Sociology of the Family Test Questions
Course Introduction
Sociology of the Family explores the structures, functions, and dynamics of families within various cultural and societal contexts. This course examines how social institutions, historical changes, and cultural norms shape family life, relationships, and roles. Key topics include marriage, parenting, kinship systems, gender roles, family diversity, and the impact of social policies on family structures. Through theoretical frameworks and empirical studies, students analyze contemporary issues such as divorce, cohabitation, LGBTQ+ families, and challenges facing modern families, fostering a critical understanding of the family as both a private institution and a public concern.
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The Family Dynamic A Canadian Perspective 5th Edition by Margaret Ward
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Chapter 1: What Is a Family
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Q1) In 2005,a federal law was passed that allowed couples to enter into which one of the following types of relationships?"
A) a family of procreation
B) a same-sex marriage
C) a polygamous partnership
D) a legal cohabitation
Answer: B
Q2) According to the text,what is probably the most common form of qualitative research?
A) an in-depth interview
B) an experiment
C) direct observation
D) a focus group
Answer: A
Q3) According to the text,which group in Canada has practised communal living?
A) Sikhs
B) Hutterites
C) Mormons
D) Chinese
Answer: B
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Chapter 2: Being Different
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Q1) According to the text,what is social acceptability based on in much of Canada?
A) the norms and values of the wealthy
B) the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
C) white society and its norms
D) the party currently forming the government
Answer: C
Q2) According to the text,which of the following are men more likely than women to experience?
A) living in poverty
B) physical abuse
C) being a single parent
D) living with a partner
Answer: D
Q3) The desire to keep Canada ___________ often conflicted with the need for labour in mining,lumbering,and railway construction.
Answer: "British"
Q4) Of all the provinces in Canada,____________________ has the highest proportion of married couples.
Answer: Ontario
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Chapter 3: Getting Together
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Q1) According to the text,what is the role of the proposed couple in arranged marriages?
A) They are rarely consulted about the match.
B) They are not usually affected by endogamy.
C) They are often asked for approval of the match.
D) They never meet before the engagement.
Answer: C
Q2) Which of the following is NOT a function of dating?
A) recreation
B) status-building
C) procreation
D) courtship
Answer: C
Q3) Women are more likely than men to use communication to build connections and to _________________________.
Answer: solve problems
Q4) ____________________ is the custom where single men and women go out alone together without any particular intention of marrying each other.
Answer: Dating
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Chapter 4: Wedding Bells and After
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Q1) According to the text,when homesteaders went west,how was marriage perceived?
A) It was a luxury few people could afford.
B) It provided mainly for the spouses' emotional needs.
C) It gave a man, in particular, a sense of identity.
D) It helped ensure physical and economic survival.
Q2) According to the text,marital happiness tends to be highest early in the marriage and at what other point?
A) when the first child is born
B) when teenagers are in the house
C) when the children are toddlers
D) when the last child moves out
Q3) According to the text,what was one outcome of the acceptance of the "traditional" family?
A) women's employment
B) the baby boom
C) smaller families
D) the homemaker husband
Q4) When do married couples tend to be most and least happy?
Q5) Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of cohabitation agreements.Give examples.
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Chapter 5: Children Yes or No
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Q1) According to the text,in recent years,what has happened to the size of the Canadian family?
A) It has been shrinking.
B) It has been expanding.
C) It has been staying about the same.
D) It has been expanding for younger couples.
Q2) According to the text,what is one barrier to feeling that a foster child is one's own?
A) the cut-off from birth parents
B) the temporary nature of foster care
C) the attachment of the foster child to one's own children
D) the desire to adopt the foster child
Q3) Now that the human genome has been mapped,new techniques of manipulating DNA are possible.Which of the following is permitted under the Assisted Human Reproduction Act?
A) combining human and animal genetic material
B) germ-line therapy to cure genetic disorders
C) cloning of a human being
D) embryo experimentation for 10 days after fertilization
Q4) State four areas of controversy surrounding abortion.
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Chapter 6: Bringing up Baby
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Q1) According to the text,what has research shown about spanking?
A) It is prIt is probably more effective than non-violent forms of discipline in changing children's behaviour.
B) It is prIt is probably less effective than non-violent forms of discipline in changing children's behaviour.
C) It is prIt is probably just as effective as non-violent forms of discipline in changing children's behaviour.
D) It is prIt is probably welcomed more than non-violent forms of discipline in changing children's behaviour.
Q2) How many hours a day did one study,conducted in 2004,find that 8- to 18-year-olds spend using media?
A) 4.8
B) 5.5
C) 6.5
D) 8.0
Q3) State the common effects of authoritarian parenting on child development.
Q4) A(n)____________________ parenting style sets expectations for children,but adjusts them to the individual.
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Q1) What did Erik Erikson believe is the key issue in middle age?
A) the development of intimacy and relationship maintenance
B) introspection regarding future goals
C) passing something of value on to younger generations
D) dealing with the competing demands of work and family
Q2) When young people repeatedly move in and out of their parents' home,the situation is described as a ___________________.
Q3) According to the text,what is one characteristic of the midlife group?
A) their diversity
B) their unusual similarity
C) their rapid physical decline
D) their child rearing
Q4) According to the text,what are middle-aged parents with teens at home more likely to be?
A) anxious
B) depressed
C) frustrated
D) stressed
Q5) Discuss changes that may occur in the marital relationship at midlife.
Q6) Explain what is meant by "midlife crisis."
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Chapter 8: Grey Power and the Sunset Years
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Q1) Discuss the impact of economic factors on older people.
Q2) Elderly people tend to fear ____________ more than death itself.
Q3) According to the text,what are recent immigrants more likely to do?
A) place an elderly relative in a nursing home
B) live in three-generation households
C) live with non-relatives than relatives
D) make use of community resources for seniors
Q4) Which of the following BEST describes attitudes toward the physical changes that occur with aging?
A) They are always regarded negatively.
B) They can be positive for daycare workers.
C) They are usually considered positive for manual labourers.
D) They can be positive for men in managerial positions.
Q5) According to the text,which is true regarding research on sibling relationships among older adults?
A) Research on siblings has focused largely on the Baby Boomer generation.
B) Research on siblings is largely limited to twin studies.
C) Research on siblings has received little attention until recently.
D) Research on siblings is conflicting due to diverse methodological approaches.
Q6) Identify the four dimensions of aging.
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Chapter 9: The Lone-Parent Familythe Future Majority
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Q1) Which of the following is NOT a pressure exerted on mothers receiving welfare?
A) snitch lines
B) invasion of privacy
C) pressure to increase job training
D) pressure to seek employment
Q2) According to the text,which of the following is LEAST likely to be true of a teen mother?
A) She is unlikely to have completed her education.
B) She may have problems maintaining romantic relationships.
C) She may have problems supporting herself and her baby.
D) She may have problems returning to school.
Q3) Which of the following statements is NOT true of young adults whose parents divorced before they were five?
A) They are more likely to have long-term emotional difficulties.
B) Their troublesome behaviour emerged only after their parents' divorce.
C) They are more likely to have a child outside marriage.
D) They are more disruptive and unhappy.
Q4) Discuss possible explanations for differences between children raised in one- and two-parent families.
Q5) Describe the stigma attached to lone parenthood.
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Chapter 10: Coming Apartthe Divorce Experience
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Q1) List five factors that put one at risk for a divorce.
Q2) What is the term for a divorced person who shares the responsibility for his or her child?
A) a custodial parent
B) a binuclear parent
C) a co-parent
D) a nonresidential parent
Q3) How can grandparents fill an important role following their children's divorce?
A) by taking sides against their former in-laws
B) by spoiling their grandchildren
C) by providing social support to their grandchildren
D) by providing tangible resources to the custodial parent
Q4) For whom does the least disruption after divorce probably occur?
A) couples with children at home
B) middle-aged empty-nesters
C) the recently married couple with no children
D) couples over 65
Q5) A lack of balance in the family system is called ____________________.
Q6) In a ____________________,both father and mother act as parents to their children following divorce,while they maintain separate homes.
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Chapter 11: The Second Time Around
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Q1) What might the problems a stepmother experiences be partly due to?
A) trying to overcome the wicked stepmother myth by trying too hard
B) taking away the past pain the stepchildren have experienced
C) holding up the nonresidential parent as a glowing example of parenting
D) taking realistic expectations into the stepfamily
Q2) Negotiating boundaries and roles are extremely important for remarriage families.Discuss the difficulties faced by family members in these two areas.
Q3) Out of the need for a close relationship,some single mothers make their daughters their ____________________.
Q4) Give four factors that may lead to conflict between stepsiblings.
Q5) Since World War II,which change has taken place regarding remarriage?
A) Recently there has been an increase in remarriage among the widowed.
B) There has been a shift from widowed to divorced individuals among those remarrying.
C) The widowed who now remarry were, on the average, older when their husbands died.
D) There has been a shift from divorced to widowed individuals among those remarrying.
Q6) How do traditional gender roles work against stepfamilies?
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Chapter 12: The Family and the World of Work
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Q1) According to the text,which of the following was NOT a goal of the earliest daycare centres?
A) to turn children into productive members of society
B) to allow mothers to support themselves and their children
C) to provide emergency services to meet the needs of society
D) to meet the needs of working parents
Q2) What are common reactions to job loss?
Q3) Which of the following is probably NOT a result of burnout?
A) physical and emotional exhaustion
B) lack of sensitivity to others
C) loss of a zest for life
D) a greater sympathy for others' problems
Q4) Briefly describe the stress placed on families by social expectations.
Q5) What are employed mothers,particularly,affected by?
A) conflicting values in society about family and work
B) equality between women and men in the workplace
C) agreement between institutions in the exosystem
D) marital and parental subsystems in the nuclear family
Q6) Explain why there is no national policy for daycare in Canada.
Q7) Explain the difference between formal and informal childcare.
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Chapter 13: The Family Beleaguered When Problems Come
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Q1) What is one positive effect of parents' alcohol abuse?
A) Their children are less likely to become alcoholics themselves.
B) Their adult children tend to grow up with greater skill in regulating their own behaviour.
C) Their adult children may be drawn to a helping profession.
D) Their adult children learn to avoid coercive or other ineffective parenting methods.
Q2) A group of people who have a stake in keeping society unchanged is a(n)_______________ interest.
Q3) According to the text,when can the nature of a chronic illness be a continuing stress?
A) especially when it is non-progressive
B) especially when the prognosis is certain
C) especially when there are unpredictable episodes
D) especially when the illness is acute rather than chronic
Q4) Explain what is meant by a snag point and give an example.
Q5) Providing examples,discuss the importance of perception for a family's response to a problem.
Q6) What are special-interest groups? How do they affect the perception of a problem?
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Chapter 14: Home Dangerous Home: Abuse and Violence in the Family
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Q1) Since Laurie has fully accepted the traditional role of wife and mother,why does she probably stay with her abusive husband?
A) partly because she believes it is her husband's responsibility to support and protect her
B) partly because she believes it is a disgrace to apply for welfare assistance
C) partly because she believes it is her responsibility to make the relationship work
D) partly because she believes a "real" man does not express soft emotions such as tenderness or empathy.
Q2) Discuss the various types of partner abuse and indicate which you think is most significant.Give reasons to support your opinion.
Q3) Where was the first Children's Aid Society in Canada formed in 1891?
A) Montreal
B) Abbotsford
C) Saskatoon
D) Toronto
Q4) A(n)____________________ is a person who is guilty of a crime (for example,abuse).
Q5) State the two features of sexually abusive parents.
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Chapter 15: Poverty and the Family
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Q1) There are no exact figures for the number of homeless people in Canada.Which of the following reasons is LEAST likely to account for the lack of information?
A) The homeless population changes from day to day.
B) It is difficult to count people who do not use a shelter.
C) Definitions of homelessness change.
D) Cyclically homeless individuals complete the Canadian Census when they are living at home.
Q2) How does living in shelters affect children?
A) The effects are positive because the children have a roof over their heads.
B) The effects are more extreme than in other forms of poverty.
C) The effects encourage better health and education because the children are supervised.
D) The effects foster a sense of family closeness because that is all the children have.
Q3) Explain the advantages and disadvantages of three basic approaches to reducing poverty.
Q4) One of the most striking facts about poverty in Canada is that many people who live in poverty have ____________________.
Q5) Give three reasons homeless women are less noticeable than homeless men.
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Chapter 16: The Crystal Ballpredicting the Future of the Family
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Q1) More children now live in a ______________ family structure than in the past.
Q2) Canadians can expect the age of the population to ____________________.
Q3) Explain the effects that recent changes in family configuration will have on children.Provide examples to support the points you make.
Q4) The increase in the cost of living and high levels of unemployment call for at least two ____________________ if the family is to avoid poverty.
Q5) What is the fastest-growing age group in Canada?
A) 40- to 50-year-olds
B) 60- to 70-year-olds
C) 50- to 60-year-olds
D) those 85 and older
Q6) Which of the following is probably NOT a reason that the Canadian population is becoming older?
A) The baby-boom generation is reaching retirement age.
B) The birthrate will no longer replace the population.
C) Many members of Generation X are dying of AIDS.
D) Advances in medical technology are prolonging life.
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Q7) Discuss four factors that will probably influence the future of Canadian families.