Exam 11: Families and Intimate Relationships.

From the __________ perspective, parents and other relatives are responsible for teaching children the necessary knowledge and skills to survive.

__________ explain family relationships in terms of the subjective meanings and everyday interpretations that people give to their lives. As sociologist Jessie Bernard pointed out, women and men experience marriage differently.

In industrialized nations such as the United States, most couples hope to live in a/an __________, which is the custom of a married couple living in their own residence apart from both the husband's and the wife's parents.

Compare conflict and feminist perspectives on families.

Feminist explanations of family problems, such as high rates of divorce and overall family instability, focus on __________.

Through a pattern of marriage, divorce, and remarriage, some people practice __________-a succession of marriages in which a person has several spouses over a lifetime but is legally married to only one person at a time.

In regard to housework, sociologist Arlie Hochschild notes that __________.

In the U.S., hiring a surrogate costs more than

Parenthood in the United States is idealized, especially for women. According to sociologist Alice Rossi, __________ is the mark of adulthood for women, whether or not they are employed.

In a(n) __________, the male authority figure acts as head of the household and holds power and authority over the women and children, as well as over other males.

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

The text points out that conflict and feminist analysts __________.

Discuss child-related family issues and parenting.

Compare and contrast the four sociological perspectives as they relate to the family.

__________ refers to family units composed of one or two parents and their dependent children, all of whom live apart from other relatives.

__________ attempt to analyze how does the family influence the individual's self-concept and identity. They examine the roles of husbands, wives, and children as they act out their own roles and react to the actions of others. From such a perspective, what people think, as well as what they say and do, is very important in understanding family dynamics.

Based on the __________, one of the most significant and compelling forms of social placement is the family's social class position and the opportunities (or lack thereof) resulting from that position. Examples of class-related opportunities are access to quality health care, higher education, and a safe place to live.

One of the major concerns of commercial surrogacy is the possible exploitation of the surrogate.

In regard to the family, sociologist Emile Durkheim believed that __________.

Although there has been a great deal of discussion about __________, scholars have found no historical evidence to indicate that true types of this familial power and authority ever existed.