Exam 2: Exploring Relationships and Families

Researchers who randomly assign subjects to different groups would suggest that the investigators are using which technique?

The American family takes on many forms today.  The ______ approach encourages researchers to ask how well these new forms perform basic family functions.

The __________ perspective is focused on several things, including confronting and reducing oppression and patterns of subordination based on such factors as social class, race, and ethnicity, age and sexual orientation.

According to the text, one disadvantage of survey research is it depends on the

How family members use and bargain resources to secure advantage in a relationship is the subject of __________ theory.

A recent study among immigrants found that relationships "based not on blood or marriage but rather on religious rituals or close friendship ties" can serve as a functional alternative to the nuclear family. According to the text, what are these relationships called?

________promote recognition of women's unpaid work and the greater involvement of men in childcare and housework.

Personal experience provides us with information, but it can also act as _________, which is why we need scientific study.

A photograph in the text depicts individuals waiting patiently for medical attention in a neighborhood clinic. Which group of scholars would likely note that some of the woman are in the child-rearing stage of the family life cycle?

The structure-functional theoretical perspective views the family as performing at least three important functions. Which of the following is NOT one of these?

_______ data can show change in individuals over time.

Exploring the discrimination against women, inside the family and in the broader culture, is the focus of the __________ perspective.

The question of how two previously separate individuals come together and over time create a shared view of themselves as a couple would be best answered using which perspective?

What is the primary reason, according to the text, that the transition to adulthood has become elongated?

Which of the following theoretical perspectives is concerned with the impact of family policy?

Empirical evidence includes things we know intuitively, that cannot be verified with our senses.

According to attachment theory, if an individual is able to recognize a problematic attachment style they may be able to change it.

Discuss the role of the institutional review board (IRB)in family studies.

Which of the following is NOT a key concept of exchange theory?

A national random sample of approximately 10,000 people is the minimum needed to validly represent the U.S. population.