Marriage & Family Midterm
A person who believed in the "family decline" theory might say the following:
"There has been a serious breakdown in marriage and family values."
According to the text, which of the following is NOT a current societal trend impacting families?
A great increase in the number of pets in the family
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
Blinders
Realistic flavor and vivid detail are most likely to be found in which type of research method?
Clinician's case study
Family change is attributed to which of the following influences?
Economic trends & cultural changes
Family systems theory emphasizes that family systems seek _________, or stable balance and symmetry.
Equilibrium
Single-person households now represent a quarter of American households.
False
What is meant by the term postmodern family?
Families today exhibit a multiplicity of forms.
Scholars and advocates with a __________ perspective point see constant evolution as normal.
Family Change
A strength of the __________ perspective is that it sensitizes us to significant political-economic and social-cultural issues that may not be addressed in other theories.
Family ecology
The __________ perspective focuses on how the family influences and is influenced by the environments that surround it.
Family ecology
_________ _______ is made up of the ideas and feelings about the uniqueness and value of one's family unit, which often emerges in family traditions, rituals and celebrations.
Family identity
The __________ perspective looks at the family as a whole; where change in one part sets in motion a process to restore equilibrium.
Family systems
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.
Feminist
________promote recognition of women's unpaid work and the greater involvement of men in childcare and housework.
Feminist prospectives
A central focus of the feminist perspective is on__________ issues.
Gender
In the contemporary version of evolutionary theory, it is the survival of one's __________ into future generations that is important.
Genetic material
Economic _________has affected bread-winning and consumption in American families.
Globilization
The text points out that each data collection technique
Has strength and weaknesses
The definition of family adopted by the authors of this text includes those who do all of the following EXCEPT
Have the same name and background
Which of the following is NOT a neighborhood risk factor which puts children at greater risk for negative outcomes including violence?
Homogeneous neighborhoods
According to the text, one disadvantage of survey research is it depends on the
Honesty, motivation, and ability to respond
Which of the following is attributed to the U.S. by "family change" scholars?
Inadequate support for families
What is the primary reason, according to the text, that the transition to adulthood has become elongated?
It takes longer to earn enough to support a family
Studying social change in the family can be best understood through _______ data.
Longitudinal
According to the text, over time, cohabitation has become
Mainstream
Compared to the recent past, children are __________ likely to live with a grandparent today.
More
The child population of the U.S. is ________ racially and ethnically diverse than the adult population.
More
In the 1950s, the nonmarital pregnancy rate was __________ in comparison with today.
Much lower
In __________________ the researcher spends extensive time with respondents and carefully records their activities, conversations, gestures, and other aspects of everyday life.
Naturalistic observation
The family ecology perspective believes every family is embedded in a set of _________, which exist outside of the family and influence it.
Nested structures
Today's family ecologists stress the interdependence of all the world's families, not only with one another but also with our fragile __________ environment.
Physical-biological
The structure-functional theoretical perspective views the family as performing at least three important functions. Which of the following is NOT one of these?
Promoting genetic material
Children learn social roles by imitating the behaviors of parents, siblings, and family members through a type of play called ___________.
Role-taking
Every time a person makes an important decision they ______________ for that time or permanently.
Rule out Alternatives
A majority of children live in __________ households.
Single-mother
Through the lens of social scientific research, individual choices are shaped by
Social factors
As modern human settlement occurs, roads and houses are built, and utility lines are strung. This activity illustrates the __________ environment.
Social-Culutral
What factor may cause a father to make choices about his family by "sliding" into a decision?
Strong day-to-day pressures on the job cutting into time at home.
The conflict perspective is the opposite of the___________; it assumes that not all family behaviors and practices contribute to family well-being.
Structure-functional theory
What is assisted reproductive technology (ART)?
The manipulation of sperm and/or egg in the absence of sexual intercourse that may involve a third party
The most common household type today is that of married couples without children.
True
Theoretical perspectives or theories can increase our __________ families and family life.
Understanding of
The conflict and feminist perspectives call attention to __________ within groups—including families—and within the larger society.
Unequal power
Theoretical perspectives are ways of
Viewing reality; or ways an observer may view, organize and interpret reality.
