HDFS 2200 Midterm

Which of the following factors DOES NOT contribute to the relatively high rate of HIV infection in the African American population?

Greater biological susceptibility by race

In Meet the Patels, who does Ravi live with?

His sister

What types of websites should be utilized for research?

Journals

True or False: Edward and Jacob both treat women as if they are property.

True

What is the purpose of Google Scholar?

It sorts articles that Google considers scholarly so that anyone interested may look at the current research

For the families in Two American Families, what was the major issue that was the catalyst for the family issues?

Job loss

In which of the following examples, does the young person have the highest life chance?

Justin Smith is the son of a successful and wealthy businessman and is graduating from Harvard this year.

According to How to Lose Your Virginity, the virgin violinist played for what pop star?

Lady Gaga

Which of the following IS NOT an example of how the birth control pill may have had repercussions for society once it was widely available?

Rates of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) have decreased.

Which of the following is NOT a major change in dating and romantic relationships that has made following social scripts more difficult in recent years?

Couples are less committed to each other.

Which of the following statements about acculturation and assimilation is NOT true?

assimilation most often occurs before acculturation

Which of the following groups is the most isolated group in terms of dating?

Blacks

Which of the following describes the term matrilineal?

In this family arrangement, wealth and power are transmitted from mothers to daughters.

What state was featured in Sex 101 and has one of the most progressive sex ed laws in the country?

California

Which of the following is NOT a main form of scarcity that single-mother families often face in contrast to two-parent families?

motivation

Which is NOT a reason that persons who are Black have poorer health than persons who are White?

Decreased stress hormones

Women's weekly earnings are what percentage of men's weekly earnings?

81%

Which of the following is the most accurate example of a split-household family?

A Chinese man works on a U.S. railroad, leaving his wife behind in China

According to Modern Romance, an ideal first date would be:

A Monster truck rally

What is the conflict that Justin Baldoni describes related to his life?

A conflict between who he feels he is and who the world tells him he should be as a man

Identify the statement that describes how the rising age at first marriage impacted sexual behavior

Almost all Americans have sex before marriage.

What is Human Development and Family Science?

An interdisciplinary area of study that focuses on families in context

Which of the following is NOT associated with stronger feelings of homophobia?

Being female

The purpose of marriage for people today differs greatly from people in the past. According to the article, The Way We Never Were, what was the most common purpose of marriage in our history?

Gain advantageous in-laws and expand the family labor force.

According to Modern Romance, the soul mate marriage is different from the companionate marriage in the following ways:

Individuals in soul mate marriages want their partners to be their best friend, trusted confidant, and most passionate lover.

The article discusses a correlation between a reoccurring theme in the Twilight series and the real world. Who are most responsible for female victimization?

Intimate partners

How are women presented in the Twilight Saga?

Passive and weak

In Meet the Patels, according Ravi's parents, what should his wife's last name be?

Patel

Scholars are unsure why marriage matters for children, but they know it does. What is NOT something, mentioned in the Family Structure Matters article, that may be affected in children's lives when living in an unmarried household?

Strained relationships with siblings

The author of The Way We Never Were: American Families And The Nostalgia Trap, notes that despite the many transformations since the first publication of her book, this one thing has not changed...

The tendency for Americans to view present-day family and gender relations through nostalgia

According to Modern Romance, the "best of" mentality...

affects our search for romantic partners

One difficulty of studying families is identifying whether something causes something else. In many cases, two things may occur together (such as the use of nightlights and nearsightedness), but one may not cause the other. The process by which social scientists establish an association between two phenomena is known as ___________.

correlation

According to How to Lost Your Virginity, purity balls may be negative because

fathers and husbands are put in charge of women's sexuality.

The families in Two American Families DID NOT experience the following:

more income following the 2008 recession

The families in Two American Families lived in which city?

Milwaukee

Which of the following mate selection patterns creates the most inequality in a society?

Adults only marry within their own social class.

What is the difference between facts and theory in the study of the family?

Facts provide information about family life, whereas theory is a way to explain how those facts influence one another.

The high school prom has been a site of continuous legal and social conflict for decades. Why are prom scripts so important?

Proms are often seen as a formal step in the process of mate selection that can lead eventually to marriage.

What is an example of a way in which an elementary school teacher might engage in gender socialization in schools?

By reprimanding a girl for playing on the jungle gym because she is wearing a dress

Which of the following is one of the ways that Justin Baldoni attempts to get past the fact that he isn't comfortable talking about his feelings?

He creates experiences that force him to be vulnerable, no matter how scary it may feel.

How do sociologists working from the biological perspective seek to understand human behavior?

They apply understandings of the biological underpinnings of sex differences to common family traits and practices today.

Which of the following is NOT an example of a microaggression?

What's up?

Which of the following statements is NOT a common microaggression?

Where are you from?

Why does the percentage of Whites married to Blacks in the United States differ so significantly from the percentage of Blacks married to Whites in the United States?

Whites comprise a much larger proportion of the U.S. population.

Imagine you are selected to take part in a study, and the researcher asks you to track and report the times of day in which you study, work, relax, interact with family, and interact with friends. What kind of study method would this be?

time use