Deck 14: Families and Households

Question 1

A nuclear family describes a household consisting of:

A) Parents, children and grandparents
B) A single parent household
C) A male breadwinner, female homemaker and caregiver and children
D) A family with same sex parents

Answer 1

C

Question 2

In sociology the term household usually refers to:

A) The physical structure that provides groups of people or individuals with shelter
B) The people who live in the same house
C) A person's extended family
D) The sociological study of families

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Boundaries are:

A) Fixed
B) Both inclusive and exclusive
C) Inclusive
D) Exclusive

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Families of choice refer to:

A) Families with adopted children
B) Boundaries surrounding who is considered family members based on choice rather the ascribed relationships
C) Ascribed relationships
D) Families whose members are biologically related

Question 5

Which theorist proposed the concept of personal life?

A) Lynn Jamieson
B) Ulrich Beck
C) Carol Smart
D) Elisabeth Beck-Gernsheim

Question 6

Which concept focuses on what families do:

A) Active theory
B) Household practices
C) Family trends
D) Family practices

Question 7

Which theory argues that the gendered patterns of divisions of labour within households is due to individuals making decisions on what benefits their households the most?

A) Rational choice theory
B) Gender role theory
C) Cost-benefit theory
D) Labour division theory

Question 8

Which concept discusses that families have to present their familiar relationships, as they may not be obviously recognizable to others?

A) Family presentation
B) The concept of display
C) The concept of family expression
D) Family flaunting

Question 9

Which theory that argues that people's behavioural patterns are linked to social expectations?

A) Social expectation theory
B) Social behavioral theory
C) Social pattern theory
D) Role theory

Question 10

Families that do not conform to traditional heteronormative binaries are called:

A) Queer families
B) Blended families
C) Nuclear families
D) Non-conformist families