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Family Studies explores the dynamic structures, relationships, and functions of families within diverse social, cultural, and historical contexts. The course examines key theories and research on family development, parenting practices, communication patterns, and the impact of public policies on family life. Students will analyze the roles of family members, the effects of societal changes on family structures, and contemporary issues such as work-life balance, gender roles, and family health. Through this multidisciplinary study, students gain a deeper understanding of the challenges and strengths that shape families, preparing them to reflect critically and empathetically on family experiences.
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The Family Diversity Inequality and Social Change 1st Edition by Philip N. Cohen
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Chapter 1: A Sociology of the Family
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Q1) Which of the following is an example of correlation?
A) Kids who sleep with a night-light more often turn out to be nearsighted in adulthood.
B) Children are often nearsighted.
C) A family includes siblings who are both nearsighted.
D) A family includes siblings who are both farsighted.
Answer: A
Q2) Appropriate parental discipline is decided by
A) permit approval.
B) a formal legal proceeding.
C) common cultural understandings.
D) the child.
Answer: C
Q3) Which of the following examples provides evidence that the role of the state is changing?
A) the growth of public services in health care and education
B) the weakening of marriage
C) changes in market activity
D) inequality in family definitions
Answer: A
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Chapter 2: The Family in History
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Q1) Identify three specific examples of government influence over family life and describe their long-term impact.
Answer: Examples might include: regulating marriage allocating power and money within families implementing mandatory "monogamous morality" defining obscenity (to include not only pornography but also birth control) institutions for widows and orphans aid to families in modern times,such as Women,Infants and Children (WIC)and Medicaid
Q2) The family in the second half of the twentieth century was heavily impacted by:
A) reduced opportunity for women.
B) increased reliance on extended family for care.
C) reduction in government assistance programs.
D) reduction of the home as a place of work.
Answer: D
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Chapter 3: Race,Ethnicity,and Immigration
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Q1) Which racial-ethnic group is most likely to have grandparents living with grandchildren?
A) American Indian
B) White
C) African American
D) Hispanic
Answer: C
Q2) America's increasing racial and ethnic diversity
A) makes visible the idea of different families enacting different traditions in their own way.
B) eliminates social conflicts that arise over different forms and expressions of family life.
C) decreases diversity among families in the United States.
D) makes equal access to education more viable.
Answer: A
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Chapter 4: Families and Social Class
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Q1) Members of the upper class often marry each other,maintaining the deep pool of social capital available to them.This mate selection practice is called
A) in-group.
B) class identity.
C) endogamy.
D) class distinction.
Q2) Being a member of a family or other exclusive group gives individual members access to all of the resources of that group.Sociologists call these resources
A) social capital.
B) wealth.
C) connections.
D) life chances.
Q3) The existence of social inequality indicates that it serves some beneficial purpose for society,according to what point of view?
A) conflict theory
B) exchange theory
C) symbolic interactionism
D) functionalism
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Chapter 5: Gender
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Q1) When it comes to occupational sex segregation
A) women and men do different types of work for pay than they do at home for no pay.
B) men and women study different things in school but end up in similar careers.
C) job screeners might bring their preconceived ideas of gender to the applicant selection process.
D) the jobs are unimportant because managers are likely to pay male and female employees the same salaries.
Q2) The process by which individuals internalize elements of the social structure,making them part of their own personality,is
A) social networking
B) identity learning
C) socialization
D) indoctrination
Q3) Provide two reasons why there is a historical preference for male children.
Q4) Provide an example of the difference between gender identity and gender expression.
Q5) What does women's employment during World War II reveal about social constraints on behavior with regard to gender?
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Chapter 6: Sexuality
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Q1) Asexual behavior is estimated to describe ________ percent of the population.
A) 1
B) 2
C) 3
D) 4
Q2) About _____ of women between the ages of 15-24 report being forced to have sexual intercourse against their will.
A) one-tenth
B) one-quarter
C) one-third
D) one-half
Q3) A study comparing the sexual outcomes for Dutch and American teens found that the more permissive Dutch environment is associated with A) more monitoring of teen sexual behavior.
B) less monitoring of teen sexual behavior.
C) increased sexual activity.
D) increase chances of STDs and pregnancy.
Q4) Compare the historical scientific attitude regarding homosexuality with the current understanding.
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Chapter 7: Love and Romantic Relationships
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Q1) Sociologists call the process of how or why people end up together
A) dating.
B) mate selection.
C) relationship sorting.
D) family formation.
Q2) Studying sexual attraction in humans as well as nonhuman animals in terms of genes and their expression,gives support to the idea of
A) family dynamics.
B) reproductive freedom.
C) inclusion.
D) evolution.
Q3) Evan is the wealthy son of a Minneapolis restaurant owner.He marries Naomi,the daughter of a local physician.Based only on these social characteristics,we can conclude that
A) they married for love and no other reason.
B) both considered their parents' wishes prior to marriage.
C) the marriage is characterized by social class endogamy.
D) each will be employed outside the home.
Q4) Provide three examples of how romantic love differs from utilitarian love.
Q5) Compare and contrast the public and private aspects of dating.
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Chapter 8: Marriage and Cohabitation
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Q1) Marriage rates among black women have declined due to all of the following EXCEPT: A) the war on drugs.
B) economic forces.
C) increased job opportunities for black women.
D) the marriage squeeze.
Q2) According to researcher Tera Hurt,which of the following statements is true about the four categories of reasons for marital happiness?
A) All of these categories involve morality.
B) None of them imply mutuality.
C) They are mostly individualistic.
D) They are only true for African American men.
Q3) Which are the two assumptions necessary for viewing marriage as a market?
A) voluntary participation and competition
B) available partners and competition
C) available partners and valuing partners
D) competition and valuing partners
Q4) Outline the trends in two forms of endogamy or exogamy practiced by modern Americans.
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Chapter 9: Families and Children
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Q1) When Jose was looking for a job,his father Jesus was able to get him an interview at a friend's company.Which category of skill or resource was Jesus providing to Jose?
A) social networks
B) social bonds
C) socialization
D) social status
Q2) From the 1960s to the 1990s-a period when women's employment rates grew rapidly-the time mothers spent with their children actually did increase.How was that possible?
A) Mothers engaged in less of other things, like sleeping and leisure.
B) Women started taking advantage of bring-your-child to work programs.
C) Flexible work opportunities allowed mothers to spend time with children and still get all of their full-time work and housework done.
D) Fathers took on much more housework, giving mothers more free time.
Q3) What percentage of all pregnancies are identified as "unintended"?
A) 15 percent
B) 25 percent
C) 30 percent
D) 50 percent
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Chapter 10: Divorce,Remarriage,and Blended Families
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Q1) On average,postponing marriage means couples are:
A) more financially secure.
B) less educated.
C) more unstable in their lives.
D) less emotionally developed.
Q2) The independence effect has been noted to:
A) increase the likelihood of employed people to leave happy marriages.
B) increase the likelihood of employed people to leave unhappy marriages.
C) increase divorce as income increases.
D) decrease divorce as income increases.
Q3) Divorce is LEAST common among people with which of the following levels of education?
A) less than high school
B) high school
C) some college
D) college or advanced degrees
Q4) Explain why relationship dissolution may be a relevant term or process even when a couple was not legally married.
Q5) Consider times when divorce may be positive for children.
Q6) Explain why definitions are important to blended families.
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Chapter 11: Work and Families
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Q1) What was the Wages for Housework campaign? What did the campaign try to achieve? Why do you think this campaign was sociologically significant?
Q2) The term "system of care" is used to describe what?
A) the central coordinating system for completing housework
B) how a society accomplishes the necessary care work and housework
C) the master plan that families create in order to accomplish all of their care work
D) state-implemented Social Security and elder-care programs
Q3) What concept does sociologist Judith Lorber propose as a way to gradually erase gender differences in the responsibilities of men and women?
A) Protestant family ethic
B) degendering families
C) divorce
D) marriage counseling
Q4) Care work and housework are increasingly performed as what?
A) unpaid work
B) overpaid work
C) market work
D) illegal work
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Chapter 12: Family Violence and Abuse
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Q1) Kay's boyfriend had sex with her after she drank too much and passed out.This meets the legal definition of
A) rape
B) sexual assault
C) incest
D) family violence
Q2) Contrary to stereotypes,children are least likely to be abused _____________.
A) by mothers
B) by fathers
C) at day care
D) by a friend or neighbor
Q3) John and Martha are in love and have a sexual relationship.Martha is also John's aunt.In most states,this meets the legal definition of:
A) rape
B) sexual assault
C) incest
D) family violence
Q4) Consider the role of peer pressure in rape and sexual assault during college.
Q5) List the characteristics of the most common victims of family violence.
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Chapter 13: The Future of the Family
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Q1) Approximately _____________ percent of grandparents are responsible for the basic needs of their grandchildren.
A) 3
B) 5
C) 7
D) 9
Q2) Liberal policies toward family diversity have primarily included what goals?
Q3) According to the text,individuals must create a _____________ identity to interact with the economy.
A) citizen
B) worker and consumer
C) family member and relationship
D) sexual
Q4) Until the 1980s most parents believed that _____________ should be kept secret.
A) same-sex parents
B) divorce
C) single parents
D) adoption
Q5) Discuss the health advantages of being married.
Q6) List the types of families that now make up more than half the U.S.population.
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