Question 1

Among all family groups, Native Americans are the most likely to be permissive with their children and avoid physical punishment.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 2

Bertha has just turned 16 and has caught the special interest of her father because she looks just as attractive and sexy as her mother did when they first dated. Bertha's mother has noticed this and now feels like a maid, not a wife and mother. What do sociologists call this condition of a father seeing his daughter as a possible sexual interest, and a wife feeling as though she is a maid, rather than a wife and mother?

Accepted Answer

A)  ego identity
B)  role distance
C)  diffusion of responsibility
D)  role confusion

Question 3

How has the rate of cohabitation changed over the past 30 years?

Accepted Answer

A)  It has dropped to about 75 percent of its highest rate.
B)  It has remained the same.
C)  It has risen tenfold.
D)  It has risen and fallen in peaks and valleys with no consistent pattern.

Question 4

Sociologically, how does the relationship between love and marriage differ for Americans and Indians?

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For Americans, love ...

Question 5

What is machismo and how does it change in progressive generations?

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Machismo is an emphasis on mal...

Question 6

Children from single-parent families are more likely to participate in deviant behaviors.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Research shows divorced fathers often eventually stop seeing their children altogether.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

The incest taboo is a universal norm. Why, according to functionalists, is this so?

Accepted Answer

According to the functionalist theorists...

Question 9

The rate of divorce among remarried couples is much lower than the rate of divorce among first time marriages.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

What qualities contribute to the Confucian values that provide a framework for Asian American families?

Accepted Answer

The qualities are humanism, co...

Question 11

What are the two major components of romantic love?

Accepted Answer

An emotional feeling of sexual...

Question 12

The stage of life before adulthood during which a new trend of children staying home longer is becoming common is referred to as ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  adolescents
B)  younger adults
C)  emancipated minors
D)  adultolescents

Question 13

Although debatable, what does evidence suggest about the emphasis on machismo in Latino families?

Accepted Answer

A)  It is increasing with each new generation.
B)  It is declining with each new generation.
C)  It is the cause of high divorce rates among Latino families.
D)  It is as important today as it was in the past.

Question 14

Mark and Sally are married, both are working, and they chose not to have children. What classification best fits them?

Accepted Answer

A)  They are DINKS.
B)  They are YUPPIES.
C)  They are members of the sandwich generation.
D)  They are neo-traditionalists. A

Question 15

In the United States, what is the choice of a marriage partner most dependent upon?

Accepted Answer

A)  It is totally unpredictable because love is blind.
B)  It is based on individuals engaging in a rational cost/benefit analysis.
C)  It is highly influenced by pheromones.
D)  It is influenced by age, education, class, race and religion.

Question 16

How does the birth of the first child effect marital satisfaction?

Accepted Answer

Sociologists have found that a...

Question 17

What is the sandwich generation?

Accepted Answer

A)  Grandparents act as parents rearing their children's children.
B)  Couples that have both come from large families but have no children of their own.
C)  Couples that divorce, and neither the mother nor father will take custody of the children.
D)  People who find themselves responsible for both their children and their aging parents.

Question 18

What does the research by Jeanette and Robert Lauer indicate relative to the percent of married couples who are happily married?

Accepted Answer

Of the 351 couples interviewed, only 51 ...

Question 19

Asian American families are more likely to adopt the practice of ________, which is the Confucian value meaning each member of a family owes respect to other family members.

Accepted Answer

A)  obligation
B)  collectivity
C)  humanism
D)  moderation A

Question 20

The percentage of married U.S. women who have never given birth is the lowest among which ethnic or racial group?

Accepted Answer

A)  African Americans
B)  Jewish Americans
C)  Native Americans
D)  Latinas

Exam 10: Marriage and Family

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How has the rate of cohabitation changed over the past 30 years?

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What is machismo and how does it change in progressive generations?

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Children from single-parent families are more likely to participate in deviant behaviors.

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Research shows divorced fathers often eventually stop seeing their children altogether.

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The incest taboo is a universal norm. Why, according to functionalists, is this so?

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The rate of divorce among remarried couples is much lower than the rate of divorce among first time marriages.

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What qualities contribute to the Confucian values that provide a framework for Asian American families?

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What are the two major components of romantic love?

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The stage of life before adulthood during which a new trend of children staying home longer is becoming common is referred to as ________.

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The incest taboo is a universal norm. Why, according to functionalists, is this so?

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