Question 1

What is a blended family?

Accepted Answer

A blended family, also known as a stepfa

Question 2

Among Christians in the 17th and 18th centuries in New England,adultery was considered:

Accepted Answer

A) prescribed for many different kinds of illness. 
B) a source of community gossip. 
C) a serious crime. 
D) a personal offense to the woman's family. 
E) culturally acceptable. 
A) prescribed for many different kinds of illness. 
B) a source of community gossip. 
C) a serious crime. 
D) a personal offense to the woman's family. 
E) culturally acceptable.

Question 3

What are the benefits and challenges of an arranged marriage? Using India as an example,discuss how the marriage relationship might be altered in having an arranged marriage rather than a marriage of individual choice.Consider the role of the families as well as the couple.

Accepted Answer

Arranged marriages have both benefits an

Question 4

What is the positive outcome of having strict religious rules that regulate sexual relations?

Accepted Answer

The positive outcomes of having strict r

Question 5

Your mother's sister's child is your parallel cousin.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

The Nayar family consists only of affinal relatives.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

In India,it is understood that matches (marriages)would be arranged only within the same caste and general social class.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Single-parent households make up almost 12% of the households in the U.S.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Under cross-cousin marriage,the sister's son is also the:

Accepted Answer

A) brother's daughter's husband. 
B) mother's sister's son. 
C) husband's cousin. 
D) father's brother's aunt. 
E) sister's son's son. 
A) brother's daughter's husband. 
B) mother's sister's son. 
C) husband's cousin. 
D) father's brother's aunt. 
E) sister's son's son.

Question 10

How does Levi-Strauss explain exogamy?

Accepted Answer

Claude Lévi-Strauss, a French anthropolo

Question 11

Marriage within a particular group of individuals is called:

Accepted Answer

A) incest. 
B) exogamy. 
C) endogamy. 
D) polygamy. 
E) monogamy. 
A) incest. 
B) exogamy. 
C) endogamy. 
D) polygamy. 
E) monogamy.

Question 12

Among which group do same-sex marriages provide acceptable positions in society for individuals who might otherwise be marginalized?

Accepted Answer

A) Zulu 
B) Ju/'hoansi 
C) Tlingit 
D) Nandi 
E) Paiute 
A) Zulu 
B) Ju/'hoansi 
C) Tlingit 
D) Nandi 
E) Paiute

Question 13

The most preferred form of marriage around the world is:

Accepted Answer

A) polyandry. 
B) monogamy. 
C) group marriage. 
D) polygyny. 
E) serial marriage. 
A) polyandry. 
B) monogamy. 
C) group marriage. 
D) polygyny. 
E) serial marriage.

Question 14

In which of the following circumstances would you expect to find the custom of bride price?

Accepted Answer

A) A bride and groom leave the community after marriage and set up their own household in a distant city or village area. 
B) A bride and groom go to live with the bride's people. 
C) A bride and groom go to live with the groom's people. 
D) A bride and groom go to live with the bride's mother's brother. 
E) A bride and groom live in separate houses and do not cohabitate. 
A) A bride and groom leave the community after marriage and set up their own household in a distant city or village area. 
B) A bride and groom go to live with the bride's people. 
C) A bride and groom go to live with the groom's people. 
D) A bride and groom go to live with the bride's mother's brother. 
E) A bride and groom live in separate houses and do not cohabitate.

Question 15

Which of the following statements about the Nayar is correct?

Accepted Answer

A) When a Nayar girl reaches the age of menstruation,she leaves her home and goes to live with her husband. 
B) The Nayar girl's brother is always considered the legal father and primary supporter of her children. 
C) The men with whom a Nayar woman enters into formalized sexual relationships become obligated to support her and her children economically. 
D) A man must give a Nayar girl gifts three times a year to formalize the sexual relationship. 
E) The Nayar women raise their female children,while the Nayar men raise the male children. 
A) When a Nayar girl reaches the age of menstruation,she leaves her home and goes to live with her husband. 
B) The Nayar girl's brother is always considered the legal father and primary supporter of her children. 
C) The men with whom a Nayar woman enters into formalized sexual relationships become obligated to support her and her children economically. 
D) A man must give a Nayar girl gifts three times a year to formalize the sexual relationship. 
E) The Nayar women raise their female children,while the Nayar men raise the male children.

Question 16

The Western ideal that an individual should be free to marry whomever he or she chooses is not universally embraced.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

How are cousins viewed as marriage partners cross-culturally?

Accepted Answer

Cousin marriage is viewed differently cr

Question 18

What type of family is typically found among traditional horticultural,agricultural,and pastoral societies around the world?

Accepted Answer

A) Nuclear 
B) Extended 
C) Matrilineal 
D) Neolocal 
E) Tributary 
A) Nuclear 
B) Extended 
C) Matrilineal 
D) Neolocal 
E) Tributary

Question 19

Distinguish among bride price,dowry,and bride service.

Accepted Answer

Bride price, dowry, and bride service ar

Question 20

Describe the marriage system of the Nayar.

Accepted Answer

The Nayar, a matrilineal society in the

Exam 19: Sex, Marriage, and Family

What is a blended family?

Among Christians in the 17th and 18th centuries in New England,adultery was considered:

What are the benefits and challenges of an arranged marriage? Using India as an example,discuss how the marriage relationship might be altered in having an arranged marriage rather than a marriage of individual choice.Consider the role of the families as well as the couple.

What is the positive outcome of having strict religious rules that regulate sexual relations?

Your mother's sister's child is your parallel cousin.

The Nayar family consists only of affinal relatives.

In India,it is understood that matches (marriages)would be arranged only within the same caste and general social class.

Single-parent households make up almost 12% of the households in the U.S.

Under cross-cousin marriage,the sister's son is also the:

How does Levi-Strauss explain exogamy?

Marriage within a particular group of individuals is called:

Among which group do same-sex marriages provide acceptable positions in society for individuals who might otherwise be marginalized?

The most preferred form of marriage around the world is:

In which of the following circumstances would you expect to find the custom of bride price?

Which of the following statements about the Nayar is correct?

The Western ideal that an individual should be free to marry whomever he or she chooses is not universally embraced.

How are cousins viewed as marriage partners cross-culturally?

What type of family is typically found among traditional horticultural,agricultural,and pastoral societies around the world?

Distinguish among bride price,dowry,and bride service.

Describe the marriage system of the Nayar.

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