Exam 9: Families

Describe the trends of the marriage, divorce, and fertility rates in Canada since the latter half of the nineteenth century.

Describe the social factors that make mate selection less than a free choice.

Functionalists say that the decline of the nuclear family is responsible for increased rates of crime, illegal drug use, and poverty. Conflict theorists challenge this view, saying which of the following about the emergence of new family forms?

There is a clear trade-off between expensive family support policies and low taxes. The degree of one or the other is a reflection of political preferences. No country can support both.

Over the past 40 years women around the world have become more independent. This has changed the expectations that many women bring to marriage. Which of the following best describes what these changed expectations mean to women?

What percentage of violent crime in Canada reported to police involves spousal violence?

Canada's abortion rate is at about 15 per 1000 women between the ages of 15 and 44. How is this rate compared to the rates of most other countries?

Outline the five social forces underlying marital satisfaction.

Describe Canada's position compared to nations around the world with respect to family support policies.

Tanis and Brad are in love and have just moved into an apartment together but have no interest in getting married. What do we call their situation?

In which of the following countries have problems associated with nuclear family decline been averted?

Jim's grandfather, Peter, was telling him about what life was like after World War II. It was then that he met his future wife, Jim's grandmother Alexandra. If Peter and Alexandra were like the majority of couples who married in Canada after the war, what was most likely to have been the reason they married?

Charles and Samantha have been together as a couple for over two years. They are in love and both want to spend their lives together, possibly have children. Compared to couples in the same situation in 1981, which of the following is most likely to be true with respect to their decision to marry or live together in a common-law relationship?

The significant negative effects of low levels of social support, family dysfunction, and parental depression are experienced more often by children in which of the following types of families?

Feminists have concluded that only a "genuine gender revolution" can alter social structures that support gender inequality.

According to Murdock, there is a division of labour in marriage because women are ill prepared to accomplish certain physically demanding tasks, and men possess superior strength and therefore perform physically demanding tasks. Which function of marriage does this illustrate?

Feminist and conflict theorists have applauded trends that encourage a gender revolution. Explain what aspects of the gender revolution will have a positive impact on reducing spousal violence.

In what type of family do a mother, father, children, and grandparents all live in the same household?

Discuss the impact that World War II and its aftermath had on family patterns in Canada.

Explain when and why love became an important component of marriage.