Exam 2: Exploring Relationships and Families

The __________ perspective has its roots in Charles Darwin's principle of the survival of the fittest.

"Experimental groups" and "control groups" are terms associated with naturalistic observation.

__________ posits that during infancy and childhood a young person develops a general style of attaching to others, which persists in adulthood

Which of the following is NOT among the eight theoretical perspectives on the family discussed in the text?

A possible disadvantage of the family ecology perspective is that it is __________.

A "control group" is most likely to be found in which of the following?

The climate, soil, plants, and animals are all part of the __________ environment

Which is NOT among one of the environments surrounding a typical family, according to the family ecology perspective?

From the family systems perspective, the parts of a family are seen as making a whole that is more than the mere sum of its parts.

Which of the following is NOT a neighborhood risk factor which puts children at greater risk for negative outcomes including violence?

The __________ perspective looks at the family as a whole; for change to occur, the family system as a whole must change.

Think of a family-related topic and consider how you might study it. What theoretical perspective would you use to help frame your research questions? What research methods and data gathering techniques would you use?

The most generalizable findings are most likely to be found in a survey with

Family researchers will often generate a __________, or "educated guess" about the way things are, based on their theoretical orientation.

Representative samples (like Gallup polls) are important to family survey research because they are most likely to

Language, law, and social and economic systems are all part of the __________ environment.

When engaging in __________, sociologists analyze large sets of data gathered previously by other researchers

A potential bias of case studies is that people who present themselves for counseling may differ in important ways from those who do not.

Exchange theory stresses the importance of __________ in family relationships.

The interaction-constructionist perspective looks only at the interaction between the family and the family's external environment.