the Family Group Project Flashcards
- Alice, age seven, lives in a private home with her parents, her grandmother, and her aunt. Alice’s family is an example of…
Extended family
In which form of marriage may a person have several spouses in his or here lifetime, but only one spouse at a time?
Serial monogamy
The marriage of a woman to more than one man at the same time is referred to as
Polyandry
Which system of descent is followed in the United States?
Bilateral
- According to the functionalist perspective, which of the following is not one of the paramount functions performed by the family?
Meditation
- Which norm requires mate selection outside certain groups, usually one’s own family or certain kinfolk?
Exogamy
7. According to the discussion of social class differences in family life and intimate relationships, which of the following statements are true? A. Social class differences in family life are more striking than they once were B. The upper class emphasizes Lineage and maintenance of the family position C. Among the poor, women usually an insignificant roll in the economic support of the family D. In examining family life, among racial and and ethnic minorities, most patterns result from cultural, but not class factors?
B. The upper class emphasizes lineage and maintenance of the family position
One recent development in family life in the United States has been the extension of parenthood as adult children of parenthood as adult children continue to live at home or return home after college. This reason is for A. Rising divorce rate B. High rents C. Financial difficulties D. All of the above
D. All of the above
In the United States, the majority of all babies born to unmarried teenage mothers are born to whom? A. African American adolescents B. White adolescents C. Latina adolescents D. Asian American adolescents
A. African American adolescents
Which of the following factors is associated with high divorce rates?
A. The liberation of divorce laws
B. The fact that contemporary families have fewer children than earlier families did
C. The general increase in family incomes
D. All of the above
D. All of the above
The principle of ____ assigns people to kinship groups according to the relationship to an individual’s mother or father.
Descent
____ Emerged among Native American tribal societies, and in nations in which men were absent for long period because of warfare or food gathering expeditions
Matriarchies
In the view of many sociologists, the ____ family has begun the replace the patriarchal family as the social norm in the United States.
Egalitarian
As _____ theorists pointed out, the social class of couples and their children significantly influences the socialization experiences to which the children are exposed and the protection they receive?
Conflict
_____ focus on the micro level of family and other intimate relationships; for example, they are interested in whether people are cohabiting partners or are longtime married couples/
Interactionists
