Marriage and Family Final Exam Questions
Course Introduction
This course provides an in-depth exploration of marriage and family as social institutions, examining their historical development, cultural variations, and significance in society. Students will analyze theories and research related to courtship, marriage, parenting, family dynamics, and the challenges modern families face, such as divorce, work-life balance, and changing gender roles. The course incorporates sociological, psychological, and anthropological perspectives, encouraging critical reflection on personal experiences and social trends that influence family life and relationships.
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Public and Private Families An Introduction 8th Edition by Andrew J Cherlin
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Chapter 1: Public and Private Families
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Q1) If you want to determine how a family is adjusting to the daily expectations and changes of remarried life with children, the most effective sociological theory to employ would be
A)postmodern perspective.
B)conflict.
C)symbolic interaction.
D)feminism.
Answer: C
Q2) The general trend of Americans' attitudes toward the unmarried has been from an attitude of ________ to an attitude of ________.
A)nonacceptance; acceptance
B)neutrality; nonacceptance
C)nonacceptance; neutrality
D)neutrality; tolerance
Answer: A
Q3) Most Americans still want to marry but have less of a need to do so in the 2000s.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 2: The History of the Family
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Q1) American Indian children were less likely to experience physical punishment and more likely to enjoy independence than were European American children.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) A benefit that may have resulted from women's restriction to the world of home, and which may have laid the groundwork for subsequent women's social and political movements, was
A)the creation of a subculture of sisterhood.
B)the ability of women to set their own schedules.
C)an increase in their knowledge of children and home.
D)their isolation.
Answer: A
Q3) The disruption of slave families was more severe in
A)the upper North.
B)the Appalachian area.
C)the lower South.
D)all areas.
Answer: B
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Chapter 3: Gender and Families
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Q1) In sociological terms, gender is considered a __________ creation, while sex is considered a _________ creation.
A)social/biological
B)biological/social
C)social/psychological
D)psychological/biological
Answer: A
Q2) The interactionist approach system is the theory that gender identification and behavior are based on the day-to-day behavior that reinforces gender distinctions.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) "Two-spirited" females were most likely to be found in societies
A)where sex roles overlapped.
B)where there was a female-dominated lineage.
C)where homosexuality was tolerated and expected.
D)where men had less control over women.
Answer: D
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Chapter 4: Social Class and Family Inequality
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Q1) Which of the following types of workers has jobs opportunities declined for as a result of polarization of the labor market since the 1970s?
A)most-educated workers
B)least-educated workers
C)workers with a moderate level of education
D)workers with technical education
Q2) The psychological contract between employers and workers is still very strong.
A)True
B)False
Q3) American men are as likely as women to "do the work" of kinship relations.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The significant differences in U.S. family incomes today is determined by whether or not the parent(s) has a college degree.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Discuss social class and parental values as described in your textbook. Was your own experience different or similar?
Q6) Describe how education impacts the status group one would be included in.
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Chapter 5: Race, Ethnicity, and Families
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Q1) The number of middle-class African American families in the United States has been increasing, but one critical aspect that distinguishes them from middle-class white families is their A)education.
B)assets, such as savings, investments, and homes.
C)salaries.
D)family support.
Q2) Explain the two major factors that Cherlin believes explain the decrease in African American marriages and the increase in children born to unmarried mothers.
Q3) To overcome their economic hardships, Puerto Ricans have used a system of __________, much as African Americans have used a system of __________.
A)consensual unions; female-centered kin networks
B)grandfamilies; consensual unions
C)grandfamilies; female-centered kin networks
D)female-centered kin networks; consensual unions
Q4) Why do sociologists separate racial-ethnic groups for the study of family?
Q5) What is meant by a "mediating structure", and what does it do for African American families?
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Chapter 6: Sexualities
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Q1) How has the new emphasis on sexual gratification in marriage in the late twentieth century changed the concept of marriage? Discuss both the advantages and the disadvantages.
Q2) Describe the family of choice. How might it impact a couple of the same sex?
Q3) The Kinsey Report, a book published in 1948, shocked the nation because A)of the high number of women who admitted to having multiple partners.
B)of its assertion that homosexuality is an unnatural phenomenon. C)of the high number of men who admitted to being asexual.
D)of the high number of men who admitted to having sexual relations with other men.
Q4) What sociological, demographic, political, and economic factors can you think of to explain the fact that in a current textbook, such as yours, homosexuality is openly discussed, while in a 1940s textbook it never would have been mentioned?
Q5) Sexual monogamy is the exception rather than the rule among married persons.
A)True
B)False
Q6) Looking at it from the perspective of social conservatives, how might the integrative perspective threaten all that they support and believe?
Q7) Why have biological studies of homosexual origins been controversial?
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Chapter 7: Cohabitation and Marriage
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Q1) The marriage bargain now includes the expectation that both spouses will contribute to the family income.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The institutional marriage refers to an emphasis on male authority, duty, and conformity to social norms.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The symbolic importance of marriage has increased as its practical importance has increased.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Explain how the automobile helped change courtship patterns in the United States.
Q5) The greater commitment that marriage requires makes it especially useful for high-income couples.
A)True
B)False
Q6) How has the marriage bargain changed over the past 50 years?
Q7) Describe and explain the current context of marriage.
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Chapter 8: Work and Families
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Q1) Compare the costs and benefits of working part-time if you are the mother or father of two preschool children.
Q2) Face-to-face activity in which one person meets the needs of another who cannot fully care for herself or himself is called
A)personal assistance.
B)nursing.
C)care work.
D)none of the these.
Q3) To whom and under what conditions does the 1993 Family and Medical Leave Act apply?
Q4) and others believe that we overvalue individualism and _________ and undervalue interdependence and __________.
A)autonomy; work experience
B)caring; autonomy
C)autonomy; caring
D)caring; work experience
Q5) The historic rise in women's labor participation seems to have peaked.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 9: Children and Parents
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Q1) Describe and explain why the adoption system in the United States has changed in the past three or four decades.
Q2) Socialization of children is closely correlated with A)interest of the parents in the children.
B)cultural norms and values.
C)mothers working outside the home.
D)parents' awareness of their children's personality changes.
Q3) How has adoption changed in recent decades? Do you feel that these changes reflect the shifting definition of "family" in America?
Q4) Fathers in families under economic pressure were more likely to lack energy and interest and be depressed than were their wives.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Most people surveyed in 2003 believed what percentage of children lived in poverty?
A)30%
B)10%
C)35%
D)50%
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Chapter 10: Older People and Their Families
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Q1) When grown children and their elderly parents assist each other, the assistance is often complementary. How so?
Q2) The average monthly Social Security benefit has doubled in purchasing power since 1960, even taking into account inflation.
A)True
B)False
Q3) When divorce or death of a biological parent occurs, there is little relationship left between the stepchild and the stepparent in contemporary U.S. family life.
A)True
B)False
Q4) In a recent survey, it was found that _______ of the caregivers for the dependent elderly living in the community and not in nursing homes were women.
A)one-half
B)two-thirds
C)three-quarters
D)four-fifths
Q5) In terms of kinship ties, why are elderly males at risk?
Q6) How do family caregivers to the elderly perform a critical public service?
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Chapter 11: Domestic Violence
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Q1) What is Douglas Besharov referring to when he argues that, in certain instances, a child's real problem is poverty, not maltreatment?
Q2) Why did it take so long to recognize child abuse as a problem that our society needed to address?
Q3) The ________ perspective advocates that aggressive behavior occurs when a person is blocked from achieving a goal.
A)social learning
B)social aggression
C)frustration-aggression
D)social exchange
Q4) Why and how did social structure, law, and custom support men's control over women?
Q5) Of the three types of relationships-dating, married, and cohabiting relationships-which has the highest incidence of physical assault?
A)dating
B)married
C)cohabiting
D)all the same
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Chapter 12: Divorce
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Q1) Women's employment in the United States has had the effect, overall, of
A)reducing the likelihood of divorce.
B)keeping the divorce rate stable.
C)making divorce more likely.
D)not affecting the divorce rate.
Q2) Of the following couples, which one is the least likely to divorce in contemporary U.S. society?
A)couples with the same religious background
B)couples where the wife is much older than the husband
C)couples who married as teenagers
D)couples with significant age differences
Q3) Why would it be difficult to maintain joint physical custody of children following a divorce? What might be easier about this arrangement?
Q4) In the context of child custody, a ________ is one in which one spouse can make decisions without consulting the other partner.
A)joint legal custody
B)third-party custody
C)sole legal custody
D)bird's nest custody
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Chapter 13: Stepfamilies
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Q1) Which of the following statements is true about cohabitation?
A)It was popular in India during the 1950s.
B)It has declined rapidly in Asian nations.
C)It has long been common in Latin America.
D)It was common in the United States during the era of industrialization.
Q2) Explain the emergence of transnational families.
Q3) The percentage of women who ever cohabited doubled in Japan from the generation that was in its twenties in the 1970s to the generation that was in its twenties in the 1990s.
A)True
B)False
Q4) It now appears that companionate marriage has spread even in nations that aren't very industrialized.
A)True
B)False
Q5) What were the predictions made by Goode on family patterns, and how accurate were they?
Q6) How has parental control changed over the course of the last century?
Q7) What is modernization theory, and what are its basic assumptions?
Q8) Explain the concepts of love marriage and hybrid marriage.
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Chapter 14: The Family, the State, and Social Policy
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Q1) The family wage system was based on the concept that women's and men's roles in the family split between
A)wage earners and homemakers.
B)young teenagers and mature mothers.
C)widowed mothers and divorcees.
D)homemakers and breadwinners.
Q2) For purposes of discussion on this question, take a stand as either a social conservative or social liberal in the U.S. Congress, and discuss what policies you would support (or oppose) for child care for working parents.
Q3) The major drop in TANF in caseloads the last few years has not been caused by A)new rules of welfare reform.
B)the strong economy.
C)wage support such as the Earned Income Tax Credit.
D)fewer single-parent families.
Q4) Capitalism is an economic system in which goods and services are produced and sold by the state at subsidized rates.
A)True
B)False
Q5) How has the development of the welfare state been "gendered"?
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