Family Studies Exam Review
Course Introduction
Family Studies explores the complex dynamics of family life, relationships, and structures across diverse cultures and societies. The course examines theories of family development, parenting, communication patterns, and challenges faced by modern families, including issues such as work-life balance, divorce, and cultural diversity. Through multidisciplinary perspectives, students gain insight into how social, economic, and legal factors shape family life, while developing skills to critically analyze and support healthy family functioning in both personal and professional contexts.
Recommended Textbook Families and their Social Worlds 2nd Edition by Karen T. Seccombe
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Chapter 1: Families and the Sociological Imagination
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Q1) The feminist perspective:
A)has nothing in common with the conservative perspective
B)attributes the difficulties children face to sexist parenting practices in the home and in the schools
C)has fallen out of fashion in the 21st century
D)suggests that children face problems because of a lack of cooperation between the community, family, and employment to improve the quality of life
E)believes that gross cultural and moral weakening contributes to father absence and family disorganization through divorce or illegitimacy
Answer: D
Q2) Which theory examines how individuals' lives change as they pass through the events in their lives, recognizing that many changes are socially produced and shared among a cohort of people?
Answer: Life course perspective
Q3) ________ reveals general patterns in what otherwise might be thought of as simple random events.
Answer: The sociological imagination
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Chapter 2: Families Throughout the World: Marriage, Family, and Kinship
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Q1) According to anthropologist William Stephens, the definition of marriage includes four important components. Which is NOT one of them?
A)a socially legitimate sexual union
B)a public announcement
C)contains some ideas about permanence
D)involves one man and one woman
E)assumes an explicit marriage contract that spells out reciprocal obligations between spouses, and between spouses and their children
Answer: D
Q2) Dat and his new wife followed the traditional Vietnamese pattern of moving in with his parents after they married. This is an example of the practice of:
A)matrilocal
B)patrilineal
C)patrilocal
D)polygamy
E)matrifocus
Answer: C
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Chapter 3: Families Throughout History
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Q1) The slave trade in America was well underway by about:
A)1660
B)1690
C)1720
D)1790
E)1850
Answer: D
Q2) Why were there few extended families in early Europe, the Middle Ages, or preindustrial Europe?
A)Most people did not live long enough to spend significant time with their adult children.
B)Female infanticide resulted in a shortage of women.
C)Families often did not get along because fathers frequently gave land to only one son.
D)Children were married off in their early teens, often against their will, and had to leave the community.
E)Aging was highly stigmatized and the elderly often committed suicide.
Answer: A
Q3) ________ refers to the average number of births to women.
Answer: Total fertility rate
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Chapter 4: Sex, Gender, and Families
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Q1) On what continent do women have the lowest literacy rates, compared to men?
Q2) The ________ has cut millions of dollars targeted for family planning programs from any organization that has any linkages to abortion.
Q3) ________ is rooted in biology, whereas ________ refers to the culturally and socially constructed differences between males and females associated with masculinity and femininity.
A)Gender; sex
B)Hermaphrodite; gender
C)Transsexual; bisexual
D)Sex; gender
E)Sexual script; intersex
Q4) What is the most common occupation for women?
A)waitress
B)secretary and administrative assistant
C)elementary and middle school teacher
D)customer service representative
E)manager
Q5) Does patriarchy exist in Western nations like the U.S.? Defend your answer with information from the text.
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Chapter 5: Social Stratification, Social Class, and Families
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Q1) Socioeconomic status (SES)is made up of some combination of:
A)education and ascribed status
B)ascribed status and occupation
C)education and income
D)education, occupation, and income
E)ascribed status, income, and education
Q2) Lonnie and her children suffer from food insecurity, which means:
Q3) Poor families often have a different home environment than non-poor families, with less nurturing parenting, harsher discipline, less stimulation, and less secure attachments.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Describe the pathways from poverty to adverse child outcomes.
Q5) Nalim, who lives in Bhutan, is profiled in the featured box. What type of poverty does Nalim experience?
A)relative poverty
B)real poverty
C)social poverty
D)out-of-pocket poverty
E)absolute poverty
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Chapter 6: Race, Ethnicity, and Families
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Q1) The largest percentage of Hispanics in the U.S. comes from which country or region?
A)Mexico
B)Puerto Rico
C)Cuba
D)Spain
E)South America
Q2) The term race refers to a category of people who have less power than the dominant group and who are subject to unequal treatment.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Most interracial couples do not report their children to the census as multiracial.
A)True
B)False
Q4) ________ is the largest Native American tribe with nearly 900,000 people reporting this tribal affiliation alone or in combination with another tribe, race, or ethnicity.
Q5) Describe how the U.S. is becoming increasingly diverse.
Q6) Which minority group is increasing in size most rapidly?
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Chapter 7: Courtship, Intimacy, and Partnering
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Q1) Write an essay about sexual orientation. Be sure to include the explanations for sexual orientation and attitudes toward homosexuality.
Q2) List the top three (3)situations in which people are likely to meet dating partners.
Q3) According to research about love:
A)women are more interested in love than are men
B)women report falling in love sooner and are more resistant to a relationship breaking up
C)men are more pragmatic, rational, and practical about falling in love
D)men do not know how to express love
E)the "feminization of love" reminds us that although both men and women express love, somehow women's expressions have been defined as better
Q4) The term ________ usually refers to homosexual men, whereas the term ________ refers to homosexual women.
Q5) Write an essay about same-sex intimate relationships. Be sure to compare and contrast (1)same-sex and heterosexual relationships, and (2)gay and lesbian relationships.
Q6) List the six (6)love styles, according to sociologist John Lee.
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Chapter 8: Marriage: a Personal Relationship and Social Institution
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Q1) The Sapir-Whorf hypothesis claims that language shapes our culture and our culture shapes our language.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Today the average age of marriage is ________ for men and ________ for women.
A)32; 29
B)28; 26
C)26; 25
D)24; 24
E)30; 29
Q3) With respect to social class differences in communication:
A)the working class is more likely to use SAE
B)the middle class uses more words of simple coordination such as "like" or "but" and uses fewer pronouns
C)President Obama sometimes "breaks code"
D)people with different levels of education communicate differently, but few differences have been noted by income or occupational prestige
E) the middle class tends to use more AAE than does the working class
Q4) Social capital refers to _________.
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Chapter 9: Becoming a Parent
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Q1) China's one-child policy program consists of three (3)main components. These are
Q2) List two (2)controversies discussed in your text surrounding ART.
Q3) Which group has the lowest fertility rate, according to Figure 9.2?
A)Hispanics
B)Asian/Pacific Islanders
C)Blacks
D)Whites
E)both Asian/Pacific Islanders and Whites
Q4) With respect to infertility in the U.S.:
A)it affects women more often than men
B)it often goes undiagnosed until a couple has had at least three years of unprotected intercourse or until she has suffered a miscarriage
C)it can sometimes be helped with ART, which includes all fertility treatments in which neither the egg or sperm are handled
D)about 12 percent of women of childbearing age have received an infertility service
E)it averages about seven ART attempts to have a successful birth
Q5) Birth centers are ________.
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Chapter 10: Raising Children
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Q1) 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
Q2) Kevin's mother is very strict, punitive, and not very warm, which is referred to as an authoritative parenting style.
A)True
B)False
Q3) A transnational family is ________.
Q4) Teaching minority children about prejudice and discrimination, and teaching the coping skills necessary to develop and maintain a strong and healthy self-image, is called ________.
Q5) One of the recent trends around the world, according to Bert Adams, is that there is a decline in the value parents place on obedience to parental authority, and more emphasis placed on children's independence and personal responsibility.
A)True
B)False
Q6) How does father involvement affect their children's well-being?
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Chapter 11: Families and the Work They Do
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Q1) How do nonstandardized work schedules affect family life?
A)They help keep child care costs down.
B) They are desired by women who have large families.
C)They can make it difficult to move into the tertiary sector.
D)They increase the likelihood of receiving higher pay and/or fringe benefits.
E)Temporary work agencies are booming; manpower is one of the largest private employers in the U.S.
Q2) Resource theory is grounded on the premise that the division of labor is largely determined by each partner's availability to perform household tasks.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Ordinances that require employers to pay wages that are above federal or state minimum wage levels, usually ranging from 100 to 130 percent of the poverty line, are called ________ ordinances.
Q4) Discuss the changing nature of the economy and work, and be sure to include in your discussion the trend changes in child labor and women's employment.
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) Distinguish between formal care and informal care to elders, and give examples of each.
Q2) According to Figure 12.6, by age 85 and over, about ________ of females are widowed, compared to about ________ of males who are widowed.
A)one-half; almost one-quarter
B)three-quarters; a little over one-third
C)90 percent; nearly one-half
D)95 percent; nearly one-third
E)three-quarters; a little over one-half
Q3) Medicare, the health insurance program for the elderly, was created in 1965, and is a universal rather than means-tested program.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The two World Maps indicate that most regions of the world are aging rapidly except for Africa.
A)True
B)False
Q5) The demographic transition is ________.
Q6) A regressive tax is defined as ________.
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Chapter 13: Violence and Abuse
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Q1) Women in lesbian relationships are less likely to be abused by their partners than are heterosexual women.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Zero tolerance refers to:
A)a micro-level explanation for violence among intimates
B)a growing movement that emphasizes tougher laws, more stringent enforcement of laws, training programs for those who work with victims and perpetrators, and a well coordinated effort to offer victims the protection and services they need
C)a macro-level explanation for violence among intimates
D)a movement spearheaded by lesbians to educate people about same-sex violence
E)a movement spearheaded by men to educate people about women's violence towards men.
Q3) Write an essay about intimate partner violence, including the frequency of various types, comparisons of men and women, racial and ethnic differences, and differences among heterosexual and same-sex couples.
Q4) Define and critique the Conflict Tactics Scale. What gender twist does it often show, and what may explain this twist?
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Chapter 14: Divorce and Repartnering
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Q1) On average, men remarry in about __________ years, and women remarry in about __________ years.
A)3; 5
B)3; 3
C)5; 4
D)2; 2
E) 2; 7
Q2) Which of the following is true with respect to stepfamilies?
A)Children in stepfamilies do nearly as well as children in biological two-parent families.
B)Remarriage and stepfamilies are usually seen as positive events by children.
C)Stepfamilies have been called a "normless norm" because they are very common, yet the expectations, obligations, and rules are vague and confusing.
D)Children in stepfamilies tend to earn lower grades in school than children from two-parent biological families, but there are no differences in rates of depression or emotional problems.
E)Remarriage involves many stressful changes and potential conflicts for children, but far fewer for the adults.
Q3) The four (4)types of alimony include ________.
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Chapter 15: Summing It Up: Families and the Sociological Imagination
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Q1) The author of the text makes several predictions about families in the future, such as, the age at marriage will ________; the rate of cohabitation will ________; and the percentage of men and women without children will ________.
Q2) Using the sociological imagination can help us better understand the situations of Susan, Marie, and their children.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Using Susan, Marie, and their children described in the opening vignette of Chapter 15 as an example, look deep within their stories and describe the specific insights a sociological imagination can reveal about their lives.
Q4) Families are both a public institution and a private personal relationship.
A)True
B)False
Q5) How may the health care reform that was passed in 2010, and slowly implemented through 2014, affect Susan, Marie, and their children?
Q6) What is a strengths-based perspective, and how can it improve family resiliency?
Q7) List the ways that women on welfare manage the stigma, according to the feature box?
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