soc exam 3

What is one common reason why victims of domestic abuse stay in abusive relationships?

They do not have the resources to get away.

Why are remarriage rates lower today than they were in the 1960s?

There has been an increase in cohabitation among unmarried couples.

According to conflict theory, how does the nuclear family facilitate exploitation?

through a sexual division of labor within the home

How does the U.S. Census Bureau define "family"?

two or more individuals related by blood, marriage, or adoption who share a household

To whom has Hochschild's concept of the "supermom" always been applicable?

working class mothers

How did the Industrial Revolution change the common meaning of family?

It shifted the meaning from extended family to nuclear family.

What feature of the nuclear family, as opposed to the extended family, makes it uniquely qualified to serve the needs of an industrial economy?

It makes geographic mobility much easier.

Some women accept the burdens of the "second shift" in order to avoid conflict with their husbands or children. How does this affect them?

It makes them unhappy and emotionally numb.

Between 1960 and 2014, demographers noticed what type of change in the numbers of unwed individuals living with their romantic partners?

a sharp increase

How could new technologies like the Internet decrease the importance of propinquity in mate selection, while preserving or even increasing the importance of homogamy?

by bringing people together from all over the world based on very similar interests or backgrounds

A woman in North Carolina was found guilty of "lewd and lascivious association" because she lived with her boyfriend. Her behavior is also known as:

cohabitation

In the United States today, very few people marry outside of their own socioeconomic class, suggesting that there is a high degree of:

endogamy

The radio played a news story about the murder of a twenty-five-year-old woman, married, with one child. Who would you guess is the most likely culprit?

her husband or boyfriend

What did the research subjects of Glaser, Dixit, and Green's 2002 study of white supremacist online chatrooms find most threatening?

interracial marriage

A heterosexual couple living in the same household and raising children is defined as a(n) ________ family.

nuclear

In what would a symbolic interactionist studying the family be most interested?

the way gift giving within an extended family makes some bonds more important than others