Exam 15: Summing It Up: Families and the Sociological Imagination

The quandaries of Susan and her son, as described in the opening vignette of Chapter 15, reveal isolated personal problems, in contrast to Marie and her children, who are experiencing large-scale social problems.

List the ways that women on welfare manage the stigma, according to the feature box?

HIV infection patterns in sub-Saharan Africa reveal a "sexual mixing pattern" which means:

One of the reasons that girls in sub-Saharan Africa are becoming HIV-infected younger and dying earlier than boys is "sexual mixing," which means ________.

The author of the text believes that there will be a sharp increase in the likelihood of mothers working outside the home.

Liam is independent, creative, intelligent, and has a great sense of humor. According to a family strengths perspective, these are examples of family protective factors.

In the opening vignette of Chapter 15, we met Susan and her son John, who was born in a homeless shelter. They were caught in the catch-22 predicament of the homeless, meaning ________.

According to the author of the text, she predicts that the divorce rate will continue to:

A report by the United Nations reveals that the number of people in the world with HIV climbed to over 33 million persons, and is a particular crisis in the ________ region of the world.

The number of subsidized housing units has increased during the early 2000s, so most people who need housing assistance are helped relatively quickly.

Learning how other societies structure families, how they collectively think about families, how they encourage members to interact, and how they deal with the challenges families face can provide insight into our own patterns and family concerns. This is the premise of social exchange theory.

Special programs in the U.S. for poor mothers, or a mentally or physically disabled child, are examples of selective programs.

What are family protective factors?

Which of the following best illustrates that families are both a public social institution and a private personal relationship at the same time?

There are at least four (4)reasons why other developed countries have such lower teenage pregnancy rates than the U.S., including __________.

Family scholars would rather rely upon an empirical approach to understanding families, rather than relying on common sense or personal experience. What does an empirical approach mean?

You are trying to explain to your dad that sex and gender are significant dimensions of social equality. He scoffs at your ideas. What evidence would you show him?

Families are both a public institution and a private personal relationship.

Which of the following is TRUE about Cesarean section births?

Poverty is quickly becoming a women's problem, as the term ________ suggests.