Exam 15: Families and Intimate Relationships

In postindustrial societies,the primary form of social organization is through kinship ties-which refer to a social network of people based on common ancestry,marriage,or adoption.

In 2004,California became the first state to make same-sex marriages legal.

__________ is the subdiscipline of sociology that attempts to describe and explain patterns of family life and variations in family structure.

Define divorce and explain the major causes of divorce in the United States.

In horticultural and agricultural societies,__________ are extremely important; having a large number of family members participate in food production may be essential for survival.

In regards to family violence,which of the following statements is FALSE?

Social scientist David Elkind describes the postmodern family as __________-capable of being diffused or invaded in such a manner that an entity's original purpose is modified or changed.

The __________ refers to family units that are composed of relatives in addition to parents and children who live in the same household.

All of the following statements regarding kinship are true EXCEPT that:

Across cultures,__________ is most common.In al-Barba,a lower-middle-class neighborhood in the Jordanian city of Irbid,the high cost of renting an apartment or building a new home has resulted in many sons building their own living quarters onto their parents' home,resulting in multi-family households.

Based on Census Bureau data,the people who are most likely to cohabit are:

Few societies have residential patterns known as __________ residence,which refers to the custom of a married couple living in the same household (or community) as the wife's parents.

Descent and inheritance rights are intricately linked with patterns of power and authority in families.Across cultures,the most prevalent pattern of power and authority in families is:

Describe love and intimacy,and compare cohabitation and domestic partnerships.

A system of tracing descent through both the mother's and father's sides of the family is referred to as bilateral descent.

In the United States,most people practice __________.They marry people who come from the same social class,racial/ethnic group,religious affiliation,and other categories considered important within their own social group.

A comparison of Census Bureau data from 1980 to 2010 shows that there has been __________ in the percentage of U.S.households comprising a married couple with their own children under eighteen years of age.

__________ is the concurrent marriage of a person of one sex with two or more members of the opposite sex.

In regard to women's and men's perceptions about romantic love,sociologist Francesca Cancian points out that:

The __________ is the family that a person forms by having or adopting children.