Deck 1: The Changing World of Families

Question 1

The case of Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings illustrates:

A) Bonds of affection are critical to the definition of family.
B) Families are socially constructed.
C) Who is "in" and who is "out" of a family is best left to legal authorities.
D) Both a and b are true

Answer 1

Both a and b are true

Question 2

When asked to define their families, the single mothers in Karraker and Grochowski's research often:

A) Excluded the father of their child.
B) Included the mother of the father of their child.
C) Included close friends and neighbors.
D) Applied the U.S. Bureau of the Census to their definition of family.

Answer 2

Included close friends and neighbors.

Question 3

Cultural agents shape our impression of families through:

A) Excluding images of dysfunctional families.
B) Emphasizing images of functional families.
C) Revealing families in all their rich diversity.
D) Television, YouTube, and other mass media.

Answer 3

Television, YouTube, and other mass media.

Question 4

In 2010, the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis:

A) Distributed a CD advocating social policies to support gay and lesbian families.
B) Overturned long-standing opposition to marriage between Catholics and non-Catholics.
C) Released a statement opposing the involvement of religious organizations in social policy debates.
D) Was active in supporting efforts to restrict marriage to a man and a woman.

Question 5

In 2010, President Barack Obama:

A) Re-authorized "don't ask, don't tell."
B) Signed a ban on gays in the military.
C) Signed a directive requiring hospitals that receive federal funding to recognize gay and lesbian partners of their patients.
D) Went on record as opposing gay marriage.

Question 6

Murdock's cross-cultural research on families:

A) Emphasized the reproductive functions of families, at the expense of their economic functions.
B) Fails to represent the diverse nature of families in the 21^st century.
C) Remains the standard by which family scientists define family.
D) Was based on studies of families in 150 societies.

Question 7

Families face which of the following demographic changes in the 21^st century?

A) Decreased fertility and decreased longevity.
B) Decreased fertility and increased longevity.
C) Increased fertility and decreased longevity.
D) Increased fertility and increased longevity.

Question 8

Migration in the United States today:

A) Is higher today than ever before in history.
B) Remains a "man's club," with few women migrating alone.
C) Stands at 3.4/1,000 for the preceding decade.
D) Stands at 34/1,000 for the preceding decade.

Question 9

Which of the following racial or ethnic groups is the most likely to be married and living with a spouse?

A) Asians
B) Blacks
C) Hispanics
D) Whites

Question 10

American society:

A) Adheres to firm categories of race.
B) Continues to confront the central place of racism and colorism.
C) Has long had an understanding of what it means to be biracial.
D) Requires individuals to identify with one race on the Census.

Question 11

Egalitarian gender roles are associated with:

A) Decreased fertility intentions among men.
B) Decreased fertility intentions among women.
C) Decreased marital stability among men.
D) Decreased marital stability among women.

Question 12

Which of the following concerning LGBTQ families is true?

A) Boys growing up in LGBTQ families are more likely to be gay than straight.
B) Girls growing up in LGBTQ families are more likely to be lesbian than straight.
C) LGBTQ families are more similar to than different from other families.
D) LGBTQ families experience more interpersonal conflict than heterosexual families.

Question 13

Multisectionality refers to:

A) Collins' concept of a matrix of domination.
B) Multiple boundaries of immigration, race and ethnicity, gender, and sexual orientation.
C) The practice among transnational families who live across borders.
D) Both a and b

Question 14

Ethnocentrism is:

A) A condition in which an oppressed group rises up beyond adversity.
B) An ethic to which family scientists should aspire.
C) Made easier by the fact that diversity among families is limited to a minority of families in American society.
D) Prevents us from understanding and supporting families.

Question 15

Writing on "Children of Suffering Families, " Brother Patrick Sean Moffett found:

A) Children travel with their families, even when they travel alone.
B) Eventually, children separated from their families "get over it" and move on.
C) Some children are actually better off without their families.
D) Southern parents fail to develop adequate parenting skills.

Question 16

Freymeyer and Johnson:

A) Describe how many Southern families believe that the Civil War was a just cause.
B) Find Southern families to be better adjusted and more kind than Northern families.
C) Provide a humorous look at how region can shape family experiences.
D) Write disparagingly of Southern families.

Question 17

Larney's research:

A) Found that war can create a "legacy of silence" between children and parents.
B) Examined the families of 50 Gulf War veterans.
C) Found effects on daughters, but not sons, educational attainment.
D) Revealed that war has remarkably little effect on adult development.

Question 18

Coontz, author of The Way We Never Were, argues that:

A) Families are in decline, to the great detriment of society.
B) Families have always been changing and are in transition even today.
C) The concept of a strategic living community is a myth.
D) We need to return to the earlier days of families that were more romantic.

Question 19

Which of the following is NOT part of the interdiscipline of family studies?

A) Anthropology
B) Business
C) Communication studies
D) All of the above are part of the interdiscipline of family studies.

Question 20

An integrated model of family studies includes:

A) Demographics, race, and sexuality.
B) Migrant and transnational families.
C) Political science, law, and public policy.
D) Educators, practitioners, policy makers, researchers, and families.