Question 1

Research shows that growing up in a single-parent family

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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 2

Mounting research suggests that cohabitation

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A) strengthens a couple's commitment to one another. 
B) may actually discourage marriage. 
C) increases the financial security of children. 
D) All of these responses are correct. 
A) strengthens a couple's commitment to one another. 
B) may actually discourage marriage. 
C) increases the financial security of children. 
D) All of these responses are correct.

Question 3

In 2012,a majority of people in the United States say that they oppose dating between black and white people.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

In the United States,family violence is

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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.

Question 5

A larger share of children in the United States are born to unmarried parents than in Sweden.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Grandmothers have an especially important role in African American families.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Polyandry unites in marriage one female with two or more males in marriage.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Almost all adults who abuse children typically have what in common?

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A) They are middle class. 
B) They are women. 
C) They were abused themselves as children. 
D) They were married at a very young age. 
A) They are middle class. 
B) They are women. 
C) They were abused themselves as children. 
D) They were married at a very young age.

Question 9

Romantic love is the basis of marriage in preindustrial societies.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

The recent trend in racially mixed marriages has been

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A) upward-the numbers are increasing. 
B) stable-the numbers are holding steady. 
C) downward-the numbers are falling. 
D) rising in good economic times,and falling in bad economic times. 
A) upward-the numbers are increasing. 
B) stable-the numbers are holding steady. 
C) downward-the numbers are falling. 
D) rising in good economic times,and falling in bad economic times.

Question 11

Social conflict and feminist theories explain that families perpetuate social inequality in U.S.society through

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A) inheritance of private property. 
B) encouraging patriarchy. 
C) passing on racial and ethnic inequality. 
D) All of these responses are correct. 
A) inheritance of private property. 
B) encouraging patriarchy. 
C) passing on racial and ethnic inequality. 
D) All of these responses are correct.

Question 12

The term "empty nest" refers to

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A) families whose children have grown and left home. 
B) women who choose to remain single. 
C) women who marry,but choose to remain childless. 
D) couples who are unable to have a child. 
A) families whose children have grown and left home. 
B) women who choose to remain single. 
C) women who marry,but choose to remain childless. 
D) couples who are unable to have a child.

Question 13

Describing the lives of working-class women,Lillian Rubin reported that the typical woman said she wanted a husband who

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A) would confide in her. 
B) was handsome. 
C) had a steady job and was not violent. 
D) was rich. 
A) would confide in her. 
B) was handsome. 
C) had a steady job and was not violent. 
D) was rich.

Question 14

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

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

Question 15

The Chapter -opening story of Rosa Yniguez,who came from Mexico to live and raise her three children in California,makes the point that

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A) family patterns often change among immigrants to this country. 
B) Hispanic women avoid forming families. 
C) today's Latinas are having more and more children. 
D) All of these responses are correct. 
A) family patterns often change among immigrants to this country. 
B) Hispanic women avoid forming families. 
C) today's Latinas are having more and more children. 
D) All of these responses are correct.

Question 16

Regardless of race,families headed by single women are

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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 17

A system of marriage that unites one woman with two or more men is called

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

Question 18

Around the world,most marriages have been polygamous.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

The family is a social institution that is found in:

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

Question 20

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

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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.

Exam 18: Families

Research shows that growing up in a single-parent family

Mounting research suggests that cohabitation

In 2012,a majority of people in the United States say that they oppose dating between black and white people.

In the United States,family violence is

A larger share of children in the United States are born to unmarried parents than in Sweden.

Grandmothers have an especially important role in African American families.

Polyandry unites in marriage one female with two or more males in marriage.

Almost all adults who abuse children typically have what in common?

Romantic love is the basis of marriage in preindustrial societies.

The recent trend in racially mixed marriages has been

Social conflict and feminist theories explain that families perpetuate social inequality in U.S.society through

The term "empty nest" refers to

Describing the lives of working-class women,Lillian Rubin reported that the typical woman said she wanted a husband who

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

The Chapter -opening story of Rosa Yniguez,who came from Mexico to live and raise her three children in California,makes the point that

Regardless of race,families headed by single women are

A system of marriage that unites one woman with two or more men is called

Around the world,most marriages have been polygamous.

The family is a social institution that is found in:

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

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