Chapter 1 Knowledge Check: Family Life Now

Question 1

Although this generation brought the issues of racism and inequality to light, _____ retained traditional views of marriage

Answer 1

The Silent Generation

The Silent Generation was born between 1928 and 1945. These individuals lived through the Korean and Vietnam Wars and the Civil Rights Movement. Because of these large social changes, the Silent Generation tends to cling to their traditional views of marriage, family, and divorce.

Question 2

Which term refers to a form of marriage where spouses have only one sexual partner?

Answer 2

Monogamy

Monogamy refers to the sexual exclusiveness of two partners, but the union calls for the exclusivity of love, too

Question 3

Which legal term refers to the commitment or marriage contract between partners?

Answer 3

Social union

A social union is the legal jargon that refers to the commitment made between partners in the form of a marriage contract

Question 4

True/False:

Marriage serves society as a social institution

Answer 4

True

Marriage serves as a social institution that provides structure to the community in a variety of different ways. For instance, it is an economic partnership between spouses in their shared financial responsibilities

Question 5

True/False:

A chosen family involves nonbiological kinship bonds that replace blood families for trust, support, and love

Answer 5

True

Chosen families consist of individuals who are not blood related and can provide the same trust, support, and love we seek from our biological families. For the LGBTQ+ community, a chosen family can be more inclusive

Question 6

In a speech, a politician upholds the act of remaining monogamous in a marriage. Which term describes this viewpoint?

Answer 6

Family values

Family values refer to what society has expected of members in traditional or proper social roles, although definitions vary among people, especially as society changes across eras and generations

Question 7

Which situation best defines a family, according to the United States Census Bureau?

Answer 7

Two people legally married and living together

According to the Census Bureau, a family is a group of two or more people related by birth, marriage, or adoption and living together in a single-family residence

Question 8

Which type of family consists of unmarried partners living together in one household?

Answer 8

Cohabiting family

The cohabiting family is nor the most common way couples live

Question 9

Which type of family is one that individuals form after marriage and the birth of children?

Answer 9

Family of procreation

A marriage that includes the production of children classifies a unit as a family of procreation

Question 10

Which group of people primarily determines their kinship among matrilineal lines?

Answer 10

Native American/Alaska Native

Native American/Alaska Natives communicate their heritage through their maternal lineage, which is also known as uterine descent

Question 11

True/False:

Children are sponges that soak up everything around them

Answer 11

False

Since children start developing their beliefs about others before entering school, parents and guardians should model positive behavior as early as possible. The earlier that a child starts learning about the negative, hurtful power or hate, the more likely they are to absorb the information

Question 12

True/False:

It is common for Latinx children to live with fictive kins

Answer 12

True

Latinx children often live in a household that have fictive kin or nonrelated members that provide emotional support or financial assistance

Question 13

Which demographic group is most likely to have a multigenerational household as their living situation?

Answer 13

Muslim American

Muslim American families are more likely to have multigenerational household makeup. In fact, 57% of this community lives in this type of arrangement

Question 14

True/False:

Today, it is more likely for a black child to be born to a single mother

Answer 14

True

Data shows that around 70% of births to black women are unmarried mothers

Question 15

True/False:

The media is part of the mesosystem context in Bronfenbrenner’s Ecological Model

Answer 15

False

the exosystem consists of the social policy-based parts of society, whereas the mesosystem is a smaller network of social influences on the individual, such as school and/or church

Question 16

Anya is from a collectivist culture. When someone asks her, “Who are you?”, her response most likely includes _____.

Answer 16

The name of her home country

The collectivist culture uses origin such as family name or geographic religion to demonstrate a collective representative of who they are

Question 17

When Raul makes a life choice, he thinks about how his decision will affect his family group. This consideration reflects which concept?

Answer 17

Social Identity

Raul considers his social identity to help him determine how his choices will influence group interest

Question 18

Which perspective recognizes that individual family members’ expereriences along the social factors can significantly impact the nature of familial relationship?

Answer 18

Social ecology

The social ecology perspective recognizes that individual family members’ experiences significantly affect the quality of the relationship when compounded with outside social factors

Question 19

Which perspective exposes the shortfalls families feel when they are faced with change and then provides an educational platform to strengthen families?

Answer 19

Family life education

The family life education perspective focuses on how to help families strengthen their bonds after being faced with a change, such as marital infidelity or divorce

Question 20

Which family life education perspective promotes building on family strengths to develop healthy relationships?

Answer 20

Developing-family-potentials focus

The developing-family-potentials focus emphasizes building up positive parts of family life