Chapter 2

family ecologists

A photograph in the text depicts individuals waiting patiently for medical attention in a neighborhood clinic. Which group of scholars might remark on the quality of the facilities or speculate about the home that these people live in?

family life course developmentalists

A photograph in the text depicts individuals waiting patiently for medical attention in a neighborhood clinic. Which group of scholars would likely note that some of the woman are in the child-rearing stage of the family life cycle?

role sequencing

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

participants' honesty, motivation, and ability to respond.

According to the text, one disadvantage of survey research is it depends on the

clinician's case study

Andre is a family therapist who is interested in how husbands cope when they are the victims of physical abuse suffered at the hands of their wives. He makes an intensive study of the five husbands who are currently his clients for therapy sessions because they suffer physical abuse from this source. Andre is using which type of research method?

biosocial

Evolutionary psychology is an alternate term for which perspective?

equilibrium

Family systems theory emphasizes that family systems seek _________, or stable balance and symmetry.

genetic material

In the contemporary version of evolutionary theory, it is the survival of one's __________ into future generations that is important.

clinician's case study

Realistic flavor and vivid detail are most likely to be found in which type of research method?

experiment

Researchers who randomly assign subjects to different groups would suggest that the investigators are using which technique?

longitudinal

Studying social change in the family can be best understood through _______ data.

structure-functional

The American family takes on many forms today. The ______ approach encourages researchers to ask how well these new forms perform basic family functions.

structure-functional

The _______ perspective once argued for the functionality of specialized gender roles.

biosocial

The __________ perspective has been the basis for criticism of nonreproductive sexual relationships and the employment of mothers as contrary to nature.

feminist

The __________ perspective is focused on several things, including confronting and reducing oppression and patterns of subordination based on such factors as social class, race, and ethnicity, age and sexual orientation.

family systems

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

natural physical-biological

The climate, soil, plants, and animals are all part of the __________ environment.

unequal power

The conflict and feminist theories call attention to __________ within groups—including families—and within the larger society.

promoting genetic material

The structure-functional theoretical perspective views the family as performing at least three important functions. Which of the following is NOT one of these?

blinders

The text observes that most people grow up in some form of family and know something about what marriages and families are. But while personal experience provides us with information, it can also act as

structure-functional

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.

understanding of

Theoretical perspectives or theories can increase our ____________ families and family life.

structure-functional

Though there is no "typical" American family today, advocates for the ______________ perspective frequently argue that the heterosexual nuclear family is the norm, while their opponents refuse to view the nuclear family as normal, natural or best.

an institutional review board (IRB).

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

it takes longer to earn enough to support a family

What is the primary reason, according to the text, that the transition to adulthood has become elongated? Correct!

the death of a spouse

What marks the end of the family life cycle, according to the text?

surveys

When conducting __________, researchers ask a series of structured, or closed-ended questions.

total neutrality is impossible for anyone.

While part of being a scientist is having objectivity, in reality

principle of least interest

Within exchange theory, the _________ refers to the relationship between commitment to the relationship and power in the relationship.

normative order

this hypothesis proposes that work-marriage-family sequence is thought to be best for mental health and happiness.