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Course Introduction
This course examines contemporary social problems affecting individuals, communities, and societies at large, with a focus on their causes, consequences, and possible solutions. Students will explore key issues such as poverty, inequality, crime, discrimination, environmental challenges, and health disparities, analyzing them through various sociological theories and perspectives. By engaging with diverse case studies and real-world data, the course encourages critical thinking about how social problems are constructed, addressed, and experienced in different social contexts, and investigates the role of institutions, policy, and social movements in shaping responses to these persistent issues.
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Marriages Families and Relationships Making Choices in a Diverse Society 11th Edition by Mary Ann
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Chapter 1: Marriage, Relationships, and Family
Commitments: Making Choices in a Changing Society
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Q1) The text points out that the social institutions of marriage and the family have become _________________ since the 1960s.
A) more predictable
B) more functional
C) less predictable
D) less functional
Answer: C
Q2) Which is the phrase used to describe economic and social forces which limit personal choices?
A) media overload
B) mass confusion
C) structural constraints
D) cultural baggage
Answer: C
Q3) Someone who is a "family change" advocate might say the following:
A) "Our nation is in a crisis; marriages aren't surviving like they used to."
B) "The family is better than ever at adapting to new challenges."
C) "Times were much better for families in the '50s and '60s."
D) "Before long, marriage won't even be around as an institution."
Answer: B
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Chapter 2: Exploring Relationships and Families
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Q1) The __________ perspective on the family is characterized by concepts linking psychosocial factors to physiology, genetics, and evolution
Answer: (biosocial)
Q2) Theoretical perspectives are ways of
A) discovering the absolute truth about reality.
B) conducting scientific tests and measurements of reality.
C) viewing reality; or ways an observer may view, organize and interpret reality.
D) determining the correct way to understand reality.
Answer: C
Q3) The __________ perspective looks at the family as a whole; for change to occur, the family system as a whole must change.
A) interactionist
B) exchange
C) family systems
D) feminist
Answer: C
Q4) Treatment and control groups are part of the __________ research method. Answer: (experimental)
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Chapter 3: American Families in Social Context
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Q1) Being at war does affect American families, since __________ of U.S. service members are married, and almost __________ have children.
A) ten percent; twenty percent
B) one quarter; half
C) twenty percent; forty percent
D) half; three quarters
Answer: D
Q2) Minorities now represent more than __________ of the U.S. population.
A) one-eighth
B) one-fourth
C) one-third
D) two-thirds
Answer: C
Q3) As a family system, African American families are __________-focused.
A) mother
B) father
C) child
D) multi
Answer: C
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Chapter 4: Our Gendered Identities
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Q1) The 1994 Gender Equity Act declares girls a(n) "__________ population."
A) decimated
B) under-served
C) discriminated
D) ironic
Q2) W__________ refers to male or female anatomy and physiology.
A) Gender
B) Gender role
C) Gender identity
D) Sex
Q3) The preeminence of the male provider role is a powerful theme in __________ racial groups.
A) Westernized
B) very few
C) all
D) some
Q4) African American women are less critical of gender inequality than white women.
A)True
B)False
Q5) __________ character traits are also called expressive character traits
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Chapter 5: Our Sexual Selves
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Q1) A recent NORC survey concluded that Americans have sex mainly with people we know and care about. This reflects which standard of nonmarital sex?
A) permissiveness with affection
B) abstinence
C) the double standard
D) permissiveness without affection
Q2) WGay/lesbian sexuality, like heterosexual behavior, has been explored among African Americans mostly in the context of A) problems.
B) family issues.
C) demographic statistics.
D) historical significance.
Q3) Which of the following is NOT one of Ira Reiss's standards of nonmarital sex?
A) abstinence
B) permissiveness with affection
C) the double standard
D) affection, but no sex
Q4) Discuss the causes and effects of extramarital affairs. How do men and women differ when it comes to extramarital relationships?
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Chapter 6: Love and Choosing a Life Partner
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Q1) Adults with a(n) __________ attachment style shun or evade emotional closeness.
A) avoidant
B) insecure/anxious
C) secure
D) ambivalent
Q2) Couples who "slide" from cohabiting into marrying, rather than making more deliberative decisions, are said to be
A) choosing by default.
B) lazy.
C) unconsciously married.
D) sliders.
Q3) Adults with a(n) __________ attachment style exhibit possible negative behaviors such as unwarranted jealousy or attempts to control one's partner due to "fear of abandonment."
A) secure
B) insecure/anxious
C) avoidant
D) ambivalent
Q4) What is the difference between homogamy and heterogamy? Give an example to support your answer.
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Chapter 7: Marriage: From Social Institution to Private Relationship
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Q1) Over the past several decades, the proportion of widowed women and men has A) risen slightly.
B) risen substantially.
C) declined.
D) remained about the same.
Q2) As a category, "swingers" tend to be A) in their early twenties.
B) working-class.
C) socially and politically conservative.
D) opposed to variety.
Q3) Some of the benefits associated with marriage are caused by the experience of being married, rather than the selection of a particular partner. Researchers call this the _________ of marriage.
Q4) WJavier and Megan are married, but have agreed to retain the option of sexually and emotionally loving others. This is referred to in the text as A) polyamory.
B) polygamy. C) polygyny.
D) swinging.
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Chapter 8: Living Alone, Cohabiting, Same-Sex Unions, and
Other Intimate Relationships
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Q1) Which states have passed civil union laws for same-sex couples?
A) California and Oregon
B) New Jersey and Delaware
C) Connecticut and Vermont
D) Massachusetts and New York
Q2) In one study of cohabiting gay male, lesbian, heterosexually married, and dating couples, psychologist Lawrence Kurdek concluded that the gay and lesbian couples
A) had dysfunctional relationships.
B) experienced relationship quality similar to that of the marrieds.
C) experienced relationship quality vastly inferior to that of the marrieds.
D) had better relationships than all of the other categories.
Q3) __________ are situations or places characterized by group living.
Q4) Today, approximately __________ million U.S. heterosexual couples cohabit.
A) 1.8
B) 2.8
C) 3.8
D) 6.8
Q5) Explain the meaning of the "sex ratio," and explain the ways in which the sex ratio affects singles in the United States.
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Chapter 9: To Parent or Not to Parent
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Q1) __________ is the technical term used in the social sciences for reproductive capacity.
Q2) Which of the following categories does NOT represent the large majority of youngsters now handled by adoption agencies?
A) ethnic minorities
B) white infants who are not developmentally disabled
C) children who are no longer infants
D) disabled children
Q3) Multiple births have increased dramatically since 1980, with the birthrate for twins at ____ for every 1,000 births.
A) 32
B) 42
C) 52
D) 62
Q4) When it is performed in a hospital or a clinic in the first trimester, abortion is a safe medical procedure.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Briefly respond to the question, "Is American society antinatalist?"
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Chapter 10: Raising Children in a Diverse Society
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Q1) Compared to the average 29% for all Americans over 24 years old, 52% of which racial/ethnic group has completed four years of college or more?
A) Hispanic
B) Asian American
C) non-Hispanic white
D) African American
Q2) As wards of the court, foster children are financially supported by the state.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The text points out that some scholars view the authoritarian/permissive/authoritative parenting model as A) accurate and applicable to minority groups.
B) inaccurate.
C) biased and ethnocentric or Eurocentric.
D) statistically correct.
Q4) Authoritative parenting combines emotional nurturing and support with parental direction.
A)True B)False
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Chapter 11: Work and Family
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Q1) Study after study shows that marital satisfaction is greater when __________.
A) the man provides and the woman does the household work
B) wives feel that husbands share fairly in the household work
C) husbands actually participate equally in the household work
D) husbands feel that wives share fairly in the outside employment
Q2) The term __________ refers to child care provided in a caregiver's home.
A) in-home caregiver (or nanny)
B) family child care
C) babysitting
D) center care
Q3) In 2009, almost ____________ of mothers of children under fifteen in married-couple families were stay-at-home mothers, wives of steadily employed men, who were temporarily out of the labor force for the entire year to "take care of home and family."
A) one-tenth
B) one-quarter
C) one-third
D) half
Q4) Today, __________ marriages, in which both partners are in the labor force, are the statistical norm among married couples.
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Chapter 12: Communication in Relationships, Marriages, and Families
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Q1) Your textbook includes a section about "How to Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk." Which of the following suggestions is NOT one of these effective ways of communicating with children?
A) help children deal with their feelings
B) teach children to play a specific role in the family
C) encourage autonomy
D) give praise and build self-esteem
Q2) John Gottman and his colleagues made suggestions for better couple communication, and their advice for wives and husbands is the same.
A)True
B)False
Q3) __________ means preparing to defend oneself against what one presumes is an upcoming attack.
A) Criticism
B) Defensiveness
C) Stonewalling
D) Sabotage
Q4) Avoiding or evading a fight is an example of __________.
Q5) __________ refers to the emotional bonding of family members.
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Chapter 13: Power and Violence in Families
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Q1) Pepper Schwartz's research on __________ offers an example of a strong equality norm at work.
A) peer marriage
B) traditional families
C) patriarchal marriage
D) asymmetrical power
Q2) When women kill a partner, it is usually
A) malicious and intentional.
B) a matter of manslaughter.
C) out of desperation to exit a violent relationship.
D) out of rage against the partner.
Q3) The text suggests six bases or sources of power. Which of the following is NOT one of these?
A) coercive
B) reward
C) expert
D) authoritative
Q4) __________ marriages are truly equal.
Q5) In what ways does gender influence availability and use of resources?
Q6) Distinguish between child abuse and child neglect. Give an example of each.
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Chapter 14: Family Stress, Crisis, and Resilience
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Q1) __________ are expected or predictable changes in the course of family life.
Q2) The text identifies three distinct phases of family crisis. Which of the following is NOT one of these?
A) the event that causes the crisis
B) the period of disorganization that follows the crisis
C) the high point of the crisis
D) the reorganizing or recovery phase after the family reaches a low point.
Q3) A(n) __________ is a precipitating event that creates stress.
Q4) In the ABC-X family crisis model, "X" is the A) family's ability to cope with a crisis.
B) crisis.
C) family's appraisal of the stressor event.
D) stressor event.
Q5) In the ABC-X family crisis model, "A" is the A) stressor event.
B) family's ability to cope with a crisis.
C) family's appraisal of the stressor event.
D) crisis.
Q6) __________ is a state of tension that arises when demands test or tax a family's resources.
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Chapter 15: Divorce: Before and After
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Q1) In the __________ custody variation in joint custody agreements, both parents have the right to participate in important decisions and retain a symbolically important legal authority, with physical custody (that is, residential care of the child) going to just one parent.
A) modified egalitarian
B) joint legal
C) joint legal and physical
D) semi-combined
Q2) Based on research findings cited in the text, discuss the impact of parental divorce on adult children.
Q3) A study sponsored by the Justice Department reports that __________ children were abducted by family members in 1999.
A) 1000
B) 20,000
C) 100,000
D) over 200,000
Q4) Some critics have alleged that the high divorce rate indicates Americans have "given up" on marriage. Based on the text's discussion, present an argument that refutes this statement.
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Chapter 16: Remarriages and Stepfamilies
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Q1) Cohabiting stepfamilies are more likely to experience __________ than are remarried stepfamilies.
A) multi-layer role confusion
B) gender mistrust
C) unequal division of labor
D) boundary ambiguity
Q2) Originally, the text points out, the term stepparent applied to
A) an acquired quasi-kin who becomes an additional parent.
B) a person who replaces a dead parent.
C) people who only assist in parenting.
D) childcare workers.
Q3) A small study cited in the text asked 265 stepmothers about their expectations of the stepmother role. The researchers found that
A) stepmothers usually see themselves as replacing the stepchild's mother.
B) stepmothers expect to be included in stepfamily activities.
C) the less time a stepmother spent with her stepchildren, the more she expected to be included in stepfamily functions and decisions.
D) a clear majority of stepmothers behaved as a "friend," rather than as a "concerned parent."
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Chapter 17: Aging Families
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Q1) The text points out that older women are __________ likely to live alone than older men.
A) less likely
B) just as likely
C) somewhat more
D) significantly more
Q2) The __________ model of elder abuse and neglect views elder abuse as a form of unlawful family violence and focuses on negative personal characteristics of abusers and on a possible criminal justice response.
A) caregiver
B) domestic violence
C) criminal justice
D) social service
Q3) The text observes that grandparents continue to provide practical help and may serve as valuable
A) "gophers."
B) "companions."
C) "family watchdogs."
D) "honey doers."
Q4) The vast majority of eldercare is __________ caregiving.
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Chapter 18: Topic 1: Gender Roles
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Q1) Why did David's doctors feel it was the best decision to make?
A) it was the cheapest alternative
B) the prevailing theory was that babies were born a blank slate and taught their sex
C) it was the safest alternative
D) none of these choices
Q2) What event led to David Reimer being raised as a girl?
A) a birth defect
B) homosexuality
C) a parental choice
D) a surgical mistake
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Chapter 18: Topic 2: Love and Intimacy
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Q1) Will holing hands research likely change the men's behavior?
A) yes
B) no
Q2) How has the effect of holding hands been proven?
A) through dating experiments
B) through MRI experiments
C) through questionnaires
D) through field research
Q3) Holding your spouses hand can have what benefits?
A) such affection rewires the brain
B) it helps one to better handle anxiety
C) it boosts the immune system
D) all of these choices
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