1.
Why have many social scientists challenged traditional definitions of the family?
2.
Which of the following statements is true?
a.
Today, a majority of all persons aged 25 to 34 years have never been married.
b. The median age at which people marry today is higher than at any time during the 20th century.
c.
On average, first marriages that end in divorce last 20 years.
d. The "traditional" family (where the husband is the breadwinner and the wife is a full-time mother)
became more common between 1972 and 2007.
3.
Two generations ago the typical American family consisted of
a.
grandparents, parents, and children living in a single household.
b. a single mother living with her children.
c.
a father, mother, and three or four children.
d. a married couple who did not yet have children.
4.
A marriage in which the couple must follow procedures specified by the state or other jurisdiction, such
as buying a license, is called a
a.
ceremonial marriage.
b. common-law marriage.
c.
legal marriage.
d. licensed marriage.
5.
Maria's family is Catholic and insists that Maria marry a man who is also from a Catholic family. This
practice of marrying within a certain group is called
a.
exogamy.
b. incest.
c.
bigamy.
d. endogamy.
6.
The family into which a person is adopted or raised is called the family of
a.
orientation.
b. procreation.
c.
restitution.
d. adoption.
7.
Which of the following is true about families of the past?
a.
They were happier and stronger than present-day families.
b. Children were more likely to grow up in a nuclear family.
c.
Few people talked about issues such as domestic violence and child abuse.
d. Parents spent more time with their children than they do today.
8.
Which school of thought about the family argues that most people put their own needs above their
family duties?
a.
The family is disappearing
b. The family is deteriorating
c.
The family is changing, not deteriorating
d. The family is stronger than ever
9.
Which of the following is a micro-level influence on the family?
a.
Technological innovations
b. Popular culture
c.
Social movements
d. Individual choices
10.
The burgeoning marriage movement consists of people who
a.
are opposed to communal living.
b. are alarmed by high divorce rates and the increase in cohabitation rates.
c.
support no-fault divorce laws.
d. support legislation that allows women to combine their work and mother roles.
11.
List the three reasons theory and research are important to us.
12.
According to the text's Data Digest,
a.
the cost of sending a census worker to a house is much greater than the cost of the initial mailing.
b. the return rate for census questionnaires has increased over the years.
c.
the sale of self-help books has declined since 1998.
d. people tend to trust general public opinion polls more than they trust scientific studies.
13.
The difference between research in scholarly journals and reports in the mass media is that
a.
writers of media pieces get paid for their work.
b. scholarly journals are usually "refereed," while media reports are not.
c.
social scientists are more honest than reporters.
d. scholarly work is a bore to read while media reports are fun.
14.
According to structural-functional theory, the instrumental role is best carried out by the
a.
marriage and family therapist.
b. parents.
c.
wife.
d. husband.
15.
According to conflict theory, many family difficulties result from
a.
widespread societal problems.
b. individuals making bad choices.
c.
children refusing to respect their parents' authority.
d. men and women not playing their appropriate family roles.
16.
__________ theory examines how a family influences and is influenced by its environment.
a.
Ecological
b. Structural Functionalis
c.
Family Development
d. Symbolic Interactionism
17.
Family system theorists are interested in the
a.
traditional roles that support stable families.
b. inequality between men and women within marriage.
c.
macro-level forces that affect family life.
d. implicit or explicit rules that hold families together.
18.
Student course evaluations are an example of
a.
interviews.
b. secondary analysis.
c.
participant observation.
d. questionnaires.
19.
Analysis of data that have been collected by someone else is called
a.
evaluation research.
b. secondary analysis.
c.
survey research.
d. non-participant observation.
20.
Which data collection method is more susceptible than the others to ethical violations?
a.
field research
b. surveys
c.
secondary analysis
d. content analysis
21.
In what ways did immigration fuel the Industrial Revolution?
22.
When social scientists examine the past, they find that the "good old days"
a.
occurred during the 1950s.
b. ended in the 1960s when families began to fall apart.
c.
were characterized by families that had few problems or hardships.
d. never existed for most people.
23.
Which of the following is an accurate statement about work roles in the colonial United States?
a.
Only women were allowed to care for children while men worked in the fields.
b. Husbands and wives often worked side by side.
c.
Children did not work.
d. Much of men's work involved meeting the needs of others.
24.
Which of the following groups of people did NOT come to America voluntarily?
a.
indentured servants
b. Irish Americans
c.
Asian Americans
d. African Americans
25.
Most Indian families were small because
a.
infant and child death rates were high.
b. most couples used contraception.
c.
children were not valued.
d. infertility was a big problem.
26.
Which of the following was true for African American female slaves?
a.
Most female slaves worked in the Master's house.
b. Female slaves had to care for their home and children and toil in the fields.
c.
Female slaves, especially if they were pregnant, were spared physical punishment.
d. Domestic work allowed mothers to more easily care for their own children.
27.
A "true woman" of the 19th c. was expected to be
a.
submissive.
b. ambitious.
c.
independent.
d. all of the above.
28.
In the 19th century, childhood changed in that
a.
adults began to view and treat children a "miniature adults."
b. children were more likely to work now that jobs were plentiful.
c.
children began to spend more time playing than working.
d. adolescence became a stage of life in which children took on adult responsibilities.
29.
The Depression had the most devastating effect on
a.
middle-class families.
b. wealthy families.
c.
working-class and poor families.
d. all families.
30.
Which of the following is true about the Golden Fifties?
a.
African Americans and other people of color faced severe discrimination in employment and housing.
b. Drug abuse was nonexistent.
c.
Domestic violence and child abuse were not widespread.
d. Unmarried women were encouraged to keep their children rather than give them up for adoption.
Test Name: Quick Quiz 1-3
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Because they exclude a number of diverse groups that also consider themselves family, such as childfree
couples, cohabiting couples, foster parents and their charges, elderly sisters living together, gay and lesbian
couples with or without children, and grandparents raising their grandchildren.
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b. The median age at which people marry today is higher than at any time during the 20th century.
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c. a father, mother, and three or four children.
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a. ceremonial marriage.
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d. endogamy.
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a. orientation.
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c. Few people talked about issues such as domestic violence and child abuse.
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b. The family is deteriorating
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d. Individual choices
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b. are alarmed by high divorce rates and the increase in cohabitation rates.
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One: What we don't know can hurt us. Two: Theories and research help us understand ourselves and our
families. Three: They improve our ability to think more critically and make informed decisions in our own
marriages and families.
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a. the cost of sending a census worker to a house is much greater than the cost of the initial mailing.
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b. scholarly journals are usually "refereed," while media reports are not.
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d. husband.
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a. widespread societal problems.
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a. Ecological
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d. implicit or explicit rules that hold families together.
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d. questionnaires.
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b. secondary analysis.
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a. field research
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Immigrants provided a large pool of unskilled and semi-skilled labor that fueled emerging industries and gave
investors huge profits. In the first large waves of immigration in the late 1800s, paid middlemen arranged for
the shipment of immigrants to waiting industries. Many of these immigrants were paid very low wages or not
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d. never existed for most people.
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b. Husbands and wives often worked side by side.
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d. African Americans
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a. infant and child death rates were high.
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b. Female slaves had to care for their home and children and toil in the fields.
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a. submissive.
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c. children began to spend more time playing than working.
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c. working-class and poor families.
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a. African Americans and other people of color faced severe discrimination in employment and housing.
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