Question 1

Which of the following is one of the five principles of the life course theory?

Accepted Answer

A)   Human development occurs throughout life.
B)   Individuals have little or no control over the course of their lives.
C)   The same events affect individuals and families in the same way.
D)   Individuals construct their lives through social interactions with family members. A

Question 2

Which of the following, according to Goode (1982), is a reason why societies that industrialize fail the needs of families?

Accepted Answer

A)   The industrial system treats workers as members of a family.
B)   Few employers offer childcare and other work-life programs that assist women in the workforce.
C)   The elderly are forced to work to survive.
D)   children are forced to work to survive. B

Question 3

Which of the following would be considered a "stem family"?

Accepted Answer

A)   A large group of people who are related by blood living together.
B)   A family that runs a small shop while the rest of the members move on or stay behind.
C)   A family in which the male head of household is absent.
D)   A family where children are raised by their grandparents. B

Question 4

Which of the following statements capture the essence of family theory in 1950s North America?

Accepted Answer

A)   Family is based upon economic inequality..
B)   It is willfully ignorant of family violence and the dissatisfaction of women.
C)   It is largely derived from the structural functionalist school.
D)   The extended family is the ideal family arrangement.

Question 5

Statistics Canada's (1996) Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics (SLID) is an example of which sociological research approach?

Accepted Answer

A)   the life course approach
B)   examining family dynamics from multiple perspectives
C)   longitudinal data collection on family diversity
D)   post-modern theory

Question 6

Which of the following of Murdock's basic relationships of family are defined by two adults of different sexes whom maintain a socially approved sexual relationship, and have one or more children, own or adopted?

Accepted Answer

A)   economic cooperation
B)   communal living
C)   reproduction
D)   co-residence

Question 7

Which of the following policies was the Canadian government enforcing when Aboriginal children were forced into residential schools?

Accepted Answer

A)   Aboriginal traditional family values
B)   forced assimilation
C)   cultural integration of Aboriginal and Canadian families
D)   Aboriginal family reunification

Question 8

Which of the following describes how Durkheim saw the family as social institution?

Accepted Answer

A)   a religious creation
B)   a natural creation
C)   a social creation
D)   an illusionary concept

Question 9

Elaborate on how Marx and Engels theorized the development of monogamous relationships between husbands and wives.

Accepted Answer

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Question 10

Which of the following is a consequence of women being traditionally defined as the primary kin-keepers in a household?

Accepted Answer

A)   Children maintain closer contacts with their mothers when they grow old.
B)   If their parents' separate, grown children tend to visit both parents equally.
C)   Fathers are relied upon by young children more than mothers.
D)   Children grieve more when their mothers die than when their fathers die.

Question 11

Which of the following statements about Canadian families is correct?

Accepted Answer

A)   Families are valued because they provide economic and emotional benefits.
B)   Family relations are decreasing in importance.
C)   Young people value family life less than older people.
D)   Older people are rejecting traditional family life.

Question 12

Which of the following, according to Cheal, have sociological theories of the family been heavily influenced by since the 1970s?

Accepted Answer

A)   globalization
B)   capitalism
C)   feminism
D)   post-modernism

Question 13

Which of the following was a popular way of thinking about the family prior to the 1850s?

Accepted Answer

A)   symbolic interactionism, which focused on the roles of each family member
B)   matriarchies where women were thought to hold the most authority
C)   capitalism and the economy as the main force of family formation
D)   Judeo-Christian religious beliefs largely characterized by patriarchy theory

Question 14

Which of the following is a benefit of the life course approach to studying family relations?

Accepted Answer

A)   It captures the myriad ways in which a family experience can be interpreted by its members.
B)   It recognizes that families do not stay the same over time.
C)   it focuses on the functions that families play in society.
D)   It allows comparison of different cohorts in society.

Question 15

What is an advantage of studying families from the perspective of different members?

Accepted Answer

A)   It explores the ways in which family's cope with external forces and new requirements.
B)   it can track changes in the family as individual members age.
C)   It reveals the differences in how family members interpret shared experiences.
D)   It views the family as existing within a broad social network.

Question 16

Briefly elaborate on what structural functionalists refer to as the "golden age "of the nuclear family.

Accepted Answer

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Question 17

Which criteria does the United Nations (1991) use to define families?

Accepted Answer

A)   Blood relations
B)   Socioeconomic functions
C)   Household structure
D)   Sociocultural factors

Question 18

Briefly elaborate on Engel's connection between food surplus and family inheritance.

Accepted Answer

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Question 19

Which of the following theories recognizes shared meaning between family workers?

Accepted Answer

A)   Symbolic interactionism
B)   Marxist theory
C)   Feminist theory
D)   Post-modem theory

Question 20

What happened to the family as industrialization continued in the nineteenth century?

Accepted Answer

A)   Families became more important than work.
B)   Families increasingly worked together in family-run businesses.
C)   Family and work became more intertwined.
D)   Family and work became more separate.

Exam 1: Families and Family-Like Relationships