Contemporary Social Issues
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Course Introduction
This course examines key social issues facing contemporary societies, focusing on topics such as inequality, race and ethnicity, gender, globalization, environmental challenges, health, and education. Students explore how these issues emerge, their impact on different communities, and the societal responses shaped by policy, media, and activism. Through critical analysis and case studies, the course encourages students to engage with diverse perspectives and develop informed opinions on pressing social concerns in today's world.
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Marriages Families and Relationships Making Choices in a Diverse Society 11th Edition by Mary Ann
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Chapter 1: Marriage, Relationships, and Family
Commitments: Making Choices in a Changing Society
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Q1) Which of the following is NOT one of the four themes of the textbook?
A) Personal decisions must be made throughout the life course.
B) People are influenced by the society around them.
C) We live in a society characterized by considerable change.
D) Personal decision making has little impact on society.
Answer: D
Q2) Placing family well-being over individual interests and preferences is termed
Answer: (familism)
Q3) Today, only __________ percent of American households fit the 1950s nuclear family ideal of a married couple with children, where only the husband is employed.
A) 7
B) 10
C) 25
D) 3
Answer: A
Q4) Unconscious decisions are called choosing __________.
Answer: (by default)
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Chapter 2: Exploring Relationships and Families
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Q1) The family development perspective emphasizes the individual family as the unit of analysis and examines the orderly stages through which families are seen to move.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) __________ perspectives are ways of viewing reality.
Answer: (Theoretical)
Q3) Family researchers will often generate a __________, or "educated guess" about the way things are, based on their theoretical orientation.
A) multivariate analysis
B) bivariate analysis
C) hypothesis
D) factoid
Answer: C
Q4) The __________ perspective on the family is characterized by concepts linking psychosocial factors to physiology, genetics, and evolution
Answer: (biosocial)
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Chapter 3: American Families in Social Context
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Q1) Which of the following groups is among the lowest in terms of birth rates?
A) Mexican Americans
B) Cubans
C) Puerto Ricans
D) immigrant Portuguese
Answer: B
Q2) __________ families are those in which some family members are American citizens or legal residents, while others are undocumented
Answer: (Binational)
Q3) WFor Muslims, dating, marital choice, childrearing, the employment of women, dress, and marital decision-making are all __________ issues.
A) religious
B) personal
C) irrelevant
D) economic
Answer: A
Q4) __________ immigrants enter the U.S. at a rate of about 1,000,000 annually.
Answer: (Legal)
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Chapter 4: Our Gendered Identities
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Q1) Studying 'play' as part of the socialization process of children is a particularly important concept in which theoretical perspective?
A) structural functionalist
B) social conflict
C) family systems
D) interactionist
Q2) Differences among women or among men (within-group variation) are usually greater than the differences between men and women (between-group variation).
A)True
B)False
Q3) Briefly explain how traditional gender roles have been stressful for men and women.
Q4) __________ refers to the degree to which an individual sees herself or himself as feminine or masculine, based on society's definitions of appropriate gender roles.
Q5) Briefly discuss the influence of biology on gender-linked behavior.
Q6) Exploratory behavior is more encouraged in boys than girls.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 5: Our Sexual Selves
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Q1) Life expectancy (average number of years remaining to those treated at age 20 and 35) for those with HIV/AIDS is now between 30-40 years with anitretroviral therapy.
A)True
B)False
Q2) __________ percent of HIV/AIDS cases are reported for individuals age fifty and older.
A) One
B) Three
C) Ten
D) Twenty
Q3) The relatively new phenomenon of sending sexually provocative photographs and text messages over cell phones is called ________.
Q4) The standard of __________ maintains that, regardless of the circumstances, nonmarital intercourse is wrong for both women and men.
Q5) __________ involves viewing homosexuality with fear, dread, aversion, or hatred.
Q6) List and give one-sentence explanations for each of Ira Reiss' four standards of nonmarital sex.
Q7) __________ are attracted to same-sex partners
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Chapter 6: Love and Choosing a Life Partner
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Q1) The ____________ hypothesis assumes that individuals who choose serial cohabitation are different from those who do not; these differences translate into higher divorce rates.
Q2) When both spouses come from a divorced family, the probability of their own divorce is higher. Family scholars refer to this phenomenon as the __________ risk.
A) mate selection
B) intergenerational transmission of divorce
C) marriage
D) separation
Q3) The __________ hypothesis posits that cohabiting experiences themselves affect individuals so that, once married, they are more likely to divorce.
Q4) The text cites one study of forty black-white interracially married couples in which it was found that, with few exceptions, this group's motives for marriage were
A) love and compatibility.
B) money and prestige.
C) status and recognition.
D) very different than for individuals marrying within their own race.
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Chapter 7: Marriage: From Social Institution to Private Relationship
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Q1) In a(n) __________ marriage, the husband was expected mainly to be a hardworking provider and the wife was expected to be a good housekeeper and cook.
Q2) A key difference between swinging and polyamory is that, in the case of the latter, outside relationships
A) are exclusively sexual.
B) can be emotional as well as sexual.
C) are always emotional as well as sexual.
D) are exclusively emotional, but not sexual.
Q3) The family as a social institution rests on the marriage premise of permanence and sexual exclusivity.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Those who view individualized marriage as __________ say that those who look back with nostalgia to the good old days may be idealizing the past.
A) family change
B) family erosion
C) family cycling
D) family decline
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Chapter 8: Living Alone, Cohabiting, Same-Sex Unions,
Other Intimate Relationships
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Q1) Compared with married women, cohabiting women are __________.
A) much younger than their partners
B) several years older than and earn more than their partners
C) more likely to be financially dependent on their partners
D) less likely to be sexually abused
Q2) Mainland Puerto Ricans often define living together as a form of consensual marriage.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which of the following religious groups is expressly dedicated to serving gay and lesbian partnerships?
A) the Metropolitan Community Church
B) the United Presbyterian Church
C) the Prescott Memorial Baptist Church
D) the Church of Latter-Day Saints
Q4) It appears that some of the increase in singlehood results from the low sex ratio and economic disadvantage.
A)True
B)False
Q5) What is the sex ratio? Why is this concept important in terms of marriage?
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Chapter 9: To Parent or Not to Parent
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Q1) Evidence shows that children, especially when they are young, tend to have which of the following influences on marriage?
A) disruption
B) dissolution
C) stabilization
D) altercation
Q2) As overall fertility levels have dropped, childbearing has increasingly shifted to later ages.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Traditionally in American society, children were viewed as
A) demographic statistics.
B) emotional liabilities.
C) emotional necessities.
D) economic assets.
Q4) When it is performed in a hospital or a clinic in the first trimester, abortion is a safe medical procedure.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 10: Raising Children in a Diverse Society
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Q1) Some foster care takes place in __________ homes, where several children are cared for round-the-clock by paid professionals who work in shifts and live elsewhere.
Q2) Some Muslims children who wear headscarves, called __________, may be subject to ridicule and discrimination.
A) banai
B) hadith
C) Ramadan
D) hijab
Q3) Research by Straus and his colleagues show that children who have been frequently spanked by their parents, are
A) less likely later to cheat or tell lies.
B) less likely to bully or be cruel or mean to others.
C) more likely to have behavior problems later in life, as well as depression.
D) less likely to misbehave in various ways.
Q4) The federal program called __________ replaced the Aid to Families with Dependent Children program.
Q5) __________ is out-of-home placement with biological relatives of children who are in the custody of the state.
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Chapter 11: Work and Family
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Q1) Sociologist Arlie Hochschild and other researchers have concluded that the second shift for women means __________ between husbands and wives, as women sacrifice leisure-and sleep-to accomplish unpaid family work.
A) extreme gender inequality
B) sleep difficulties
C) sexual inopportunity
D) a "leisure gap"
Q2) What is the difference between a two-career and a two-earner marriage? Give an example of each.
Q3) Men continue to dominate corporate America. In 2010, less than __________ percent of the highest-earning executives in Fortune 500 companies were women.
A) 1
B) 3
C) 5
D) 8
Q4) A(n) _________ is one who relocates to accommodate the partner's career.
Q5) The pronounced tendency for men and women to be employed in different types of jobs is termed __________.
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Chapter 12: Communication in Relationships, Marriages, and Families
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Q1) Sociologist Judith Wallerstein conducted lengthy interviews with 50 predominantly white, middle-class couples in northern California. In order to participate, both husband and wife had to define their marriage as A) happy.
B) conflict-free.
C) characterized by conflict.
D) unhappy.
Q2) James feels that he has an unhappy marriage: He has been angry with his wife for a long time, but he won't express it openly. James's behavior reflects A) displacement.
B) sabotage.
C) anger "instead."
D) a refusal to express anger.
Q3) Marriage Encounter is one of many workshops designed for couples who
A) are on the verge of divorce.
B) are separated.
C) want to improve their relationship.
D) are newlyweds.
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Q4) What are "I-statements" and what role can they play in marital communication?
Chapter 13: Power and Violence in Families
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Q1) In Joe and Paulette's marriage, Paulette does most of the housework and participates very little in major decision making. She perceives the relationship as fair and equitable. Joe makes most of the important decisions and does relatively little housework, but feels the relationship is unfair. This example illustrates which of the following?
A) subjective measure of fairness
B) personal power
C) conjugal power
D) objective measure of power
Q2) In a traditional society, __________ is legitimate power.
A) egalitarianism
B) female authority
C) male authority
D) child-focused decision-making
Q3) George is accused of fondling the sexual organs of a minor child not related to him. This reflects
A) incest.
B) sexual violence.
C) sexual abuse.
D) menacing.
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Chapter 14: Family Stress, Crisis, and Resilience
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Q1) Only situations that we think of as bad are capable of creating stress in our families.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Trace the course of a family crisis.
Q3) What are the major ingredients in meeting crises creatively?
Q4) Which theoretical perspective views families as shaping family traditions and family members' self-concepts and identities?
A) interactionist
B) family systems
C) conflict
D) family development
Q5) Estimates are that more than __________ children have parents who were behind bars.
A) 100,000
B) 250,000
C) 500,000
D) 2,000,00
Q6) What are the major theories of family crisis and adaptation?
Q7) What are crisis-meeting resources? Give at least two examples.
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Chapter 15: Divorce: Before and After
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Q1) The marital complaint most frequently mentioned by both men and women involves the lack of satisfying sex.
A)True
B)False
Q2) __________ involves money paid by a non-custodial to a custodial parent to support the children of a separated marital, cohabiting, or sexual relationship.
Q3) Because mothers retain custody in the preponderance of divorce cases, and because women are economically disadvantaged in employment, fathers are the most likely to
A) suffer economically.
B) experience frustration.
C) pay child support.
D) be granted an entitlement.
Q4) Under "fault" divorce statutes, which of the following grounds was the most easily proven?
A) adultery
B) alienation of affection
C) mental cruelty
D) non-support
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Chapter 16: Remarriages and Stepfamilies
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Q1) The text points to various differences between stepfamilies and first marriages with children. Which of the following is NOT one of these?
A) the balance of power is different
B) a complicated "supra-family system"
C) excessive family loyalty
D) preexisting parent-child coalitions
Q2) Some people divorce, remarry, redivorce, and then marry again. But a majority of remarriages are__________ marriages.
A) first
B) second
C) third
D) fourth
Q3) Explain some of the differences between first unions and remarriages, and explore why remarriages can be more challenging than first marriages.
Q4) Papernow, a stepfamily scholar, has suggested a seven-stage model of family
Q5) __________ are marriages in which at least one partner had previously been divorced or widowed.
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Chapter 17: Aging Families
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Q1) The text points out that eldercare may be envisioned as an interactive process during which family members struggle to negotiate various caregiving decisions. Social scientists have noted a __________ through which the process of eldercare proceeds.
A) geriatric progression
B) kin conversion experience
C) kin upgrading experience
D) caregiving trajectory
Q2) In Silverstein and Bengston's typology of intergenerational relationships, which type is not characterized by emotional closeness or similarity of opinions, but adult children are likely to provide and/or receive assistance?
A) tight-knit
B) intimate but distant
C) obligatory
D) detached
Q3) According to demographers, people aged 65-74 are categorized as the
A) "childish-old."
B) "young-old."
C) "older-old."
D) "old-old."
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Chapter 18: Topic 1: Gender Roles
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Q1) Why did David's doctors feel it was the best decision to make?
A) it was the cheapest alternative
B) the prevailing theory was that babies were born a blank slate and taught their sex
C) it was the safest alternative
D) none of these choices
Q2) What event led to David Reimer being raised as a girl?
A) a birth defect
B) homosexuality
C) a parental choice
D) a surgical mistake
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Chapter 18: Topic 2: Love and Intimacy
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Q1) Holding your spouses hand can have what benefits?
A) such affection rewires the brain
B) it helps one to better handle anxiety
C) it boosts the immune system
D) all of these choices
Q2) How has the effect of holding hands been proven?
A) through dating experiments
B) through MRI experiments
C) through questionnaires
D) through field research
Q3) Will holing hands research likely change the men's behavior?
A) yes
B) no
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