Exam 8: Microsociology

Agrarian societies are the least likely of the societies to have dowries.

Stepchildren receive less investment than adopted children.

Avunculocality is the practice of _____.

Which is not a pattern of descent common in human societies.

Adultery is more serious in matrilineal societies than in patrilineal societies.

______ is a payment of goods and/or services by the groom to the bride's parents.

In the contemporary US, men are still the primary breadwinners.

Which type of society is most likely to have a bridewealth custom.

In which societies is adultery most severely punished.

In which society is neolocality typically practiced?

Neolocal residence is most common in Agrarian societies.

Why are stepparents more likely to hurt and mistreat their children than the child's biological parents?

Which is the least common marriage practice?

The average age for a women's first marriage in the US is _____.

Bilocal residence means the couple can choose what family they wish to live with.

Why do patrilineal societies punish adultery more fiercely than matrilineal societies.

The practice of marrying up in status and wealth is called _____.

In most pre-industrial societies, a person is expected to marry out of their own group.

Children tend to foment unease and instability in the family.

Married women were, for the large part, allowed to work as they wished from the 18^th century onwards.