Chapter 5 Flashcards
According to the text, which of the following is an event that signals a change in status?
a. a social script
b. a marker event
c. role overload
d. passing
b. a marker event
According to the text, what does the myth of motherhood state?
a. Motherhood is an instinct that can fulfill a woman in a unique way.
b. Motherhood is a hassle and has to be survived for the good of society.
c. Motherhood conflicts with career plans and must be suppressed.
d. The more children a woman has, the more successful a mother she is.
a. Motherhood is an instinct that can fulfill a woman in a unique way.
According to the text, how have women who choose not to have children often been considered?
a. antisocial or psychologically defective
b. clever to plan their careers carefully
c. smart because they avoid the problems of child-rearing
d. unfortunate because they are unfulfilled
a. antisocial or psychologically defective
Having children is a necessary function of families in perpetuating society. This statement most reflects which theoretical perspective?
a. family systems theory
b. structural functionalism
c. symbolic interactionism
d. feminist theory
b. structural functionalism
Sondra has decided not to have children. What percentage of Canadian women make the same decision as Sondra?
a. nineteen percent
b. twelve percent
c. seven percent
d. three percent
c. seven percent
Which of the following issues would most likely be of interest to a feminist theorist?
a. Having children is a developmental task of most families.
b. The social pressure to have children is a reflection of the prevailing ideology.
c. Child-bearing as an issue reflecting women’s control over reproduction.
d. The decision to have children is a personal and couple decision.
c. Child-bearing as an issue reflecting women’s control over reproduction.
Why did having many children make sense before the days of old age pensions, family allowance, and welfare?
a. The family was a stronger social institution.
b. People had limited access to contraceptives.
c. Children provided natural companions in old age.
d. Children provided the best social security system.
d. Children provided the best social security system.
According to the text, in recent years what has happened to the size of the Canadian family?
a. It has been shrinking.
b. It has been expanding.
c. It has been staying about the same.
d. It has been expanding for younger couples.
a. It has been shrinking.
Which term refers to the total number of children a woman is expected to have in her lifetime?
a. population rate
b. crude birth rate
c. total fertility rate
d. lifetime birthing rate
c. total fertility rate
Which term is a measure of the number of births in a given year?
a. annual birthing rate
b. crude birth rate
c. crude fertility rate
d. child-bearing rate
b. crude birth rate
The number of children born to unmarried parents has increased. Which group had the greatest increase in such births?
a. teen mothers
b. women over 35
c. common-law partners
d. divorced women
c. common-law partners
Since 2002, Quebec has recognized same-sex parental kinship. What does this mean?
a. Same-sex parents can have a child, but only one can be the legal parent.
b. Same-sex marriage is legal with the consent of both sets of parents
c. If a same-sex couple has a child, they need to legally adopt the baby.
d. A baby can have two mothers declared as parents on the official birth registry.
d. A baby can have two mothers declared as parents on the official birth registry.
According to some theorists, on which of the following will increases in fertility depend?
a. Providing conditions to increase young people’s confidence in their future.
b. Offering incentive payments to parents.
c. Expanding the family allowance program.
d. Advertising the advantages of having a larger family.
a. Providing conditions to increase young people’s confidence in their future.
What are medical science’s two major effects on the birth rate?
a. contraception and abortion
b. contraception and reduced infant mortality
c. longevity and reduced infant mortality
d. abortion and reduced infant mortality
b. contraception and reduced infant mortality
What happened after contraception was legalized in Canada in 1969?
a. The black market for birth control pills collapsed.
b. The abortion rate dropped sharply.
c. Abortions became a legal way to end unwanted pregnancies.
d. The birth rate dropped sharply.
d. The birth rate dropped sharply.