Sociology of the Family Study Guide Questions

Course Introduction

Sociology of the Family examines the family as a social institution, exploring its structures, roles, and functions within various cultural and historical contexts. The course analyzes patterns of family formation, relationships, and dynamics, including marriage, parenting, and kinship. It also investigates how factors such as gender, race, class, sexuality, and social change affect family life. Students will engage with sociological theories and research methods to critically assess contemporary issues facing families, such as divorce, work-life balance, policy impacts, and evolving definitions of family in modern society.

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Readings for Sociology 7th Edition by Garth Massey

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Chapter 1: The Study of Sociology

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Q1) "The __________ requires us, above all, to think ourselves away from the familiar routine of our daily lives in order to look at things anew," write Anthony Giddens and Mitchell Duneier

A) sociological imagination

B) Protestant ethic

C) research process

D) universal perspective

Answer: A

Q2) When we talk about sociological methods we are referring to:

A) a particular way sociologists act in public settings, as opposed to in their personal lives

B) the processes by which sociologists gather and analyze data

C) a teaching technique that raises questions rather than providing answers

D) the scholarly writing done by sociologists

Answer: B

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Chapter 2: Culture and Society

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Q1) Pollan believes that Americans spend too much time and effort:

A) seeking out the best restaurants and the most fashionable kinds of foods available

B) trying to grow their own food because they distrust what is sold in grocery stores

C) fixing food that can be prepared better by professionals-in cafes and restaurants and in packaged meals

D) worrying about what they eat, causing them to fall prey to eating fads and diet schemes

Answer: D

Q2) In order to help the reader see Nike Culture through a critical lens, the authors use the sociological language of:

A) rap music

B) religion

C) objective social science

D) popular satirical humor

E) social networking via Twitter and Facebook

Answer: B

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Chapter 3: Growing up Social

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Q1) Overall, Pugh's essay shows how:

A) people have become more critical and careful consumers than in the past

B) feelings and emotions are more important than thoughts and facts in explaining who is a good parent and who is a bad parent

C) corporate marketing's power to persuade and influence has created a culture of material consumption that has erased many of the ways people-including parents and children- related to one another in the past

D) children's developmental stages are becoming compressed, so that what children could understand at the age of 12 in 1960 can now be understood by children as young as 6 or 7.

17) Deviance and Liminality (from Something Old, Something Bold: Bridal Showers and Bachelorette Parties) BETH MONTEMURRO

Answer: C

Q2) The most common feature of the activities described by Montemurro is:

A) beauty

B) self-consciousness

C) motherhood

D) sex

Answer: D

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Chapter 4: Social Interaction and Identity

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Q1) Among the people Twigg studied, what part of the body did people most enjoy having someone bathe?

A) their feet

B) their hair

C) their face, including, for men, having someone shave them in the bath

D) their back

E) None of the above. Those she studied avoided having anyone touch them in the bath

Q2) According to Waters, ethnicity is:

A) a selected characteristic, based on one's (or one's acquaintances') beliefs about who one is

B) the same thing as ancestry

C) a fixed characteristic given at birth (based on one's parents' social and economic background)

D) a fixed, ascribed characteristic attached to all people based on identifiable physical features

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Chapter 5: Social Inequality and Labor

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Q1) In general, Gans sees the use of the term "undeserving" as a(n):

A) mark of pride

B) illegal intrusion into the privacy of people's lives

C) shorthand reference to men who abandon their families-that is, "deadbeat dads"

D) stigma

E) a scientific concept that helps focus research on features of society most in need of study

Q2) The relationship among waitresses could best be described as:

A) competitive

B) cooperative

C) hostile

D) indifferent

E) sisterly

Q3) According to the law, if a waitress's tips and salary fall below the minimum wage:

A) the employer is required to make up the difference

B) no taxes can be deducted from her salary

C) her salary must be raised to the minimum wage level for at least a month

D) she can do nothing, since she is responsible for her (lack of) tips

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Chapter 6: Social Control and Organizational Power

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Q1) What term do the people in Rhodes's essay use to mean "crazy" or any nonsensical behavior?

A) biz (bizzaro)

B) wuz (wuzzit)

C) whacked (whacko)

D) ding (dingy)

34) The Rise and Fall of Mass Rail Transit (from Building American Cities: The Urban Real Estate Game) JOE R. FEAGIN and ROBERT PARKER

Q2) Glennon reports the following water problem:

A) the threat to trout fishing on the Straight River

B) the increasing amount of toxic chemicals in shallow wells where potatoes are grown

C) the loss of water in the aquifer that feeds the Straight River

D) All of the above are water problems cited by Glennon

Q3) The corporation driving the events in Glennon's narrative is:

A) General Motors

B) McDonald's

C) Simplex Farms, headquartered in Idaho

D) Fox News Network and its corporate parent company

E) Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), maker of genetically modified organisms

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Chapter 7: Social Institutions

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Q1) One's preferred marital partner in India is a person who is in the same:

A) caste and social class

B) village or town

C) kinship group

D) occupational field or level of education

Q2) The McDonald's system is built on the idea that:

A) anything we can do ourselves can be done better by a large corporation

B) we are social animals who seek others' company rather than staying (isolated) at home

C) advertising makes us see the world the way we want it to be, not the way it really is D) we have too little time, money, or desire to be surprised or challenged

Q3) Which of the following is NOT a response to the speedup described by Hochschild?

A) self-employment and business start-ups that give people control over their lives

B) "normalizing it" and making minor adjustments so everything can be accomplished

C) having women resume the traditional role of helpmate and supporter of their husbands

D) company policies like job-sharing and flex time

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Chapter 8: Social Change

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Q1) The group Mothers of East Los Angeles initially formed in response to:

A) a series of drunk driving accidents in which children were killed

B) plans to build a prison in or near their community

C) statistics showing a high level of cancer among children of school age

D) low educational achievement scores, high dropout rates, and high youth unemployment in their community

Q2) Probably the strongest conclusion to be drawn from Adler's essay is that:

A) global competition without regulation leads to a search for the cheapest possible workforce

B) without effective birth control, women can never have real control over their lives

C) the North Atlantic Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) has had an enormous, positive effect on the lives of workers in the U.S. and around the world

D) strong communities begin with strong economies

E) job motivation and commitment is built on more than a fat paycheck

47) Grassroots Activism: Mothers of East Los Angeles MARY PARDO

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