Family Dynamics Exam Questions
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Family Dynamics explores the intricate patterns of interaction, communication, and roles within families across diverse cultural, social, and economic backgrounds. The course examines family structure, development, and functioning through theoretical perspectives, highlighting how relationships evolve over time and in response to various life events. Students will analyze the impact of external factors such as societal expectations, policy, and community resources on family well-being, as well as strategies for addressing common challenges related to conflict, parenting, and change.
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Families and their Social Worlds 2nd Edition by Karen
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Chapter 1: Families and the Sociological Imagination
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Q1) A strengths perspective focuses on identifying, creating, mobilizing, advocating, and respecting the resources, assets, wisdom, and knowledge that every person and every family has to help ameliorate problems.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) Carla's husband recently left her and their three children for another woman. He pays no child support, she has few job skills, and is destitute. Therefore she turns to the principal cash welfare program, which is called:
A)food stamps
B)Social Security
C)social structure program
D)Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
E)universal cash
Answer: D
Q3) List the four factors discussed in your text that promote resiliency.
Answer: (1)individual-level protective factors; (2)family protective and recovery factors; (3)community strengths; (4)structural-level conditions.
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Chapter 2: Families Throughout the World: Marriage, Family, and Kinship
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Q1) Sweden is a country that is moving towards gender equality, but has a way to go before achieving full equality.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) India is an example of a developed nation.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) Laurel is a White teenager who lives in Beverly Hills, CA with her wealthy parents. Her sex, race, and social class are examples of a/an:
A)ascribed status
B)achieved status
C)neolocal status
D)endogamy
E)gesellschaft
Answer: A
Q4) ________ are your social positions in a group or society.
Answer: Statuses
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Chapter 3: Families Throughout History
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Q1) Jerome is interested in studying racial and ethnic differences in how families care for the elderly. He is interviewing some of the oldest family members he can find because his goal is to compile all available information about significant family events. He will look through other pertinent documents as well. This method is called:
A)family reconstitution
B)family compadres
C)cult of domesticity
D)familism
E)family primogeniture
Answer: A
Q2) What type(s)of societies emphasized extended families, according to Table 3.1?
Answer: horticultural; agricultural
Q3) The 19th Amendment was ratified in 1920, and finally gave ________ the right to ________.
Answer: women; vote
Q4) Sonja, her brothers, and her parents moved to the U.S from Eastern Europe during the 1890s, an event called ________.
Answer: immigration
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Chapter 4: Sex, Gender, and Families
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Q1) Describe the macro-level explanations for why women change their names when they marry.
Q2) Gender is socially constructed. This means that:
A)some societies discriminate against women
B)values and norms are invented by a culture, and people learn these and follow the conventional rules
C)men are allowed more permissiveness in sexual behavior compared to women
D)anatomical categories are not easily identifiable
E)about .012 per 1,000 people are born with both male and female genitals
Q3) Married women now have more education than their husbands.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Generally speaking, race, ethnicity, and social class _________ affect gender socialization.
A)do not
B)do
Q5) Write an essay about female genital cutting. Be sure to include the different types, why it is practiced, and its consequences.
Q6) A transsexual is:
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Chapter 5: Social Stratification, Social Class, and Families
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Q1) Americans like to think that they live in a meritocracy, which means:
A)we can be anything we want to be
B)there is no hierarchical ranking of people within society
C)financial and social rewards are based on personal abilities, education, and skills
D)social stratification is based on ascribed characteristics
E)that anyone can be a member of the proletariat
Q2) The British government uses an explicit measure of social class to categorize the population.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The underclass comprises about 10 percent of the population, and is made up of people earning the minimum wage.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The ________ account for about 15 percent of the U.S. population, and their wages are usually less than $20,000 a year. They often do not receive fringe benefits and unemployment is common.
Q5) Compare and contrast the four (4)theoretical explanations for poverty.
Q6) Describe the pathways from poverty to adverse child outcomes.
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Chapter 6: Race, Ethnicity, and Families
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Q1) Generally, a minority group has several characteristics. Which is NOT one of these characteristics?
A)suffers prejudice and discrimination by the dominant group
B)members feel a sense of group solidarity
C)possesses characteristics that are regarded as different from the dominant group
D)marriages are typically among members of the same group
E)membership is usually achieved rather than ascribed
Q2) Describe how the U.S. is becoming increasingly diverse.
Q3) According to World Map 6.1, which part of the world contains the largest percentage of minorities?
A)The U.S.
B)Europe
C)Brazil
D)Africa
E)Russia
Q4) List three (3)reasons why are Asians sometimes nicknamed the "model minority."
Q5) Compare and contrast the two views of Black families: that they are in a "tangle of pathology" vs. they have many strengths.
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Chapter 7: Courtship, Intimacy, and Partnering
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Q1) According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), __________ is the most commonly reported STI in the U.S., but __________ has the highest prevalence.
A)syphilis; chlamydia
B)gonorrhea; syphilis
C)genital herpes; syphilis
D)HIV/AIDS; chlamydia
E)chlamydia; genital herpes
Q2) The United States has a formally free mate selection process, but in reality, society still has a hand in shaping mate selection choices.
A)True
B)False
Q3) List the six (6)love styles, according to sociologist John Lee.
Q4) ________ provide(s)the norms or rules regarding sexual behavior.
A)Sexual orientation
B)Sexual scripts
C)Endogamy
D)Dowry
E)Exogamy
Q5) Civil unions are defined as ________.
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Chapter 8: Marriage: a Personal Relationship and Social Institution
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Q1) Cole and Elizabeth are deeply committed to their faith, and strongly believe that traditional marriage is the cornerstone of society. They have decided to have a type of marriage that would require some marriage preparation and restrict their future access to divorce. This is called:
A)the Oklahoma Marriage Initiative
B)covenant marriage
C)no-fault divorce initiative
D)marital resilience
E)social capital
Q2) People in northern Alaska have many different words for snow, yet people in Miami, Florida do not. What explains this?
Q3) According to the opening vignette of Chapter 8, women who have unhappy marriages in Canada can get a divorce within three days.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Describe the four components of the Johari window of self-disclosure.
Q5) ________ is a new and optional form of marriage in which couples can sign a document with an oath for a lifelong commitment to marriage and acceptance of limited grounds for divorce.
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Chapter 9: Becoming a Parent
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Q1) Provide the four (4)reasons that the transition to parenthood can be so challenging, according to Alice Rossi.
Q2) Compare and contrast population growth in developed and developing countries. What is China doing to curb population growth? What have been the consequences of their program?
Q3) Which country has the least generous maternity and family leave policies?
A)Bangladesh
B)India
C)Nigeria
D)U)S.
E)Spain
Q4) Infertility is defined as:
Q5) According to the World Map 9.1, which countries have fertility rates well below replacement level?
A)South Korea, Taiwan, Western Europe, Eastern Europe
B)United States
C)Middle East, Western Europe, Northern Africa
D)South Africa, United States
E)Indonesia, China, United States
Q6) List two (2)social reasons for delayed parenthood.
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Chapter 10: Raising Children
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Q1) How does father involvement affect their children's well-being?
Q2) Agents of socialization:
A)are more relevant in developing nations than developed industrialized ones
B)put people in jail when they break the law
C)are more relevant for boys than for girls
D)teach children about the norms and values of their particular culture
E)consist of individual persons known to the child, but not social institutions
Q3) What do the sleeping arrangements of most American parents and their babies reveal, compared to other cultures?
A)Americans are more likely to suffer from insomnia.
B)Americans value the separateness of children and parents to a larger degree.
C)People in other countries are more fearful about their children's health.
D)Americans have more disposable income to spend on their children.
E)Americans use more of the world's energy resources.
Q4) Compared to other racial or ethnic groups, Asian/Pacific Islander families are least likely to be headed by single mothers or single fathers.
A)True
B)False
Q5) "Mothering" and "fathering" are both identities and ________.
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Chapter 11: Families and the Work They Do
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Q1) Work-family conflict refers to ____________.
Q2) Mothers may spend more time than fathers on housework, but the amount of time spent on child care is nearly equal.
A)True
B)False
Q3) By 2009, about 49 percent of married mothers, 55 percent of single mothers, and 70 percent of divorced, separated, or widowed mothers were employed for pay.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Terri is feeling overwhelmed by many different commitments and not having enough time to meet each commitment effectively. She is experiencing:
A)role overload
B)tertiary conflict
C)work-family conflict
D)time availability perspective
E)role strain
Q5) The three (3)types of formal child care arrangements for working parents are
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Chapter 12: Aging Families
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Q1) Describe the health status of elders, including dementia, how we measure their degree of impairment, and the provision of long-term care services in the U.S.
Q2) Researchers track the degree of impairment that elders face in things such as bathing, dressing, eating, or walking indoors by using a common set of measures called:
A)activities of daily living (ADL)
B)informal care
C)long-term care scale
D)formal care
E)dementia
Q3) Grandma Jean and Grandpa Herb love to have their grandchildren come over to their house to play. Together they like to read books, work on puzzles, and cuddle on the couch while watching TV. Occasionally the grandchildren are able to spend the night at their house. This is an example of what type of relationship?
A)involved
B)remote
C)companionate
D)sandwiched
E)irrevocable
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Chapter 13: Violence and Abuse
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Q1) Gender-based violence is an important issue in the U.S. and other developed nations, but it is not really an international human rights issue yet.
A)True
B)False
Q2) A common question is, "Why do women stay in abusive situations?" How would you answer this question? Be sure to discuss the shelter movement in your answer.
Q3) Gender-based violence:
A)does not include honor killings
B)causes more death and disability in women 15-44 than cancer, malaria, traffic accidents, and war combined
C)is condemned by legal systems around the world, although abuse continues to exist in secrecy
D)implies that both males and females are equally likely to be victims
E)is declining significantly around the world, according to Human Rights Watch, an international organization dedicated to protecting the human rights of people around the world
Q4) The four (4)types of child abuse are ________.
Q5) Zero tolerance is defined as ________.
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Chapter 14: Divorce and Repartnering
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Q1) The number of divorces that occur out of every 1,000 married women is referred to as the:
A)legal divorce rate
B)crude divorce rate
C)joint divorce rate
D)matrilineal divorce rate
E)refined divorce rate
Q2) Why are grandparents who have divorced less involved with their grandchildren, according to research presented in the opening vignette of Chapter 14?
A)They don't like being part of a family.
B)They are prone to conflict, and therefore their grandchildren don't want to be around them.
C)Their grandchildren are ashamed of them.
D)They are more likely to be employed, and therefore don't have time for activities with their grandchildren.
E)They have weaker bonds to their own adult children, which may affect visitation.
Q3) Cross-culturally, divorce rates are related to at least three (3)factors discussed in your text: ________.
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Chapter 15: Summing It Up: Families and the Sociological Imagination
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Q1) An empirical approach relies on common sense, personal experience, and the views of authority figures.
A)True
B)False
Q2) World Map 15.1 shows us that the HIV/AIDS epidemic is particularly devastating in the Southern Middle East.
A)True
B)False
Q3) In the opening vignette of Chapter 15, we met Susan and her son John, who was born in a homeless shelter. They were caught in the catch-22 predicament of the homeless, meaning ________.
Q4) Susan, Marie, and their children in the opening vignette are likely a part of the ________ million Americans who do not have any health insurance.
Q5) What are family protective factors?
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