Exam 6: Groups and Organizations

Which of the following offers a microlevel analysis of the family?

What marriage pattern is exemplified by a woman who has three husbands?

In what year was consensual homosexual sex between adults aged 21 and over decriminalized in Canada?

The cultural shift from viewing wife abuse as a private matter to acknowledging it as a political issue demonstrates which of the following about feminist perspectives?

Which term refers to a social network of people based on common ancestry,marriage,or adoption?

Monique and her husband,Pierre,have two children and they are living with Pierre's parents.What type of family do they comprise?

What percentage of all families in Canada are dual-earner families?

In postmodern societies,families are diverse and fragmented,and family life may be affected negatively by the blurring of boundaries between work time and family time.

Since their engagement 14 months ago,Jeremy and Sarah have shared a one-bedroom apartment in an attempt to cut costs and save money for their wedding.Which term best describes their living arrangements?

According to the text,what should be used to accurately assess the probability of a marriage ending in divorce?

In researching her family tree,Patricia discovered that her great-grandmother had divorced in 1926 and remarried in 1928.She was surprised since she was under the assumption that divorce was a relatively recent phenomenon.When she located the petition for divorce documents,what reason would be given?

What term refers to the pattern of individuals marrying those who have similar characteristics,such as race/ethnicity,religious background,age,education,or social class?

Discuss the structure of egalitarian families and provide an example.

A family composed of one or two parents and their dependent children,all of whom live in the same home as the paternal grandparents,is called an extended family.

Section 293 of the Criminal Code of Canada explicitly bans polygamy and threatens offenders with a five-year prison term.Since marriage has already been legally redefined to include same-sex unions to meet equality provisions of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms,some argue that the ban on polygamy is most likely to offend the constitutional guarantee of "liberty"-the right to make key personal choices.What do you think? Should polygamy remain a criminal offence,or is polygamy between consenting adults nothing more than cohabitation? Discuss and substantiate your point of view using concepts and information learned in this chapter.

In industrial societies,kinship is usually traced bilineally,that is,through both parents.

Refer to Scenario 1.According to a feminist perspective,what lies behind Jordan's concern about the female children staying alone in one tent?

Which type of family arrangement do Sharon and Arlene and their adopted son,Liam,constitute?

Curtis argues that the popularity of assisted reproductive technology is likely to increase over time.Which theoretical perspective is Curtis using?

Which term best describes a marriage in which a woman has two husbands?