Question 1

What is the relationship between single parenthood and poverty? Does single parenthood cause poverty,or does poverty cause single parenthood? Provide arguments for both positions.

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Question 2

In the past,marriage and the family had a primarily economic role.In modern societies,that role is being replaced by intimacy and communication as the foundation of the marriage relationship.Discuss the implications of this change in terms of the numerous other changes in marriage and the family that take place as societies continue to change and develop.

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Question 3

Children in premodern United States and Europe often:

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A)  worked at an early age or left the family at an early age to do domestic work for others 
B)  were betrothed at early ages 
C)  experienced a great deal of permanence and stability 
D)  lived in fairly large households with extended family 
E)  were closer to their parents emotionally than today

Question 4

The group of theorists that is likely to agree with the statement "Couples are seeking to be more symmetrical,but in reality men do not perform their share of the housework" is known as:

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A)  functional 
B)  postmodern 
C)  feminist 
D)  conflict 
E)  affective individualist

Question 5

Children born to unmarried mothers are more likely than those born to married mothers to live in poverty.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

When couples live together without being married,they are participating in:

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A)  engagement 
B)  cohabitation 
C)  monogamy 
D)  polyandry 
E)  polygamy

Question 7

In the age group of 25 to 47,far fewer African American than white women are married and living with a husband.A factor that contributes to this situation is that:

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A)  African Americans have high marriage rates coupled with high divorce rates, so marriages do not last 
B)  African Americans have more difficulty with monogamy than whites 
C)  African Americans do not value marriage 
D)  inner cities today have conditions of poverty and unemployment 
E)  a shortage of "marriageable" African American women exists

Question 8

The term for a group of people directly linked by kin connections,the adult members of which assume responsibility for caring for children is:

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A)  kinship 
B)  family 
C)  marriage 
D)  community 
E)  nation-state

Question 9

David Popenoe argues that biological fathers make distinctive and irreplaceable contributions to their children's welfare by:

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A)  teaching their children to have a feeling of communion 
B)  showing their sons that it is inappropriate for men to be involved in childrearing. 
C)  making sure their children do not become sexually promiscuous 
D)  showing their daughters how to properly do housework 
E)  providing a strong male role model for sons

Question 10

Chinese Americans have lower levels of nonmarital fertility than non-Hispanic whites.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

What factors account for the trend toward marrying at an older in the United States in recent decades? Explain.

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Question 12

"Violence within families is primarily a male domain," according to the text.How do you reconcile this statement with research by Murray Straus (1985)that women report that they commit about the same number of "violent acts" as men?

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Question 13

About half of all children spend some time in a single-parent family.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Of those of the same age group,the more likely to get married are:

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A)  people who have never been married compared with people who have been married and divorced 
B)  people who have been married and divorced compared with people who have never been married 
C)  poor people compared with rich people 
D)  divorced women compared with divorced men 
E)  African Americans compared with white Americans

Question 15

Of the following,a reason that divorce rates have risen over the past few decades is that:

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A)  generous alimony laws give women economic incentives to divorce 
B)  people do not have the patience to commit to each other like those in previous generations 
C)  most people in contemporary society place a low value on marriage 
D)  people getting married are older and are more set in their ways and have difficulty compromising 
E)  except for the wealthy, marriage today has less to do with handing down property and status from generation to generation

Question 16

A key to the development of a good marriage is a successful transferring from your "family of _______________" to your "family of _______________."

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A)  parents; spouses 
B)  patriarchy; matriarchy 
C)  function; consumption 
D)  orientation; procreation 
E)  matriarchy; patriarchy

Question 17

Two adults living together in a household with their own or adopted children would be called a family that is:

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A)  nuclear 
B)  extended 
C)  atomic 
D)  distended 
E)  polyandrous

Question 18

Connections between individuals who are blood relatives that are established either through marriage or the lines of descent are known as:

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A)  kinship 
B)  family 
C)  marriage 
D)  community 
E)  nation-state

Question 19

The one of the following that is linked to the trend in recent decades toward marrying late along with other variables is:

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A)  the strictness of divorce laws 
B)  women's "retreat" from the labor force 
C)  a decrease in the number of marriageable women because of disinterest in marriage 
D)  a decrease in the number of marriageable men because of economic deterioration 
E)  an increase in governmental regulations requiring premarital counseling

Question 20

Annette Lareau found significant variation in childrearing practices rooted in:

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A)  race 
B)  ethnicity 
C)  social class 
D)  gender 
E)  income

Exam 15: Families and Intimate Relations

What is the relationship between single parenthood and poverty? Does single parenthood cause poverty,or does poverty cause single parenthood? Provide arguments for both positions.

Children in premodern United States and Europe often:

The group of theorists that is likely to agree with the statement "Couples are seeking to be more symmetrical,but in reality men do not perform their share of the housework" is known as:

Children born to unmarried mothers are more likely than those born to married mothers to live in poverty.

When couples live together without being married,they are participating in:

In the age group of 25 to 47,far fewer African American than white women are married and living with a husband.A factor that contributes to this situation is that:

The term for a group of people directly linked by kin connections,the adult members of which assume responsibility for caring for children is:

David Popenoe argues that biological fathers make distinctive and irreplaceable contributions to their children's welfare by:

Chinese Americans have lower levels of nonmarital fertility than non-Hispanic whites.

What factors account for the trend toward marrying at an older in the United States in recent decades? Explain.

"Violence within families is primarily a male domain," according to the text.How do you reconcile this statement with research by Murray Straus (1985)that women report that they commit about the same number of "violent acts" as men?

About half of all children spend some time in a single-parent family.

Of those of the same age group,the more likely to get married are:

Of the following,a reason that divorce rates have risen over the past few decades is that:

A key to the development of a good marriage is a successful transferring from your "family of _" to your "family of _."

Two adults living together in a household with their own or adopted children would be called a family that is:

Connections between individuals who are blood relatives that are established either through marriage or the lines of descent are known as:

The one of the following that is linked to the trend in recent decades toward marrying late along with other variables is:

Annette Lareau found significant variation in childrearing practices rooted in: