Exam 12: Marriage and Family

With the need for independence and greater opportunity,children are leaving home at an earlier age and less likely to return home after they leave.

Explain the pattern of decline in two-parent families from 1970 to 2010.

Commitment is the essential difference between marriage and cohabitation.

Of the following,in which group is a woman most likely to marry a man with less education than she has?

Why don't we address families as the African American family,the Asian American family,the white American family,and so on,deleting the preceding the to simply African American families,Asian families,and so on?

List and discuss the three systems of descent society uses to trace kinship over generations.

What are some of the reasons for the increase in cohabiting before marriage?

Kim is the child of Asian American parents. When she misbehaves,how will her parents most likely discipline her?

Research shows divorced fathers often have little contact with their children.

How has selecting a mate changed throughout society?

Marianne and her children live in a neighborhood where all the families share their resources when someone needs help. The neighbors also consider themselves to be an extended family. Sociologists would describe them as ________.

In the United States and many other parts of the world,the common practice is for whites to marry whites,African Americans to marry African Americans,and members of specific social classes to marry within their class. This marital practice is called ________.

Ivan is the son of working class parents. What is the most likely method his parents will use in his rearing?

Which of the following statements is not true about cohabitation trends?

The term for children who return to live at home after college is ________.

Husbands remain primarily responsible for earning the income and wives are primarily responsible for the house and children. This is an arrangement sociologists call ________.

What are the percentage odds that a couple married today will still be married a year from now?

Discuss the characteristics and trends in marriage among U.S. families.

What pattern does the relationship between a father and his children take following divorce?

Functionalists note the incest taboo serves to avoid role confusion in families.