Question 1

In China,a spirit marriage is one between:​

Accepted Answer

A)  ​two religious leaders 
B)  ​two people who are not physically present at the time of the marriage but exchange vows by phone. 
C)  ​two affiliated kin. 
D)  ​two people who are both dead. 
A)  ​two religious leaders 
B)  ​two people who are not physically present at the time of the marriage but exchange vows by phone. 
C)  ​two affiliated kin. 
D)  ​two people who are both dead.

Question 2

The "Modern Family Effect" is an argument that:​

Accepted Answer

A)  ​changing cultural and moral norms has allowed more diverse family styles to develop for the first time in American history. 
B)  ​a television show based on a same-sex couple's daily life has made its audience more accepting of difference. 
C)  ​the family functions more liberally when there is enhanced technological opportunity. 
D)  ​media influences religious beliefs and church attitudes toward social changes. 
A)  ​changing cultural and moral norms has allowed more diverse family styles to develop for the first time in American history. 
B)  ​a television show based on a same-sex couple's daily life has made its audience more accepting of difference. 
C)  ​the family functions more liberally when there is enhanced technological opportunity. 
D)  ​media influences religious beliefs and church attitudes toward social changes.

Question 3

In the United States,same-sex couples can legally marry in:​

Accepted Answer

A)  ​only states which have passed laws in favor of same-sex marriage. 
B)  ​in all 50 states. 
C)  ​Ohio and New York only. 
D)  ​churches but not in courthouses. 
A)  ​only states which have passed laws in favor of same-sex marriage. 
B)  ​in all 50 states. 
C)  ​Ohio and New York only. 
D)  ​churches but not in courthouses.

Question 4

Law professors Naomi Cahn and June Carbine identified family characteristics more common to "red states" that include all of the following except:​

Accepted Answer

A)  ​lower divorce rates. 
B)  ​greater emphasis on abstinence. 
C)  ​younger age at marriage and childbirth. 
D)  ​higher teen pregnancy rates. 
A)  ​lower divorce rates. 
B)  ​greater emphasis on abstinence. 
C)  ​younger age at marriage and childbirth. 
D)  ​higher teen pregnancy rates.

Question 5

​Through which court case did same-sex marriage become legal in the United States?

Accepted Answer

A)  ​Roe v.Wade 
B)  ​Plessy v.Ferguson 
C)  ​Brown v.Board of Education 
D)  ​Obergefell v.Hodges 
A)  ​Roe v.Wade 
B)  ​Plessy v.Ferguson 
C)  ​Brown v.Board of Education 
D)  ​Obergefell v.Hodges

Question 6

Most families in the United States are traditional nuclear families.​

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

As society has become more industrialized and impersonal,families have decreased in importance as a source of intimacy.​

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

American kinship obligations are not as extensive as those of some non-Western or non-industrialized cultures.​

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Compared to whites,African Americans tend to express more conservative attitudes toward which of the following family issues?

Accepted Answer

A)  Premarital sex 
B)  Spanking 
C)  Gay marriage 
D)  All of these are family issues on which African Americans express more conservative attitudes than whites. 
A)  Premarital sex 
B)  Spanking 
C)  Gay marriage 
D)  All of these are family issues on which African Americans express more conservative attitudes than whites.

Question 10

The family most Americans consider to be the traditional family is a family where both the husband and wife work outside of the home full-time.​

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

All the people living in a housing unit makes up a household.​

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

​Families:

Accepted Answer

A)  ​stay the same across time. 
B)  ​only change during times of social upheaval. 
C)  ​only change during times of economic upheaval. 
D)  ​are dynamic. 
A)  ​stay the same across time. 
B)  ​only change during times of social upheaval. 
C)  ​only change during times of economic upheaval. 
D)  ​are dynamic.

Question 13

The shaping of individual behavior to conform to social or cultural norms is referred to as:​

Accepted Answer

A)  ​acculturation. 
B)  ​socialization. 
C)  ​societal imaging. 
D)  ​cultural modeling. 
A)  ​acculturation. 
B)  ​socialization. 
C)  ​societal imaging. 
D)  ​cultural modeling.

Question 14

A marriage system that is quite rare throughout world cultures is:​

Accepted Answer

A)  ​monogamy. 
B)  ​polygamy. 
C)  ​polygyny. 
D)  ​polyandry. 
A)  ​monogamy. 
B)  ​polygamy. 
C)  ​polygyny. 
D)  ​polyandry.

Question 15

Heterosexuals often think about the privileges that sexual orientation offers or withholds.​

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Families are easy to define and count.​

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Sue is Kay's mother-in-law.Their relationship is:​

Accepted Answer

A)  ​conjugal. 
B)  ​consanguineous. 
C)  ​affiliative. 
D)  ​fictive. 
A)  ​conjugal. 
B)  ​consanguineous. 
C)  ​affiliative. 
D)  ​fictive.

Question 18

Liberals believe that families today are weaker than they were in the 1950s.​

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

The family in which we grow up is known as the:​

Accepted Answer

A)  ​family of orientation. 
B)  ​family of cohabitation. 
C)  ​family of procreation. 
D)  ​traditional family. 
A)  ​family of orientation. 
B)  ​family of cohabitation. 
C)  ​family of procreation. 
D)  ​traditional family.

Question 20

Ahronsargues that it is the quality of the relationship between divorced parents,and not the divorce per se,that has a long-term impact on adult children's lives.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

In China,a spirit marriage is one between:

The "Modern Family Effect" is an argument that:

In the United States,same-sex couples can legally marry in:

Law professors Naomi Cahn and June Carbine identified family characteristics more common to "red states" that include all of the following except:

Through which court case did same-sex marriage become legal in the United States?

Most families in the United States are traditional nuclear families.

As society has become more industrialized and impersonal,families have decreased in importance as a source of intimacy.

American kinship obligations are not as extensive as those of some non-Western or non-industrialized cultures.

Compared to whites,African Americans tend to express more conservative attitudes toward which of the following family issues?

The family most Americans consider to be the traditional family is a family where both the husband and wife work outside of the home full-time.

All the people living in a housing unit makes up a household.

Families:

The shaping of individual behavior to conform to social or cultural norms is referred to as:

A marriage system that is quite rare throughout world cultures is:

Heterosexuals often think about the privileges that sexual orientation offers or withholds.

Families are easy to define and count.

Sue is Kay's mother-in-law.Their relationship is:

Liberals believe that families today are weaker than they were in the 1950s.

The family in which we grow up is known as the:

Ahronsargues that it is the quality of the relationship between divorced parents,and not the divorce per se,that has a long-term impact on adult children's lives.

Studying Marriages and Families

Variations in American Family Life

Gender and Family

Intimacy,friendship,and Love

Understanding Sex and Sexualities

Communication,power,and Conflict

Marriages in Societal and Individual Perspective

Unmarried Lives: Singlehood and Cohabitation

Becoming Parents and Experiencing Parenthood

Marriage,work,and Economics

Intimate Violence and Sexual Abuse

Coming Apart: Separation and Divorce

New Beginnings: Single-Parent Families,remarriages,and Blended Families

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Exam 1: The Meaning of Marriage and the Family

In China,a spirit marriage is one between:​

The "Modern Family Effect" is an argument that:​

In the United States,same-sex couples can legally marry in:​

Law professors Naomi Cahn and June Carbine identified family characteristics more common to "red states" that include all of the following except:​

​Through which court case did same-sex marriage become legal in the United States?

Most families in the United States are traditional nuclear families.​

As society has become more industrialized and impersonal,families have decreased in importance as a source of intimacy.​

American kinship obligations are not as extensive as those of some non-Western or non-industrialized cultures.​

Compared to whites,African Americans tend to express more conservative attitudes toward which of the following family issues?

The family most Americans consider to be the traditional family is a family where both the husband and wife work outside of the home full-time.​

All the people living in a housing unit makes up a household.​

​Families:

The shaping of individual behavior to conform to social or cultural norms is referred to as:​

A marriage system that is quite rare throughout world cultures is:​

Heterosexuals often think about the privileges that sexual orientation offers or withholds.​

Families are easy to define and count.​

Sue is Kay's mother-in-law.Their relationship is:​

Liberals believe that families today are weaker than they were in the 1950s.​

The family in which we grow up is known as the:​

Ahronsargues that it is the quality of the relationship between divorced parents,and not the divorce per se,that has a long-term impact on adult children's lives.

Studying Marriages and Families

Variations in American Family Life

Gender and Family

Intimacy,friendship,and Love

Understanding Sex and Sexualities

Communication,power,and Conflict

Marriages in Societal and Individual Perspective

Unmarried Lives: Singlehood and Cohabitation

Becoming Parents and Experiencing Parenthood

Marriage,work,and Economics

Intimate Violence and Sexual Abuse

Coming Apart: Separation and Divorce

New Beginnings: Single-Parent Families,remarriages,and Blended Families

Filters

In China,a spirit marriage is one between:

The "Modern Family Effect" is an argument that:

In the United States,same-sex couples can legally marry in:

Law professors Naomi Cahn and June Carbine identified family characteristics more common to "red states" that include all of the following except:

Through which court case did same-sex marriage become legal in the United States?

Most families in the United States are traditional nuclear families.

As society has become more industrialized and impersonal,families have decreased in importance as a source of intimacy.

American kinship obligations are not as extensive as those of some non-Western or non-industrialized cultures.

The family most Americans consider to be the traditional family is a family where both the husband and wife work outside of the home full-time.

All the people living in a housing unit makes up a household.

Families:

The shaping of individual behavior to conform to social or cultural norms is referred to as:

A marriage system that is quite rare throughout world cultures is:

Heterosexuals often think about the privileges that sexual orientation offers or withholds.

Families are easy to define and count.

Sue is Kay's mother-in-law.Their relationship is:

Liberals believe that families today are weaker than they were in the 1950s.

The family in which we grow up is known as the: