Question 1

Which of the following statements about U.S.families is false?

Accepted Answer

A) It is difficult to measure the amount of domestic violence that takes place in U.S.households. 
B) Divorce rates fell during the Great Depression of the 1930s. 
C) Divorce rates dropped in the period just after World War II and again in the 1950s. 
D) Since the mid-1980s,the divorce rate has been steadily increasing. 
A) It is difficult to measure the amount of domestic violence that takes place in U.S.households. 
B) Divorce rates fell during the Great Depression of the 1930s. 
C) Divorce rates dropped in the period just after World War II and again in the 1950s. 
D) Since the mid-1980s,the divorce rate has been steadily increasing.

Question 2

By what standard do many of us judge the quality of our lives?

Accepted Answer

A) our relationships with others 
B) the number of children we have 
C) the health status of our loved ones 
D) our living arrangements 
A) our relationships with others 
B) the number of children we have 
C) the health status of our loved ones 
D) our living arrangements

Question 3

How does the masochism thesis explain domestic violence against women?

Accepted Answer

A) Women often lack the financial resources to leave abusive partners. 
B) Women are often encouraged by family members to remain in abusive relationships. 
C) Women derive satisfaction from being humiliated and injured. 
D) Women are reluctant to leave an abusive partner because they do not want to be responsible for ending a relationship. 
A) Women often lack the financial resources to leave abusive partners. 
B) Women are often encouraged by family members to remain in abusive relationships. 
C) Women derive satisfaction from being humiliated and injured. 
D) Women are reluctant to leave an abusive partner because they do not want to be responsible for ending a relationship.

Question 4

Marriage within one's social group is called

Accepted Answer

A) exogamy. 
B) patricide. 
C) endogamy. 
D) fratricide. 
A) exogamy. 
B) patricide. 
C) endogamy. 
D) fratricide.

Question 5

Discuss Mary Pattillo-McCoy's observations on the experiences of black middle-class parents.What challenges do they face that white middle-class parents do not face?

Accepted Answer

Mary Pattillo-McCoy, a sociologist, has

Question 6

According to Mary Pattillo-McCoy,what challenge do black urban middle-class parents face that white middle-class parents do not?

Accepted Answer

A) They are considered less affluent than white middle-class parents. 
B) They are not able to enroll their children in activities like Boy and Girl Scouts. 
C) They don't have access to technology and other resources to help their children succeed. 
D) They must contend with negative influences coming from adjacent poor neighborhoods. 
A) They are considered less affluent than white middle-class parents. 
B) They are not able to enroll their children in activities like Boy and Girl Scouts. 
C) They don't have access to technology and other resources to help their children succeed. 
D) They must contend with negative influences coming from adjacent poor neighborhoods.

Question 7

All of these are benefits which can be legally denied to people because of their family status EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A) inheritance rights. 
B) eligibility for certain jobs. 
C) hospital visitation rights. 
D) savings from joint tax returns. 
A) inheritance rights. 
B) eligibility for certain jobs. 
C) hospital visitation rights. 
D) savings from joint tax returns.

Question 8

In cases of divorce,the relationship that children have with their noncustodial parent tends to _____ over time.

Accepted Answer

A) strengthen 
B) grow 
C) mature 
D) deteriorate 
A) strengthen 
B) grow 
C) mature 
D) deteriorate

Question 9

A single father living with his two children is an example of a nuclear family.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

In the United States,what is the cultural standard against which all intimate partnerships are judged?

Accepted Answer

A) the extended family 
B) the hybrid family 
C) monogamous marriage 
D) the mother and child bond 
A) the extended family 
B) the hybrid family 
C) monogamous marriage 
D) the mother and child bond

Question 11

The family is a social institution found in every society.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

According to the U.S.Bureau of the Census,a married couple with no children is considered

Accepted Answer

A) a family. 
B) a matriarchy. 
C) a patrilocal residence. 
D) non-family household. 
A) a family. 
B) a matriarchy. 
C) a patrilocal residence. 
D) non-family household.

Question 13

Many of today's pressing political issues,such as affordable health insurance and quality education,are essentially _____ problems.

Accepted Answer

A) economic 
B) insurmountable 
C) symbolic 
D) family 
A) economic 
B) insurmountable 
C) symbolic 
D) family

Question 14

Which statement is NOT true?

Accepted Answer

A) France offers paid leave (from work)to new mothers. 
B) All European Union member nations must allow parents to request flexible,part-time or work-from-home arrangements. 
C) Most children in the United States have at least one stay-at-home parent. 
D) Businesses with fewer than 50 employees are exempt from the Family and Medical Leave Act (FML
A) . 
A) France offers paid leave (from work)to new mothers. 
B) All European Union member nations must allow parents to request flexible,part-time or work-from-home arrangements. 
C) Most children in the United States have at least one stay-at-home parent. 
D) Businesses with fewer than 50 employees are exempt from the Family and Medical Leave Act (FML
A) .

Question 15

Which of the following statements regarding interracial and interethnic marriages in the United States is the most accurate?

Accepted Answer

A) The majority of Americans express a belief that interracial and interethnic marriages hurt society. 
B) The problems faced by interracial and interethnic couples fifty years ago no longer exist. 
C) The percentage of marriages that are interracial or interethnic is higher than it was in 1980. 
D) The percentage of marriages that are interracial or interethnic is lower than it was in 1980. 
A) The majority of Americans express a belief that interracial and interethnic marriages hurt society. 
B) The problems faced by interracial and interethnic couples fifty years ago no longer exist. 
C) The percentage of marriages that are interracial or interethnic is higher than it was in 1980. 
D) The percentage of marriages that are interracial or interethnic is lower than it was in 1980.

Question 16

Research on marriage and health shows that,in the United States,

Accepted Answer

A) married men live longer than single men. 
B) single women live longer than married women. 
C) married women are healthier than married men. 
D) single women are more depressed than married women. 
A) married men live longer than single men. 
B) single women live longer than married women. 
C) married women are healthier than married men. 
D) single women are more depressed than married women.

Question 17

Interracial marriage is illegal in the state of Texas.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

It is common in many Arab societies for a woman to move in with and become a part of her husbands' household.This is an example of which kind of living arrangement?

Accepted Answer

A) neolocal 
B) matrilocal 
C) patrilocal 
D) familocal 
A) neolocal 
B) matrilocal 
C) patrilocal 
D) familocal

Question 19

Which of the following limits choices for intimate partners to those within groups to which they both belong?

Accepted Answer

A) endogamy 
B) exogamy 
C) gametes 
D) miscegenation 
A) endogamy 
B) exogamy 
C) gametes 
D) miscegenation

Question 20

In the United States,the dual-earner family type

Accepted Answer

A) has declined in popularity since 1900. 
B) was especially common in the 1950s. 
C) is now second only to the single-earner family type. 
D) is now the most common family type. 
A) has declined in popularity since 1900. 
B) was especially common in the 1950s. 
C) is now second only to the single-earner family type. 
D) is now the most common family type.

Which of the following statements about U.S.families is false?

By what standard do many of us judge the quality of our lives?

How does the masochism thesis explain domestic violence against women?

Marriage within one's social group is called

Discuss Mary Pattillo-McCoy's observations on the experiences of black middle-class parents.What challenges do they face that white middle-class parents do not face?

According to Mary Pattillo-McCoy,what challenge do black urban middle-class parents face that white middle-class parents do not?

All of these are benefits which can be legally denied to people because of their family status EXCEPT

In cases of divorce,the relationship that children have with their noncustodial parent tends to _____ over time.

A single father living with his two children is an example of a nuclear family.

In the United States,what is the cultural standard against which all intimate partnerships are judged?

The family is a social institution found in every society.

According to the U.S.Bureau of the Census,a married couple with no children is considered

Many of today's pressing political issues,such as affordable health insurance and quality education,are essentially _____ problems.

Which statement is NOT true?

Which of the following statements regarding interracial and interethnic marriages in the United States is the most accurate?

Research on marriage and health shows that,in the United States,

Interracial marriage is illegal in the state of Texas.

It is common in many Arab societies for a woman to move in with and become a part of her husbands' household.This is an example of which kind of living arrangement?

Which of the following limits choices for intimate partners to those within groups to which they both belong?

In the United States,the dual-earner family type

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Exam 7: Building Social Relationships: Intimacy and Family

Which of the following statements about U.S.families is false?

By what standard do many of us judge the quality of our lives?

How does the masochism thesis explain domestic violence against women?

Marriage within one's social group is called

Discuss Mary Pattillo-McCoy's observations on the experiences of black middle-class parents.What challenges do they face that white middle-class parents do not face?

According to Mary Pattillo-McCoy,what challenge do black urban middle-class parents face that white middle-class parents do not?

All of these are benefits which can be legally denied to people because of their family status EXCEPT

In cases of divorce,the relationship that children have with their noncustodial parent tends to _____ over time.

A single father living with his two children is an example of a nuclear family.

In the United States,what is the cultural standard against which all intimate partnerships are judged?

The family is a social institution found in every society.

According to the U.S.Bureau of the Census,a married couple with no children is considered

Many of today's pressing political issues,such as affordable health insurance and quality education,are essentially _____ problems.

Which statement is NOT true?

Which of the following statements regarding interracial and interethnic marriages in the United States is the most accurate?

Research on marriage and health shows that,in the United States,

Interracial marriage is illegal in the state of Texas.

It is common in many Arab societies for a woman to move in with and become a part of her husbands' household.This is an example of which kind of living arrangement?

Which of the following limits choices for intimate partners to those within groups to which they both belong?

In the United States,the dual-earner family type

Taking a New Look at a Familiar World

Seeing and Thinking Sociologically

Building Reality: the Social Construction of Knowledge

Building Order: Culture and History

Building Identity: Socialization

Supporting Identity: the Presentation of Self

Constructing Difference: Social Deviance

The Structure of Society: Organizations and Social Institutions

The Architecture of Stratification: Social Class and Inequality

The Architecture of Inequality: Race and Ethnicity

The Architecture of Inequality: Sex and Gender

Global Dynamics and Population Demographic Trends

The Architects of Change: Reconstructing Society

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