Exam 1: Making Family Choices in a Changing Society

Only 50 percent of Americans approve of black-white marriages.

A majority of children live in __________ households.

Self-indulgence and self-interest has led to family __________.

What is meant by the term postmodern family ?

Which of the following is true about the age at marriage today?

Every time people make important decisions, they ______________ for that time or permanently.

Over the past several decades,

Today, about 40 percent of families fit the 1950s ideal of intact marriage, children, and husband-breadwinner and wife-homemaker.

Traditionally, both law and social science specified that the family consisted of people related by

The emotional dimension of decision making is referred to in the text as the

Write an essay in which you compare nuclear family and the postmodern family. How might each of these impact children?

The U.S. Census Bureau defines a family as

Over the past five decades, fertility in the United States has

The likelihood of divorce declines with _________.

Compare and contrast the traditional definition of the family with the postmodern definition preferred by the authors of your textbook. Give examples of how the legal system, government, and business community have struggled to make decisions about who can be considered part of the family.

A(n)__________ is any sexually expressive, parent-child, or other kin relationships in which people-usually related by ancestry, marriage, or adoption-form an economic unit and care for any young, consider their identity to be significantly attached to the group, and are committed to maintaining that group over time.

Particularly among college educated women, parenthood is _________.

Parents, siblings and other relatives are usually highly influential in developing a child's _____________, or that child's sense of worth and value.

More Americans maintain __________ families whose members bridge and maintain relationships across national borders.

In 1957, the total fertility rate was about 3.6 children per woman. For the last 25 years, it has been __________ child/children per woman.