Exam 10: Family: Partner Taking, People Making, and Contract Breaking

What percentage of American families live below the poverty level?

Polygyny is when a man or woman has more than one spouse.

According to the text, the group with the highest poverty level in 2011 was single males.

Thalia hopes to find a partner who has a similar level of education as herself and who is also politically moderate, just like she is. Thalia is practicing:

Compare and contrast exogamy and endogamy. Provide an example of each.

What is resource theory? How is resource theory related to which partner does the housework?

Jim's parents, brother, and sister are a part of his:

List at least four of the six reasons couples choose to cohabitate.

According to the text, which of the following factors most often relates to husbands sharing the housework more equally?

Cohabitation can be an alternative to marriage and can offer benefits that traditional marriages do not offer.

Arranged marriages are becoming more common around the world.

According to resource theory, Yesina, a heart surgeon, would do less housework than her husband Ian, a firefighter.

With roots in structural-functional theory, many feminist theorists argue that patterns of patriarchy and dominance lead to inequalities for women.

According to the text, husbands who do an equitable share of the household chores report higher levels of satisfaction with the marriage.

Mark and Marianne are college juniors. They have been dating for almost 12 months, enjoy a sexual relationship with each other, and live together. Which of the following terms best describe their relationship?

The statement, "Family patterns are reinforced to the extent that the exchanges are beneficial to the members" is a part of which of the following theories of the family?

Anthropologist George Murdock found few societies in the world that practice polyandrous marriage.

Globally, families are becoming more like the polygamous model of families.

Across the United States, it is becoming more economically advantageous to have a college degree. Due to this trend, more and more parents are going back to college to earn advanced degrees. How will the strains for these nontraditional students be different from those of traditional students? What kind of changes on the micro and macro levels might be implemented by colleges to help students?

According to sociologists, how do individuals choose lifetime mates? In your explanation, include (and define, when necessary) exogamy/endogamy, homogamy, arranged vs. free-choice marriages, and the stages in the courtship process.