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Families Test Bank Docx Ch10

Chapter 10: 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: 10.1: Explain basic sociological concepts of the family, marriage, and intimate relationships.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Marriage

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: 10.1: Explain basic sociological concepts of the family, marriage, and intimate relationships.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Marriage

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: 10.1: Explain basic sociological concepts of the family, marriage, and intimate relationships.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Marriage

Difficulty Level: Medium

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

A. homogamy

B. polygyny

C. polyandry

D. cenogamy

Learning Objective: 10.1: Explain basic sociological concepts of the family, marriage, and intimate relationships.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Marriage

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: 10.1: Explain basic sociological concepts of the family, marriage, and intimate relationships.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Marriage

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: 10.1: Explain basic sociological concepts of the family, marriage, and intimate relationships.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Marriage

Difficulty Level: Medium

7. Joachim and Salima 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: 10.1: Explain basic sociological concepts of the family, marriage, and intimate relationships.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Intimate Relationships

Difficulty Level: Hard

8. ______ 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: 10.1: Explain basic sociological concepts of the family, marriage, and intimate relationships.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Love

Difficulty Level: Hard

9. 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: 10.1: Explain basic sociological concepts of the family, marriage, and intimate relationships.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Love

Difficulty Level: Medium

10. 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: 10.2: Describe current social trends changing marriage and the family.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Decline in Marriage

Difficulty Level: Medium

11. Jamie, her husband, and their daughter live together in a small town. Their family is an example of which of the following?

A. a cohabiting household

B. a nuclear family

C. an exogamous family

D. a cenogamous family

Learning Objective: 10.2: Describe current social trends changing marriage and the family.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Decline in Marriage

Difficulty Level: Medium

12. 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: 10.2: Describe current social trends changing marriage and the family.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: The Deinstitutionalization of Marriage

Difficulty Level: Easy

13. 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 in children being raised outside of the family

Learning Objective: 10.2: Describe current social trends changing marriage and the family.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: The Deinstitutionalization of Marriage

Difficulty Level: Medium

14. Which type of marriage meshes well with the nuclear family configuration?

A. instrumental

B. passionate

C. companionate

D. institutional

Learning Objective: 10.2: Describe current social trends changing marriage and the family.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: The Deinstitutionalization of Marriage

Difficulty Level: Medium

15. 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: 10.2: Describe current social trends changing marriage and the family.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: The Deinstitutionalization of Marriage

Difficulty Level: Medium

16. Which of these is true of a pure relationship?

A. It is a relationship entered into by partners who are virgins.

B. It is a relationship entered into that is asexual in nature.

C. It is a relationship entered into for its own sake and for what each partner can get from it.

D. It is a relationship that ends when the couple marries.

Learning Objective: 10.2: Describe current social trends changing marriage and the family.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Self-Disclosing Intimacy and Pure Relationships

Difficulty Level: Easy

17. Which type of household is one in which a person lives with nonrelatives?

A. single

B. cohabiting

C. nonfamily

D. family

Learning Objective: 10.2: Describe current social trends changing marriage and the family.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Nonfamily Households

Difficulty Level: Easy

18. What percentage of households in the United States contain only one occupant?

A. 3

B. 28

C. 33

D. 48

Learning Objective: 10.2: Describe current social trends changing marriage and the family.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Nonfamily Households

Difficulty Level: Medium

19. 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: 10.2: Describe current social trends changing marriage and the family.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Cohabitation

Difficulty Level: Easy

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

A. the United States

B. Japan

C. Sweden

D. France

Learning Objective: 10.2: Describe current social trends changing marriage and the family.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Single-Parent Families

Difficulty Level: Medium

21. Fathers and/or mothers who live apart from their children are called which of these?

A. cohabiting families

B. nonresident parents

C. stepparents

D. Disneyland moms and dads

Learning Objective: 10.2: Describe current social trends changing marriage and the family.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Nonresident Parents

Difficulty Level: Easy

22. Which of these is the main reason today for the absence of nonresident fathers?

A. nonmarital childbearing with the parents never having lived together

B. incarceration

C. war

D. work

Learning Objective: 10.2: Describe current social trends changing marriage and the family.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Nonresident Parents

Difficulty Level: Medium

23. 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. a blended family

B. a nuclear family

C. a monogamous family

D. a cenogamous family

Learning Objective: 10.2: Describe current social trends changing marriage and the family.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Stepfamilies and Blended Families

Difficulty Level: Medium

24. Which of the following is true of gay marriage?

A. Gay marriage is legal in all 50 states of the United States.

B. Gay marriage was first legalized internationally in 1920.

C. Gay marriage is still illegal in South Africa.

D. Gay marriage was widely accepted in the 1990s in the United States, it just wasn’t legal.

Learning Objective: 10.2: Describe current social trends changing marriage and the family.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Lesbian and Gay Families

Difficulty Level: Medium

25. Which theorist argued 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: 10.3: Apply structural/functional, conflict/critical, and inter/actionist theories to the family.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Structural/Functional Theories

Difficulty Level: Medium

26. 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: 10.3: Apply structural/functional, conflict/critical, and inter/actionist theories to the family.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Structural/Functional Theories

Difficulty Level: Medium

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

A. a blended family

B. an extended family

C. a nuclear family

D. a family of affinity

Learning Objective: 10.3: Apply structural/functional, conflict/critical, and inter/actionist theories to the family.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Structural/Functional Theories

Difficulty Level: Easy

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

A. structural-functional theory

B. feminist theory

C. interactionist theory

D. exchange theory

Learning Objective: 10.3: Apply structural/functional, conflict/critical, and inter/actionist theories to the family.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Feminist Theories

Difficulty Level: Easy

29. 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: 10.3: Apply structural/functional, conflict/critical, and inter/actionist theories to the family.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Feminist Theory

Difficulty Level: Medium

30. Sociologists who study the meanings that family members attach to identities and roles within their families are utilizing the ______ theoretical perspective.

A. inter/actionist

B. structural/functional

C. conflict

D. feminist

Learning Objective: 10.3: Apply structural/functional, conflict/critical, and inter/actionist theories to the family.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Inter/Actionist Theories

Difficulty Level: Medium

31. 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: 10.3: Apply structural/functional, conflict/critical, and inter/actionist theories to the family.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Exchange Theory

Difficulty Level: Easy

32. 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: 10.3: Apply structural/functional, conflict/critical, and inter/actionist theories to the family.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Exchange Theory

Difficulty Level: Hard

33. 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: 10.4: Describe current problems associated with the family.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Intimate Partner Violence

Difficulty Level: Medium

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

A. 10

B. 25

C. 50

D. 90

Learning Objective: 10.4: Describe current problems associated with the family.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Elder Abuse

Difficulty Level: Easy

35. Who are the most common perpetrators of elder abuse?

A. adult children and spouses

B. home health aides

C. strangers

D. nursing home attendants

Learning Objective: 10.4: Describe current problems associated with the family.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Elder Abuse

Difficulty Level: Easy

36. 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: 10.4: Describe current problems associated with the family.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Poverty and the Family

Difficulty Level: Easy

37. 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: 10.4: Describe current problems associated with the family.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Gender Inequalities

Difficulty Level: Medium

38. Which of these is true of the divorce rate in the United States in recent years?

A. It has declined.

B. It has stayed the same.

C. It has increased slightly.

D. It has increased dramatically.

Learning Objective: 10.4: Describe current problems associated with the family.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Divorce

Difficulty Level: Medium

39. An increasing emphasis on ______ is an important factor in divorce rates today.

A. monogamy

B. individualism

C. having children

D. financial independence

Learning Objective: 10.4: Describe current problems associated with the family.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Factors in Divorce

Difficulty Level: Medium

40. 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 United States because of its economic promise.

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

Learning Objective: 10.5: Identify the effects of globalization on the family.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Global Economic Flows

Difficulty Level: Medium

41. Families flow globally in four major forms. Which of these statements accurately describes one of the major patterns of such flows?

A. Family flows happen because family members divorce.

B. Family flows happen because people move to create new families.

C. Family flows happen because men are incarcerated.

D. Family flows happen because children convince their parents to move abroad.

Learning Objective: 10.5: Identify the effects of globalization on the family.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Global Flows That Involve the Family

Difficulty Level: Medium

42. Which of these is not a major global flow identified as impacting families?

A. migration

B. global conflict

C. economic booms and busts

D. media images

Learning Objective: 10.5: Identify the effects of globalization on the family.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Global Flows That Affect the Family

Difficulty Level: Medium

43. Which of these is a part of global trafficking that directly impacts families?

A. adoptions

B. marriages

C. divorces

D. stepfamilies

Learning Objective: 10.5: Identify the effects of globalization on the family.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Global Trafficking

Difficulty Level: Medium

44. 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 remarry their divorced husbands when they return from combat than in the past.

D. Soldiers are less likely to marry.

Learning Objective: 10.5: Identify the effects of globalization on the family.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Global Conflict

Difficulty Level: Medium

45. Which of the following is true of the impact of globalization on families?

A. Sociologists have identified three types of typical family types in a globalized world.

B. Globalization has created two distinct types of intimacy.

C. Globalization has stabilized intimacy in families.

D. Families are affected by globalization, but they also affect it.

Learning Objective: 10.5: Identify the effects of globalization on the family.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Global Conflict

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: 10.1: Explain basic sociological concepts of the family, marriage, and intimate relationships.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Family, Marriage, and Intimate Relationships

Difficulty Level: Medium

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

Learning Objective: 10.1: Explain basic sociological concepts of the family, marriage, and intimate relationships.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Marriage

Difficulty Level: Medium

3. Group marriage is referred to as exogamy.

Learning Objective: 10.1: Explain basic sociological concepts of the family, marriage, and intimate relationships.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Marriage

Difficulty Level: Medium

4. 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: 10.1: Explain basic sociological concepts of the family, marriage, and intimate relationships.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Marriage

Difficulty Level: Medium

5. The nature of what constitutes intimacy in a society changes over time.

Learning Objective: 10.1: Explain basic sociological concepts of the family, marriage, and intimate relationships.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Intimate Relationships

Difficulty Level: Medium

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

Learning Objective: 10.1: Explain basic sociological concepts of the family, marriage, and intimate relationships.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Love

Difficulty Level: Medium

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

Learning Objective: 10.1: Explain basic sociological concepts of the family, marriage, and intimate relationships.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Intimate Relationships

Difficulty Level: Medium

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

Learning Objective: 10.2: Describe current social trends changing marriage and the family.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Decline in Marriage

Difficulty Level: Medium

9. Khloe is married to Andrew and both of them have high-income, high-stress careers. They do not intend to have children. Andrew Cherlin would call this an individualized marriage.

Learning Objective: 10.2: Describe current social trends changing marriage and the family.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: The Deinstitutionalization of Marriage

Difficulty Level: Medium

10. 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: 10.2: Describe current social trends changing marriage and the family.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: The Deinstitutionalization of Marriage

Difficulty Level: Medium

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

Learning Objective: 10.2: Describe current social trends changing marriage and the family.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: The Deinstitutionalization of Marriage

Difficulty Level: Medium

12. 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: 10.2: Describe current social trends changing marriage and the family.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Marriage as a Carousel

Difficulty Level: Medium

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

Learning Objective: 10.2: Describe current social trends changing marriage and the family.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Self-Disclosing Intimacy and Pure Relationships

Difficulty Level: Medium

14. The United States has had a decrease in the number of one-person households over the last 40 years.

Learning Objective: 10.2: Describe current social trends changing marriage and the family.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Nonfamily Households

Difficulty Level: Medium

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

Learning Objective: 10.2: Describe current social trends changing marriage and the family.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Nonfamily Households

Difficulty Level: Medium

16. The United States has the highest rate of cohabitation of all developed countries.

Learning Objective: 10.2: Describe current social trends changing marriage and the family.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Cohabitation

Difficulty Level: Medium

17. The United States has the highest rate of single-parent families of all developed countries.

Learning Objective: 10.2: Describe current social trends changing marriage and the family.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Single-Parent Families

Difficulty Level: Medium

18. Most nonresident parents are fathers.

Learning Objective: 10.2: Describe current social trends changing marriage and the family.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Nonresident Parents

Difficulty Level: Medium

19. Lesbian and gay couples tend to be more constrained by social and institutional gender roles than heterosexual families.

Learning Objective: 10.2: Describe current social trends changing marriage and the family.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Lesbian and Gay Families

Difficulty Level: Medium

20. Same-sex marriage was declared constitutional by the Supreme Court in the United States in 1990.

Learning Objective: 10.2: Describe current social trends changing marriage and the family.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Lesbian and Gay Families

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

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Structural/Functional Theories

Difficulty Level: Medium

22. Conflict theorists see the family as a social institution which is necessary for the stability of society.

Learning Objective: 10.3: Apply structural/functional, conflict/critical, and inter/actionist theories to the family.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Conflict/Critical Theories

Difficulty Level: Medium

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

Learning Objective: 10.3: Apply structural/functional, conflict/critical, and inter/actionist theories to the family.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Feminist Theory

Difficulty Level: Medium

24. Exchange theorists focus on the meanings families attach to their roles and identities that emerge from families.

Learning Objective: 10.3: Apply structural/functional, conflict/critical, and inter/actionist theories to the family.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Inter/Actionist Theories

Difficulty Level: Medium

25. Mothers are more likely than fathers to abuse their children.

Learning Objective: 10.4: Describe current problems associated with the family.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Child Abuse

Difficulty Level: Medium

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

Learning Objective: 10.4: Describe current problems associated with the family.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Gender Inequalities

Difficulty Level: Medium

27. The United States has one of the lowest divorce rates in the world.

Learning Objective: 10.4: Describe current problems associated with the family.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Divorce

Difficulty Level: Easy

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

Learning Objective: 10.5: Identify the effects of globalization on the family.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Global Flows That Involve the Family

Difficulty Level: Medium

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

Learning Objective: 10.5: Identify the effects of globalization on the family.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Global Trafficking

Difficulty Level: Medium

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

Learning Objective: 10.5: Identify the effects of globalization on the family.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Global Conflict

Difficulty Level: Medium

Essay

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

Learning Objective: 10.1: Explain basic sociological concepts of the family, marriage, and intimate relationships.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Marriage

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: 10.2: Describe current social trends changing marriage and the family.

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

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: 10.4: Describe current problems associated with the family.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension | 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: 10.5: Identify the effects of globalization on the family.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Global Families

Difficulty Level: Medium

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Chapter Number:
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Created Date:
Aug 21, 2025
Chapter Name:
Chapter 10 Families
Author:
George Ritzer

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