HDFS 2200: FINAL EXAM

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How is cohabitation related to the likelihood of getting divorced?

Couples who cohabitate before marriage are more likely to divorce, but this is due to factors other than cohabitation

Which of the following is NOT a way in which the federal government increased legal regulation of family life during the industrial era?

Creating rules for religious organizations' roles in sanctifying marriages

which of the following forms of cohabitation is most associated with same-sex individuals?

Cohabitation instead of marriage

The following is an example of which of the 4 horsemen? "Oh you're tired? Poor little baby. I have been up since 6 am with the baby, had to run all over the building for meetings today, went and got groceries because someone apparently does not know how to buy toilet paper and have spent the past 45 minutes trying to get the baby to bed. So, yeah, I do not even want to hear how "tired" you are."

Contempt

What types of websites should be utilized for research?

Journals

In which of the following examples does the young person have the highest life chance?

Justin Smith is the son of a successful and wealthy business and is graduating from Harvard this yearT

According to the report posted in the Washington Post, discussed in Family Structure Matters, how are states with high levels of married parenthood NOT affected?

Lower levels of growth for the state

The richest 1% of Americans earned what percent of all income in 2014?

20%

About what percentage of people report having met their current partner online?

22%

What IS NOT a feature of a google scholar search?

The ability to limit the search to articles that are easy to read and more accessible

Which of the following examples best describes the term transgender

Their gender identity at birth is not the same as when they are older -> usually switch in adulthood

What is the difference between facts and theory in the study of the family?

Theory is applied logic to explain a pattern of facts

Which of the following IS NOT a contributing factor to the feminization of poverty?

There was an increase in the number of mothers who were not in the labor force

Which of the following IS NOT an example of a transition that may add to a child's stress and affect his/her development?

They can improve children's level of stress and well-being when disruptive household members leave

Which of the following is a unique circumstance for unmarried parents?

They want to date but don't have the time because of their children. Some haven't been married but have kids. They also tend to marry people that have children

T/F: Edward and Jacob both treat women as if they are property in the Twilight Saga?

True

T/F: Middle-class couples became engaged and formed concrete wedding plans more rapidly than their working-class counterparts

True

Which of the following is NOT an example of victim blaming?

"Why did he force himself on her?"

The article discusses a correlation between a reoccurring theme in the Twilight series and the real world. Who are the most responsible for female victimization?

Intimate partners

What is the most important way in which legal recognition of gay and lesbian families reduces boundary ambiguity?

It makes the marriage and the family more socially recognized

What is the purpose of google scholar?

It sorts articles that google considers scholarly so that anyone interested may look at the current research

For the families in Two American Families, what was the major issue that was the catalyst for the family issues?

Job loss

What does the "R" in the CRAAP method stand for?

Relevance

A recent study of residents in Framingham, Massachusetts found that:

Residents were 75% more likely to divorce if a close friend did

Identify the statement that describes why some researchers argue that love is an evolutionary adaptation

Children loved by their parents were more likely to survive infancy

Which of the following is the most accurate example of split-household family?

Chinese-Americans and Mexican Americans

The process by which social scientist establish an association between two phenomena is known as _____________.

Correlation

Which of the following roles related to marriage was NOT a role played by the state established churches in the early European Societies?

Deciding who could marry into which fmailies

a theorist might point to which social fact to support the consensus perspective?

Democracy and the American Revolution

Which of the following is the force that prompted Mexican migration to the US?

Seeking employment

Which era of marriage are we currently in?

Self-expressive marriage

Which of the following is NOT a major change in dating and romantic relationships that has made following social scripts more difficult in recent years?

Sexual freedom has increased and couples are less committed to each other

Imagine you are selected to take part in a study, and the researcher asks you to track and report the times of day in which you study, work, relax, interact with family, and interact with friends. What kind of study method would this be?

Time use study

A cohort is a group of people who experience an event together at the same time (T/F)

True

Which of the following factors DOES NOT contribute to the relatively high rate of HIV infection in the African American population?

What does not: Racial segregation What does: Greater biological susceptibility, access to higher education and lower levels of healthcare

which of the following class structures includes the highest percentage of Americans?

Working Americans

According to Modern Romance, the "best of" mentality:

affects our search for romantic partners

When did the word "homosexual" first begin to appear as a way to describe someone's identity?

the 19th century

Which of the following is an example of familism?

-A teenager misses several days of school to look after her sick relative - A grandfather moves into his daughters home to help take care of his grandchildren

Women in which of the following groups have the highest marriage rates?

1. College degree holders 2. The wealthy

Which of the following is NOT a main form of scarcity that single-mother families often face in contrast to two-parent families?

3 forms of scarcity that DO make it hard: 1. money 2. time 3. social captial

Which of the following groups is the most isolated group in terms of dating?

Blacks

What disciplines inform HDFS?

Economics Psychology Sociology

Which of the following occupations is the LEAST female dominated

Electricians

Which of the following is NOT a major lens through which social scientists study sexuality?

Ethics of sexual behavior

What is the goal for men who are not abusive according to Jackson Katz?

Hold male leaders accountable and encourage leadership training

Why are homicide rates the standard measure of trends in violent crime?

Homicides are counted very accurately

The extent to which mothers open or close the gate to the father's involvement with the child/children is related to:

How much fathers are involved in the day-to-day care of their children and how confident fathers appear when interacting with their children

Which of the following describes the term matrilineal?

In this family arrangement, wealth and power are transmitted from mothers to daughters

According to How to Lose your Virginity, the virgin violinist played for what pop star?

Lady Gaga

When faced with economic difficulty, what business did the Stanley sons begin in order to help the family?

Lawn care

Which of the following is the definition of the divorce-marriage ratio?

Calculates the frequency of divorce to the frequency of new marriages

For the Nuemann family, which of the following were NOT stressors that the family faced in addition to poverty?

meddling in-laws

The following is an example of which of the 4 horsemen? "I hate how you always make plans with your friends and never invite me. What, are you ashamed of me?"

Criticism

Which strategy is NOT an example of a way a mother will encourage a father's involvement with their child/children?

Criticizing parenting and prioritizing their own time with the children

The following is an example of which of the 4 horsemen? "It's not my fault! you were the one who forgot to tell me that the credit card payment was due. I don't know how i ended up married to someone so irresponsible!!"

Defensiveness

Which of the following examples DOES NOT fit the definition of a legal family?

1. Fostered children 2. Unmarried partners 3. housemates

Which of the following groups is LEAST LIKELY to use assisted reproductive technology?

1. Heterosexual couples who have just begun trying to have a child

Which of the following scenarios might cause a "marriage squeeze"

1. Large influx of young adult male migrants into the country 2. A sudden fertility rate drop among young women

Which of the following is the characteristic of family life for 19th century Mexican Americans?

1. Poor families 2. Farmers as trains developed for work 3. Separated from their families 4. strong family bonds (familism)

Women's weekly earnings are what percentage of men's weekly earnings?

81%

Identify the antipoverty policy that the evidence supports as the best approach:

A broad redistribution policy in which poor households receive a proportional amount of money back at tax time that raises their income above the poverty line

What is the conflict that Justin Baldoni describes related to his life?

A conflict between who he feels he is and who the world tells him he should be as a man

According to Modern Romance, an ideal first date would be

A monster truck rally

What is Human Development and Family Science?

An interdisciplinary area of study that focuses on families in context

Which of the following is NOT an example of gender socialization?

Andrea explains to her friends that her parents will not let her stay out late because she failed a test

According to Jackson Katz, a bystander is:

Anybody who is not a perpetrator or a victim in a given situation but who is embedded in a relationship with the people in the situation

Which of the following statements about acculturation and assimilation is NOT true?

Assimilation most often occurs before acculturation

Which of the following parenting styles is characterized by high demandingness and high responsiveness?

Authoritative

Concerning abuse of elderly adults, which of the following most closely defines the term expressive aggression?

Beating elderly people in public and mocking their physical impairments

One argument that Afifi makes is that:

Because children today tend to be very close to their parents, they are impacted by their parents' divorce

In Meet the Patels why wouldn't/don't Ravi's parents like Audrey?

Because she is culturally American

Employers expect mothers to __________ after they have children

Become less productive employees

Which of the following is NOT associated with stronger feelings of homophobia

Being born after 1990 and being female

The independence effect raises the likelihood of divorce because it motivates women to leave their marriages, whether they are fairly happy or unhappy. T/F

False

The total fertility rate in the US is currently 1.82, which is the same as the replacement fertility rate. T/F

False

A research study found that employers rate ________ as the most desirable employees

Fathers

According to How to Lose your Virginity, purity balls may be negative because:

Fathers and husbands are put in charge of women's sexuality

Which of the following IS NOT a reason for the "motherhood" penalty in wages?

Fathers' earnings increases allow women to shift to less demanding careers

The purpose of marriage for people today differs greatly from people in the past. According to the article, The Way We Never Were, what was the most common purpose of marriage in our history?

Gain advantageous in-laws and expand the labor force.

According to Modern Romance, the soul mate marriage is different from the companionate marriage in the following ways:

Individuals in soul mate marriages want their partners to be their best friend, trusted confidant and most passionate lover

The victims of family violence may be classified in three groups: intimate partners, children and elders. What two elements are usually present in the relationship between victims and perpetrators of family violence?

Intimacy and a care relationship

In the institutional era...

Most Americans lived in agragarian communities

Which of the following statements is true about couples therapy based on the "Is divorce contagious" article?

Most couples who enter couples therapy are debating whether or not they should even stay together

According to the New Parents Project, a sample of primarily highly educated, dual-earner, married parents who had their first child in central Ohio

New fathers did less housework after their babies were born

American believe which of the following on average?

No adult can be happy without becoming a parent

Parenting is stressful because:

Of the second shift that parents (mothers) do

The most profound finding on divorce in the past four decades is:

Parental conflict has a negative effect on children

Which of these topics is more unique to Human Development and Family Science than a sociology course?

Parenting

According to Melvin Kohn's classic series of studies, how do both middle- and working- class parents' experiences with work influence their parenting?

Parents who work raise their children to have the same hard-working values that they have themselves

In Meet the Patels, according to Ravi's parents, what should his wife's last name be?

Patel

Which of the following is included in the Self-actualization category of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs?

Personal Growth

Who tends to fixate more on the safety levels of Mount Maslow

Poorer Americans

According to the CRAAP method, which of the following IS NOT one of the 5 tips to evaluate a website?

Popularity

The high school prom has been a site of continuous legal and social conflict for decades. Why are prom scripts so important?

Proms are often seen as a formal step in the process of mate selection that can lead eventually to marriage

IN "why domestic abuse victims leave" video, why did leslie stay?

She thought she was a very strong woman who was the only person on earth who could help Conor

The video gives an example of a microaggression that can lead to death. What was the example?

Shooting an innocent person

The following is an example of which of the 4 horsemen? "Yeah, I am not listening to this anymore. I am out of here"

Stonewalling

Scholars are unsure why marriage matters for children, but they know it does. What is NOT something mentioned in the Family Structure Matters article that may be affected in children's lives when living in an unmarried household?

Strained relationships with siblings

What does the mental load refer to?

Taking on the task of organization and executing it at the same time, so they (women) end up doing 75% of the work

Based on what you read in the "changing culture" section, why would the culture of intensive parenting contribute to more people choosing to be childfree?

The culture of intensive parenting ramps up the expectations for how much time and resources parents devote to children

According to how to lose your virginity, which of the following were NOT used to check for virgins?

The fingernail test

Which of the following defines the terms of separation?

The formal or informal end of a martial relationship in which one or both partners move out of the home

According to the article, what is maternal gatekeeping?

The idea that mothers can exert control over fathers' involvement in child-rearing through their attitudes and behaviors

The author of The Way We Never Were: American Families and the Nostalgia Trap, notes that despite the many transformations since the first publication of her book, this one thing has not changed...

The tendency for Americans to view present day family and gender relations through nostalgia

Which of following is not an example of a microaggression?

What's up?

Which of the following is a definition of care-work?

Work performed face to face for the purpose of enhancing the capabilities of another person

In Meet the Patels, what is bio data?

a "romantic resume" with information about the person to be given to a prospective match and their family

Identify the term that describes the process of immigrant children adapting to a new culture more rapidly than their parents

dissonant acculturation

The safety category of needs on Mount Maslow includes all of the following:

economic security, control, predictability, psychological safety, physical safety

IN a story from the textbook, a woman recalled, "In 1969 I even started to wear trousers to work (as a social worker). At the time, this was certainly frowned upon, yet two years later social workers were roaming the inner city in torn jeans, gym shoes and bra-less tshirts". What concept does this story exemplify?

gender roles changing over tie and across place

Which of the following is an example of a third-generation immigrant

grandchild of an immigrant

According to Modern Romance, the average age at marriage in the U.S.:

has increased for both men and women

The families in Two American Families DID NOT experience the following:

more income following the 2008 recession

Which of the following Is NOT a factor that made building and maintaining families difficult for slaves in the period between 1619 and the end of the Civil War (in the mid 1800s)?

most enslaved children didn't live with their parents

While women are more and more present in the workforce, they still mostly remain the only ones in charge of the household T/F

true

Why does the percentage of Whites married to Blacks in the US differ so significantly from the percentage of Blacks married to Whites?

white men were allowed to have black children during slavery but it was not socially acceptable for a black man to have children/marry a white woman. Laws preventing interracial marriages between whites and blacks. By 2015, some 8% of married African Americans were married to Whites. but because Whites are the larger group, that translated into less than 1% of married Whites

What state was featured in Sex 101 and has one of the most progressive sex ed laws in the country?

California

Which of the following racial/ethnic groups has the highest poverty rate?

American Indians

Based off what we learned in the video, what is a microaggression?

An indirect, subtle or unintentional act of discrimination against a member of a marginalized group

Because the word family means different things to different people the textbook provides a broad definition of families as groups of people who are bound by which of the following types of connections?

Biological, legal or emotional

According to How Racism Makes Us Sick, who has a shorter (lower) life expectancy?

Blacks

According to Michelle Budig, what two policies shrink the motherhood penalty?

High quality childcare for babies and toddlers and moderate length paid parental leave

In Meet the Patels, who does Ravi live with?

His sister

Which of the following kinds of relationships would NOT be included under the intimate partner violence?

1. Best Friends 2. Parent-child pairs

Which of the following IS NOT an explanation for why women perform more household and child care, on average, than men do?

1. Women have greater resources, allowing them to take time off from work 2. Men are not as competent at household tasks

Which of the following is NOT a way that marriage brings about health benefits?

1. increased cooperation 2. through enhanced status 3. through changes in behavior

Which of the following work-family conflict issues is more characteristic of professional parents than of working-class parents?

1. lacking a barrier between work and home life 2. working too many hours

Which of the following DOES NOT fit under the textbook's "violence" category?

1. manipulation 2. neglect

What is the summary of an article called?

Abstract

Which of the following mate selection patters created the most inequality in a society?

Adults only marry within their social class

Which of the following options is not a way in which the twilight saga reinforces the marginalization of women and girls?

All of the vampires are male

Who does Justin Baldoni ask to forgive him (and all other men of the world) at the end of the video?

All women

Identify the statement that describes how the rising age at first marriage impacted sexual behavior

Almost all americans have sex before marriage

T/F With the exception of the last few decades, there has been a long-term trend over the last few centuries toward increasingly violent societies.

FALSE

The american time use survey shows that men and women perform nearly equal hours of housework T/F

FALSE!

T/F We should assume that someone is being dramatic if they react to a microaggression made against them.

False

When a man expects his partner to ask him to do things, he's viewing her as the _________ of the household chores.

Manager

Which statement describes the assumptions that underlie Becker's marketplace theory of marriage

Marriage is voluntary and there is competition for mates

What was the relatively common form of polygamy in the nineteenth century?

Men having multiple wives

Which of the following IS NOT an example of how the birth control pill may have had repercussions for society once it was widely available?

Rates of STDs have decreased

One difficulty to studying families is identifying whether something causes something else. In many cases, two things may occur together (such as the use of nightlights and nearsightedness) but one may not cause the other

correlation does not always mean causation

How are women presented in the Twilight Saga?

passive and weak

According to the textbook, which of the following is a reason why sexual behavior is less constrained now than it was in the past?

reasons: sex among older adults, young people living alone before marriage, the invention of birth control, sex outside of marriage, separation of sex from reproduction not reason: the spread of pornography, rising rates in divorce, increasing acceptance of homosexuals

What is the big reason, according to the Family Structure Matters, that the gender gap in educational, behavioral, and social outcomes is growing?

Boys are often hit harder by having unmarried parents and by the absence of a father

What is an example of a way in which an elementary school teacher might engage in gender socialization in schools?

By reprimanding a girl for playing on the jungle gym because she is wearing a dress

According to Harvard economist Raj Chetty, which of the following is one of the strongest predictors of upward mobility?

Growing up with married parents

Before you begin reading a scholarly article, what should you do first?

Have a clear research question and/or topic statement

How have parents' reasons for having children changed over time?

Having children is more of an emotional or symbolic asset, not a practical one

Which of the following is one of the ways that Justin Baldoni attempts to get past the fact that he isn't comfortable talking about his feelings?

He creates experiences that force him to be vulnerable, no matter how scary it may feel

In "Why Domestic Abuse Victims Don't Leave", what did Conor do first to isolate Leslie?

He quit his job on Wall Street because he felt so safe with her and encouraged her to move to New England with him

The families in two american families lived in which city?

Milwaukee

In the video, what are "microaggressions" compared to?

Mosquito bites

Tanika is a child in a blended family. Tanika's mother married a man who has one son, Michael. Identify the accurate definition of Tanika and Michael's relationship.

Tanika and Michael have become stepsiblings

How do sociologists working from the biological perspective seek to understand human behavior?

They apply understanding of the biological underpinnings of sex difference to common traits and practices today

Men with children are more likely to be hired than their childless counterparts (T/F)

True

T/F: Working-class couples moved in with their counterparts more quickly than middle-class couples (on average)

True!

Which of the following types of families is most likely to be poor?

Unmarried female headed families

Which of the following statements is NOT a common microaggression?

Where are you from?

Which of the following groups is LEAST likely to intermarry with those of other races or ethnicities?

White Women


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