Exam 2: U.S Families: Historical Origins, Changes, and Contemporary Issues

The cult of domesticity during the Victorian era encouraged men to spend more time at home with their wives and children.

The text takes the position that the family in the United States is not merely changing but is declining as well.

Human capital refers to the network of social relationships (e.g., kinship networks, friendship networks, community networks, political networks, etc.) that can be used to help monitor external environment, find assistance in times of need, and create opportunities for enhancing or expanding goals and outcomes.

How are families in the U.S. affected by other social institutions? Do families also affect these other institutions? Explain.

An __________ status system is based on family connections and assigned at birth.

The _______ curriculum focuses on obedience to rules versus individual moral decision making, respect for authority versus questioning authority, and success through competition versus through cooperation.

Policies such as the 1986 Immigrant Marriage Fraud Amendment and the Patriot Act of 2001 have endangered which group of immigrant women:

As society became more formal and rational, the emphasis was shifted from an expressive self to an instrumental self.

The European marriage pattern was characterized by

Accumulated goods or resources that can be used to satisfy human needs, respond to stressor events or crises, and acquire additional resources in the future are called _________.

A social meaning of marriage places the source of authority in

The term family, as used in census reporting, refers to

The _____________ function of the family has been taken over by schools, daycares, and even television.

A ___________ welfare regime places responsibility for social support on a free market system.

There is more conflict about marital gender roles today than in the past.

In rural communities, the family is a central institution around which all life revolves.

Religious and conservative political attitudes underlie much of the opposition to same sex marriage.

Traditional gender roles are consistent with a secular view of marriage.

How is the family defined by the U.S. census? How does a family differ from a household?

Women, aged 55 and older, are much more likely to be _______ than men in the same age group.