Marriage and Family Relations
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Course Introduction
This course explores the foundations, dynamics, and complexities of marriage and family relationships within diverse cultural, social, and historical contexts. Students examine theories of family functioning, stages of family life, interpersonal communication, role expectations, conflict resolution, and the influence of societal changes on family structures. Emphasis is placed on the development of healthy relationships, the impact of gender roles, parenting styles, and the challenges faced by contemporary families, including issues related to divorce, remarriage, and blended families. Through lectures, case studies, and group discussions, students gain practical skills and insights for navigating and fostering positive family and marital relationships.
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Diversity in Families 10th Edition by Maxine Baca Zinn
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Chapter 1: Images,Ideals,and Myths
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Q1) Talcott Parsons and other structural functionalists argued
A) diverse family forms are an essential feature of modern life.
B) the nuclear family is the "normal family" in modern society.
C) a "Big Bang" in family life occurred during the 1960s.
D) families are less and less important in modern society.
Answer: B
Q2) Which of the following factors contributes to increasing diversity among contemporary families?
A) the large-scale increase of househusbands performing primary domestic responsibilities
B) the resurgence of the nuclear family form
C) increasing racial and ethnic diversity
D) all of the above
Answer: C
Q3) The basic assumptions scholars use in studying the social world is called a(n)
A) structure.
B) image.
C) myth.
D) paradigm.
Answer: D
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Chapter 2: Preindustrial Families and the Emergence of a Modern Family Form
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Q1) The privatization of family living that accompanied industrialization resulted in A) family activities being less observable to the larger community.
B) a decline in external social control over family behavior.
C) the fostering of an ethic of individual rights.
D) all of the above
Answer: D
Q2) According to the text,which of the following demographic changes was influential in the transition to the modern family?
A) The chronic shortage of women ceased to exist.
B) The infant mortality rate dropped sharply.
C) Many women delayed childbearing into their late 20s.
D) Women began bearing fewer children, spaced them more closely, and stopped child bearing at a younger age.
Answer: D
Q3) Family history has only recently emerged as a subfield in the discipline of history. A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 3: The Historical Making of Family Diversity
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Q1) The family-wage economy is a system in which
A) the entire family is involved in production within the home.
B) the family is dependent on wages earned outside the home.
C) extended families pool resources to establish jointly owned commercial establishments.
D) none of the above
Answer: B
Q2) According to Gutman,which of the following statements accurately portrays Black families during slavery?
A) "Matrifocal" households were the dominant form.
B) House slaves chose long term family relationships, but slaves in "the quarters" were very promiscuous.
C) Two parent families were the dominant form.
D) The dominant form was what is today referred to as female-headed family households.
Answer: C
Q3) Social reproduction refers to the work of caring for families in the home.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 4: Families and the New Economic Realities
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Q1) Trade agreements such as NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement) contribute to the loss of manufacturing employment in the United States.
A)True
B)False
Q2) About three-fourths of those working in contingent work arrangements are men. A)True
B)False
Q3) Discuss the coping strategies families use to adapt to higher costs and lower pay.
Q4) Who are the "new poor"? What social forces have created this group and how are families in this category adapting to the consequences of their new status?
Q5) New technologies have magnified the connections among all peoples worldwide. A)True B)False
Q6) The postmodern form of family life is new to the poor. A)True
B)False
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Chapter 5: Families and Demographic Trends: the New
Immigration and the Aging of Society
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Q1) What percentage of recent immigrants are from non-European countries?
A) 10%
B) 50%
C) 75%
D) 90%
Q2) These types of families consist of both undocumented immigrants and U.S.citizens or legal residents.
A) binational
B) transnational
C) multinational
D) trinational
Q3) Kibria found in her study of immigrant Vietnamese families that A) husbands and wives became more equal after migration to the United States.
B) gender inequality became more extreme than had been the case in Vietnam.
C) in general, men gained prestige in the family due to their ability to find high status work in the United States.
D) none of the above
Q4) Gaining immigrant status in the United States generally requires a sponsor.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 6: Class,Race,and Gender
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Q1) Recent research suggests that poor single mothers
A) are generally unwilling to work.
B) use various survival strategies involving work, network support, and outside assistance.
C) do not usually turn to family and friends for help.
D) do not expect to be self-sufficient.
Q2) Racial categories are
A) inflexible historical constructs.
B) meaningful to people of color but do not really apply to Whites.
C) socially defined and change over time.
D) determined by strict biological criteria.
Q3) In which class are the spheres of work and family likely to be merged,with social lives oriented toward occupational concerns?
A) the elite
B) the professional class
C) the middle class
D) the working class
Q4) Racial categories are determined by strict and unchanging biological criteria.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 7: Meshing the Worlds of Work and Family
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Q1) Since 1970,the earnings of men without a college education have A) risen.
B) fallen.
C) increased more than women's.
D) stayed the same.
Q2) Which of the following is an effect of the split of work and family that occurred with industrialization?
A) White middle-class women's paid employment increased.
B) The image of family as encumbrance emerged.
C) Unpaid work within the household became invisible.
D) none of the above
Q3) Research finds working class women are
A) more committed to work than middle-class women.
B) more likely than middle-class women to work in family-friendly companies.
C) more likely than middle-class women to give up employment if the income becomes less necessary.
D) all of the above
Q4) About 30% of corporate officers in Fortune 500 companies are women.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 8: The Social Construction of Intimacy
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Q1) Discuss the sexual revolution in the United States.What social,demographic,and economic factors contributed to that change?
Q2) Interracial relationships are likely to form in which settings?
A) metropolitan areas
B) the military
C) colleges and universities
D) all of the above
Q3) Which of the following does not illustrate the point that gender exerts a great influence on all intimate relationships; that is,both heterosexual and same-sex relationships?
A) Emotional attachment is generally the most significant aspect of relationships for lesbians.
B) Sexual activity is generally the most significant aspect of relationships for gay men.
C) While heterosexual women engage in "emotion work" and "feeling work", lesbians do not.
D) Gay men have historically been involved with more one-time partners than have lesbians.
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Chapter 9: Contemporary Marriages
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Q1) According to research cited in the text,a major consequence of delaying marriages is A) a reduction in the number of children a woman will have.
B) dramatically increased economic opportunities for Black women.
C) lessened flexibility in making life choices after age 40.
D) all of the above
Q2) According to Waite and Gallagher,what is the principal reason that married individuals have better physical health than unmarried individuals?
A) Married individuals have a spouse who monitors their health and encourages a healthy lifestyle.
B) Married individuals have less discretionary income than singles; this means fewer resources for drugs and alcohol.
C) Married individuals work more hours than singles; this means less leisure time for pursuing dangerous pastimes.
D) Married individuals are more likely to be church members; religious commitments foster a healthy lifestyle.
Q3) Why is it important to differentiate between ideology and behavior in the study of marital power in racial ethnic families?
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Chapter 10: Parents and Children
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Q1) How do the costs and benefits of having children differ between high and low socioeconomic status groups?
Q2) The approximate percentage of families headed by a single parent is
A) 13%.
B) 25%.
C) 55%.
D) none of the above
Q3) According to the text's discussion of race and fertility,
A) Whites have higher fertility rates than Blacks.
B) Hispanics have the lowest fertility rate among U.S. racial groups.
C) the fact that racial minorities are disproportionately poor is related to their fertility.
D) people of color have pronatalist beliefs, but White individuals do not.
Q4) Fertility
A) is not associated with race or ethnicity.
B) is higher among foreign-born women than native-born women.
C) is unrelated to religious observance.
D) all of the above
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Chapter 11: Violence in Families
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Q1) A major explanation for the prevalence of domestic violence in the United States is A) a lack of discipline in children.
B) the promotion of violence in major societal institutions.
C) lower-class status
D) all of the above
Q2) According to the text,the relationship between excessive use of alcohol and wife abuse is best described as A) causal.
B) negligible.
C) hypothetical.
D) contributory.
Q3) Research on gender and perpetration of child abuse suggests that A) women are more likely than men to physically abuse their children. B) women and men are equally likely to physically abuse their children. C) men are more likely than women to physically abuse their children.
Q4) Research suggests that cultural images of violence desensitize people to the seriousness of violence.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 12: Divorce and Remarriage
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Q1) Since the early 1980s,the U.S.divorce rate
A) has declined.
B) has increased.
C) has stabilized at pre-World War II rates.
D) is unpredictable.
Q2) The major problem that faces divorced women is
A) loss of freedom.
B) loss of identity and self-esteem.
C) decline of economic status.
D) loss of custody rights of children.
Q3) Which of the following explains this relationship: the older a woman is at the time of divorce,the lower her chances of remarriage.
A) Men have shorter life expectancies, so the pool of eligible men shrinks as women age.
B) As women age, they are viewed as much less desirable partners.
C) Divorced men tend to marry women several years younger than themselves.
D) all of the above
Q4) The probability of divorce is negatively correlated with income.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 13: Emergent Families in the Global Era
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Q1) Recent research on the African American middle class finds that it
A) consists mostly of two-parent families.
B) consists mostly of single-parent families.
C) is disappearing.
D) includes a rapidly growing segment of never married singles living alone.
Q2) Sharp and Ganong find that college-educated,single women,28 to 34, A) mostly wanted to marry.
B) had mixed feelings about marriage.
C) enjoyed their independence.
D) all of the above
E) none of the above
Q3) Which of the following describes Weston's study of gays and lesbians in San Francisco?
A) Weston used random sampling techniques to select her sample.
B) This study focused on the family lives of gay and lesbian political activists.
C) Weston used friendship pyramiding and snowball sampling to achieve a sample that varied by race and class.
D) Weston's research used a combination of focus groups and a telephone survey.
Q4) Discuss the factors that explain the increase in heterosexual cohabitation.
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Chapter 14: Family Policy for the Twenty-First Century
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Q1) According to the text,the failure of business and government to respond to women's work-related needs is associated with
A) women's unwillingness to take full-time jobs.
B) men's increased responsibility for child care.
C) the cultural belief that women really belong at home.
D) private sphere solutions to these needs.
Q2) The conservative position on family policy holds that family forms are changing due to cultural and political factors.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Children of which racial group experience the highest poverty rate?
A) White
B) African American
C) Latino
D) All groups have similar rates.
Q4) The United States differs from most industrialized nations in which way?
A) The United States has no comprehensive child care system.
B) The United States does not have paid maternity leave.
C) U.S. children are at high risk for child poverty.
D) all of the above
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