Family and Consumer Sciences
Midterm Exam
Course Introduction
Family and Consumer Sciences explores the relationship between individuals, families, and their communities, focusing on the well-being and quality of life of people throughout the lifespan. The course covers topics such as nutrition and wellness, personal finance, child development, family dynamics, housing and interior design, textiles and clothing, and consumer education. Emphasizing practical life skills, critical thinking, and ethical decision-making, this course prepares students to manage personal and family resources, develop healthy lifestyles, and contribute to the betterment of society.
Recommended Textbook Marriages Families and Intimate Relationships 3rd Edition by Brian K. Williams
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Chapter 1: Seeking: Finding Happiness in Relationships in a Complex World
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Q1) Common-law marriage is legally recognized in twenty-two states.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) When countries' economies become more interdependent,
A)globalization occurs.
B)families can benefits through more goods and services.
C)families can suffer due to job loss to foreign markets.
D)All of the above are true.
Answer: D
Q3) William Goode identified all of the following except _________ as one of the four benefits of families.
A)economic benefits
B)physical security
C)proximity
D)familiarity
Answer: B
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Chapter 2: Understanding: Learning About Intimate Behavior
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Q1) ________ refers to subjects in research studies that alter their behavior because they know they are being studied.
A)Researcher bias
B)Hawthorne effect
C)Ethnocentrism
D)Participant observation
Answer: B
Q2) According to Ellen J. Langer, one should approach any new information as if there are alternative explanations.
A)True
B)False Answer: True
Q3) According to Jean Kilbourne, media advertisements have little impact on our behavior.
A)True
B)False Answer: False
Q4) ________ is the degree to which a research measurement actually measures what it claims.
Answer: Validity
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Chapter 3: Gender: the Meanings of Masculinity Femininity
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Q1) Since the 1990s, the number of male and female characters portrayed in the media has been approximately equal in number.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) Learning by imitation of others' behavior is known as modeling.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) ________ are more likely to socialize their children in gender stereotypic ways.
A)Fathers
B)Mothers
C)Both fathers and mothers
D)Neither mothers nor fathers
Answer: A
Q4) Fathers tend to encourage traditional gender role behaviors in their sons and daughters.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 4: Involvement: Dating, Pairing, Courtship
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Q1) ________ arrange introductions between prospective couples for a fee.
A)Marriage bureaus
B)Mail order bride services
C)Video dating services
D)All of the above
Q2) Define and discuss the marriage gradient and the marriage squeeze.
Q3) List, compare, and contrast the three types of introduction services, giving examples of each.
Q4) Discuss traditional courtship process from dating to engagement.
Q5) __________ marriage was a form of arranged marriage practiced in China in which neither partner saw the other until the day of their wedding.
Q6) Contrast the stimulus-values-roles dating model and the model based on relationship-driven and event-driven commitment.
Q7) The most recent study findings cited in the text indicate that most heterosexual Americans meet their partners
A)online.
B)in bars or restaurants.
C)at work or school.
D)through friends.
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Chapter 5: Love: the Many Faces
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Q1) Adults who have difficulty establishing any close relationships with others are called ________, according to attachment theory.
A)secure
B)avoidant
C)anxious
D)ambivalent
Q2) Discuss how men and women respond to jealousy differently. Cite examples.
Q3) Which of the following is an example of abuse in love relationships?
A)physical harm or injury
B)withholding affection
C)insults
D)All of the above
Q4) Discuss four reasons why online romances often fail.
Q5) The ancient Greeks and Romans viewed passionate love as
A)an idealized state.
B)a dangerous kind of illness.
C)a precursor to arranged marriage.
D)a better alternative to altruistic love.
Q6) List and discuss the three characteristics of immature or passionate love.
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Q7) Arranged marriages declined when the ________ of the ________ declined.
Chapter 6: Communication: Realizing Effective Intimacy
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Q1) Positive conflict
A)allows partners to air their differences.
B)builds self-confidence.
C)bonds partners closer together.
D)All of the above
Q2) Wives in unhappy marriages express their withdrawal by avoiding ________, avoiding ________, or ________ withdrawal.
Q3) The unconscious suppression of anger that is later released in other ways is called ________ ________.
Q4) In the ________ style of conflict, you exhibit assertiveness and cooperation.
A)accommodating
B)competing
C)collaborating
D)parallel
Q5) ________ is the blaming of one family member for what goes wrong in the family.
Q6) List and describe the five rules for fair fighting. Give examples to illustrate each rule.
Q7) In the ________ ________ _________ _________ theory, the partner who is less interested has more power in the relationship.
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Chapter 7: Sexuality: Interpersonal Sexuality, Sexual Values, and Behaviors
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Q1) Because of hypersexualization in the U.S. culture, males but not females are encouraged to lose their virginity at early ages.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which of the following is an STD?
A)hepatitis B
B)human papilloma virus
C)chlamydia
D)All of the above
Q3) Men's sexual scripts
A)emphasize traditional roles.
B)tend to objectify women.
C)emphasize conquest rather than intimacy.
D)All of the above are true.
Q4) ________ and ________ are two examples of commercial sex.
Q5) A depiction of sexual behavior through words or pictures with the intent to cause sexual excitement is called ________.
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Q6) Compulsive sexual behavior to have multiple sexual partners and experiences is known as ________ _________.
Chapter 8: Marriage: The Ultimate Commitment
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Q1) A research study by Harvard University and the Kaiser Family Foundation in 2001found ________ of white Americans were accepting of interracial marriages.
A)27%
B)38%
C)53%
D)76%
Q2) Discuss four negative reasons for marriage as cited in the text.
Q3) Marriage between partners of different races, religions, and ages is called
Q4) Sociologist Arlie Hochschild labels employed wives who also work at home fulfilling homemaking and childcare duties as
A)traditional homemakers.
B)second shift workers.
C)egalitarian spouses.
D)exploited women.
Q5) The median cost of a wedding in the U.S. is more than $25,000.00.
A)True
B)False
Q6) Marriage between partners of similar race, religion, and age is called ________.
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Chapter 9: Variations: Nonmarital Families and Households
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Q1) The ________ single engages in a cohabiting relationship with a partner.
Q2) ________ is the marriage practice of one man with two or more wives.
Q3) What is a mutaa marriage?
Q4) Another name for dual-career couples living apart is
A)living-apart-together couples.
B)commuter marriages.
C)transnational marriages.
D)skipped-generation households.
Q5) Homosexuals being denied employment opportunities on the basis of their sexual orientation is an example of
A)gay bashing.
B)prejudice.
C)discrimination.
D)violence.
Q6) ________ suggests singles can be classified according to whether their single status is by choice or not.
A)Peter Stein
B)Robert Staples
C)Leonard Cargan
D)Matthew Melko
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Chapter 10: Reproduction: Decisions About Having or Not
Having Children
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Q1) Which of the following is the least effective method of contraception?
A)condoms
B)diaphragms
C)birth control pills
D)natural family planning
Q2) Endometriosis is a rare form of uterine cancer.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Panel 10.9 indicates that ________ are the largest percentage of children in foster care in the U.S.
A)non-Hispanic blacks
B)non-Hispanic whites
C)Hispanics
D)Asians
Q4) About ________ of all pregnancies end in miscarriages.
A)10%
B)20%
C)33%
D)42%
Q5) Abandoned-baby laws are also called ________ ________ laws.
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Chapter 11: Children, Families, and Generations
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Q1) The permissive parent is characterized by an absence of _______and
Q2) What factors other than parents influence children?
Q3) Define and discuss latchkey children, including current statistics and risk factors.
Q4) According to the 2010 Census, ________ million children lived with their grandparents.
Q5) ________ and ________ are the only two countries that have not ratified the 1989 U.N. Convention of the Rights of the Child.
Q6) The ________ style of childrearing has rules and regulations but is also warm and supportive.
Q7) Slapping, pinching, and paddling are examples of ________ ________.
Q8) In Panel 11.1 (page 371)which country had the worst score for children's well-being?
A)Netherlands
B)Sweden
C)Switzerland
D)the U.S.
Q9) A ________ ________ is a school-age child who is home alone, unsupervised.
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Q10) Discuss the five roles of grandparenting identified by Neugarten and Weinstein.
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Chapter 12: Work: Economics, Jobs, and Balancing Family Demands
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Q1) Approximately 10% of America's children live in poverty.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The decrease in manufacturing jobs in the U.S. is due to ________, ________, and ________ policies.
Q3) Discuss sociologist Phyllis Moen's four types of working mothers. How do you think these types might change over time? Explain your answer.
Q4) Working women who quit jobs that interfere with their parenting role are called the A)copers.
B)conflicted.
C)committed.
D)captives.
Q5) Full-time working women who feel frustrated because they cannot attend their children's school events are experiencing A)role conflict.
B)role overload.
C)role ambiguity.
D)role disruption.
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Chapter 13: Crises: Managing Stress, Disaster, Violence, and Abuse
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Q1) Discuss predictable stressors in the family life cycle.
Q2) Couples who take care of their aging parents and their school-age children are members of the ______ _____.
Q3) Substance abuse and substance dependence are the same.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The death of a child
A)is considered by many researchers to be the highest stressor in life.
B)is linked to later hospitalization of parents for mental illness.
C)may result in parents never healing from the loss.
D)All of the above
Q5) Identify the three phases of intimate violence. What occurs at each phase?
Q6) Identify and discuss the three most severe family stressors as found in the 1983 Family Inventory of Life Events and Changes.
Q7) Most rapes occur among strangers.
A)True
B)False
Q8) Most marriages today end in death rather than divorce.
A)True
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Chapter 14: Uncoupling: Separation and Divorce
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Q1) If a marriage partner is found to be (falsely) representing him or herself, is mentally ill, or was underage at the time of marriage, a ________ annulment can be granted.
Q2) Homosexual couples can enter into legal relationships with each other in some states. These are called ________ ________.
Q3) Parents should not discuss their divorce with the children because divorce is upsetting.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Judith Wallerstein's study on divorce found that 25% of mothers were still trying to cope emotionally with their divorces ________ years later.
A)2
B)4
C)10
D)20
Q5) African Americans have higher divorce rates due largely to being disproportionately poor.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 15: Remarriage: Reinvented, Renewed, and
Blended Families
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Q1) The factor that is liked the least about being single is a lack of A)intimacy.
B)sex.
C)companionship.
D)All of the above
Q2) According to Panel 15.4, what shape on the genogram indicates a deceased person?
A)a circle
B)a triangle
C)a square
D)an X
Q3) A(n)________ family is when at least one child is the biological child of both parents and the other children are the biological children of one parent and are stepchildren to the other parent.
A)binuclear
B)extended
C)joint biological and stepfamily
D)double stepfamily
Q4) Your father's new wife and her adult children can be labeled ________.
Q5) Identify the three types of blended families. Describe each type.
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