Chapter 12 quiz

In the Na culture of China, a little boy grows up very close to one of his male relatives. Everyone expects a strong degree of influence between this man and the child. This role model male relative is the boy's:

uncle

Amy and her husband Seamus both work. Outside working hours, Amy does most of the housework and Seamus serves on the local city council. Sarah Fenstermaker Berk, who studies family role formation, has called the family a:

"gender factory"

The Soron family consists of a male breadwinner, a female housewife, and their children. A sociologist might see the Soron family as statistically interesting, because this family type represents about ________ of today's U.S. families.

6 percent

A TV director pitches the idea of remaking The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, but with African American characters. An African American producer says, "This is a terrible idea! That family never could have been black!" Why was the traditional family depicted in The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet never a reality for African American families?

African American women have always had to combine work and family.

According to Ruth Schwartz Cowan's 1983 research, time-saving devices like the vacuum cleaner and washing machine have actually increased the amount of time women spend on housework. What explanation is given for her finding?

Standards of cleanliness have also risen, so even more cleaning is expected.

Who of the following has argued that African American female-headed families are the outcome, rather than the cause, of racial oppression and poverty?

W. E. B Du Bois

Which of the following statements is true concerning the domestic world of Ozzie and Harriet portrayed in the 1950s television program? The program was a good portrayal of:

an idealized version of American family life in the 1950s.

Michael and Shawn are cohabitating. They love each other, but sociological research predicts that, when they do marry, they will face a higher risk of divorce. Sociologists believe this is because they:

are likely more accepting of divorce

Amy and Raymond live together in an intimate relationship without formal legal or religious sanctioning. This arrangement is known by sociologists as:

cohabitation

Melissa keeps a poster showing the Victorian feminine domestic ideal in her dorm room. She says she loves imagining the past when women's worlds were at home and women supported each other in child rearing. Melissa enjoys imagining the:

cult of domesticity

Gausa has fallen in love with Niso, a man who is outside her ethnic group. Her family shames her and convinces her to marry Xhoso, a man within her group. Gausa is following her ethnic group's rule of:

endogamy

If Jerome won't have a relationship with someone who lives in his dormitory, which he jokingly refers to as "dorm-cest," he is practicing the rule known as:

exogamy

In her native country of India, Malina's family would have insisted that she marry someone of a similar ethnicity and social class. Her family has immigrated to the United States, and though her family disapproves, Malina marries a Hawaiian man she has fallen in love with. Her choice reflects her preference for the U.S. marriage rule of:

exogamy

Grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins who live together in a multigenerational household are considered a(n) ________ family.

extended

Rodney and Tina are a married couple with children. They split up work, chores, and childcare, and they feel the balance is pretty much equal. Sociologist Barbara Risman calls this a(n) ________ family.

fair

Anthropologist Bronislaw Malinowski (1913) examined the family structure of nontraditional cultures and settled a long-standing debate when he concluded that:

family is a universal human institution

The ________ theory of the family, developed by Talcott Parsons, argues that nuclear families are necessary for child rearing and fulfilling society's need for productive workers.

functionalist

Recent trends in marriages between people from different races or ethnic groups indicate a:

growing acceptance of exogamy

Nani is a Zambian girl who needs advice regarding a friendship conflict. Following the norms of her culture, she is likely to seek advice from:

her aunt

James has had four wives, but this is legal in the United States because he was married to only one at a time. This legality reflects a rule of:

monogamy

The Frith family consists of a mother, a father, and their biological children. Sociologists classify this as a(n) ________ family.

nuclear

In some rural areas of Asia, women can have several husbands at one time. This practice is known as:

polyandry

John has two wives because his society allows:

polygyny

Structural changes brought on by the Industrial Revolution had major consequences for families. One important consequence is that the Industrial Revolution:

separated work and home and created new roles for men and women.

According to your textbook, the most frequent form of domestic violence is:

sibling on sibling

In families where both spouses work for wages, the second shift can best be described as:

the domestic tasks that fall disproportionately on women in addition to their paid work.

Which 1996 legislation led to national welfare reform during the Clinton administration?

the personal responsibility and work opportunity act

Black and poor women in the United States have come to rely on which of the following in order to manage child care and work responsibilities?

their extrafamilial female networks

It is difficult to make generalizations about Latino families in the United States because:

their origins and geography are so diverse

Which of the following was a motivation of the welfare reforms of 1996?

to promote self-sufficiency and personal responsibility