chapter 1

Question 1

______strongly influences physical and mental health

Answer 1

intimacy

Question 2

______ in high conflict marriages, it is better for children if parents are together and work out their problems

Answer 2

except

Question 3

serial monogamy or modified polygamy- _____ of marriages over time. _____ of US marriages

Answer 3

succession

typical

Question 4

_____ family: mom dad kid

Answer 4

nuclear

Question 5

a group of ____ or more persons related by birth, marriage, or adoption and residing together in a household

Answer 5

2

Question 6

_____ bureaus definition of family

Answer 6

US census

Question 7

_____ kin: unrelated people who are treated as if related

Answer 7

affiliated

Question 8

_____: related by marriage not through biological ties

Answer 8

conjugal

Question 9

_____ relationship: relationship formed by common blood lines- a biological parent

Answer 9

consanguineous

Question 10

what is a “_____ marriage”?-one between two people who are both ____

Answer 10

spirit

dead

Question 11

_______ cooperation: traditionally divides its labor along gender lines

Answer 11

economic

Question 12

family of ______: you were a child

Answer 12

orientation

Question 13

offer _______ in _______ attachments, rights, and obligations

Answer 13

continuity

emotional

Question 14

gives ______ benefits

Answer 14

economic

Question 15

the status we are given in society is largely acquired through our _______

Answer 15

families

Question 16

professor brooks is a ______. this means he is conservative about some issues and liberal about other issues

Answer 16

centrist

Question 17

according to the text, many of the so called “culture wars” over “hot button” issues such as the ____ of women, divorce and gag rights may really be conflicts over _____ conceptions of family

Answer 17

status

differing

Question 18

True or false:

______ (schools, government, communities) is much more important than the family to the well-being of the individual

Answer 18

society

false- family is more important

Question 19

a person may occupy ______ positions at a time in the basic kinship system in American society

Answer 19

industrialized

Question 20

a ____ ______ is a category of people who share similar economic positions in society

Answer 20

social

class