Question 1

In traditional societies, parents may arrange the marriages of their very young children.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

In the United States, two-thirds of the children under the age of five of working mothers receive care at a day-care facility.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Research shows that growing up in a single-parent family

Accepted Answer

A) is beneficial to children. 
B) has no effect on children. 
C) can disadvantage children. 
D) is beneficial to boys, but harmful to girls. 
A) is beneficial to children. 
B) has no effect on children. 
C) can disadvantage children. 
D) is beneficial to boys, but harmful to girls.

Question 4

According to the structural-functional approach, which of the following is counted among the tasks of the family?

Accepted Answer

A) socialization of the young 
B) regulation of sexual activity 
C) social placement 
D) All of these are correct. 
A) socialization of the young 
B) regulation of sexual activity 
C) social placement 
D) All of these are correct.

Question 5

Which of the following are reasons for the rise in divorce rates in the United States?

Accepted Answer

A) rising individualism 
B) romantic love often fades. 
C) more women are less economically dependent on men 
D) All of these are correct. 
A) rising individualism 
B) romantic love often fades. 
C) more women are less economically dependent on men 
D) All of these are correct.

Question 6

Which of the following are traits of marriage?

Accepted Answer

A) a legal relationship 
B) sexual activity and childbearing 
C) economic cooperation 
D) All of these are correct. 
A) a legal relationship 
B) sexual activity and childbearing 
C) economic cooperation 
D) All of these are correct.

Question 7

Compared to what it was a century ago, the U.S.divorce rate is now:

Accepted Answer

A) about the same. 
B) half as high. 
C) twice as high. 
D) about three times higher. 
A) about the same. 
B) half as high. 
C) twice as high. 
D) about three times higher.

Question 8

Celebrity couples that we see in the mass media illustrate the fact that

Accepted Answer

A) nuclear families have changed little in recent decades. 
B) most people live in extended families. 
C) families take many, diverse forms. 
D) fewer and fewer people want to live in families. 
A) nuclear families have changed little in recent decades. 
B) most people live in extended families. 
C) families take many, diverse forms. 
D) fewer and fewer people want to live in families.

Question 9

What does social-exchange analysis have to say about the process of courtship? How is mate selection something more than just a matter of individual "love"?

Accepted Answer

Social-exchange analysis suggests that t

Question 10

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 11

Regardless of race, families headed by single women are

Accepted Answer

A) at high risk for poverty. 
B) much larger than other family types. 
C) much smaller than other family types. 
D) likely to experience greater upward social mobility. 
A) at high risk for poverty. 
B) much larger than other family types. 
C) much smaller than other family types. 
D) likely to experience greater upward social mobility.

Question 12

Three out of four people in the United States who divorce remarry at some point.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Singlehood is gaining popularity among young people in the United States.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

What are exogamy and endogamy? Give an example of each.Why do societies have laws about marriage?

Accepted Answer

Exogamy and endogamy are both social pra

Question 15

Most adults in the United States say they want at least three children, although most do not go on to have this many.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Patterns that describe many Latino families include

Accepted Answer

A) strong extended kinship. 
B) rather conventional gender roles. 
C) parental control over children's courtship. 
D) All of these are correct. 
A) strong extended kinship. 
B) rather conventional gender roles. 
C) parental control over children's courtship. 
D) All of these are correct.

Question 17

How does the family perpetuate social inequality with regard to class, gender, and race?

Accepted Answer

The family perpetuates social inequality

Question 18

The most difficult transition in married life is typically:

Accepted Answer

A) the birth of a first child. 
B) the death of a spouse. 
C) the last child leaving home. 
D) retirement. 
A) the birth of a first child. 
B) the death of a spouse. 
C) the last child leaving home. 
D) retirement.

Question 19

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 to the relationship. 
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 to the relationship. 
D) how families regulate sexual activity.

Question 20

In the United States, family violence is

Accepted Answer

A) considered a private, family matter. 
B) a serious, often criminal problem. 
C) no longer considered a serious issue the way it was in past decades. 
D) mostly harmful to men. 
A) considered a private, family matter. 
B) a serious, often criminal problem. 
C) no longer considered a serious issue the way it was in past decades. 
D) mostly harmful to men.

Exam 18: Families

In traditional societies, parents may arrange the marriages of their very young children.

In the United States, two-thirds of the children under the age of five of working mothers receive care at a day-care facility.

Research shows that growing up in a single-parent family

According to the structural-functional approach, which of the following is counted among the tasks of the family?

Which of the following are reasons for the rise in divorce rates in the United States?

Which of the following are traits of marriage?

Compared to what it was a century ago, the U.S.divorce rate is now:

Celebrity couples that we see in the mass media illustrate the fact that

What does social-exchange analysis have to say about the process of courtship? How is mate selection something more than just a matter of individual "love"?

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

Regardless of race, families headed by single women are

Three out of four people in the United States who divorce remarry at some point.

Singlehood is gaining popularity among young people in the United States.

What are exogamy and endogamy? Give an example of each.Why do societies have laws about marriage?

Most adults in the United States say they want at least three children, although most do not go on to have this many.

Patterns that describe many Latino families include

How does the family perpetuate social inequality with regard to class, gender, and race?

The most difficult transition in married life is typically:

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

In the United States, family violence is

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