Question 1

What are three social functions of the family?

Accepted Answer

The family serves several important soci

Question 2

The concept "homogamy" means that

Accepted Answer

A)  people marry because they benefit from being married. 
B)  women usually marry older men. 
C)  people marry others who are socially like themselves. 
D)  most marriages are based on romantic love. 
A)  people marry because they benefit from being married. 
B)  women usually marry older men. 
C)  people marry others who are socially like themselves. 
D)  most marriages are based on romantic love.

Question 3

Native residential schools are largely responsible for Aboriginal elders losing their authority in families.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Why do more Canadian households contain a single person?

Accepted Answer

There are several factors contributing t

Question 5

In today's high-income nations, children are

Accepted Answer

A)  an economic asset. 
B)  an economic liability. 
C)  able to earn more than what parents spend to raise them. 
D)  leaving home to go to work earlier in life than ever before. 
A)  an economic asset. 
B)  an economic liability. 
C)  able to earn more than what parents spend to raise them. 
D)  leaving home to go to work earlier in life than ever before.

Question 6

Today's baby boomers are often called the "sandwich generation" because

Accepted Answer

A)  of their love of fast food. 
B)  they do not easily mix family and work responsibilities. 
C)  their families rarely eat meals together. 
D)  they spend time caring for both children and aging parents. 
A)  of their love of fast food. 
B)  they do not easily mix family and work responsibilities. 
C)  their families rarely eat meals together. 
D)  they spend time caring for both children and aging parents.

Question 7

What is the effect of industrialization on the number of children in a typical family?

Accepted Answer

A)  Families have more children. 
B)  Families have the same number of children. 
C)  Families have fewer children. 
D)  Families no longer care about how many children they have. 
A)  Families have more children. 
B)  Families have the same number of children. 
C)  Families have fewer children. 
D)  Families no longer care about how many children they have.

Question 8

A system of marriage that unites two partners is called

Accepted Answer

A)  polygyny. 
B)  polygamy. 
C)  polyandry. 
D)  monogamy. 
A)  polygyny. 
B)  polygamy. 
C)  polyandry. 
D)  monogamy.

Question 9

Identify at least four factors that are related to the high divorce rate in Canada.

Accepted Answer

1. Changing societal norms and attitudes

Question 10

The dominant residential form in Canada is neolocality.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

The family is a social institution that is found in

Accepted Answer

A)  most but not all societies. 
B)  about half of human societies in the world today. 
C)  high-income nations but not in most low-income nations. 
D)  every society. 
A)  most but not all societies. 
B)  about half of human societies in the world today. 
C)  high-income nations but not in most low-income nations. 
D)  every society.

Question 12

In Canada, a recent trend involving parenting is that

Accepted Answer

A)  women are having more children. 
B)  women are marrying earlier in life. 
C)  more adults are delaying having children or choosing to remain childless. 
D)  most men are now marrying before age 20. 
A)  women are having more children. 
B)  women are marrying earlier in life. 
C)  more adults are delaying having children or choosing to remain childless. 
D)  most men are now marrying before age 20.

Question 13

Why do some analysts (especially those guided by the structural-functional approach) describe the family as "the backbone of society"? That is, what important things do families do for society? To what degree could other social institutions (including government) perform these tasks in place of the family?

Accepted Answer

Some analysts, especially those guided b

Question 14

Parents and children form an extended family.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Assume you were visiting a society in which people traced family ties only through women. This society would correctly be called

Accepted Answer

A)  patrilocal. 
B)  matrilineal. 
C)  matrilocal. 
D)  polygynous. 
A)  patrilocal. 
B)  matrilineal. 
C)  matrilocal. 
D)  polygynous.

Question 16

Over the past century, ____________ has mattered less and less to those choosing a marriage partner.

Accepted Answer

A)  class 
B)  race 
C)  gender 
D)  ethnicity 
A)  class 
B)  race 
C)  gender 
D)  ethnicity

Question 17

Sexual activity outside marriage is called infidelity.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

In 1989, which country became the first to permit legal same-sex partnerships with many of the benefits of marriage?

Accepted Answer

A)  Denmark 
B)  Canada 
C)  Sweden 
D)  the United States 
A)  Denmark 
B)  Canada 
C)  Sweden 
D)  the United States

Question 19

Feminist analysis links the operation of the family to patriarchy.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

A social-exchange analysis of family life is likely to consider

Accepted Answer

A)  how families keep society as a whole operating. 
B)  how families perpetuate social inequality. 
C)  how individuals select partners who offer about as much as they do. 
D)  how families regulate sexual activity. 
A)  how families keep society as a whole operating. 
B)  how families perpetuate social inequality. 
C)  how individuals select partners who offer about as much as they do. 
D)  how families regulate sexual activity.

Exam 18: Family

What are three social functions of the family?

The concept "homogamy" means that

Native residential schools are largely responsible for Aboriginal elders losing their authority in families.

Why do more Canadian households contain a single person?

In today's high-income nations, children are

Today's baby boomers are often called the "sandwich generation" because

What is the effect of industrialization on the number of children in a typical family?

A system of marriage that unites two partners is called

Identify at least four factors that are related to the high divorce rate in Canada.

The dominant residential form in Canada is neolocality.

The family is a social institution that is found in

In Canada, a recent trend involving parenting is that

Parents and children form an extended family.

Assume you were visiting a society in which people traced family ties only through women. This society would correctly be called

Over the past century, ____________ has mattered less and less to those choosing a marriage partner.

Sexual activity outside marriage is called infidelity.

In 1989, which country became the first to permit legal same-sex partnerships with many of the benefits of marriage?

Feminist analysis links the operation of the family to patriarchy.

A social-exchange analysis of family life is likely to consider

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