Family Relationships
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Course Introduction
Family Relationships explores the dynamics, structures, and development of families across diverse societies and cultural backgrounds. This course examines how family members interact, communicate, and support each other through the stages of life, considering factors such as parenting, sibling relationships, marriage, and intergenerational ties. Emphasis is placed on theories of family systems, the impact of social and economic forces, and contemporary issues affecting family life, such as divorce, remarriage, and family diversity. Through case studies and research, students gain insights into strategies that strengthen family bonds and promote well-being within various family configurations.
Recommended Textbook 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 "domestic partner" is an unmarried couple, either heterosexual or homosexual, in a long-term committed relationship.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) C) Wright Mills stressed the importance of understanding the relationship between individuals and the society in which they live because many of our personal issues or problems are shaped by social forces. He was referring to something called:
A)the sociological imagination
B)family
C)fictive kin
D)universal programs
E)conflict theory
Answer: A
Q3) It is important to study other cultures such as the Maasai because it offers greater insight into our own culture.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 2: Families Throughout the World: Marriage, Family, and Kinship
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Q1) The pattern of descent that is characterized as having the lineage more closely aligned with the women's families rather than men's families is called:
A)matrilocal
B)matrilineal
C)matriarchy
D)maternity focus
E)maternal pattern
Answer: B
Q2) ________ are your social positions in a group or society.
Answer: Statuses
Q3) Prior to industrialization, many families lived for generations in or near the same small community or rural village. Relationships were personal and there was a great sense of belonging, known as gesellschaft.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q4) Polyandry is defined as:
Answer: The marriage pattern that involves one woman and several husbands.
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Chapter 3: Families Throughout History
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Q1) You are living in the Middle Ages. Your father has decided that the family farm will go to your oldest brother now that he can no longer take care of it. You are left with nothing. This is a practice known as:
A)industrialization
B)primogeniture
C)separate spheres
D)bundling
E)anti-familism
Answer: B
Q2) The "cult of domesticity" refers to ________.
Answer: the glorification of women's domestic role
Q3) The 19th Amendment was ratified in 1920, and finally gave ________ the right to ________.
Answer: women; vote
Q4) What type(s)of societies emphasized extended families, according to Table 3.1?
Answer: horticultural; agricultural
Q5) Mexican Americans have a long tradition of machismo, defined as
Answer: masculine authority exercised in the home, workplace, in sexual prowess, and in the raising of children
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Chapter 4: Sex, Gender, and Families
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Q1) Which of the following CORRECTLY illustrates the impact of race, ethnicity, and social class on gender socialization?
A)Black women and girls are more satisfied with their body types than are their White counterparts.
B)White girls are more likely than Black girls to say that they are beautiful, that they like their bodies, and that they like themselves the way they are.
C)Girls, particularly rich upper-class girls, are at the center of most television programming and play the most roles.
D)The upper class, especially upper-class Blacks, are the group most likely to support gender equality.
E)Actually, race, ethnicity, and social class do not impact gender socialization.
Q2) There is very little patriarchy in the U.S.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Describe racial and ethnic differences in women's earnings as compared to men's earnings.
Q4) List five (5)agents of socialization.
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Chapter 5: Social Stratification, Social Class, and Families
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Q1) ________ poverty refers to lacking resources relative to others in society, while ________ poverty refers to a lack of resources that is life-threatening.
Q2) Describe how social class is conceptualized in Great Britain, and the health differences across social class boundaries.
Q3) Fatalism explains poverty as attributable to quirks, chances, or bad luck.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Poverty has many harmful consequences for children. Which of the following is FALSE?
A)Poverty puts the health of children at risk by decreasing the frequency of low birthweight babies.
B)Poor children are more likely to have increased blood levels.
C)Poor children are more likely to suffer from depression.
D)Poor children perform lower academically.
E)Poor children score lower on various standardized tests.
Q5) Compare and contrast the six (6)social classes in the U.S. presented in your text.
Q6) List the four (4)theories that have been offered to explain the nature of poverty.
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Chapter 6: Race, Ethnicity, and Families
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Q1) Alaska Natives:
A)are misnamed, because they actually live in Washington state as well
B)experienced their most dramatic changes during the Industrial Revolution of the 19th century
C)had a traditional native culture that was tied to nature and the bounty it provided, but few Alaska Natives today report that subsistence is important to their households
D)live in native villages that now have mixed economies in which small to moderate amounts of earned cash are available
E)face few of the social problems that plague other Native American groups, such as suicide, domestic violence, or alcohol abuse, because they receive special benefits given by the federal government, and rich oil revenues
Q2) ________-White or ________-White interracial couples are far more likely to report their child as multiracial than are other types of couples.
Q3) Early nineteenth-century biologists created a three-part classification of races, which were ________.
Q4) Where do Asian Americans tend to live in the U.S.?
Q5) List three (3)reasons why are Asians sometimes nicknamed the "model minority."
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Chapter 7: Courtship, Intimacy, and Partnering
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Q1) There are various ways that families, communities, and the state may try to control love, according to sociologist William J. Goode. Which is NOT one of these ways?
A)have a child married or betrothed prior to puberty
B)clearly define the pool of eligible future spouses so that the major decision is when, rather than with whom, to marry
C)isolate young people from one another to eliminate opportunities for interaction
D)encourage young people to socialize at school so that teachers can keep an eye on them
E)control the social environment, such as sending the child to certain schools, living in a particular neighborhood, or getting involved in a specific church
Q2) High school students are more likely to date than they were in 2000, and those who date do so more often.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The most frequent way that men in the U.S. contact HIV/AIDS is by ________; the most frequent way that women in the U.S. contact HIV/AIDS is by ________.
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Chapter 8: Marriage: a Personal Relationship and Social Institution
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Q1) Describe the differences and universal features of marriage around the world, paying attention to the significance of the wedding ceremony. What are its explicit and implicit purposes?
Q2) Social capital refers to _________.
Q3) "His" and "her" marriage refers to:
Q4) List the four (4)general concepts associated with communication.
Q5) The fact that people who marry may be different from those who do not marry is an example of a/an ________.
Q6) Many changes have occurred to marriage since the 1960s. Which is NOT one of those changes?
A)large increases in nonmarital sexual activity
B)large increases in dual-earner households
C)far greater acceptance of having babies outside of marriage
D)large increases in the number of people who cohabit
E)somewhat more equitable division of household labor
Q7) Today, which race/ethnic group is most likely to marry, and which group is least likely to marry?
Q8) Describe the history and current trends in racial and ethnic intermarriage. Be sure to discuss attitudes and well as behaviors. Page 10
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Chapter 9: Becoming a Parent
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Q1) In a public adoption, an attorney working for a family may contact social workers, other attorneys, doctors, or place a notice in a newspaper looking for a woman who intends to relinquish her child, and the adopting couple will likely offer to pay the birth mother's medical fees, and perhaps her living expenses while pregnant.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The transition to parenthood:
A)is surprisingly easy to most new parents
B)is innate
C)is surprisingly difficult
D)is easy for mothers but not for fathers
E)is similar for men and women because they tend to think about babies in similar ways and analyze their thoughts so that they fit the image of "good" mothers and fathers
Q3) China's one-child policy program consists of three (3)main components. These are
Q4) Describe the historical roots of the medicalization of childbirth in the U.S., and explain how childbirth is at a crossroads today.
Q5) Birth centers are ________.
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Chapter 10: Raising Children
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Q1) Clifford is one of the 7 million children who live with their grandparents. What is the fastest growing type?
Q2) Chenya has parents whose parenting style places very few demands or controls on her. This is called a/an ________.
Q3) Nils lives in a country that has a family allowance to accomplish an important objective: horizontal equity. This means:
A)supplementing the incomes of poor and most low-income families with children to prevent poverty
B)benefits are only available to working families with children, or a higher benefit is given to working parents
C)allowances foster societal cohesion
D)families only get benefits if their child receives full immunizations, thereby encouraging preventive health care
E)the redistribution of income from childless households to families with children, in recognition of the heavier financial burden imposed by childrearing
Q4) There are many consequences associated with teenage parenthood. List five specific consequences discussed in the text.
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Chapter 11: Families and the Work They Do
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Q1) The time availability perspective on the division of household labor suggests that the division of household labor is determined by two (2)factors, ____________.
Q2) The three (3)types of formal child care arrangements for working parents are
Q3) Approximately how many people were without health insurance prior to health care reform legislation?
A)12 million
B)21 million
C)38 million
D)50 million
E)68 million
Q4) The most common type of child care arrangement is "family care."
A)True
B)False
Q5) Orlando works at McDonald's, and some weeks works 20 hours a week and other weeks 40 hours, generally at the whim of the restaurant manager. Orlando's job has a ________ schedule.
Q6) People feel greater work-family conflict when (list three/3):
Q7) Work-family conflict refers to ____________.
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Chapter 12: Aging Families
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Q1) With respect to dementia:
A)it is the most common form of Alzheimer's disease
B)Alzheimer's disease is declining because doctors now can reverse it if caught early enough
C)it affects about l million elderly
D)it affects people primarily older than age 75, and it comes on quickly
E)it includes a decline in memory and in some cognitive abilities
Q2) The world's population is aging so rapidly because of these two (2)reasons:
Q3) With respect to marital satisfaction among the elderly, cross-sectional studies generally suggest __________, whereas studies over time generally suggest
Q4) 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.
Q5) The largest component of the elderly's income comes from what source?
A)income
B)Social Security
C)earnings
D)pensions
E)asset income
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Chapter 13: Violence and Abuse
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Q1) Most women do not stay in abusive relationships; by 2.5 years most women have either left the relationship or the abuse has ended.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The failure to provide for basic needs for someone who is dependent on you is called
Q3) One study found that parents who earned less than $15,000-$20,000 per year are ________ likely to abuse their children than are higher-income parents.
A)far more
B)slightly more
C)equally likely
D)slightly less
E)far less
Q4) Abuse, neglect, and exploitation of your grandmother are an example of:
A)emotional abuse
B)granny abuse
C)elder abuse
D)common couple violence
E)trafficking
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Chapter 14: Divorce and Repartnering
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Q1) How common are stepfamilies? What are the challenges that stepfamilies face? Be sure to discuss how children fare and why.
Q2) ________ are families in which one or both of the adult partners has at least one child, either residing with them or elsewhere.
A)Parents without partners
B)Joint families
C)Remarried families
D)Stepfamilies
E)Refined families
Q3) List the stations of divorce.
Q4) Several micro-level factors are associated with divorce. Which is NOT one of them?
A)age at marriage
B)race and ethnicity
C)degree of similarity between spouses
D)changes in divorce laws
E)income
Q5) Describe and give an example of the three factors that may affect the rate of divorce in different countries around the world.
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Chapter 15: Summing It Up: Families and the Sociological Imagination
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Q1) In the opening vignette of Chapter 15, why was John born in a homeless shelter?
A)His parents' house burned down and they had nowhere to go.
B)His mother was sexually abused by her uncle and ran away from home.
C)His mother was mentally retarded and was unable to care for herself.
D)His mother lost her job and she fell through the social service safety net.
E)His mother was addicted to meth and had lived in a shelter for over a year.
Q2) Which of the following statements best illustrates social inequality's powerful influence on family life?
A)Patterns of social inequality shape families, and conversely, patterns of social inequality are also shaped by families.
B)There is a large degree of social mobility in the U.S.
C)Extended families are viewed as a real source of strength.
D)The middle class is the largest social class, and therefore its ideologies are presented as normal, and others adopt its values as their own.
E)Welfare recipients support one another and see themselves as a collective group suffering persecution.
Q3) List the ways that women on welfare manage the stigma, according to the feature box?
Q4) The five (5)themes of the textbook are ________.
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