Exam 1: The Changing Family

Since Latino families are huge consumers of prime-time television,many TV shows now feature Latinos and Latino families.

Marriages in which either the husband or the wife has two or more spouses is called

A woman who has more than one husband is practicing

Julie and Rick are married.Julie is Asian and Rick is African American.Their marriage is

The U.S.Census Bureau's definition of a family household would include cohabiting couples.

Mothers and fathers spend less time interacting with their children today than they did in 1965 when many families were male-breadwinner/female-homemaker families.

The majority of married women with children under the age of six are in the paid labor force.

Bigamy occurs when

Most people are born into a biological family,or family of orientation.

Some socialization is unconscious and may be unintentional,such as teaching culturally accepted stereotypical gender traits.

Studies examining the amount of time parents spend with their children have shown that

Cultural norms and laws which forbid sexual intercourse between close blood relatives are called

Among one-parent families,most are

Chances of not growing up in a nuclear family were much greater in the past than they are now.

The family form that is most common in much of the world is the

Between 1960 and 2000,the proportion of children living with a never-married parent

Those who believe the "family is deteriorating" argue that the changes we are experiencing are extensions of long-standing family patterns.

Compare and contrast the three perspectives on the family-family is deteriorating,family is changing,not deteriorating,or family is stronger than ever-as to how they would view the increase in unmarried couple households in the United States.

The family is a primary group because it provides nurturance,love,and emotional sustenance.

Kelly and Anthony have just married and moved in with Anthony's parents.This residency patterns is called