Contemporary Social Issues
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Course Introduction
This course examines the major social issues facing contemporary societies, such as poverty, inequality, gender dynamics, race and ethnicity, crime, globalization, and environmental challenges. Through interdisciplinary perspectives and critical analysis, students explore the causes, consequences, and possible solutions to these complex problems. Emphasis is placed on understanding how social, economic, political, and cultural factors interact to shape public debate and policy responses to pressing social issues in both local and global contexts.
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Marriages and Families 8th Edition by
Nijole V. Benokraitis
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Chapter 1: he Changing Family
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Q1) Which of the following is a difference between micro- and macro-level perspectives on the family?
A) Unlike the micro-level perspective, the macro-level perspective focuses only on the decisions taken by the family members.
B) Unlike the macro-level perspective, the micro-level perspective focusses on external factors on which families have little control.
C) Unlike the micro-level perspective, the macro-level perspective takes into account constraints such as economic forces and technology.
D) Unlike the micro-level perspective, the macro-level perspective states that the economy has no role to play when it comes to divorces.
Answer: C
Q2) Which of the following is true of functional myths?
A) Myths are functional when they disrupt a family.
B) Functional myths can help us maintain emotional balance during crises.
C) Functional myths tend to create misery in us.
D) Functional myths divert our attention from social problems that lead to family crises. Answer: B
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Chapter 2: Studying the Family
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Q1) Which of the following methods do researchers use to systematically collect data from respondents through questionnaires or interviews?
A) experiment method
B) survey method
C) participant observation
D) secondary research
Answer: B
Q2) Structural-functionalism has been criticized for being ________.
A) liberal
B) radical
C) focused on social change
D) conservative
Answer: D
Q3) Which of the following is true of self-help books and articles?
A) They make people feel better about themselves.
B) They support non-traditional gender roles.
C) They oversimplify complex problems.
D) They rely solely on empirical evidence.
Answer: C
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Chapter 3: The Family in Historical Perspective
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Q1) Valentina was a Mexican immigrant in 19?? century America.She lived in a nuclear family that had a very close relationship with Maria and Carlos, two other immigrants, who acted as godparents to Valentina.Maria and Carlos were always very warm and affectionate toward Valentina, who in turn, respected and loved them.Valentina's family is an example of a family that practiced ________.
A) misogyny
B) misandry
C) compadrazgo
D) androcide
Answer: C
Q2) During the 1800s, Mexican women typically worked ________.
A) as miners
B) on the railroads
C) in canning houses
D) in low-level urban occupations
Answer: C
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Chapter 4: Racial and Ethnic Families: Strengths and Stresses
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Q1) What are the strengths of the Latino American family system?
Q2) People who may be treated differently because of their physical or cultural characteristics, such as gender, sexual orientation, religion, or skin color, belong to a(n)________ group.
A) minority
B) dominant
C) racial
D) ethnic
Q3) Which of the following best describes the process of assimilation?
A) It refers to the conformity of ethnic group members to the culture of the dominant group, including intermarriage.
B) It involves the maintenance of many aspects of one's original culture by encouraging the members of an ethnic group to marry within their own community.
C) It involves the adoption of many characteristics of a host culture but doesn't include intermarriage.
D) It refers to the movement of ethnic groups from their native country to another country with the intention of permanently settling down.
Q4) Why have many Asian American families become successful?
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Chapter 5: Socialization and Gender Roles
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Q1) Explain gender script.
Q2) Which of the following is a similarity between the feminist theories and symbolic interactionist theories with respect to gender?
A) Both propose that children acquire female or male values on their own by thinking.
B) Both view gender as a socially constructed role.
C) Both state that children go through a series of developmental stages in learning gender-appropriate behavior.
D) Both consider genetic factors responsible for the differences between male and female behavior.
Q3) ________ gender ideologies endorse women's and men's shared breadwinning and nurturing family roles.
A) Egalitarian
B) Matriarchal
C) Patriarchal
D) Traditional
Q4) Illustrate the cognitive development theory with the help of an example.
Q5) Explain gender identity with the help of an example.
Q6) What benefits do men have over women with reference to traditional gender roles?
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Chapter 6: Love and Loving Relationships
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Q1) Which of the following is true of sexual arousal?
A) It is a psychological state.
B) It is also known as sexual desire.
C) It invariably leads to romantic love.
D) It is a physiological response.
Q2) Diana often dates several men at a time and enjoys casual dating.She likes to keep her relationships simple and casual because she believes that serious relationships only complicate matters.According to sociologist John Lee, Diana exhibits the ________style of love.
A) storge
B) agape
C) mania
D) ludus
Q3) ________ refers to a pattern of threatening tactics used by a perpetrator that is unwanted and creates fear or emotional distress in the victim.
A) Stalking
B) Narcissism
C) Stereotyping
D) Whitelisting
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Chapter 7: Sexuality and Sexual Expression throughout Life
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Q1) Some scholars state that gender is a more powerful factor than sexual orientation in shaping a person's behavior.They assert that there are more similarities between straight and gay men and between straight women and lesbians than there are between lesbians and gays.Which of the following, if true, supports this argument?
A) Gays and heterosexual women mostly engage in monogamous relationships.
B) Lesbians and heterosexual men often separate emotional intimacy from sex.
C) Lesbians and gays are more likely to have more than one lover at a time.
D) Lesbians and heterosexual women believe love and sex go hand in hand.
Q2) Which of the following is a micro reason why people engage in extramarital sex?
A) economic problems
B) the anonymity of urban life
C) revenge or retaliation
D) changing gender roles
Q3) Ideally, ________ should be a child's first and best sex educators.
A) parents
B) peers
C) school
D) church
Q4) Discuss some indicators of the persistence of the sexual double-standard.
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Chapter 8: Choosing Others: Dating and Mate Selection
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Q1) How do arranged marriages increase solidarity between families and kinship groups?
Q2) Which theory of mate-selection suggests that people sift eligible mates according to specific criteria and thus reduce the pool of potential partners to a small number of candidates?
A) role theory
B) filter theory
C) social exchange theory
D) equity theory
Q3) Which of the following is true of personal classified advertisements?
A) They first appeared in newspapers in the early 1700s.
B) They involve hiring a professional matchmaker who provides "marriage brokerage."
C) During 1700s, they were a socially accepted means to find a mate.
D) They are an emerging trend of finding partners.
Q4) Which of the following is a micro-level factor that contributes to break ups?
A) social sanctions
B) communication problems
C) economic recessions
D) different ethnic backgrounds
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Chapter 9: Singlehood, Cohabitation, Civil Unions, and Other Options
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Q1) ________ singles are primarily older, divorced, widowed, and never-married people who would like to marry or remarry but haven't found a suitable mate and now accept their single status as permanent.This group also includes singles who suffer from some physical or psychological impairment that limits their success in the marriage market.
A) Involuntary stable
B) Involuntary temporary
C) Voluntary temporary
D) Voluntary stable
Q2) Martin and Christine, a cohabiting couple, have a three-year-old son.Which of the following must the couple do in order to protect the child's future inheritance?
A) obtain a shared lease agreement
B) create a prenuptial agreement
C) acknowledge biological parenthood in writing
D) open a joint bank account
Q3) Hunt and Mary decided to buy a house together.However, they are against the concept of marriage and believe that a legal ceremony does not contribute to a relationship.Identify and explain the type of cohabitation arrangement seen in this scenario.
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Chapter 10: Marriage and Communication in Intimate Relationships
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Q1) Stephen and Molly, a married couple, constantly fight and engage in both physical and verbal abuse.However, they don't believe that such fights are a reason to obtain a divorce.In this scenario, the couple is involved in a ________ marriage.
A) devitalized
B) conflict-habituated
C) total
D) vital
Q2) After their marriage, Carlos and Rosanne decided that they would share cooking and cleaning responsibilities.However, over a period of time, Carlos resented these household responsibilities as he is also the primary breadwinner in the family.In this scenario, the couple is trying to structure their ________.
A) marital conflict
B) marital nuances
C) marital roles
D) marital resentment
Q3) Briefly explain why U.S.marriage rates are falling.
Q4) Explain the self-disclosure concept.
Q5) Briefly describe marital stability and marital satisfaction.
Q6) Describe the functions of an engagement.
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Chapter 11: To Be or Not to Be a Parent: More Choices, More
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Q1) A(n)________ refers to the developing organism up to the eighth week of pregnancy.
A) embryo
B) fetus
C) egg cell
D) zygote
Q2) Karen and Tim are having a debate on the benefits and costs of having children.Karen believes that having babies is a benefit, while Tim argues otherwise.Which of the following is an accurate statement that strengthens Karen's argument?
A) There has been a steep decline in postpartum depression cases in the country.
B) Child-rearing costs tend to be more in urban areas that in the rural areas.
C) The abortion rate in the country has decreased over the past decade.
D) Most American parents have been found to be overjoyed at the birth of their first baby.
Q3) Which of the following is a micro-level reason why people postpone childbearing?
A) the fear of being a single, working mom
B) the rise in divorce rates across all populations of the country
C) the difficulty in finding a suitable job to sustain a family
D) the lack of a national child care program
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Chapter 12: Raising Children: Promises and Pitfalls
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Q1) Which of the following is a difference between authoritarian and permissive parents?
A) Authoritarian parents are more responsive.
B) Permissive parents place fewer requirements on their children for orderly behavior.
C) Authoritarian parents are less regulatory.
D) Permissive parents demonstrate lesser warmth and support toward their children.
Q2) In what ways are low-SES families different from high-SES families?
Q3) Which of the following is a myth about child development?
A) Crying is the only way that babies can tell parents that they are hungry.
B) The more stimulation a baby gets, the better.
C) Special talents can surface in adolescence or in later life.
D) Parental conflicts affect babies.
Q4) The parenting style in which both parental control and parental support are high is ________ parenting.
A) authoritative
B) authoritarian
C) permissive
D) uninvolved
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Chapter 13: The Economy and Family Life
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Q1) The ________ is the overall income difference between women and men in the workplace.
A) gender imbalance
B) discretionary income
C) gender wage gap
D) gender neutrality
Q2) Occupational sex segregation is a major factor behind the gender pay gap.Explain.
Q3) An advantage of flextime is that it ________.
A) contributes to job turnover
B) increases the possibility of presenteeism
C) ensures that employees have fixed work hours
D) decreases the likelihood of exhaustion
Q4) ________ are women with young children who choose jobs with enough flexibility to accommodate family needs.
A) Copers
B) Conflicteds
C) Captives
D) Commiteds
Q5) How do nonstandard work schedules of parents affect children?
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Chapter 14: Domestic Violence and Other Family Health
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Q1) Sophia, a home-maker, has an abusive husband.However, despite the abuse, Sophia continues to stay with him as she believes that the financial rewards outweigh a "few beatings." This scenario is an illustration of the ________ theory.
A) social exchange
B) learning
C) feminist
D) supply
Q2) ________ is an abusive act in which a man forces his wife to have unwanted sexual intercourse.
A) Statutory rape
B) Date rape
C) Corrective rape
D) Spousal rape
Q3) Killing a brother or a sister is referred to as ________.
A) siblicide
B) parricide
C) feticide
D) sororicide
Q4) Explain how ignoring sibling violence can be disastrous to a child's growth.
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Chapter 15: Separation, Divorce, Remarriage, and Stepfamilies
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Q1) Describe a suitable scenario that would be an example of split custody.
Q2) Which of the following is a macro-level reason for divorce?
A) extramarital affairs
B) education
C) communication problems
D) military service
Q3) Paula, a recent divorcee, asks her friend for advice on how to lessen the negative effects of the divorce on her kids.Which of the following statement would be effective in the given case?
A) She should move her household and start again in a new community.
B) She should keep her distance from the children and not be too rigid in setting household rules.
C) She should blame the other parent so that they take her side.
D) She should emphasize that the children are not responsible for the divorce.
Q4) Discuss the positive outcomes of divorce.
Q5) Which of the following is true of social integration?
A) Lower social integration increases divorce rates.
B) Higher social integration increases divorce rates.
C) Lower social integration decreases divorce rates.
D) Rising individualism increases social integration.
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Chapter 16: Families in Later Life
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Q1) Jack's grandfather has started leaving his things in awkward places.At times, he asks Jack over and over again where he is.He misplaces his money and doesn't remember payments that he has already made.Jack's grandfather is showing symptoms of
A) Alzheimer's disease
B) schizophrenia
C) Parkinson's disease
D) dyslexia
Q2) ________ refers to the process of recovery after the death of someone one felt close to.
A) Accommodation
B) Resentment
C) Bereavement
D) Indictment
Q3) Jack believes that there is no way to fix America's increasing health care costs.However, he believes that there are ways to curb costs.Give a suitable answer that would confirm and strengthen Jack's belief.
Q4) Give a suitable example of a companionate and supportive style of grandparenting.
Q5) Give a suitable answer that would be an example of a backup sibling.
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