Deck 15: Families

Question 1

According to functionalists,which family form is ideally suited to raise successive generations of appropriately socialized offspring?

A) the polygamous family
B) the traditional nuclear family
C) the extended family
D) the nuclear family

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Kyle and Ashley are married with one child,and both work full-time at a medical practice they share with three other doctors.What type of family is exemplified here?

A) the nuclear family
B) the traditional nuclear family
C) the extended family
D) the patriarchal family

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Ram and Padma have saved enough money for a down payment on a large suburban home with a basement suite.It has enough room for their sons to both live comfortably with their wives and small children as well,and the family shares the household tasks and earned income equitably.What type of family do these people exemplify?

A) a nuclear family
B) a traditional nuclear family
C) an extended family
D) a polygamous family

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Mario and Francesca,both artists who work from a home studio,do not believe in marriage but live together and have two children together.What kind of family is exemplified here?

A) a patriarchal family
B) a traditional nuclear family
C) an extended family
D) a nuclear family

Question 5

Reverend John Smith speaks passionately from the pulpit about moral decay,the evils of women neglecting their children,and the decline of the family,urging parishioners to teach their children about the urgency of protecting the family as they know it.What kind of family is John Smith almost certainly speaking about?

A) the nuclear family
B) the traditional nuclear family
C) the extended family
D) the traditional extended family

Question 6

Paul lives in British Columbia in a small farming community where all of the men of marriageable age are encouraged to take more than one wife and produce as many offspring as God sees fit to bless them with.What type of family has Paul been encouraged to form?

A) a nuclear family
B) a traditional nuclear family
C) an extended family
D) a polygamous family

Question 7

In Canada in 2009,what percentage of homicides occurred within family or other intimate relationships?

A) 20 percent
B) 30 percent
C) 40 percent
D) 50 percent

Question 8

What do we call a married couple with children,where the husband works outside the home for pay,while the wife works in the home,taking care of children and domestic responsibilities for no pay?

A) a nuclear family
B) a traditional nuclear family
C) an extended family
D) a matriarchal family

Question 9

When textbook author Lance Roberts was growing up in an Edmonton suburb in the 1950s,what shattered the conformity of his beliefs about family life?

A) women working outside the home
B) unmarried couples living together
C) blended families
D) stay-at-home fathers

Question 10

If people worry that the family is in decline,what type of reform are they most likely to pressure government for?

A) stronger penalties for criminals and young offenders
B) changes to child tax and family allowance benefits
C) changes to divorce and abortion laws
D) a return to traditional education curriculum

Question 11

Marta has recently immigrated to Canada along with her parents and her young son.They share a house and she and her father work as janitors,while her mother takes care of Marta's son.What type of family do these people exemplify?

A) a nuclear family
B) a traditional nuclear family
C) an extended family
D) a polygamous family

Question 12

Amarjit works part-time as a data-entry clerk at the company where her husband is a full-time computer programmer.They have two children.What kind of family is exemplified here?

A) the extended family
B) the matriarchal family
C) the nuclear family
D) the traditional nuclear family

Question 13

What do we call a couple who cohabit together,have a socially approved sexual relationship,and have at least one child?

A) a nuclear family
B) a traditional nuclear family
C) an extended family
D) a patriarchal family

Question 14

Based on the graphs depicting families in 1901,which of the following would be the most common type of family?

A) married couple Ruairi and Shannon who have five children
B) married couple Sylvie and George who have no children
C) widowed Constance who has four children
D) cohabitating Edward and William who have no children

Question 15

Consider the film Walk the Line (2005).With regard to their relationship to Johnny Cash,what type of family did the Cashes exemplify?

A) a matriarchal family
B) an inter-ethnic family
C) an extended family
D) a nuclear family

Question 16

Consider the film Walk the Line (2005).With regard to their relationship with Johnny Cash,what type of family did the Carters exemplify?

A) a matriarchal family
B) a linear family
C) an extended family
D) an inter-ethnic family

Question 17

Dr.Phillips explains to his Sociology of Families class that the main tasks of the family are to create the situation where couples can have socially approved sexual relations and produce children whom they will socialize into cultural norms,cooperate economically,and provide each other with emotional support.What theory does Dr.Phillips subscribe to?

A) symbolic interactionism
B) conflict theory
C) functionalist theory
D) feminist theory

Question 18

Based on the graphs depicting families in 2006,which of the following would be the most common type of family?

A) married couple Ruairi and Shannon who have five children
B) married couple Sylvie and George who have no children
C) widowed Constance who has four children
D) cohabitating Edward and William who have no children

Question 19

Theodore works as a mechanic,while his wife Francine stays at home with their three children.What type of family is exemplified here?

A) the extended family
B) the matriarchal family
C) the nuclear family
D) the traditional nuclear family

Question 20

According to the textbook's analysis of family sitcoms on television from the 1950s to today,what is the main conclusion?

A) TV families today are increasingly unhappy.
B) TV families today are more diverse.
C) TV families today are smaller.
D) TV families today are more engaged in activities outside the home.

Question 21

What was concluded to be the most effective unit of social organization for foraging societies?

A) the nuclear family
B) the extended family
C) the band
D) the married couple

Question 22

While there is a gendered division of labour in foraging societies,what else is there evidence of?

A) The gendered division of labour is increasing.
B) The gendered division of labour is disappearing.
C) Men often tend to babies and children.
D) Women are usually the hunters and fishers.

Question 23

What is the main feature of a foraging society?

A) That they generally have a maximum of 1000 members.
B) That they have equitable gendered relations.
C) That men produce approximately 80 percent of the food.
D) That women have few privileges.

Question 24

What happened with marriage rates and age at first marriage during the post-World War II years?

A) They began a long-term upward trend.
B) They began a long-term downward trend
C) They experienced a short-term interruption of previous trends.
D) They experienced a continuing downward trend.

Question 25

Trends in marriage,divorce,and childbearing in Canada show a gradual weakening of the nuclear family form in the second half of the 1800s until the mid-1940s,and then continued weakening after the 1950s.What does this phenomenon imply with regard to the immediate post-World War II period?

A) It is a radical change.
B) It is historically atypical.
C) It is cyclical.
D) It is conservative.

Question 26

Which of the following functions is executed in private in foraging societies?

A) economic cooperation
B) socialization of children
C) reproduction
D) decisions about hunting

Question 27

In the immediate post-World War II period in Canada,employment and personal income reached an all-time high,as did home ownership.Which of the following also accompanied these developments?

A) a marriage boom
B) high rates of divorce
C) egalitarianism in marriage
D) a rise in extended families

Question 28

Which of the following groups was most likely to participate in the "orgy of domesticity"?

A) employed women
B) middle-class women
C) polygamous women
D) non-white women

Question 29

Wilbur,a staunch Marxist,agrees with Engels about how society must change to usher in gender equality.What does he believe must be eliminated in order to bring about this revolution?

A) religion
B) bureaucracy
C) private property
D) money

Question 30

By 1949,Nancy and Frank had four children,just like most of the other couples in their neighbourhood.According to the textbook,which of the following countries were they most likely to live in?

A) New Zealand
B) Australia
C) Canada
D) the United States

Question 31

Lisbet has done a lot of research and argues with her classmates that gender inequality predates capitalism.Which theoretical perspective are her views in line with?

A) functionalism
B) Marxism
C) feminism
D) postmodernism

Question 32

Summer of '42 (1971)is a coming-of-age drama.What significance is attached to this year,from the point of view of family sociology?

A) Marriage rates hit an all-time high.
B) Divorce rates began to decline.
C) Fertility rates hit an all-time high.
D) Fertility rates began to decline.

Question 33

Friedrich Engels maintained that once men began to build up a concentration of wealth,they became concerned with how to pass that wealth on to their legitimate sons.How did Engels believe men could safely pass their wealth on to their sons?

A) only by allowing women equal rights at work
B) only by controlling their wives sexually and economically
C) only by creating egalitarian families
D) only by shifting from capitalist to socialist economies

Question 34

What happened with regard to fertility in Canada in 1961?

A) It peaked.
B) It dropped.
C) It stabilized.
D) It increased.

Question 35

When did employment and personal income peak in Canada?

A) 1940s
B) 1950s
C) 1960s
D) 1990s

Question 36

Which two philosophies are at the root of the idea that marriage should be based on romantic love?

A) communism and egalitarianism
B) conservatism and familialism
C) traditionalism and collectivism
D) liberalism and individualism

Question 37

Rhonda argues that the traditional nuclear family has always been a site for gender conflict and social inequality.As a fan of Engels's work,what does she believe is the cure for these ills that oppress women?

A) a shift from capitalism to communism
B) a shift from a money economy to a bartering economy
C) a cultural shift where property is controlled by women
D) a cultural shift where men take on most domestic duties

Question 38

Murdock stated that the nuclear family in 250 societies is founded on a socially approved,long-term sexual and economic relationship between a man and a woman.What was he referring to?

A) marriage
B) cohabitation
C) kinship ties
D) bi-lateral descent

Question 39

Marilyn and John have bought a beautiful house in the suburbs.While John works all day at an office in the city,Marilyn devotes herself to keeping the house and children scrubbed,preparing gourmet meals,wallpapering the den,ironing the household laundry,and reading books about how to keep her marriage functioning smoothly.What is Marilyn engaged in?

A) the housewife's cult
B) the domestic affair
C) the cult of the suburban life
D) the orgy of domesticity

Question 40

All Tyler can think about is when he will finally meet the woman of his dreams so they can fall deeply in love,marry,and raise perfect children.According to the textbook,which Hollywood-fuelled desire is Tyler strongly exhibiting?

A) self-aggrandizement
B) self-promotion
C) self-awareness
D) self-gratification

Question 41

Some experts conclude that marital happiness leads to sexual compatibility.What does the textbook argue?

A) This result is in dispute.
B) This relationship is probably reciprocal.
C) Sexual compatibility is not overly important in marriage.
D) Many successful marriages have only mediocre sexual compatibility.

Question 42

According to the textbook,why is marital stability today more dependent upon having a "happy" marriage than merely having a "useful" marriage?

A) because the marriage market has become more competitive
B) because the usual places for people to meet have become more heterogeneous
C) because women have become more autonomous and financially independent
D) because men have become more demanding and are looking for a true partner

Question 43

Today,what does marital stability most depend upon?

A) dual-earner potential
B) marital satisfaction
C) not having children
D) social mobility

Question 44

Because war has been associated with primarily male fatalities,what else is it associated with,with regard to relationships?

A) women marrying outside their group
B) third-party arrangement of marriage
C) women becoming lesbians
D) love being less of a factor in mate selection

Question 45

What was the sole ground available for divorce with the 1985 amendment to the Canadian Divorce Act?

A) gross addiction
B) abandonment
C) marital breakdown
D) sexual deviance

Question 46

In what country are citizens most likely to report that they would marry someone they were not in love with if the person had all the qualities they were looking for in a mate?

A) Pakistan
B) India
C) Thailand
D) the Philippines

Question 47

Consider the textbook's discussion of "new property." Which of the following will be most helpful for Jeanette as she divorces Walter?

A) an extended health plan that includes therapy
B) half of the family furnishings and other assets
C) half of the family savings and pension
D) a dental hygienist degree

Question 48

Approximately what percentage of Internet users in 2009 reported finding their current intimate partner online?

A) 5 percent
B) 15 percent
C) 25 percent
D) 35 percent

Question 49

Which of the following married couples is the most likely to share domestic responsibilities equitably?

A) Bryan and Ricardo, who have engineering degrees
B) Jyoti and Kash, who have college certificates
C) Joanie and Byron, who have high-school diplomas
D) Ricky and Bernice, who have grade 7 and grade 9 educations

Question 50

Which of the following married couples experiences the least marital satisfaction?

A) Bob and Josie, married with no children
B) Robina and Raj, married with preschool children
C) Michelle and Jake, married with primary-school-age children
D) Leo and Danielle, married with adolescent children

Question 51

Today,people are freer than at any other time to fall in love and marry anyone they desire.What role do social forces play in these opportunities that people are faced with?

A) social forces expand choices
B) social forces constrain choices
C) social forces simply simply provide choices
D) social forces ensure that choices are non-existent

Question 52

Ellen met Jerry working at a local pub and quickly discovered they both were graduate students at the same university.They dated for two years before deciding to get married.What sociological term refers to the workplace and university in this example?

A) local dating spaces
B) local dating pools
C) local marriage markets
D) local matrimony settings

Question 53

In nations with high levels of individualism,what is the essential basis for marriage?

A) sexual compatibility
B) high levels of attraction
C) love
D) social compatibility

Question 54

According to the textbook,which of the following is one of the three sets of forces that most influence who people will fall in love with and marry?

A) family resources
B) political resources
C) physical attraction
D) demographic factors

Question 55

Which of the following societal changes make it more likely that Samantha will demand a happy marriage and not just a useful marriage?

A) the emergence of private property in marriage
B) the introduction of the birth control pill
C) the rise of the traditional nuclear family
D) a growing trend towards marriage outside the group

Question 56

With which of the following does the probability of marrying within one's own group increase?

A) geographic mobility
B) geographic concentration
C) social mobility
D) individualism

Question 57

What topic do families most frequently argue about?

A) discipline of children
B) money
C) in-laws and other relatives
D) where to live

Question 58

Following divorce,which of the following groups is most often responsible for paying child support?

A) custodial mothers
B) custodial fathers
C) non-custodial fathers
D) non-custodial mothers

Question 59

Shoshana and Benjamin have just gotten married.How long can they look forward to being married before they can expect to feel increased pressure to divorce?

A) two years
B) five years
C) seven years
D) ten years

Question 60

What was a result of a change in federal divorce laws in the late 1960s and mid-1980s?

A) an increased divorce rate
B) a decreased divorce rate
C) a decreased marriage rate
D) an increased marriage rate

Question 61

According to Murray Straus (1994),what are high levels of wife assault associated with in the larger society?

A) low levels of class inequality
B) high levels of class inequality
C) low levels of gender inequality
D) high levels of gender inequality

Question 62

What was the ruling of the Ontario Court of Appeal on the issue of corporal punishment of children by parents,teachers,and other caregivers?

A) Corporal punishment is legal.
B) Corporal punishment is illegal.
C) Corporal punishment is legal but bruises or contusion must not be sustained by the child.
D) Corporal punishment is illegal except in severe circumstances such as when a child is acting out and could cause danger to him- or herself.

Question 63

Many men participate in unpaid labour around the home.What is significant about much of their contributions?

A) They can often be delayed.
B) They are confined to the "dirty jobs."
C) They are not important.
D) They tend to feminize men.

Question 64

Which of the following groups are medical professionals most likely to discourage from using reproductive technologies?

A) heterosexual common-law couples
B) lower-income couples
C) same-sex married couples
D) inter-ethnic couples

Question 65

Why might the negative effects on children's well-being following divorce be declining over time?

A) because the number of children impacted by divorce is declining
B) because there are more supports in place for children of divorce at school
C) because there is significantly less social stigma attached to divorce
D) because parents have social supports they can turn to following divorce

Question 66

Based on cross-cultural research and past history,if the abortion laws in Canada were repealed,what would be the most likely outcome?

A) Women would stop having abortions.
B) Women would stop needing abortions.
C) Abortions would be carried out in secret, often dangerous circumstances.
D) Women would travel long distances to places where abortion was legal.

Question 67

Simone is sexually assaulted by her date and gets pregnant as a result.Based on the research,which of the following people is most likely to support her decision to abort?

A) her stay-at-home mom
B) her classmates at school
C) a female principal at her school
D) a male teacher at her school

Question 68

According to some analysts discussed in the textbook,which of the following is needed to decrease non-payment of child support?

A) Canada needs to implement more stringent laws about enforcing payments.
B) Canada needs to implement a strategy for full employment and better-paid employment.
C) Canada needs to create a system that grants equal custody, thereby rendering payment from one parent to another irrelevant.
D) Canada needs to tighten up divorce laws, making it more difficult to obtain, thus reducing the need for child support.

Question 69

In what year was abortion decriminalized in Canada?

A) 1890
B) 1967
C) 1989
D) 1993

Question 70

In which of the following couples is the gender gap in domestic labour likely to be the smallest?

A) a male professor and his high-school-educated wife who stays at home
B) a female professor and her computer-programmer husband
C) a high-school-educated female cab driver and her security guard husband
D) a male auto mechanic and his stenographer wife

Question 71

According to the textbook,what has the existence of various reproductive technologies caused many people in society to rethink?

A) the nature of the family
B) the importance of children
C) the costs involved in childrearing
D) the importance of all-consuming careers

Question 72

Simon is infertile,so he and his wife Lucy are using donor sperm to mix with Lucy's ova in a petri dish to create embryos that will then be transferred into Lucy's uterus.What is this method of reproduction called?

A) parthenogenesis
B) artificial insemination
C) in vitro fertilization
D) surrogate motherhood

Question 73

According to the textbook,what do we call the need of one partner to control another,which makes violent attacks likely,frequent,and severe?

A) violent resistance
B) common couple violence
C) patriarchal terrorism
D) intimate terrorism

Question 74

In some parts of the world,ultrasound and amniocentesis are used to detect the growing fetus's sex in utero.What is the name for this kind of reproductive technology?

A) fetal screening
B) parthenogenesis
C) in vitro fertilization
D) surrogate motherhood

Question 75

Which of the following right-to-life activists are most likely to commit violence in the name of preventing abortions?

A) adult males
B) adult females
C) teen girls
D) teen boys

Question 76

In which of the following situations are children deemed to be economic assets?

A) in a modern urban setting
B) in a highly industrialized setting
C) in an agricultural setting
D) in a rural, non-agricultural setting

Question 77

According to the research,which of the following children is the most likely to experience significant distress?

A) Jamie, whose parents are together and who fight viciously in front of him all the time
B) Sam, whose tense parents are planning to divorce and who keep their arguments confined to when he is not home
C) April, whose parents have been divorced since she was three and who never sees her father
D) Melody, whose parents recently divorced and whose parents have set up a schedule so that she sees each of them equally, and who are both involved with her school

Question 78

Calliope and George are excited because Calliope's sister has offered to be implanted with Calliope's and George's frozen embryos and carry the baby to term,surrendering the baby to them after birth.What is this method of reproduction called?

A) parthenogenesis
B) artificial insemination
C) in vitro fertilization
D) surrogate motherhood

Question 79

Which of the following is one of the four main reproductive technologies discussed in the textbook?

A) surrogate motherhood
B) surrogate screening
C) artificial fertilization
D) virtual insemination

Question 80

Leslie and Lisa are excited to be going to the clinic so that Leslie can have their gay friend's sperm inserted into her vaginal canal.What is this method of reproduction called?

A) parthenogenesis
B) artificial insemination
C) in vitro fertilization
D) surrogate motherhood