Question 1

According to Aulette,how does the "Greying of America" impact families?

Accepted Answer

A) Grandparents moving to Arizona,Florida or other retirement states means that grandchildren are less likely to interact with grandparents than in earlier times in history. 
B) Family resources needed for elder medical care become less available for the needs of children. 
C) The number of family attachments increase,especially intergenerational links. 
D) The research is mixed with some indicating more stress and strain on families and some indicating less. 
A) Grandparents moving to Arizona,Florida or other retirement states means that grandchildren are less likely to interact with grandparents than in earlier times in history. 
B) Family resources needed for elder medical care become less available for the needs of children. 
C) The number of family attachments increase,especially intergenerational links. 
D) The research is mixed with some indicating more stress and strain on families and some indicating less. C

Question 2

According to C.Wright Mills,an important American sociologist cited by Aulette,

Accepted Answer

A) the micro and macro levels of society are nearly independent of one another. 
B) the macro level affects the micro level,but the micro level has little effect on the macro level. 
C) the micro level affects the macro level,but the macro level has little effect on the micro level. 
D) the micro level and the macro level shape and determine each other. 
A) the micro and macro levels of society are nearly independent of one another. 
B) the macro level affects the micro level,but the micro level has little effect on the macro level. 
C) the micro level affects the macro level,but the macro level has little effect on the micro level. 
D) the micro level and the macro level shape and determine each other. D

Question 3

C.Wright Mills,an important American sociologist cited by Aulette,taught that the focus of sociology should be

Accepted Answer

A) individual lives. 
B) the "lives" of societies. 
C) the relationship between biography and history. 
D) the relationship between demographics and societies. 
A) individual lives. 
B) the "lives" of societies. 
C) the relationship between biography and history. 
D) the relationship between demographics and societies. C

Question 4

The French missionaries in 16th and 17th century American were critical of the family values practiced by the Montagnais-Naskapi Native Americans because they felt that

Accepted Answer

A) the Native American males were too harsh in their treatment of women and children. 
B) polygamy was a sin. 
C) premarital sex was a sin. 
D) the Native American women were too independent. 
A) the Native American males were too harsh in their treatment of women and children. 
B) polygamy was a sin. 
C) premarital sex was a sin. 
D) the Native American women were too independent.

Question 5

In 1850 two percent of the population lived past their sixty-fifth birthday.What percentage does so today?

Accepted Answer

A) 10% 
B) 25% 
C) 50% 
D) 75% 
A) 10% 
B) 25% 
C) 50% 
D) 75%

Question 6

Feminist scholar activists involved with revisioning families are committed to implementing three principles into their research.These include all of the following EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A) Replace the "view from above" with the "view from below." 
B) Minimize harm to those being studied and maximize leveling hierarchies in the research process. 
C) Use multiple measurements with larger samples to increase generalizability of findings. 
D) Integrate research and social action with the intention of changing the status quo. 
A) Replace the "view from above" with the "view from below." 
B) Minimize harm to those being studied and maximize leveling hierarchies in the research process. 
C) Use multiple measurements with larger samples to increase generalizability of findings. 
D) Integrate research and social action with the intention of changing the status quo.

Question 7

The macro level of family sociology focuses on

Accepted Answer

A) the family life of individual families. 
B) individual family members in face-to-face relationships. 
C) social structure including social institutions such as government and the economy. 
D) Both A and B. 
A) the family life of individual families. 
B) individual family members in face-to-face relationships. 
C) social structure including social institutions such as government and the economy. 
D) Both A and B.

Question 8

What percent of households in the U.S.are composed of a father who is in the labor force,a mother who is a housewife,and their children?

Accepted Answer

A) 1% 
B) 7% 
C) 28% 
D) 43% 
A) 1% 
B) 7% 
C) 28% 
D) 43%

Question 9

Juliet Mitchell,cited by Aulette,wrote that four essential social structures are interwoven throughout society and take place in families.Which of the following is NOT one of these activities?

Accepted Answer

A) production 
B) reproduction 
C) violence 
D) socialization 
A) production 
B) reproduction 
C) violence 
D) socialization

Question 10

Scholar activists and feminists have been revisioning the family for over 30 years.A major theme of this revisioning has been to

Accepted Answer

A) challenge the myth of the monolithic family and to appreciate the diversity of families. 
B) replace legal,permanent marriage with cohabitation and renewable contracts. 
C) integrate family into society and society into family. 
D) align families more closely with traditional,Christian values. 
A) challenge the myth of the monolithic family and to appreciate the diversity of families. 
B) replace legal,permanent marriage with cohabitation and renewable contracts. 
C) integrate family into society and society into family. 
D) align families more closely with traditional,Christian values.

Question 11

Aulette asserts that it is important to see families as

Accepted Answer

A) moving through history and constantly changing so we can better understand the changes in our own time. 
B) an unchanging social institution that give us stability through tradition. 
C) swinging between conservative and liberal positions but not going too far in either direction. 
D) independent of society and social policy to give individuals more freedom. 
A) moving through history and constantly changing so we can better understand the changes in our own time. 
B) an unchanging social institution that give us stability through tradition. 
C) swinging between conservative and liberal positions but not going too far in either direction. 
D) independent of society and social policy to give individuals more freedom.

Question 12

About two-thirds of Americans say that they …

Accepted Answer

A) were married in a religious ceremony 
B) expect to be buried with a religious ceremony. 
C) Both A and B above. 
D) None of the above 
A) were married in a religious ceremony 
B) expect to be buried with a religious ceremony. 
C) Both A and B above. 
D) None of the above

Question 13

Which of the following political views takes the position that parents should be most responsible for their own children,with little interference from other institutions like schools and the government,and women should focus on the role of mother?

Accepted Answer

A) Conservative. 
B) Liberal 
C) Feminist 
D) Socialist 
A) Conservative. 
B) Liberal 
C) Feminist 
D) Socialist

Question 14

Aulette cites Stephanie Coontz who criticizes both the conservative and liberal positions.Which of the following is/are her criticisms of the liberal position?

Accepted Answer

A) The liberal model does not acknowledge the kinds of changes in our values that will be necessary to alter the economic context so that it supports families drowning in debt and declining wages. 
B) The liberal model promotes too many diverse family structures. 
C) The liberal model supports community responsibility for children. 
D) A and B above. 
A) The liberal model does not acknowledge the kinds of changes in our values that will be necessary to alter the economic context so that it supports families drowning in debt and declining wages. 
B) The liberal model promotes too many diverse family structures. 
C) The liberal model supports community responsibility for children. 
D) A and B above.

Question 15

Which of the following positions reflects the liberal position?

Accepted Answer

A) Focuses on the practical and economic needs of families. 
B) Parents should be most responsible for their own children with little interference from other institutions like schools and the government. 
C) Promotes a family structure in which the husband is the primary provider and the wife is the primary nurturer. 
D) B and C above. 
A) Focuses on the practical and economic needs of families. 
B) Parents should be most responsible for their own children with little interference from other institutions like schools and the government. 
C) Promotes a family structure in which the husband is the primary provider and the wife is the primary nurturer. 
D) B and C above.

Question 16

Aulette asserts that families are political institutions in two ways,including which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A) At the macro-level,families have a political relationship to the rest of society and the at the micro-level families include internal political relationships. 
B) The husband's perspective most often connects their family and the economy while the wife's perspective most often connects their family with other families. 
C) The politics of society determine family policy while the politics of the family determine a given family's contribution to society. 
D) The politics of social structure and the politics of social dynamics. 
A) At the macro-level,families have a political relationship to the rest of society and the at the micro-level families include internal political relationships. 
B) The husband's perspective most often connects their family and the economy while the wife's perspective most often connects their family with other families. 
C) The politics of society determine family policy while the politics of the family determine a given family's contribution to society. 
D) The politics of social structure and the politics of social dynamics.

Question 17

In her classic book,The Feminine Mystique,Betty Friedan described the white,middle-class families as

Accepted Answer

A) "natural,functioning families." 
B) "functional prostitution." 
C) "a pedestal for women." 
D) "comfortable concentration camps." 
A) "natural,functioning families." 
B) "functional prostitution." 
C) "a pedestal for women." 
D) "comfortable concentration camps."

Question 18

Which of the following is an example of one of the questions sociologists ask when looking at how the macro level affects the micro level?

Accepted Answer

A) How do family members treat each other? 
B) How does our society shape our family lives? 
C) How do people seeking solutions to problems their families face create change in their society? 
D) What ideas about families are being promoted by individuals and organizations for the purpose of changing social policy? 
A) How do family members treat each other? 
B) How does our society shape our family lives? 
C) How do people seeking solutions to problems their families face create change in their society? 
D) What ideas about families are being promoted by individuals and organizations for the purpose of changing social policy?

Question 19

Social structure includes

Accepted Answer

A) laws that allow some people to marry but not others. 
B) media messages we are sent about acceptable ways for husbands and wives to treat each other. 
C) technology available for housework. 
D) all of the above. 
A) laws that allow some people to marry but not others. 
B) media messages we are sent about acceptable ways for husbands and wives to treat each other. 
C) technology available for housework. 
D) all of the above.

Question 20

The myth that families are monolithic refers to the belief that

Accepted Answer

A) all families are basically the same. 
B) only one way of organizing families is the most prevalent,natural and beneficial for humans. 
C) the best family is one in which the father is a breadwinner and the mother is a housewife. 
D) All of the above. 
A) all families are basically the same. 
B) only one way of organizing families is the most prevalent,natural and beneficial for humans. 
C) the best family is one in which the father is a breadwinner and the mother is a housewife. 
D) All of the above.

According to Aulette,how does the "Greying of America" impact families?

According to C.Wright Mills,an important American sociologist cited by Aulette,

C.Wright Mills,an important American sociologist cited by Aulette,taught that the focus of sociology should be

The French missionaries in 16th and 17th century American were critical of the family values practiced by the Montagnais-Naskapi Native Americans because they felt that

In 1850 two percent of the population lived past their sixty-fifth birthday.What percentage does so today?

Feminist scholar activists involved with revisioning families are committed to implementing three principles into their research.These include all of the following EXCEPT

The macro level of family sociology focuses on

What percent of households in the U.S.are composed of a father who is in the labor force,a mother who is a housewife,and their children?

Juliet Mitchell,cited by Aulette,wrote that four essential social structures are interwoven throughout society and take place in families.Which of the following is NOT one of these activities?

Scholar activists and feminists have been revisioning the family for over 30 years.A major theme of this revisioning has been to

Aulette asserts that it is important to see families as

About two-thirds of Americans say that they …

Which of the following political views takes the position that parents should be most responsible for their own children,with little interference from other institutions like schools and the government,and women should focus on the role of mother?

Aulette cites Stephanie Coontz who criticizes both the conservative and liberal positions.Which of the following is/are her criticisms of the liberal position?

Which of the following positions reflects the liberal position?

Aulette asserts that families are political institutions in two ways,including which of the following?

In her classic book,The Feminine Mystique,Betty Friedan described the white,middle-class families as

Which of the following is an example of one of the questions sociologists ask when looking at how the macro level affects the micro level?

Social structure includes

The myth that families are monolithic refers to the belief that

A History of Usfamilies With a Focus on European Americans

A History of Usfamilies With a Focus on African Americans

Families and the Economic System

Families and the Organization of Race Ethnicity,class,and Gender

Work and Family

Housework

Love and Sex

Marriage

Divorce and Remarriage

Violence in Families

Parents

Children

Families,family Policy,and the State

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Exam 1: How to Study Families in the Twenty-First Century

According to Aulette,how does the "Greying of America" impact families?

According to C.Wright Mills,an important American sociologist cited by Aulette,

C.Wright Mills,an important American sociologist cited by Aulette,taught that the focus of sociology should be

The French missionaries in 16th and 17th century American were critical of the family values practiced by the Montagnais-Naskapi Native Americans because they felt that

In 1850 two percent of the population lived past their sixty-fifth birthday.What percentage does so today?

Feminist scholar activists involved with revisioning families are committed to implementing three principles into their research.These include all of the following EXCEPT

The macro level of family sociology focuses on

What percent of households in the U.S.are composed of a father who is in the labor force,a mother who is a housewife,and their children?

Juliet Mitchell,cited by Aulette,wrote that four essential social structures are interwoven throughout society and take place in families.Which of the following is NOT one of these activities?

Scholar activists and feminists have been revisioning the family for over 30 years.A major theme of this revisioning has been to

Aulette asserts that it is important to see families as

About two-thirds of Americans say that they …

Which of the following political views takes the position that parents should be most responsible for their own children,with little interference from other institutions like schools and the government,and women should focus on the role of mother?

Aulette cites Stephanie Coontz who criticizes both the conservative and liberal positions.Which of the following is/are her criticisms of the liberal position?

Which of the following positions reflects the liberal position?

Aulette asserts that families are political institutions in two ways,including which of the following?

In her classic book,The Feminine Mystique,Betty Friedan described the white,middle-class families as

Which of the following is an example of one of the questions sociologists ask when looking at how the macro level affects the micro level?

Social structure includes

The myth that families are monolithic refers to the belief that

A History of Usfamilies With a Focus on European Americans

A History of Usfamilies With a Focus on African Americans

Families and the Economic System

Families and the Organization of Race Ethnicity,class,and Gender

Work and Family

Housework

Love and Sex

Marriage

Divorce and Remarriage

Violence in Families

Parents

Children

Families,family Policy,and the State

Filters