Exam 16: Marriage and Family

From a sociological perspective of marriage and divorce, to what does the term continuities refer?

Kim is the child of Asian American parents. When she misbehaves, how will her parents most likely discipline her?

Frank, Jim, Martha and Louise occupy the same apartment, sharing routine chores such as cooking, cleaning and laundry. Each contributes a share of their earnings to pay utilities and food costs. Sociologists would describe this group as a ________.

John was adopted as an infant by the Smiths, and has always considered them his real family. What do sociologists classify the Smith family as it is regarded by John?

In the small town of Brandon sociologists are collecting data on single-parent families vs. two-parent families. They are comparing their incomes and number of children each has. Each of the components they are studying are part of what sociologists refer to as the family __________.

What is machismo and how does it change in progressive generations?

In the family men are more likely than women to initiate violence.

Research shows divorced fathers often eventually stop seeing their children altogether.

How many U.S. states still have laws prohibiting same-sex marriage?

What is the sandwich generation?

With the need for independence and greater opportunity, children are leaving home at an earlier age and less likely to return home after they leave.

Generally speaking, in which families would elders play the most active role in rearing their grandchildren?

Match the term with the definition. 1) household 2) family 3) family of orientation 4) family of procreation 5) monogamy 6) neolocal residence 7) endogamy 8) exogamy 9) system of descent 10) egalitarian society 11) gendered division of labor 12) adultolescent 13) blended family 14) cohabitation 15) sandwich generation -A) a family in which a person grows up B) the practice of couples establishing a new home following marriage apart from the groom's or bride's family C) how kinship is traced over generations D) the practice of marrying outside one's group E) people who occupy the same housing unit F) a form of marriage in which there is only one spouse G) authority equally divided between people or groups, such as between husband and wife H) couples who care for dependent children at home and aging parents as well I) the arrangement where men and women have separate and specific responsibilities in a marriage J) the practice of marrying within one's own group K) a family whose members were once part of other families L) two or more people related by blood, marriage, or adoption M) unmarried couples living in a sexual relationship N) another name for boomerang children who return to the empty nest after first living on their own O) the family formed when a couple's first child is born

Among all family groups, Native Americans are the most likely to be permissive with their children and avoid physical punishment.

What are some of the reasons for the increase in cohabiting before marriage?

Ivan is the son of working class parents. What is the likely method his parents will use in his rearing?

The chances of divorce increase as the level of one's education and income increases.

What qualities do polyandry and polygyny share and how do they differ?

Asian American families are more likely to adopt the practice of ________, which is the Confucian value meaning each member of a family owes respect to other family members.

A common sociological finding in Latino family research is ___________is more important in determining family life than being Latino or one's country of origin.