Exam 12: Family

Recent trends in marriages between people from different races or ethnic groups indicate a:

In some rural areas of Asia,women can have several husbands at one time.This practice is known as:

Which of the following statements most accurately describes the notion of traditional family (stay-at-home mom and working father)in U.S.history? The traditional family:

Amy is a married woman with children.She and her partner Alan both work full-time jobs.When they come home,Amy makes dinner,cleans,and tends to the children for the evening.Alan helps with these things sometimes,but many days he rests after work.If Arlie Hochschild saw this household,she would say Amy is experiencing the:

Define what Arlie Hochschild and others call the supermom strategy and discuss one possible negative consequence of this strategy.

Journalist Barbara Ehrenreich traveled around the country to study firsthand what it was like to "get by" working low-wage jobs.Which of the following is true about her experiences?

Which of the following was a motivation of the welfare reforms of 1996?

Which of the following factors contributed to the development of the ideal of the traditional family (male breadwinner and female homemaker)in post-World War II America?

In families where both spouses work for wages,the second shift can best be described as:

The Ozzie and Harriet Nelson type of family was in its prime during which time period?

James has had four wives,but this is legal in the United States because he was married to only one at a time.This legality reflects a rule of:

Structural changes brought on by industrialization in the United States meant that families changed from "grapevine" forms to:

Family life during the preindustrial period differed significantly from family life during the Industrial Revolution.List and describe three key differences.

Black and poor women in the United States have come to rely on which of the following in order to manage child care and work responsibilities?

John has two wives because his society allows:

Which of the following statements is true concerning the domestic world of Ozzie and Harriet portrayed in the 1950s television program? The program was a good portrayal of:

Grandparents,aunts,uncles,and cousins who live together in a multigenerational household are considered a(n)________ family.

Who of the following has argued that African American female-headed families are the outcome,rather than the cause,of racial oppression and poverty?

Recent trends indicate that weekly hours of housework done by men and women are converging.Which of the following statements indicates how household labor is divided by gender?

In the Na culture of China,a little boy grows up very close to one of his male relatives.Everyone expects a strong degree of influence between this man and the child.This role model male relative is the boy's: