Question 1

The weakening of the social norms that define people's behavior in a social institution is known as ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  remarriage 
B)  reinstitutionalization 
C)  marriage 
D)  deinstitutionalization 
A)  remarriage 
B)  reinstitutionalization 
C)  marriage 
D)  deinstitutionalization D

Question 2

In which decade did the first great change in the meaning of marriage occur?

Accepted Answer

A)  1940s 
B)  1950s 
C)  1960s 
D)  1970s 
A)  1940s 
B)  1950s 
C)  1960s 
D)  1970s B

Question 3

Discuss how the author sees the current state of marriage and its likely future.

Accepted Answer

Marriage is no longer as dominant as it once was, but it remains important on a symbolic level. It has been transformed from a familial and community institution to an individualized, choice-based achievement. It is a marker of prestige and is still somewhat useful in creating enforceable trust. The future of marriage involves three alternatives. First, a return to a more dominant, institutionalized form of marriage, which seems unlikely. Second, the current situation continues; marriage remains important, but not as dominant, and retains its high symbolic status. Third, marriage fades into just one of many kinds of interpersonal romantic relationships. Giddens' (1992) statement that marriage has already become merely one of many relationships is not true in the United States so far, but it could become true in the future. It is possible that we are living in a transitional phase in which marriage is gradually losing its uniqueness. If Giddens and other modernity theorists are correct, the third alternative will triumph, and marriage will lose its special place in the family system of the United States. If they are not, the second alternative will continue to hold, and marriage-transformed and deinstitutionalized, but recognizable nevertheless-will remain distinctive.

Question 4

What was undermining the institutionalized basis of marriage in 1978?

Accepted Answer

A)  same-sex marriage 
B)  the changing division of labor in the home 
C)  the decrease in childbearing outside marriage 
D)  pure relationships 
A)  same-sex marriage 
B)  the changing division of labor in the home 
C)  the decrease in childbearing outside marriage 
D)  pure relationships

Question 5

All of the following are true of a pure relationship except it ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  lasts only as long as both partners are satisfied 
B)  depends on social institutions and economic life 
C)  is the extension of increasing individualism 
D)  exists primarily in the realms of emotion and self-identity 
A)  lasts only as long as both partners are satisfied 
B)  depends on social institutions and economic life 
C)  is the extension of increasing individualism 
D)  exists primarily in the realms of emotion and self-identity

Question 6

The belief that "each person has a unique core of feeling and intuition that should unfold or be expressed if individuality is to be realized" is known as ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  determinant cohabitation 
B)  romantic love 
C)  expressive individualism 
D)  emotional satisfaction 
A)  determinant cohabitation 
B)  romantic love 
C)  expressive individualism 
D)  emotional satisfaction

Question 7

Which statement about American marriage is most accurate?

Accepted Answer

A)  Remarriage has become more like first marriage. 
B)  Remarriage has become institutionalized. 
C)  First marriage has become like remarriage. 
D)  First marriage has become institutionalized. 
A)  Remarriage has become more like first marriage. 
B)  Remarriage has become institutionalized. 
C)  First marriage has become like remarriage. 
D)  First marriage has become institutionalized.

Question 8

Define Hochschild's stalled revolution.

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Question 9

Throughout the 1950s, wives and husbands based their gratification on ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  playing their marital roles well 
B)  romantic love 
C)  emotional satisfaction 
D)  understanding each other's pure relationships 
A)  playing their marital roles well 
B)  romantic love 
C)  emotional satisfaction 
D)  understanding each other's pure relationships

Question 10

Discuss how marriage has become deinstitutionalized.

Accepted Answer

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Question 11

The second great change in the meaning of marriage resulted in a transition from the ______ marriage to the ______ marriage.

Accepted Answer

A)  companionate; individualized 
B)  individualized; companionate 
C)  expressive; instrumental 
D)  instrumental; expressive 
A)  companionate; individualized 
B)  individualized; companionate 
C)  expressive; instrumental 
D)  instrumental; expressive

Question 12

Modern marriage is best described as ______ important.

Accepted Answer

A)  symbolically 
B)  practically 
C)  politically 
D)  economically 
A)  symbolically 
B)  practically 
C)  politically 
D)  economically

Question 13

Identify two cultural trends and two material trends that altered the meaning of marriage during the twentieth century.

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Question 14

According to the author, what is the central puzzle within the deinstitutionalization of marriage?

Accepted Answer

A)  How can spouses be emotionally satisfied within the social constraints of marriage? 
B)  How can one fit marriage into a full life? 
C)  Why is marriage still regulated by law? 
D)  Why are people still choosing to marry when there are so many other available options? 
A)  How can spouses be emotionally satisfied within the social constraints of marriage? 
B)  How can one fit marriage into a full life? 
C)  Why is marriage still regulated by law? 
D)  Why are people still choosing to marry when there are so many other available options?

Question 15

In which situations would the poor and near poor be most likely to marry?

Accepted Answer

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Exam 53: The Deinstitutionalization of American Marriage

The weakening of the social norms that define people's behavior in a social institution is known as ______.

In which decade did the first great change in the meaning of marriage occur?

Discuss how the author sees the current state of marriage and its likely future.

What was undermining the institutionalized basis of marriage in 1978?

All of the following are true of a pure relationship except it ______.

The belief that "each person has a unique core of feeling and intuition that should unfold or be expressed if individuality is to be realized" is known as ______.

Which statement about American marriage is most accurate?

Define Hochschild's stalled revolution.

Throughout the 1950s, wives and husbands based their gratification on ______.

Discuss how marriage has become deinstitutionalized.

The second great change in the meaning of marriage resulted in a transition from the ______ marriage to the ______ marriage.

Modern marriage is best described as ______ important.

Identify two cultural trends and two material trends that altered the meaning of marriage during the twentieth century.

According to the author, what is the central puzzle within the deinstitutionalization of marriage?

In which situations would the poor and near poor be most likely to marry?

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