Ch. 13 Families and Family Life

Question 1

a marriage between two partners of the same sex

Answer 1

same-sex marriage

Question 2

the social links and boundaries, defined by biology and social custom, that establish who is related to whom

Answer 2

kinship system

Question 3

other people that individuals have important social relationships with

Answer 3

kin

Question 4

describes a family consisting of a husband and wife and their children

Answer 4

nuclear family

Question 5

A patrilocal culture is one in which _________.

Answer 5

a wife is required to live with and obey her husband’s parents

Question 6

Which of the following is an example of the fact that procreation is no longer always a useful tool in defining chosen families?

Answer 6

same-sex relationships

Question 7

In premodern societies kinship lines _________.

Answer 7

extend beyond nuclear families

Question 8

Which of the following is true?

Answer 8

Siblings are members of our “family of orientation”

Question 9

In Trobriand Islander culture, who performs the duties that are commonly performed by fathers in the modern west?

Answer 9

the mother’s brother

Question 10

views and ideas about the family that highlight the virtues of heterosexual marriage and childrearing in a traditional nuclear family with defined gender roles.

Answer 10

family values

Question 11

a relationship where all members of the relationship share more or less equally in performing required tasks

Answer 11

egalitarian relationship

Question 12

The orientation people have toward family responsibilities is called _________.

Answer 12

family values

Question 13

Both caretaking and breadwinning are shared equally by both parents in a(n) _________ relationship.

Answer 13

egalitarian

Question 14

Sally follows the family decline perspective. Which of the following beliefs is she likely to hold?

Answer 14

the increasing number of single mothers endangers children

Question 15

Which of the following statements is true of a person who follows the economic restructuring perspective of families?

Answer 15

The breadwinner-homemaker family model is rare today because families find what family type impractical given the current economic reality

Question 16

To which perspective is the interdependence of paid and domestic work the most important?

Answer 16

gender restructuring

Question 17

a family consisting of a relatively autonomous married couple (and their children) able to seek its fortune outside the parental household

Answer 17

conjugal family

Question 18

act of an unmarried straight or gay couple living together

Answer 18

cohabitation

Question 19

a pattern of having repeated, short-term intimate relationships with other adults

Answer 19

serial relationships

Question 20

all types of caring for other people, typically in one’s own family, including childcare, elder care, or taking care of a disabled or sick adult

Answer 20

care work

Question 21

housework, childcare, and elder care disproportionally done by women

Answer 21

second shift

Question 22

The second shift refers to mothers _________.

Answer 22

doing domestic work in addition to their paid work

Question 23

The “conjugal family” differed from earlier models of family in that the married couple _________.

Answer 23

sought their fortune outside their parents’ households

Question 24

The blurring of gender roles in domestic relationships has led to a greater emphasis on _________ in modern marriages.

Answer 24

love and companionship

Question 25

How has the increased lifespan that is characteristic of the life course revolution affected marriages and relationships?

Answer 25

People are most likely to engage in serial relationships

Question 26

Which of the following is an accurate result of the feminization of love?

Answer 26

women became responsible for caretaking duties

Question 27

Research has shown that which of the following factors has the least significance in a child’s development and happiness?

Answer 27

whether the mother works outside of home

Question 28

Which of the following is true?

Answer 28

flexibility in earning and caregiving is the most important factor in allowing families to care for children

Question 29

Of children in intact homes, what ratio believe it would have been a positive change had their parents divorced?

Answer 29

2 out of 5

Question 30

Which types of achievements are most often used in determining whether someone is an adult in today’s society?

Answer 30

financial

Question 31

Which of the following is true of children born to an unmarried mother today?

Answer 31

half of those mothers are cohabitating

Question 32

Which country has the highest level of support for fathers taking parental leave?

Answer 32

Sweden

Question 33

A familistic approach to social policy aim to __________.

Answer 33

recreate the traditional family

Question 34

Individualistic opportunity is the defining quality of what country’s approach to family politics?

Answer 34

United States

Question 35

Which of the following statements is true?

Answer 35

Most Europeans can build families without considering healthcare, a factor that often influences American family choices

Question 36

Shifting antidiscrimination work policy to include “family responsibility” discrimination would, in theory, cover __________.

Answer 36

all those who care for other people

Question 37

A patrilocal society is likely to include __________.

Answer 37

a wife who lives with her husband’s parents

Question 38

Marin asks a sociologist how to classify the relatives that she’s gained over the course of her life, in particular, her partner and children. How would a sociologist respond?

Answer 38

Marin has a family of procreation

Question 39

Which of the following statements is true according to sociologists?

Answer 39

the familistic package considers families to be a social unit with multiple dimensions

Question 40

Which perspective of changing families is most critical of nontraditional family choices?

Answer 40

family decline

Question 41

How has recent economic restructuring affected family life?

Answer 41

it is more difficult for families to survive on only one income

Question 42

Which of the following is an example of an egalitarian relationship?

Answer 42

both parents work part-time jobs and spend equal time caring for children

Question 43

Which of the following is true of care work?

Answer 43

It is as essential to a household’s survival as is bringing in an income

Question 44

The fact that people now value more than economics in a relationship is indicative of what shift in cultural ideas of marriage?

Answer 44

people apply higher standards when selecting a male

Question 45

Almost __________ percent of married mothers with children under the age of one year are employed

Answer 45

55

Question 46

Which of the following is a positive effect that has resulted from the extended transition into adulthood?

Answer 46

more opportunities to develop ways of living that diverge from their parents paths

Question 47

In which family would a divorce likely benefit the development of children?

Answer 47

a high-conflict family

Question 48

How does the ability to reject narrow gender roles affect a family?

Answer 48

it benefits the family both financially and emotionally

Question 49

In which country do parents often struggle to find affordable, high-quality childcare?

Answer 49

the United States

Question 50

Which country supports maternal care but does not support equal employment for women?

Answer 50

Italy

Question 51

Sociologists would agree w which of the following statements with regard to future family policies in the US?

Answer 51

we need to think more critically about how “equal opportunity” applies to families