Exam 10: Families

In early hunting and gathering societies, women's economic contributions were not highly valued.

The family is regulated and controlled in many ways, both by the state and by popular values and moralities. Discuss how this occurs through the presence or absence of policy, and how emerging family arrangements are challenging the primacy of the nuclear family in an ever-changing society.

Dario is the breadwinner in a working-class family, being responsible for the income necessary to look after his wife and three children. Which of the following would think that this was an ideal situation?

A main feature of the modern family is a requirement for two incomes. What consequence has this produced for families?

Family relations in preindustrial societal families were primarily relations of work.

In 2009, Winston Blackmore of Bountiful, British Columbia was charged with polygamy. Which of the following would be produced in court as evidence for a guilty verdict?

Families can prosper or fail depending on societal circumstances and social policy. Compare family policies found in Western Europe with those of Canada.

Last year, David's mom decided to divorce his father. David knew it was coming because of the physical abuse she had endured over their 30-year marriage. He had accompanied her to the court house, and helped her file the paperwork. What reason would be given in order to obtain a divorce decree?

In 2001, Elton woke up his partner John and excitedly said, "Hurry up and get some clothes on-we're going to get married." What country were Elton and John living in?

According to Statistics Canada, recent marriages have a nearly 40 percent chance of ending in divorce.

Which province in Canada has exceptionally high rates of cohabitation?

The functionalist theory of the family argues that the nuclear family form exists because of the important functions it performs for the larger society.

For a class assignment, Joshua was required to provide a critique of the functionalist perspective of families. Which of the following would he NOT include as one of his arguments?

Miranda is recently divorced and trying to find a balance between her job and her work caring for two children. She has had to move into a smaller apartment and take a second job. According to your text, what is the one thing that Miranda will likely be unable to provide for her children, despite their need for it?

Which approach subscribes to the widely believed commonsense notion that the nuclear family is the best unit in which to raise children?

According to Talcott Parsons, which of the following is an important function of the family?

Same-sex parents are able to foster and adopt children through the Children's Aid Society.

For her term paper, Giselle decided to analyze the family utilizing a symbolic interactionist perspective. Which of the following would she be researching and writing about?

Throughout most of human history, why did people marry?

Which of the following is an income support plan for families that is NOT found in Canada?