Deck 9: The Family

Question 1

What is true of sexual relations among college students today?

A) The prohibition against sexual relations is increasing.
B) The prohibition against sexual relations is decreasing.
C) Sexual relations among college students has not changed in the past fifty years.
D) This is not something social scientists study due to its private nature.

Answer 1

B

Question 2

A woman's ability to plan her pregnancies has:

A) not changed family life.
B) had no relationship to family life.
C) freed women for leisure and market-oriented activities.
D) changed gender roles but not family life.

Answer 2

C

Question 3

What are the functions of the family? How are the functions of the family related to variations of family patterns?

Answer 3

The family has many functions. First, families serve to reproduce the species. Second, families help to socialize children so that they grow up to be productive biologically, physically, and socially. Third, the family functions to help parents stay well adjusted. These functions are all related to the variations of family patterns. The number of mates both has ties to the biological functions of family and aids in the psychological adjustment of individuals. Mate selection helps to fulfill economic and social stability roles. Family control and reckoning of descent help fulfill a male's psychological adjustment.

Question 4

The number of mates, selection of mates, family control, and reckoning of descent determine:

A) variations in family patterns.
B) a single family type for all cultures.
C) the two types of family found in all nations.
D) very little about families but much about geography.

Question 5

Reasons for desiring more or fewer children:

A) are the same in all types of society.
B) vary in different societies.
C) remain unchanged once established.
D) result in no family variation.

Question 6

An egalitarian family is:

A) a matriarchy.
B) a patriarchy.
C) a patrilineal family.
D) one with shared control.

Question 7

The American family today is:

A) just like its counterpart sixty years ago.
B) less variable than ever before.
C) quite different from its counterpart fifty years ago.
D) not influenced by technology.

Question 8

Marriage between one husband and one wife followed by a dissolution of that marriage and a subsequent marriage between the same husband or wife and another opposite-sex partner is called:

A) cenogamy.
B) dating.
C) serial monogamy.
D) polygamy.

Question 9

The family function that primarily involves the need to reproduce is the:

A) political function.
B) educational function.
C) biological function.
D) economic function.

Question 10

Divorce statistics are often used as a measure of:

A) family disorganization.
B) exchange rates.
C) the standard of living.
D) regional culture.

Question 11

What are the four major factors that determine variations in family patterns? Give examples of each.

Question 12

In the Western world the most common method of reckoning descent is called:

A) unilateral.
B) polyandry.
C) pluralism.
D) bilateral.

Question 13

The advantage of family selection of mates is that it is more:

A) likely to eliminate weddings.
B) likely to make the best choices.
C) likely to fulfill economic and social stability goals.
D) likely to save time in child rearing.

Question 14

How have social scientists described and explained the family in the United States today? Consider gender roles, dating, sex and singles, and children.

Question 15

The average number of children per family in the U.S. has been:

A) increasing since 1800.
B) dropping most recently.
C) very stable since 1800.
D) constant over the last four generations.

Question 16

In the last twenty years the number of families having no children has been:

A) relatively stable.
B) increasing.
C) decreasing.
D) rapidly decreasing.

Question 17

Flexible working hours, infant care, and family leaves for both sexes help the family to:

A) continue unchanged.
B) gradually disappear.
C) cease to exist.
D) stay together.

Question 18

A maxim of marriage counselors is that people don't change, or if they do change, it:

A) will be exactly what the other partner wants.
B) will invariably help the marriage.
C) will not be what the other partner wants.
D) will never alter the marriage.

Question 19

Why do people get divorced? How is divorce related to family disorganization? What cautions are necessary in understanding the meaning of divorce rates?

Question 20

A major reason why the family continues to be a social institution in transition is:

A) its newness.
B) its interdependence with technology.
C) its lack of variation.
D) its unusual lack of functions.

Question 21

The ratio of divorces to marriages has not changed much since 1980.

Question 22

Today, many children acquire most of their values from films and television.

Question 23

Cenogamy is a form of union in which several men are married to one woman.

Question 24

Which one of these forms of marriage is the most common in the Western world?

A) Polygamy.
B) Polyandry.
C) Same-sex marriages.
D) Monogamy.

Question 25

The transition of the U.S. from an agricultural nation to a mainly urban nation has drastically changed family life.

Question 26

Tinder has dramatically changed relationship dynamics by facilitating hookup culture but not helping people find long-term partners.

Question 27

In modern America, civil and religious authorities recognize only heterosexual marriages.

Question 28

The diagnosis of the family unit's imminent death seems premature.

Question 29

The family has only two functions.

Question 30

Family patterns evolve to meet the needs of family functions.

Question 31

The rules governing the choice of mates are the same in all societies.

Question 32

A group of persons closely related by marriage, blood, or some other bond is called the:

A) horde.
B) troop.
C) family.
D) state.

Question 33

Family control in the U.S. has gradually shifted toward the partnership form.

Question 34

Serious challenges to the family's survival are realities.

Question 35

Marriage involves little change in roles.

Question 36

Polygamy is the term for the marriage of one husband and one wife.

Question 37

Married couples constitute two-thirds of U.S. families.

Question 38

Polyandry is the term for the marriage of one wife and two or more husbands.

Question 39

Polygamy and same-sex marriages in the U.S. are rejected by all religious faiths.

Question 40

Polygyny occurs between a man and multiple women.

Question 41

There has been a significant decrease in the number of single-parent households.

Question 42

The number of children that couples are willing to have is smaller now than three generations ago.

Question 43

Same-sex marriage is not legal in Canada.

Question 44

Same-sex marriages are now legal in all U.S. states.

Question 45

Throughout history, the family has been the primary social unit.

Question 46

For an increasing number of families, marriage and having children are not necessarily linked.

Question 47

The increase in the number of people living together did not continue after the 1970s.