Exam 2: Exploring Relationships and Families

The research method called __________ is possible when the researcher has a large amount of control over the various aspects of the phenomena under study.

Suzanne and Paul obtained a complete list of all 500 students in their marriage and family class. Starting with the first student on the list, each student was assigned a number ranging from 1 to 500. Then, Paul and Suzanne selected for their study every 10ᵗʰ number on the list. Clearly, they were trying to ensure that their research

You have been trying to encourage a classmate to enroll in the marriage and family course you are presently taking. Your friend states that he does not need to learn about families because he knows all he needs to know from his own "experience." Present an argument against personal experience as a means to adequately understand marriage and families. Describe what it means to study families based on scientific investigation and briefly describe a variety of techniques used in scientific investigations.

The __________ perspective is focused on several things, including confronting and reducing oppression and patterns of subordination based on such factors as social class, race, and ethnicity, age and sexual orientation.

A photograph in the text depicts a mother and her children waiting patiently for medical attention in a neighborhood clinic. Which group of scholars might speculate about the woman's personal power and resources relative to others in her family?

The view that the family is an enduring social institution because of the important tasks it performs for society-economic security, emotional support, socialization of children-is the __________ perspective.

Which of the following theoretical perspectives is concerned with the impact of family policy?

A photograph in the text depicts a mother and her children waiting patiently for medical attention in a neighborhood clinic. Which group of scholars might speculate about whether the child seems to be secure, insecure/anxious or avoidant towards the mother?

A photograph in the text depicts a mother and her children waiting patiently for medical attention in a neighborhood clinic. Which group of scholars would likely note that the woman is in the child-rearing stage of the family life cycle?

Exploring the discrimination against women, inside the family and in the broader culture, is the focus of the __________ perspective.

WCollecting data over a period of years using documented materials would reflect a(n)

Which of the following is NOT a style of relating, according to attachment theory?

As modern human settlement occurs, roads and houses are built, and utility lines are strung. This activity illustrates the __________ environment.

According to the family development life course theory, the __________ stage of the family life cycle comes to an end with the arrival of the first child.

Typically, deductive reasoning is associated with qualitative research, and inductive reasoning, with quantitative research.

The __________ perspective sees the family as a social institution that performs certain essential functions for a society.

The central focus of the feminist perspective is __________ issues.

The central purpose of the __________ is to overcome researchers' blinders, or biases.

Our beliefs about families, based on our own personal experience, are usually accurate.

Empirical evidence includes things we know intuitively, that cannot be verified with our senses.