Exam 11: Families and Intimate Relationships

__________ descent is used in the United States for the purpose of determining kinship and inheritance rights; however, children typically take the father's last name.

Develop a picture of childbearing (including childlessness and being child-free), trends in contraception, and fertility rates in the United States.

The __________ is the family that a person forms by having or adopting children of his or her own.

Comparing 1970 data with 2012 data, the Census Bureau identified a noticeable decline in the number of married-couple households with their own children living with them. This type of household decreased from about 40 percent in 1970 to about __________ in 2011.

Most U.S. family households are made up of a married couple with one or more children under the age of 18.

__________ refers to household arrangements in which an unmarried couple lives together in a committed, sexually intimate relationship and is granted the same rights and benefits as those accorded to married heterosexual couples.

When computing statistics on the composition of U.S. households, foster parents and children are considered relatives.

Which of these would not be considered a microlevel reason for high rates of teenage pregnancy?​

__________ systems are set up in such a manner that a legitimate son inherits his father's property and sometimes his position upon the father's death.

The __________ perspective places important emphasis on the role of parents and other relatives of teaching children the necessary knowledge and skills to survive in society.

Discuss the functionalist perspective on the family, including the perspectives of Durkheim and Parsons. List and define the four basic functions of the family in advanced industrial societies.

__________ is the concurrent marriage of one woman with two or more men.

In __________ systems, inheritance of property and position is usually traced from the maternal uncle (mother's brother) to his nephew (mother's son). In some cases, mothers may pass on their property to daughters.

The cultural practice of marrying within one's own group is called __________.

Bubba married his high school sweetheart, and they have been faithful to each other for 30 years. Their marriage is considered to be __________.

Discuss the emergence of the concept of romantic love within Western culture.

Contrast macrolevel perspectives on marriage (functionalism, conflict, and feminist theory) with microlevel perspectives (symbolic interaction). Highlight the significant differences among them.

In preindustrial societies, __________ provides the primary basis for social organization.

With the advent of industrialization and urbanization, maintaining the __________ family pattern becomes more difficult. Increasingly, young people move from rural to urban areas in search of employment in the industrializing sector of the economy. At that time, the __________ family typically becomes the predominant family pattern in the society.

Most people in the United States tend to choose marriage partners who are similar to themselves. __________ refers to the pattern of individuals marrying those who have similar characteristics, such as race/ethnicity, religious background, age, education, or social class.