Sociology of the Family Final Test Solutions
Course Introduction
Sociology of the Family explores the structure, dynamics, and roles of families within various cultural and social contexts. The course examines how family life is influenced by historical changes, social policies, gender expectations, economic pressures, and cultural values. Major themes include patterns of marriage and partnership, parenting, family diversity, socialization, domestic labor, and the impact of social change on family forms. Students critically analyze contemporary issues such as divorce, blended families, LGBTQ+ families, and global perspectives on family. Through case studies, readings, and discussions, participants gain insights into the complex relationships between families and broader society.
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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) What theoretical perspective does the following statement represent? It is critical to understand the process by which individuality changed personal and institutional relations.
A) demographic perspective
B) life course perspective
C) modernity
D) symbolic interaction
Answer: C
Q2) In which institutional arena does wealth accumulation take place?
A) the state
B) the market
C) the family
D) symbolic interaction
Answer: B
Q3) In which family issue does the state directly intervene?
A) the personal family
B) the legal family
C) the family as an institution
D) market
Answer: C
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Chapter 2: The Family in History
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Q1) Describe the impact of slavery on the family structure of African Americans throughout U.S.history.
Answer: Students should address the lost customs and languages of diverse Africans brought as slaves.Social scientists are often unsure which of the resulting cultural features of African American family life are held over from African traditions and which are adaptations to slavery.Family lineage was difficult or impossible to trace.Separation of parents and children was common.
After the Civil War,African American families were legally recognized,and some were reunited.Emerging African American families were more egalitarian in gender roles and had strong extended family and kinship networks.
Q2) Over the course of the twentieth century,there was a trend in households from primarily married-couple households toward:
A) no new dominant standard.
B) non-family groupings.
C) primarily single or cohabiting people.
D) a new standard of extended households.
Answer: A
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Chapter 3: Race,Ethnicity,and Immigration
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Q1) Which immigration act lifted all numerical restrictions on the immigration of spouses,children,and parents of U.S.citizens?
A) 1924 Immigration Act
B) 2002 Homeland Security Act
C) 1965 Amendments to the Immigration and Nationality Act
D) 2005 International Marriage Broker Regulation Act
Answer: C
Q2) A race is a group of people believed to share common descent,based on
A) perceived innate physical similarities
B) shared biology
C) collective cultural practices
D) marriage
Answer: A
Q3) The one-drop rule helps explain what about Barack Obama?
A) His blood type confirms his African descent.
B) Why he was labeled the first black president.
C) How his racial background is rooted in biology.
D) Since he has a white mother, he is technically white.
Answer: B
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Chapter 4: Families and Social Class
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Q1) Poverty increased dramatically during the 2000s because of all of the following,EXCEPT
A) severe economic inequality.
B) recession.
C) high unemployment.
D) poor work ethic.
Q2) Parents who work in jobs that require creativity and divergent thinking are more likely to raise their children to value
A) obedience and promptness.
B) art and music.
C) creativity and divergent thinking.
D) education.
Q3) The social class gap between those with Internet access and those without is known as
A) digital inequality.
B) Internet inequality.
C) digital gap.
D) digital divide.
Q4) Outline,in detail,the common description of American social class structure as developed by sociologists.
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Chapter 5: Gender
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Q1) Which of the following strategies makes women appear to be the weaker sex?
A) showing women as more broad-shouldered than men
B) photographing women to appear taller than men
C) decreasing the gap in the athletic performance of women relative to men
D) portraying husbands as taller than their wives
Q2) People in a similar social situation and of similar status with whom an individual interacts are known as
A) family
B) peers
C) friends
D) comrades
Q3) The argument that current gender differences arose over time through evolution is most consistent with which perspective on gender?
A) symbolic interactionist
B) masculine
C) feminist
D) biological
Q4) 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) 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.
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) On average,men report about twice as many sexual partners as women.This is evidence of a
A) sexual script.
B) double standard.
C) gender bias.
D) biological distinction.
Q4) Summarize why the negative outcomes associated with teen sex may be overstated.
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Chapter 7: Love and Romantic Relationships
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Q1) High heels and foot binding are important examples of A) attempts to decrease the differences between males and females.
B) how women are made to be more attractive to men.
C) why body enhancements are devalued in the culture.
D) standards of beauty being equal in women and men.
Q2) Explain why high school proms reflect traditional expectations of partner selection.
Q3) The increase in the use of online dating websites can best be explained by
A) better available technology that makes the websites more personal.
B) an increase in available services that appeal to older persons looking for dates.
C) the fact that divorced persons fear they will end up alone in old age.
D) the fact that dating sites are likely more efficient than meeting in person.
Q4) When choosing someone to date,Lindsey prefers men who are domineering.Her lack of attraction to men who are passive represents which of the following types of challenges to partner selection?
A) cultural boundaries
B) social limits
C) arousal problems
D) internal obstacles
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Chapter 8: Marriage and Cohabitation
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Q1) Which of the following can NOT be concluded from the data given in your textbook?
A) Marriage rates have fallen by more than half since 1970.
B) The percentage of women married in 2010 was about half of that from 1980.
C) Marriage rates are likely to continue declining.
D) Americans no longer take marriage as seriously as they did in the past.
Q2) Marriage remains a strongly valued social institution.Discuss two motivations for individuals to marry.
Q3) An increasing number of people are not getting married at all,however,
A) those who do not marry don't practice cohabitation.
B) the children of these people are at a disadvantage.
C) a great majority of people do get married.
D) African Americans have experienced the least decline in marriage rates.
Q4) The norms for marriage have become weaker,leaving it to be considered more optional.Andrew Cherlin calls this:
A) marriage diversity.
B) the deinstitutionalization of marriage.
C) the cohabitation trend.
D) the decline of marriage ethics.
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Chapter 9: Families and Children
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Q1) Single parenthood is more common among which group?
A) American Indians
B) Latinas
C) Whites
D) Asians
Q2) National statistics show that most American families have one to two children,with two being the most common.These numbers are much lower than in the past,but while the falling birth rate is largely acknowledged,many other changes in the institution of the family are less commonly recognized.List at least one other trend and its social significance.
Q3) If a country has a fertility rate of more than 2.1 or so,the population will usually
A) grow
B) stagnate
C) shrink
D) explode
Q4) Trends show overall decreasing rates of fertility,but this pattern is differentiated across race/ethnicity and education.Explain two reasons why this might be the case.
Q5) Compare and contrast the ideals of intensive mothering and involved fatherhood.
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Chapter 10: Divorce,Remarriage,and Blended Families
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Q1) Father involvement generally:
A) improves children's happiness and well-being.
B) improves financial stability in the family.
C) increases children's risk of negative effects.
D) is important only for boys.
Q2) Which of the following characteristics DECREASES a couple's chance of divorce?
A) arguing about household chores
B) discussing their marital unhappiness with friends
C) spending time alone together
D) avoiding having sex
Q3) When one partner loses a job,the marriage:
A) is often weakened, regardless of who lost their job.
B) is often weakened, if the woman lost her job.
C) is strengthened, as the couple works together to overcome difficulties.
D) is strengthened, if the woman stays home to help with family work.
Q4) Approximately ________ percent of Baby Boomers had divorced by the age of 40.
A) 25
B) 33
C) 50
D) 60
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Chapter 11: Work and Families
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Q1) This chapter lists a number of different possible solutions to work-family conflict.Explain at least one proposal that seems promising to you.Suggest one possible solution not listed in the chapter and provide justification for why you think this solution could work.
Q2) The work to maintain a household's function is
A) housework
B) market work
C) care work
D) women's work
Q3) The authors of this chapter mention that the state often redistributes the products of our labor.What does that mean,and what impact does this have on family work? Do you think this is a good thing or a bad thing overall? Why?
Q4) The 1970s Wages for Housework campaign attempted to A) demand housewives be paid wages for their labor.
B) unionize maids, domestic workers, and nannies.
C) push women out of the home and into the paid workplace.
D) elect a feminist-friendly state senator in New York.
Q5) What was the Wages for Housework campaign? What did the campaign try to achieve? Why do you think this campaign was sociologically significant?
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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) For most of American history,rape could not legally occur in a marriage because wives did not have the right to say no to sex.This law began to change starting in
A) 1950
B) 1970
C) 1990
D) 2010
Q3) Parents who cannot afford to provide adequate food and shelter for their children
A) may be guilty of neglect.
B) may be guilty of abuse.
C) may be bad parents, but not legally so.
D) may be within their rights as parents.
Q4) Summarize what is known about the prevalence and perpetrators of elder abuse.
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Chapter 13: The Future of the Family
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Q1) Conservative attitudes toward family diversity have mainly focused on
A) relaxing restrictions on family behavior.
B) promoting traditional family values.
C) promoting gay rights.
D) ensuring access to abortions and family planning.
Q2) Explore reasons for the demographic transition in society from high birth rates and low life expectancy to low birth rates and high life expectancy.
Q3) Attempts at social policy that reward traditional families
A) have largely failed in their intended demographic.
B) have largely succeeded in their intended demographic.
C) have discouraged nontraditional families from forming.
D) have decreased the stigma of not getting married.
Q4) Explain how religion is an important milestone marker in family life.
Q5) One reason immigrants tend to have higher fertility rates than native-born Americans is
A) lack of access to health care in their countries of origin.
B) religious beliefs.
C) desire to populate the United States.
D) cultural beliefs in their countries of origin.
Q6) Consider ways that families have lower inequality than in the past.
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