Contemporary Social Issues
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Contemporary Social Issues is a course that explores the pressing challenges and debates shaping modern society. Students will critically examine topics such as inequality, globalization, social justice, environmental concerns, and the impact of technology on daily life. Drawing from sociology, political science, and current events, the course encourages analytical thinking and the consideration of diverse perspectives. Through readings, discussions, and case studies, learners will gain a deeper understanding of the social forces influencing change and the possible strategies for addressing complex societal problems.
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Public and Private Families An Introduction 8th Edition by Andrew J Cherlin
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Chapter 1: Public and Private Families
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Q1) The ________ can be described as the tendency to obtain public goods by allowing others to do the work of providing them.
A)boundary problem
B)externality problem
C)utilitarian problem
D)free-rider problem
Answer: D
Q2) If you want to determine how a family is adjusting to the daily expectations and changes of remarried life with children, the most effective sociological theory to employ would be
A)postmodern perspective.
B)conflict.
C)symbolic interaction.
D)feminism.
Answer: C
Q3) There are strong similarities between American families and families in other Western nations.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 2: The History of the Family
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Q1) American Indian children were less likely to experience physical punishment and more likely to enjoy independence than were European American children.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) The primary job open to African American women prior to the 1960s was
A)file clerk.
B)domestic servant.
C)personal assistant.
D)secretary.
Answer: B
Q3) According to contemporary research, the breadwinner-homemaker family was A)dominant in the aftermath of the Depression and World War II in the 1950s.
B)always dominant in U.S.history.
C)never dominant in U.S.history.
D)basically only found among African Americans.
Answer: A
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Chapter 3: Gender and Families
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Q1) Of the following which is "gendered"?
A)housework
B)childcare
C)work for wages
D)all of these
Answer: D
Q2) Most transgender people follow the idea that there are/is
A)only two genders.
B)more than two genders.
C)only one gender.
D)no such thing as gender.
Answer: A
Q3) In sociological terms, gender is considered a __________ creation, while sex is considered a _________ creation.
A)social/biological
B)biological/social
C)social/psychological
D)psychological/biological
Answer: A
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Chapter 4: Social Class and Family Inequality
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Q1) A group of people who share a common style of life and often identify with each other is called a A)class. B)cohort.
C)status group.
D)reference group.
Q2) Which of the following individuals is least likely to work for pay?
A)an upper-class wife
B)a working-class wife
C)a lower-class wife
D)a middle-class wife
Q3) Each class socializes its children to fill the same positions as their parents have filled.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Vertical kinship ties are the strongest.
A)True
B)False
Q5) In what respects is the husband's role within the household minimized in a female-centered kinship system?
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Chapter 5: Race, Ethnicity, and Families
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Q1) One recent study predicts that by 2040 Mexican immigrants since the 1980s and their descendants will have produced 36 million additional births.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Why have social scientists been reluctant to acknowledge the role of culture (as compared to the role of economics) in explaining the differences between African American and white families?
Q3) Which of the following groups has the lowest incidence of poverty among Hispanics?
A)Cuban Americans
B)Mexican Americans
C)Puerto Rican Americans
D)Central Americans
Q4) Why do sociologists separate racial-ethnic groups for the study of family?
Q5) Social capital is the resources that a person can access through his or her relationships with other people.
A)True
B)False
Q6) Why is it difficult today to talk about the American Indian family?
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Chapter 6: Sexualities
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Q1) How did the invention and widespread use of the birth control pill allow individuals to separate sex-as-pleasure from sex-as-reproduction?
Q2) Changes in sexual activity in the United States since the start of the century have served to
A)weaken the role of marriage as the core of family life.
B)strengthen the role of marriage as the core of family life.
C)reinforce the central focus of children as the core of family life.
D)decrease the incidence of sexually transmitted diseases.
Q3) Cohabiting relationships of opposite or same-sex couples would not be common without the increasing acceptance of sexual activity outside marriage.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Sexual monogamy is the exception rather than the rule among married persons. A)True
B)False
Q5) Elaborate on the debate about the origins of homosexuality.
Q6) What did theorists mean by the "zombie category" in relation to families?
Q7) Describe the family of choice. How might it impact a couple of the same sex?
Q8) Discuss the author's concept of "sexual identity."
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Chapter 7: Cohabitation and Marriage
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Q1) How does organized religion support marriage today?
Q2) For lesbians and gay men, cohabitation was the only form of partnership available until the legalization of same-sex marriage.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The greater commitment that marriage requires makes it especially useful for high-income couples.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Parental influence over children's marriage choices is most effective and direct when there is land or wealth to pass on.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Cohabiting relationships among college graduates are, for the most part, a stage in the marriage process.
A)True
B)False
Q6) Explain how the automobile helped change courtship patterns in the United States.
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Chapter 8: Work and Families
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Q1) Time-diary studies that covered almost 50 years compared the changes in the amount of time women and men spent in household work and they found that
A)the gap in the amount of housework done by men and women has ceased to exist.
B)the gap in the amount of housework done by men and women has increased.
C)the gap in the amount of housework done by men and women has seen no substantial change.
D)the gap in the amount of housework done by women and men has decreased.
Q2) Why would small firms (fewer than 50 employees) be less likely to offer family-friendly policies such as parental leave, flextime, and childcare assistance?
Q3) The transfer of mood or behavior between work and home is called A)spillover.
B)task anxiety.
C)task stress.
D)task size.
Q4) The most common and widely used employee benefit is A)job sharing.
B)flexible vacation schedules.
C)flextime.
D)part-time work.
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Chapter 9: Children and Parents
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Q1) Associations between having a single parent and poor child outcomes such as delinquency are stronger in African American families than in white families.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Most people surveyed in 2003 believed what percentage of children lived in poverty?
A)30%
B)10%
C)35%
D)50%
Q3) Children in persistently poor families show surprising resilience and are no more anxious and depressed than other children.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The major source of primary socialization for children in the United States is
A)school.
B)church.
C)the family.
D)day care.
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Chapter 10: Older People and Their Families
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Q1) Which of the following statements is true about the social conditions and family life in the early decades of the twentieth century?
A)People received high wages, and there was no unemployment.
B)Employment compensation programs were better in the twenty-first century.
C)Social welfare programs were absent in the twentieth century.
D)Social Security benefits were better in the twentieth century.
Q2) Describe a multigenerational household and the effects it might have on the families who live in them.
Q3) Which of the following factors did not contribute to the elderly relying on kin for support in the earlier history of our country?
A)social welfare programs
B)unemployment
C)death
D)lower wages
Q4) The increase in fertility is a major reason why grandparenthood on a large scale is a recent phenomenon.
A)True
B)False
Q5) How do family caregivers to the elderly perform a critical public service?
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Chapter 11: Domestic Violence
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Q1) There is at least a modest association between lower social class and violence against spouses and partners.
A)True
B)False
Q2) A pattern in which a man seeks to control the behavior of his partner through serious, violent acts is
A)situational couple violence.
B)frustration-aggression.
C)battery.
D)coercive controlling violence.
Q3) Which of the following statements is true about situational couple violence?
A)It usually escalates into serious violence.
B)It arises from a particular incident.
C)It is the result of the need for control.
D)It is usually perpetrated by men.
Q4) How does the "kinship care" option of foster care differ from more traditional foster care arrangements?
Q5) Why do you think cohabiting partners would report a higher rate of physical assault than dating or married partners?
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Chapter 12: Divorce
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Q1) On the basis of what we know of the currently available research reports, children of divorced parents
A)experience a crisis period after the divorce.
B)resume normal development within two years after the divorce.
C)may experience problems that may persist into adulthood.
D)experience all of these.
Q2) Union repartnering is the formation of new unions either by remarriage or a new cohabiting union.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Today, looking at the divorce rates as they are, we can say that they have _________________ they were in the 1980s.
A)remained relatively the same
B)increased sharply
C)increased slightly
D)decreased slightly
Q4) Describe the major racial and ethnic differences in divorce.
Q5) What are the factors at work that make life difficult for children after the breakup of their parent's marriage?
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Chapter 13: Stepfamilies
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Q1) It now appears that companionate marriage has spread even in nations that aren't very industrialized.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which of the following statements is true about developmental idealism?
A)It states that countries should aspire to the social organization values of the developing countries.
B)It advocates that the ideals of Europe are superior to those set by the West.
C)It states that the ideals set by all developing and underdeveloped countries are superior to those set by the developed countries.
D)It advocates that the economic system of the Western developed countries should be followed by other countries.
Q3) What were the predictions made by Goode on family patterns, and how accurate were they?
Q4) What were the effects of postmodern ideals around the world?
Q5) Explain the concepts of love marriage and hybrid marriage.
Q6) Explain the emergence of transnational families.
Q7) What is the global south, and what are the family patterns in the global south?
Q8) Explain the role of media in shaping social norms across nations.
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Chapter 14: The Family, the State, and Social Policy
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Q1) What factors contribute to the fact that white Americans identify U.S. antipoverty policies with African Americans?
Q2) Until the depression in the United States, the government felt that it __________ (in) family affairs.
A)should not intervene
B)be completely responsible for C)should provide moderate assistance
D)support certain aspects of
Q3) How did the Social Security Act of 1935 ignore the value of care work?
Q4) Those in the government who oppose partial-birth abortion are most likely A)conservatives.
B)social liberals.
C)democrats.
D)independents.
Q5) What is the rationale behind the marriage promotion activities led by the Republican-controlled Congress?
Q6) How does the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) reinforce the obligation to work?
Q7) What are the current views on same-sex marriage discussed in this chapter?
Q8) What do you see in the future of the American welfare state?
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