Test 1

Question 1

Family Lifecourse Development

Answer 1

families experience predictable changes overtime

Question 2

Structure-Functional Perspective

Answer 2

the family performs essential functions for society

Question 3

Family Systems Theory

Answer 3

the family as a whole is more than the sum of its parts

Question 4

Attachment Theory

Answer 4

early childhood experience with caregiver shape psychological attachment syles

Question 5

When conducting __________, researchers ask a series of structured, or closed-ended questions.

Answer 5

surveys

Question 6

Empirical evidence includes things we know intuitively, that cannot be verified with our senses.

Answer 6

False

Question 7

A possible disadvantage of the family ecology perspective is that it is __________.

Answer 7

too broad and inclusive

Question 8

Science can be defined as a logical system that bases knowledge on systematic observations.

Answer 8

true

Question 9

In the contemporary version of evolutionary theory, it is the survival of one’s __________ into future generations that is important.

Answer 9

Genetic Material

Question 10

A central focus of the feminist theory is on__________ issues.

Answer 10

gender

Question 11

Family researchers will often generate a __________, or “educated guess” about the way things are, based on their theoretical orientation.

Answer 11

hypothesis

Question 12

Gender refers only to male or female anatomy and physiology.

Answer 12

False

Question 13

__________ refers to male or female anatomy and physiology.

Answer 13

Sex

Question 14

According to the text, women full-time employees earn __________ percent of what employed men do.

Answer 14

79

Question 15

According to the text, more and more women are entering nontraditional occupations such as

Answer 15

Military

Question 16

Although women outnumber men in college today,

Answer 16

gender differentiation in choice of majors still exists

Question 17

Statistics on women in politics highlight that women - who make up over 50 percent of the U.S. population - are ________ in high government positions.

Answer 17

significantly underrepresented

Question 18

Research strongly supports gender theories of socialization.

Answer 18

False

Question 19

Confidence, assertiveness, and ambition can be classified as __________ character traits.

Answer 19

Instrumental

Question 20

The process by which society influences members to internalize attitudes and expectations is called

Answer 20

socialization

Question 21

One aspect of marital sex that has been consistently neglected in the research literature is sexual frequency.

Answer 21

False

Question 22

The text lists several reasons that teens choose to be abstinent. Which is NOT one of these?

Answer 22

not interested in sex

Question 23

About ______ percent of adults identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or “something else.”

Answer 23

3-4

Question 24

Most unmarried teens and adults engage in a pattern known as _______, with most partners demonstrating sexual exclusivity in dating relationships.

Answer 24

Serial monogamy

Question 25

Which of the following is NOT one of the suggestions therapists give to couples wishing to spend intimate time alone together?

Answer 25

spend time discussing finances, family, or work

Question 26

A sense of one’s sexual identity begins in _________.

Answer 26

childhood

Question 27

The 1990s saw the emergence of a new brand of marital infidelity: adultery on the net, or __________.

Answer 27

cyberadultery

Question 28

According to the text, human beings are sexual beings__________

Answer 28

throughout their entire lives

Question 29

Children are maturing about __________ than they were one hundred years ago.

Answer 29

two years earlier

Question 30

Sometimes we _______ into a decision rather than making a conscious one.

Answer 30

slide

Question 31

________promote recognition of women’s unpaid work and the greater involvement of men in childcare and housework.

Answer 31

feminist prospective

Question 32

Which of the following, for heterosexuals, is a change ushered in by the sexual revolution?

Answer 32

Increased pleasure and variety in marital sex.

Question 33

According to the text, a woman lives with a(n) __________ or a divided awareness that caregiving is most important to her, but it is not highly valued in society.

Answer 33

bifurcated consciousness