Chapter 12 quiz

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

A sharp increase

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.

How did the industrial revolution change the common meaning family?

It shifted the meaning from extended family to nuclear family.

What is it called when individuals must care for both their own children and their elderly parents?

The sand which generation effect

Until recently, South Korea had laws in place banning marriage between people who belonged to the same clan. This means that they practiced

exogamy

What do sociologists call the tendency to marry someone from a different background?

exogamy

propinquity refers to

geographic proximity

JDate, a dating website for Jewish people, is sometimes used by non-Jews who are very interested in dating Jews. These non-Jews are practicing

Exogamy

Family friends who are referred to as "aunt" or "uncle" are examples of

Fictive kin

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.

Which of the following things is a child likely to convince a parent to do?

Quit smoking cigarettes

Who is more likely to return home after a full day of paid labor and put in a "second shift" at home taking care of domestic work?

Women

In societies across the globe, men and women have always performed different tasks to help the family function, and these roles have always been considered unequal

False

Before world war 2, the United States had no interstate highway system, and traveling to different parts of the country was difficult. This means that _______ must have been even more important in determining mate selection

Propinquity

Arlie Hochschild's study of two-income families found that women were much more likely than men to do the majority of the unpaid labor inside the home even after a full day's work outside the home. What term do sociologists use to describe this extra labor

The second shift

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

There has been an increase in cohabitation among unmarried couples.

Tasks designed to achieve a tangible goal like washing the dishes or taking out the trash are called

instrumental tasks

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

through a sexual division of labor within the home

Sometimes child welfare agencies are called to investigate a child who never seems to have clean clothing and is very skinny. The suspicion would be that the child is a victim of:

to neglect