships.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Love

Difficulty Level: Medium

8. Passionate love is more likely than companionate love to lead to a long-term intimate relationship.

Learning Objective: 12.1: Explain basic sociological concepts of the family, marriage, and intimate relationships.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Intimate Relationships

Difficulty Level: Medium

9. Nuclear families made up less than 20% of all U.S. households in 2018.

Learning Objective: 12.2: Describe current trends that are changing marriage and the family.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Decline in Marriage

Difficulty Level: Medium

10. Khloe got married after she established a career and built a house. Andrew Cherlin would call this a companionate marriage.

Learning Objective: 12.2: Describe current trends that are changing marriage and the family.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Decline in Marriage

Difficulty Level: Medium

11. According to Andrew Cherlin, one cause of marriage deinstitutionalization is the change in norms about having children within the context of marriage and the family.

Learning Objective: 12.2: Describe current trends that are changing marriage and the family.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Perspectives on The Decline in Marriage

Difficulty Level: Medium

12. Individualized marriage is marked by a strict division of labor in the household.

Learning Objective: 12.2: Describe current trends that are changing marriage and the family.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Perspectives on The Decline in Marriage

Difficulty Level: Medium

13. A major factor in the rise of individualized marriage was the changing place in society of women, especially middle-class women.

Learning Objective: 12.2: Describe current trends that are changing marriage and the family.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: The Deinstitutionalization of Marriage

Difficulty Level: Medium

14. Current sociological research reveals the paradox that people want to be legally defined as couples and families while they also want to be free of constraints and act as individuals.

Learning Objective: 12.2: Describe current trends that are changing marriage and the family.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Marriage as a Carousel

Difficulty Level: Medium

15. Pure relationships are those entered for what each partner can get from them.

Learning Objective: 12.2: Describe current trends that are changing marriage and the family.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Self-Disclosing Intimacy and Pure Relationships

Difficulty Level: Medium

16. According to the chapter text, a “marriage planner” sees marriage as the prerequisite to being an adult.

Learning Objective: 12.2: Describe current trends that are changing marriage and the family.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: The Resilience of Marriage

Difficulty Level: Medium

17. The U.S. has had a decrease in the number of one-person households over the last 40 years.

Learning Objective: 12.2: Describe current trends that are changing marriage and the family.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Nonfamily Households

Difficulty Level: Medium

18. Eric Klinberg found that younger people who live alone tend to be socially isolated.

Learning Objective: 12.2: Describe current trends that are changing marriage and the family.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Nonfamily Households

Difficulty Level: Medium

19. Compared to Whites, all minority groups have a higher rate of single-parent families.

Learning Objective: 12.2: Describe current trends that are changing marriage and the family.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Single-Parent Families

Difficulty Level: Medium

20. Most non-resident parents are fathers.

Learning Objective: 12.2: Describe current trends that are changing marriage and the family.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Non-Resident Parents

Difficulty Level: Medium

21. Structural functionalists are interested in the socialization of children because their focus is on how family creates social order.

Learning Objective: 12.3: Apply structural/functional, conflict/critical, and inter/actionist theories to the family.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Structural/Functional Theories

Difficulty Level: Medium

22. Feminist theory is distinguished from conflict theory by its focus on domestic violence in families.

Learning Objective: 12.3: Apply structural/functional, conflict/critical, and inter/actionist theories to the family.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Feminist Theory

Difficulty Level: Medium

23. The deficit model focuses on the problems that result when families are poor.

Learning Objective: 12.4: Describe current problems associated with the family.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Cultural Tensions Model

Difficulty Level: Medium

24. The conflict-of-interest model identifies tension between the increasing equality in the family and the structural inequalities of society.

Learning Objective: 12.4: Describe current problems associated with the family.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Conflict-of-Interest Model

Difficulty Level: Medium

25. Globally, child abuse is the most common form of family violence.

Learning Objective: 12.4: Describe current problems associated with the family.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Gender Inequalities

Difficulty Level: Medium

26. The U.S. has one of the lowest divorce rates in the world.

Learning Objective: 12.4: Describe current problems associated with the family.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Divorce

Difficulty Level: Easy

27. Transnational adoptions typically bring children from the Global South to the Global North.

Learning Objective: 12.5: Identify the effects of globalization on the family.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Global Flows That Involve the Family

Difficulty Level: Medium

28. Global human trafficking encompasses such activities as prostitution, human organ selling, and adoptions.

Learning Objective: 12.5: Identify the effects of globalization on the family.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Global Human Trafficking

Difficulty Level: Medium

29. A marriage squeeze occurs when too many eligible “marriageable” males exist in the population but NOT enough women.

Learning Objective: 12.5: Identify the effects of globalization on the family.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Global Conflict

Difficulty Level: Medium

Essay

1. Monogamy is the most common marital arrangement in the U.S. Define and describe monogamy and identify, define, and describe two other possible marital forms.

Learning Objective: 12.1: Explain basic sociological concepts of the family, marriage, and intimate relationships.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Some Basic Concepts

Difficulty Level: Medium

2. Choose a married family type other than the heterosexual nuclear family. Describe the family type and discuss two sociological findings about this type of family (research or concepts).

Learning Objective: 12.2: Describe current trends that are changing marriage and the family.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Alternative Family Forms

Difficulty Level: Medium

3. Select any three theoretical perspectives and discuss how each one views the family. Which do you prefer and why?

Learning Objective: 12.3: Apply structural/functional, conflict/critical, and inter/actionist theories to the family.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Theorizing the Family

Difficulty Level: Medium

4. What are some common forms of abuse found in the family? Select one and describe three facts or outcomes related to this form of abuse found in families.

Learning Objective: 12.4: Describe current problems associated with the family.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension and Analysis

Answer Location: Abuse and Violence within the Family

Difficulty Level: Medium

5. Families are impacted by global flows. Identify the four global flows that effect the family and describe the challenges families face with each flow. Identify one strategy that allows families to cope.

Learning Objective: 12.5: Identify the effects of globalization on the family.

REF: Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Global Families

Difficulty Level: Medium