Marriage Family Test 1 Study Guide

What is the term for a social position that is accompanied by acceptable patterns of behavior?

A. a role

Which of the following is an example of correlation?

A. kids who sleep with a night-light more often turn out to be nearsighted in adulthood

Jarrod O'Reily's favorite holiday

B.The sometimes voluntary nature of ethnicity.

More than three-quarters of Latinos speak Spanish at home because

B.There is a continuing flow of immigrants into the United States.

Industrialization in the United States contributed to the development of all of the following ideals EXCEPT:

c. secularism

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c. self identification

Humans increased longevity over time is largely the result of:

c. standard of living

Which two lines of thought have framed much of the research on black family life and family structure?

c. the impact of slavery and family resilience

In which institutional arena does wealth accumulation take place?

c. the market

According to statistics, what is the largest racial group in the United States?

c. white

Which of the following is an example of a personal family?

c. your best friend, who also considers you his or her best friend

An ethnicity is a group of people with a common cultural identification, based on a combination of language, religion, ancestral origin, or

d. traditional practices

What theoretical perspective does the following statement represent? Family behavior and household structures contribute to larger population processes in many important ways.

A. demographic perspective

When giving a reason for missing a meeting, a staff member lets her boss know that she is unavailable because her grandmother is in the hospital. The boss accepts this as an excusable absence because

A. family commitment are privileged

which of the following examples provides evidence that the role of the state is changing?

A. the growth of public services in health care and education

Appropriate parental discipline is decided by

B. common cultural understandings

lifted all numerical restrictions on the immigration of spouses, children, and parents of U.S. citizens?

C. 1965 Amendments to the Immigration and Nationality Act

which of the following is the sociological definition of family?

D. The family is "The place where family matters take place"

Based on the example of Vy Higginsen and Marion West provided, West and Higginsen might have been searching to uncover their genealogical ties to

D. find out whether they have family members who were colonial settlers

What theoretical perspective revolves around people's ability to enact social roles based on the expectations of others?

D. symbolic interaction

In the early 1900s, the reasons for marriage began to change. This cultural shift is known as:

c. "institution to companionship"

Which racial-ethnic group is most likely to have grandparents living with grandchildren?

c. African American

The 1942-1964 Bracero Program, which extended "temporary" work permits to millions of Mexican workers,

c. It opened the door for many families to settle in the United States.

Families began having fewer children in the nineteenth century. Which of the following was NOT a contributor to this change?

c. decreased infant death rate

Which of the following is NOT a major trend in the historical changes in American family life?

c. divorce rates have declined

The pervasive element of European and American society in which men controlled all property and had control over women and children is called:

c. patriarchy

sociologists criticize the Moynihan Report,

d. "blames the victim" and contributes to racist stereotypes

U.S. Census Bureau, the government's main statistical agency, attempt to collect data about racial categories?

d. To reflect a social definition of race recognized in this country

During the nineteenth century, the social construction of childhood developed in all of the following ways EXCEPT:

d. conformity was emphasized

Which of the following is NOT an important broad historic trend impacting the character of American family life?

d. decline of the two-parent nuclear family

The author says that challenging to define family because

d. different people and cultures use different definitions

Archaeologists' discovery of Stone Age family burials in Europe was sociologically significant for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:

d. family memberships were considered eternal

the increasing diversity of naming practices of indicative of:

d. individualism

Supreme Court case Loving v. Virginia

d. laws against interracial marriage

the family in the second half of the 20th century was heavily impacted by:

d. reduction of the home as a place of work

The cultural value of independence can be observed in the context of all of the following social roles EXCEPT:

d. religious observer

many women find themselves caring for adolescent children as well as aging parents.

d. the sandwich generation

A longitudinal survey is on that is sent

d. to the same people every five years

Which of the following is NOT a familial relationship recognized by the census?

C. personal family

In which institutional arena does facilitation of divorce take place?

C. the market

How did the United States v. Windsor ruling change the legal definition of marriage

C. the ruling resulted in the federal government recognizing all legal marriages performed in states

In which of the following cases would the census include all members in the count of a family?

C. two married people and their legally adopted child living in the same household

Unmarried, young black women outnumber married, employed black men in their age group by what factor in the four biggest metropolitan areas?

a. 2 to 1

Which of the following represents the distant role of government in family matters during colonial times?

a. Christian doctrine in family matters

Respect for elders, reliance on extended family networks, and matrilineal descent are characteristics of which Early American groups?

a. Native Americans

In what way was the ideology of patriarchy reinforced by Protestant doctrine?

a. Protestant doctrine emphasized obedience to authority

Based on the reading, Cohen says that marriage is a contentious term because

a. a legal recognition carries rights and responsibilities granted by the government

When Julio and his family moved to New York City from the Dominican Republic, he went to an English-speaking school. However, he continued to speak Spanish at home. This is an example of

a. assimilation

What theoretical perspective does the following statement represent? Society is the "collective expression of shared norms and values. "

a. consensus

as some researchers have discovered, whites often

a. do not identify themselves as a member of any racial or ethic group

the race and ethnicity categories on the U.S. Census form have changed

a. every ten years

African Americans families in the late nineteenth century had which of the following qualities?

a. greater gender equality

increasing physical separation of families:

a. heightened the personal value of independence

most colonial households were made up of:

a. nuclear families

An extended family, guided by the authority of the father and functioning based on economic needs, would be considered a:

a. patriarchal family

6. A race is a group of people believed to share common descent, based on ....

a. perceived innate physical similarities

An ethnic group perceived to share physical characteristics is called

a. racial ethnicity

which surface difference is perhaps most important biologically?

a. skin color

Which historical practice among American Indians has gained the attention of social scientists?

a. the acceptance of informal same-sex marriage

What Is the benefit of time-use studies

a. they allow researchers to collect detailed info on how families spend their time

Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 cut off new immigration from China, which resulted in:

a. unmarried Chinese men

Which group is gradually losing its dominant numerical status in proportion to other racial-ethnic groups?

a. white

Despite a remarkable loosening of the boundaries in the United States, most people still live, marry, reproduce, and raise children primarily....

a. within their own racial-ethic group

industrial revolution, dishwashers and microwave ovens impacted women's household labor in what way?

a. women spent far fewer hours on housework

At 13 percent, the proportion of U.S. residents born in another country is higher than it has been since

b. 1910

According to the U.S. Census, the greatest population growth can be found within which race?

b. Hispanic (latino)

In a male dominated wage economy, orphans and widows were commonly:

b. aided by an emerging welfare system

What constitutes the breadwinner- homemaker family as traditionally understood in early sociological theory?

b. an employed father, a mother without employment, and their children

a family consisting of two parents and their children, whose priorities are personal fulfillment and common affection

b. companionship family

Marriage and reproduction within a distinct group is called ,........

b. endogamy; exogamy

What theoretical perspective does the following statement represent? Individuals and groups with different resources, strengths, and weaknesses enter into mutual relationships to maximize their own gains.

b. exchange

It is difficult for sociologists and historians to know which parts of slave family life were African traditions because:

b. language and customs were suppressed

What theoretical perspective does the following statement represent? Studies of birth, death, and migration should occur at the population level to help us better understand families.

b. life course perspective

A type of family in which people are considered descendants of their mothers is called:

b. matrilineal

Why do sociologists claim that joblessness led African Americans to retreat from the institution of marriage?

b. men without jobs usually don't make attractive marriage partners

group that occupies a subordinate status in society is called

b. minority group

1950s brought increased motivation for young people to marry, as the result of all the following except.

b. moral and religious pressure

Why do some white Americans have a strong ethnic identity while others do not?

b. not all Europeans in the U.S. were automatically considered white

Contrary to earlier scientific beliefs, today's biologists generally see race as

b. populations of the different continents

which of the following historically limited black family structure?

b. poverty

Colonial children were not considered innocent and were controlled through strict discipline and hard work, due primarily to which social force

b. religious belief

The ideology that indicates that women are naturally ideal for homemaking is known as:

b. separate spheres

the concept of social distance illustrates

b. the acceptance that members of one group have toward those of another

Why is it difficult to identify what a "traditional" American Indian family practice is?

b. there has been massive disruption of American Indian families by the U.S. government

Middle-class and affluent families were the first to develop an emphasis on emotional bonds in family life because:

b. they had less need to consider the economic impact of mate selection

The one-drop rule helps explain what about Barack Obama?

b. why he was labeled the first black president