Exam 12: Family

Nani is a Zambian girl who needs advice regarding a friendship conflict.Following the norms of her culture,she is likely to seek advice from:

The Lovings embrace in this photograph,celebrating the Supreme Court decision that,in Loving v.Virginia (1967),struck down America's ________ laws.

Melissa keeps a poster showing the Victorian feminine domestic ideal in her dorm room.She says she loves imagining the past when women's worlds were at home and women supported each other in child rearing.Melissa enjoys imagining the:

The Frith family consists of a mother,a father,and their biological children.Sociologists classify this as a(n)________ family.

John and Monique are married.Both of their parents live with them,as does John's sister and brother-in-law and some nieces and nephews.This is known as a ________ network.

In the 1960s,many social scientists,including Daniel Patrick Moynihan,viewed the strong role held by women in many African American families as:

Phillipe Aries wrote that children of preindustrial families were:

Approximately what percentage of Americans marry at some point in their lives?

A TV director pitches the idea of remaking The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet,but with African American characters.An African American producer says,"This is a terrible idea! That family never could have been black!" Why was the traditional family depicted in The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet never a reality for African American families?

Though she has a husband,children,and adequate income,a housewife feels lost,aimless,and sad.She doesn't have a name for what she feels.If you were to interpret the housewife's experience through Betty Friedan's framework,you'd say the housewife is experiencing the:

Marriages that cross racial and ethnic lines have become more common in the United States,although most U.S.marriages are still racially and ethnically endogamous.What factors might discourage exogamy?

Michael and Shawn are cohabitating.They love each other,but sociological research predicts that,when they do marry,they will face a higher risk of divorce.Sociologists believe this is because they:

Rodney and Tina are a married couple with children.They split up work,chores,and childcare,and they feel the balance is pretty much equal.Sociologist Barbara Risman calls this a(n)________ family.

On most weekends the Smiths,who have one son and two daughters,do their assigned chores.The son mows the lawn and helps his dad with automobile maintenance,while the girls help clean the house and prepare the meals.This distribution of chores reflects:

According to research in Dalton Conley's The Pecking Order (2004),how does the average income of daughters raised by stay-at-home mothers compare to that of daughters of working moms? The daughters of stay-at-home mothers are:

Amy and Raymond live together in an intimate relationship without formal legal or religious sanctioning.This arrangement is known by sociologists as:

The ________ theory of the family,developed by Talcott Parsons,argues that nuclear families are necessary for child rearing and fulfilling society's need for productive workers.

In much of the Western world,choice of a marriage partner is influenced by age,education,class,race,and religion.Which of the following explains this tendency?

If Jerome won't have a relationship with someone who lives in his dormitory,which he jokingly refers to as "dorm-cest," he is practicing the rule known as:

A powerful example of the devaluation of housework in the United States was the original September 11th Victim Compensation Fund.Ultimately,after feminist groups lobbied the U.S.government,what happened?