Final Flashcards
The rate of infant mortality in the US is ____ than the rates in most of the developed world:
Higher
The ____ months or so following childbirth constitute the postpartum period.
3
Parents who are repressive, controlling and often unreasonably strict are called:
Authoritarian
Effective child rearing strategies include the following except:
One way communication
Which of the following is NOT one of the parenting approaches discussed by the text:
Non contemporary
A latchkey child refers to a school age child who regularly spends part of the day unsupervised at home while their parents are at work. T/F?
T
Pregnancy and childbirth involves both physical and psychological adjustments. T/F?
T
Teen pregnancy has been on the rise since the 1990’s. T/F?
F
The US has the lowest child poverty rate among developed nations. T/F?
F
The 3 styles of grandparenting according to the text are remote, involved and companionate. T/F?
T
Before the Industrialization of society the family household was the major economic unit. T/F?
T
In the study of social class and stratification sociologist distinguish between income and wealth. T/F?
T
In the US, 10% of the wealthiest people control 86% of the wealth. T/F?
T
The poverty line is officially defined as the minimum level of income the US gov considers for individual and family subsistence. T/F?
T
Poverty rates are significantly greater among non whites, women and children. T/F?
T
Role conflict occurs when the expectations of 2 or more roles are incompatible. T/F?
T
Dual earner marriages refer to families where both spouses are employed outside the home. T/F?
T
The glass ceiling refers to an invisible barrier preventing women and other minorities from being promoted to top executive jobs. T/F?
T
Wealth is the monetary value of everything one actually owns. T/F?
T
According to the text is the reaction of our minds and bodies to an unusual or substantial demand made on them:
Stress
Which of the following is not 1 of the 5 types of drugs listed by the text:
Alcohol
_____ is the threat of or infliction of physical or emotional harm on another:
Violence
The types of forcible rape include all but which of the following:
Gay rape
_____ is a defense mechanism where one’s feelings are redirected from the true target to a less threatening substitute:
Displacement
About 1/3 of people who survive a suicide attempt eventually do kill themselves. T/F?
T
According to the text it is impossible to have an affair w/o sexual intercourse being involved. T/F?
F
Anorexia and bulimia refer to eating disorders. T/F?
T
All states have laws making marital rape illegal. T/F?
T
Child neglect refers to acts of aggression by an adult against a child. T/F?
F
Annulment is a pronouncement that declares that a couple never had a valid marriage. T/F?
T
According to the text the catholic church does not recognize divorce. T/F?
T
Divorce is defined as the legal dissolution of a valid marriage. T/F?
T
Among industrialized nations the US has the lowest divorce rate. T/F?
F
In general, the higher a couple’s educational level and income, the higher is the likelihood of divorce. T/F?
F
People who marry as teenagers are more likely to divorce than are older people. T/F?
T
Cohabitators who marry have higher rates or separation and divorce than people who do not live together before marriage. T/F?
T
African Americans have a higher divorce rate than caucasians. T/F?
T
Divorce is a one time event. T/F?
F
There is only one type of child custody. T/F?
F
Which of the following is a function of the family:
Reproduction
Maintaining a household would be a fulfillment of which function of the family:
Common Residence
Which of the following is a function of the family:
Common Residence
The rearing of children would fulfill which of the family:
Nurture and Socialization
The most common method for learning about families is to:
Ask them questions
Most research studies of families are:
Cross-sectional
In-depth study of individuals or small groups who have sought counseling for family problems is called ____ research.
Clinical
When researchers obtain info date by watching people in their usual surrounding, it is called _____ research.
Observational
The family theory that looks at the family as a social institution is:
Structural functional theory
The family theory that divides the family experience into phases over the life span and describes changes in family structure and roles at each phase is _____.
Family development
The family theory that describes the family as a unity of interacting personalities is:
Symbolic interaction theory
Looking at a family from an exchange theory point of view means:
Looking at how each member gets their needs met
Love defined as profoundly tender or passionate affection for another person is termed:
Romantic Love
Another term for sexual, sensuous love is ____:
Erotic Love
Altruistic love is different from all other types of love because of it’s emphasis on:
Lack of concern for one’s own needs.
Individuals who fall in love with people who manifest the characteristics of their ego ideal are said to experience:
Narcissistic love
Which theory is discussed in relation to implications of social influences on boys and girls in developing gender identity and gender roles:
Social Learning Theory
Which theory suggests that gender cannot be learned until a child reaches a certain stage of intellectual development:
Cognitive Development Theory
Cultural theorists argue that males and females:
Are actually equally powerful
According to the evolutionary theory of functionalism, females’ ‘maternal instinct is a result of the:
Genetic desire to have children
Someone who believes that one sex is superior to the other sex is called a:
Sexist
