Question 1

Among American Indians who migrate from reservations to cities,a common pattern is

Accepted Answer

A) strong extended kinship. 
B) a fluid,or changing,household. 
C) starting to use kin terms for unrelated people who live together. 
D) All of these responses are correct. 
A) strong extended kinship. 
B) a fluid,or changing,household. 
C) starting to use kin terms for unrelated people who live together. 
D) All of these responses are correct.

Question 2

Following structural-functional theory,the family

Accepted Answer

A) operates to perpetuate social inequality. 
B) is important enough to be called the backbone of society. 
C) encourages patriarchy. 
D) All of these responses are correct. 
A) operates to perpetuate social inequality. 
B) is important enough to be called the backbone of society. 
C) encourages patriarchy. 
D) All of these responses are correct.

Question 3

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 4

Typically,industrial societies make use of which of the following systems to trace ancestry?

Accepted Answer

A) bilateral descent 
B) matrilineal descent 
C) patrilineal descent 
D) neolocality 
A) bilateral descent 
B) matrilineal descent 
C) patrilineal descent 
D) neolocality

Question 5

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

In traditional regions of many lower-income countries,such as Sri Lanka,marriage

Accepted Answer

A) has little to do with romantic love. 
B) is unknown. 
C) is delayed until the people reach their thirties. 
D) almost always ends in divorce. 
A) has little to do with romantic love. 
B) is unknown. 
C) is delayed until the people reach their thirties. 
D) almost always ends in divorce.

Question 7

Looking ahead twenty years in the United States,we can predict with confidence that

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A) the divorce rate will drop dramatically. 
B) most people will not marry. 
C) family life will be diverse. 
D) women will play an ever-smaller role in child rearing. 
A) the divorce rate will drop dramatically. 
B) most people will not marry. 
C) family life will be diverse. 
D) women will play an ever-smaller role in child rearing.

Question 8

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

Question 9

The concept "endogamy" refers to marriage between

Accepted Answer

A) people of the same sex. 
B) people of different social categories. 
C) people of the same social category. 
D) people related by birth. 
A) people of the same sex. 
B) people of different social categories. 
C) people of the same social category. 
D) people related by birth.

Question 10

Men are more likely to be killed by a spouse,partner,or ex-partner than women.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Endogamy refers to the pattern of people marrying partners from the same social category.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

People include as "kin" others to whom they are linked by

Accepted Answer

A) ancestry. 
B) marriage. 
C) adoption. 
D) All of these responses are correct. 
A) ancestry. 
B) marriage. 
C) adoption. 
D) All of these responses are correct.

Question 13

Kinship is based on common ancestry,marriage,or adoption.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

David Popenoe's research suggests that the weakest families on Earth may be found in

Accepted Answer

A) the United States. 
B) Japan. 
C) Sweden. 
D) Great Britain. 
A) the United States. 
B) Japan. 
C) Sweden. 
D) Great Britain.

Question 15

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 16

The incest taboo

Accepted Answer

A) exists only in industrial societies. 
B) is found in all societies. 
C) is found among all living species. 
D) is defined the same way in all societies. 
A) exists only in industrial societies. 
B) is found in all societies. 
C) is found among all living species. 
D) is defined the same way in all societies.

Question 17

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 18

More than half of people in the United States who divorce remarry,most within four years.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

A family composed of one or two parents and their children is called

Accepted Answer

A) a nuclear family. 
B) an extended family. 
C) a family of affinity. 
D) a consanguine family. 
A) a nuclear family. 
B) an extended family. 
C) a family of affinity. 
D) a consanguine family.

Question 20

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.

Exam 18: Families

Among American Indians who migrate from reservations to cities,a common pattern is

Following structural-functional theory,the family

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

Typically,industrial societies make use of which of the following systems to trace ancestry?

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

In traditional regions of many lower-income countries,such as Sri Lanka,marriage

Looking ahead twenty years in the United States,we can predict with confidence that

Patterns that describe many Latino families include

The concept "endogamy" refers to marriage between

Men are more likely to be killed by a spouse,partner,or ex-partner than women.

Endogamy refers to the pattern of people marrying partners from the same social category.

People include as "kin" others to whom they are linked by

Kinship is based on common ancestry,marriage,or adoption.

David Popenoe's research suggests that the weakest families on Earth may be found in

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

The incest taboo

The family is a social institution that is found in

More than half of people in the United States who divorce remarry,most within four years.

A family composed of one or two parents and their children is called

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

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