Psychology of the Family Chapters 1-4

In Kimmel's typology of camps within the men's movement, which group works to counter feminist interest by attending to men's rights?

Anti Feminists

According to the ___ perspective, men are naturally promiscuous where as women are inclined to be selective and monogamous

Biosocial

The ___ perspective argues that human physiology, genetics, and hormones predispose individuals to certain behaviors

Biosocial

Traditionally, both law and social science specified that the family consisted of people related by

Blood, marriage or adoption

Consider the statement: "Due to social pressures, firms frequently have to hire under qualified women." This illustrates ___ sexism.

Contemporary

Over the past five decades, fertility in the United States has:

Declined

Family change is attributed to which of the following influences?

Economic trends and cultural changes

Warmth, sensitivity, tenderness, and placing concern about others welfare above self-interest can be classified as ___ character traits

Expressive

True or False: Our beliefs about families, based on our own personal experience, are usually accurate

False

True or False: Sexual identity and gender identity are basically the same thing

False

Scholars and advocates with a ____ perspective argue that we need to view the family from a historical standpoint

Family Change

The ___ perspective focuses on how the family influences and is influenced by the environments that surround it

Family Ecology

___ is made up of the ideas and feelings about the uniqueness and value of one's family unit which often emerges in family traditions, rituals, and celebrations

Family Identity

The ___ perspective looks at the family as a whole; where change in one part sets in motion a process to restore equilibrium

Family system

Which term is used by the text to describe societal attitudes and behaviors associated with an individual's anatomical sex assigned at birth?

Gender Expectations

Dorothy perceives herself as being ultra-feminine, based on society's definitions of appropriate gender roles. Dorothy's perceptions are linked to her

Gender identity

In all couple types- gay, lesbian, heterosexual cohabitants, and married couples- within each group, sexual satisfaction was associated with

General relationship satisfaction

One explanation for the decline in sexual activity in a marriage is ___ or the increased predictability with the same partner over time

Habituation

Confidence, assertiveness, and ambition can be classified as ___ character traits

Instrumental

According to the ___ perspective, children develop self-concepts based on feedback from those around them

Interaction-constructionist

The process by which family identity, traditions, and commitment emerge through interaction with a particular family, is an important part of which perspective

Interaction-constructionist

The ___ model of sexual satisfaction explores the cost and rewards of a sexual relationship

Interpersonal exchange

According to the text, one disadvantage of survey research is

It depends on the participant's honesty, motivation, and ability to respond

According to the text, over time, cohabitation has become

Mainstream

The _______ family became common in industrial societies because it was better suited for city life.

Nuclear

According to the family life course of development framework, each developmental task has a certain order in which major transitions to adult roles take place called ___.

Role Sequencing

Some psychologists think that what comes first is not rules about boys and girls should do rather the child's awareness of being a boy or girl. This thinking reflects which theory of socialization?

Self identification

Parents, siblings and other relatives are usually highly influential in developing a child's ___ or that child's sense of worth and value

Self-Concept

One of the most striking changes over the past several decades has been the emergence of ___ issues as political controversies

Sexual and reproductive

Marriage typically involves promises of

Sexual exclusivity

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

Socialization

The view that the family is an enduring social institution because of the important tasks it performs for society- economic security, emotional support, socialization of children- is the ___ perspective

Structure-Functional

What role do most parents want schools to play in sex education?

They want schools to play a role and approve programs about STIs, communicating, and birth control

True of False: In a family, one of the things that must be negotiates is personal privacy

True

True or False: Sliding into an option can occur when we choose a path of least resistance or do the easiest thing

True

True or False: The way gender identities are changing involves the increasing convergence of men's and women's social roles.

True

Children are maturing about ___ than they were one hundred years ago

Two years earlier

The conflict and feminist theories call attention to ___ within groups - including families- and within the larger society

Unequal Power

In sharing sexual pleasure, partners realized that sex is something partners do ___ each other.

With

To help accomplish ethical standards, most researchers now must have their research plans reviewed by

an institutional review board (IRB).