chapter 2

Question 1

everyone should marry- always as a “should” is a ______

Answer 1

value judgement

Question 2

______ fallacy: feels everyone has the same or should have the same values

Answer 2

egocentric

Question 3

tv conveys images, values, ideas, beliefs, myths and stereotypes about every aspect of family life and society- ____ _______

Answer 3

unrealistic and highly negative

Question 4

most immediate influences occur within the _____

Answer 4

microsystem

Question 5

______ - cost =outcome(will i give up this marriage for an unknown future?)

Answer 5

reward

Question 6

assumes the sequential process of intact,-______ families

Answer 6

nuclear

Question 7

________: legitimacy, money, physical coercion, love

Answer 7

power

Question 8

_______ don’t always lead to conflict

Answer 8

differences

Question 9

________ seen only in interactions

Answer 9

structure

Question 10

_______ is has a purposeful system and goal

Answer 10

family

Question 11

gender roles:

created by _____ to maintain power of men over women

Answer 11

society

Question 12

gender roles:

create _____ conditions in barriers to opportunity

Answer 12

oppressive

Question 13

survey research:

most ________

Answer 13

popular

Question 14

survey research:

conducted in person, over the ______, or through written questionnaires

Answer 14

phone

Question 15

survey research:

they gather information from a _______ group of people

Answer 15

small

Question 16

uses _________ and determines which variables causes another variable

Answer 16

variables

Question 17

_______: strong opinions that may cause barriers to hearing anything that is contrary to our opinion

Answer 17

bias

Question 18

_____: stability patterns we are accustomed to-makes change difficult

Answer 18

homeostasis

Question 19

_______: simplistic, overgeneralized, negative opinions that resist change

Answer 19

stereotypes

Question 20

traits that encourage competitiveness, a task of orientation, self confidence and rationality are-____

Answer 20

instrumental

Question 21

dr. Williams uses data collected by the US census bureau and her research on families. This research method is called- ______ _____ analysis

Answer 21

secondary

data

Question 22

combining observational data with data obtained through other methods such as surveys of secondary analysis is a process referred to as ________

Answer 22

triangulation

Question 23

in the hypothesis, “marital status is the -_____ variable

Answer 23

dependent

Question 24

popular culture is ____ a key source of accurate information on families

Answer 24

not

Question 25

clinical studies are of ______ because we can use them to make inferences about the general population-______

Answer 25

value

false