Question 1

In regard to housework,sociologist Arlie Hochschild notes that:

Accepted Answer

A)  domestic work is now shared by both husbands and wives 
B)  although women and men perform different household tasks, they have similar deadlines for their work 
C)  even when husbands share some of the household responsibilities, they typically spend much less time in these activities than do their wives 
D)  the unpaid housework that women do amounts to an extra week of work each year

Question 2

With the advent of industrialization and urbanization,maintaining the __________ family pattern becomes more difficult in societies.Increasingly,young people move from rural to urban areas in search of employment in the industrializing sector of the economy.At that time,the __________ family typically becomes the predominant family pattern in the society.

Accepted Answer

A)  blended; extended 
B)  nuclear; conventional 
C)  nuclear; extended 
D)  extended; nuclear

Question 3

Incest taboos that prohibit sexual contact or marriage between certain relatives would be an example of which key function of family?

Accepted Answer

A)  Sexual regulation 
B)  Socialization 
C)  Economic and psychological support 
D)  Provisions of social status

Question 4

Recently the Census Bureau has begun to use a more inclusive definition of __________,referring to it as a couple who live together without being legally married.

Accepted Answer

A)  miscegenetic 
B)  cohabitation 
C)  matrimonial 
D)  connubial

Question 5

Sociologist Arlie Hochschild refers to the __________ as the domestic work that employed women perform at home after they complete their workday on the job.

Accepted Answer

A)  second shift 
B)  double bind 
C)  domestic bind 
D)  need for a working-woman's-holiday

Question 6

Infertility is defined as an inability to conceive after a year of unprotected sexual relations.Today,infertility affects nearly __________ percent of U.S.couples in which the wife is between the ages of 15 and 44.

Accepted Answer

A)  2 
B)  13 
C)  40 
D)  12

Question 7

The sociology of family is the subdiscipline of sociology that attempts to describe and explain patterns of family life and variations in family structure.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

The __________ is the family into which a person is born and in which early socialization usually takes place.

Accepted Answer

A)  family of orientation 
B)  nuclear family 
C)  family of procreation 
D)  extended family

Question 9

Women on average are now having _________ children each.

Accepted Answer

A)  1.9 
B)  2.1 
C)  3.0 
D)  2.5

Question 10

Describe the process of developing intimate relationships and establishing families.

Accepted Answer

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Question 11

Apply the functional perspective on families.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Apply the functional perspective on families....

Question 12

Polyandry is very rare; when it does occur,it is typically found in societies where men greatly outnumber women because of high rates of female infanticide or where marriages are arranged between two brothers and one woman.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Discuss child-related family issues and parenting.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Discuss child-related family issues and parenting....

Question 14

The cost of maintenance and a nearly balanced sex ratio in a geographical area tends to limit this type of marriage.

Accepted Answer

A)  endogamy 
B)  polygamy 
C)  homogamy 
D)  monogamy

Question 15

The __________ explains family relationships in terms of the subjective meanings and everyday interpretations that people give to their lives.

Accepted Answer

A)  functionalist perspective 
B)  conflict perspective 
C)  symbolic interactionist perspective 
D)  postmodernist perspective

Question 16

The text points out that conflict and feminist analysts:

Accepted Answer

A)  examine the relationship between family troubles and a decline in other social institutions 
B)  view functionalist perspectives on the role of the family as realistic and adequate 
C)  view families as sources of social inequality and conflict over values, goals, and access to resources and power 
D)  examine the roles of husbands, wives, and children as they act out their own part and react to the actions of others

Question 17

Although most people are related to members of their family of orientation by blood ties,those who are adopted have a legal tie that is patterned after a blood relationship.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

In 2010,more than 75 percent of employed mothers with children under age six worked full time.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

According to sociologist Talcott Parsons,the husband/father fulfills the __________ (meeting the family's economic needs,making important decisions,and providing leadership).

Accepted Answer

A)  egalitarian role 
B)  expressive role 
C)  authoritarian role 
D)  instrumental role

Question 20

Another characteristic of the postmodern family is modernity,where the boundaries between the public sphere (the workplace) and the private sphere (the home) are becoming much more open and flexible.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 15: Families and Intimate Relationships

In regard to housework,sociologist Arlie Hochschild notes that:

Incest taboos that prohibit sexual contact or marriage between certain relatives would be an example of which key function of family?

Recently the Census Bureau has begun to use a more inclusive definition of __________,referring to it as a couple who live together without being legally married.

Sociologist Arlie Hochschild refers to the __________ as the domestic work that employed women perform at home after they complete their workday on the job.

Infertility is defined as an inability to conceive after a year of unprotected sexual relations.Today,infertility affects nearly __________ percent of U.S.couples in which the wife is between the ages of 15 and 44.

The sociology of family is the subdiscipline of sociology that attempts to describe and explain patterns of family life and variations in family structure.

The __________ is the family into which a person is born and in which early socialization usually takes place.

Women on average are now having _________ children each.

Describe the process of developing intimate relationships and establishing families.

Apply the functional perspective on families.

Polyandry is very rare; when it does occur,it is typically found in societies where men greatly outnumber women because of high rates of female infanticide or where marriages are arranged between two brothers and one woman.

Discuss child-related family issues and parenting.

The cost of maintenance and a nearly balanced sex ratio in a geographical area tends to limit this type of marriage.

The __________ explains family relationships in terms of the subjective meanings and everyday interpretations that people give to their lives.

The text points out that conflict and feminist analysts:

Although most people are related to members of their family of orientation by blood ties,those who are adopted have a legal tie that is patterned after a blood relationship.

In 2010,more than 75 percent of employed mothers with children under age six worked full time.

According to sociologist Talcott Parsons,the husband/father fulfills the __________ (meeting the family's economic needs,making important decisions,and providing leadership) .

Another characteristic of the postmodern family is modernity,where the boundaries between the public sphere (the workplace) and the private sphere (the home) are becoming much more open and flexible.