Question 1

Husbands tended to offer emotional support but little practical support to wives struggling with career and family.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Their child, Joey and a neighbor agreed that _______ did the majority of both the housework and the childcare.

Accepted Answer

A)  Evan 
B)  Nancy 
C)  Joey 
D)  nobody

Question 3

Evan claimed that Nancy did _____ percent of the housework while Nancy said that she did about 80 percent.

Accepted Answer

A)  60 
B)  10 
C)  30 
D)  20

Question 4

In the Holts' story, Nancy said that she did about 90 percent of the child care and Evan said she did about _____ percent of the child care.

Accepted Answer

A)  10 
B)  50 
C)  25 
D)  70

Question 5

Describe "the choice gap" and how this impacts women in today's families.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Describe "the choice gap" and how this...

Question 6

Diane is thinking about starting a family. She is well educated, has a high paying job, and a supportive husband. What are the obstacles Diane is likely to face if she decides to have children?

Accepted Answer

The answer of Diane is thinking about starting a family....

Question 7

Tag-teaming is a family strategy which eliminates disciplinary action when one parent takes off work to take care of a sick child.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

A majority of work places offer job sharing and other flexible approaches to work in order to support the work-family balance.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Married men with children typically have more leisure time than do married women with children.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

discuss the concept of "new traditionalists" as it relates to women who leave work for family reasons.

Accepted Answer

The answer of discuss the concept of "new traditionalists" as...

Question 11

The phenomena of "opting-out" gets its name from a 2003 article in the New York Times by Lisa Belkin titled:

Accepted Answer

A)  "The Opt-Out Revolution" 
B)  "Choosing to Opt-Out" 
C)  "Opting-out: An American Revolution" 
D)  "Motherhood Pulls: Opting Out"

Question 12

An example of a workplace practice that supports a woman's desire to balance career and family is:

Accepted Answer

A)  structured work schedule 
B)  job-sharing 
C)  offers to raise salary 
D)  full time employment

Question 13

Which statement is true about the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA)?

Accepted Answer

A)  It covers all employees in the United States. 
B)  It grants leave only for the care of children. 
C)  Only a small proportion of workers in the private sector are covered. 
D)  The majority of American workers are covered.

Question 14

What is the upstairs-downstairs myth?

Accepted Answer

The answer of What is the upstairs-downstairs myth?...

Question 15

Why do you think husbands, like Evan, are so reluctant to work the second shift?

Accepted Answer

The answer of Why do you think husbands, like Evan,...

Question 16

The ideology of intensive mothering is a cultural imperative for mothers to expend a tremendous amount of time, energy, and money in raising their children.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Working class families tend to patch together a "crazy quilt" of family-delivered care.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

The upstairs-downstairs solution to family and household tasks means

Accepted Answer

A)  the wife cleans only the rooms upstairs. 
B)  the husband cleans only the garage. 
C)  the husband cleans all rooms downstairs. 
D)  the husband does no housework at all.

Exam 9: Work and Family Life

Husbands tended to offer emotional support but little practical support to wives struggling with career and family.

Their child, Joey and a neighbor agreed that _______ did the majority of both the housework and the childcare.

Evan claimed that Nancy did _____ percent of the housework while Nancy said that she did about 80 percent.

In the Holts' story, Nancy said that she did about 90 percent of the child care and Evan said she did about _____ percent of the child care.

Describe "the choice gap" and how this impacts women in today's families.

Diane is thinking about starting a family. She is well educated, has a high paying job, and a supportive husband. What are the obstacles Diane is likely to face if she decides to have children?

Tag-teaming is a family strategy which eliminates disciplinary action when one parent takes off work to take care of a sick child.

A majority of work places offer job sharing and other flexible approaches to work in order to support the work-family balance.

Married men with children typically have more leisure time than do married women with children.

discuss the concept of "new traditionalists" as it relates to women who leave work for family reasons.

The phenomena of "opting-out" gets its name from a 2003 article in the New York Times by Lisa Belkin titled:

An example of a workplace practice that supports a woman's desire to balance career and family is:

Which statement is true about the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) ?

What is the upstairs-downstairs myth?

Why do you think husbands, like Evan, are so reluctant to work the second shift?

The ideology of intensive mothering is a cultural imperative for mothers to expend a tremendous amount of time, energy, and money in raising their children.

Working class families tend to patch together a "crazy quilt" of family-delivered care.

The upstairs-downstairs solution to family and household tasks means