assignment 5

Same-sex couple households account for ___ percent of U.S. households. 1 10 15 30

1

What is the approximate median age of the United States? eight-five sixty forty twenty-five

forty

According to the video lesson, traditionally, the _______ family consists of parents and their children. ideal concentric nuclear real

nuclear

Supercentenarians are people who are ____ and older. 100 101 105 110

110

According to the video lesson, which of the following is a reason sociologists are interested in studying teenage parents/families? Teenage parents often lack the maturity needed to raise children. Teenage parents often drop out of school to raise children. Teenage parents have difficulty getting ahead economically. All of the above.

All of the above.

What is the basic idea behind disengagement theory? As people age, they think less and less about being married to their spouse, and more about their individuality. As people age, they disengage with their friends in order to spend more time with their families. As people age, they generally withdraw from all forms of society. As people age, they begin to lose their friends and family and spend their last days mourning their losses.

As people age, they generally withdraw from all forms of society.

It does not matter because divorce occurs when two people are incompatible and does not depend on how long people have lived with each other. Cohabitating, unmarried partners have the exact same divorce rate as the people who don't cohabitate until marriage. Cohabitating, unmarried partners have a slightly lower divorce rate after they get married than those who don't cohabitate until after marriage. Cohabitating, unmarried partners have a slightly higher divorce rate after they get married than those who don't cohabitate until after marriage

Cohabitating, unmarried partners have a slightly higher divorce rate after they get married than those who don't cohabitate until after marriage

How do elderly widows and widowers react to death of their significant other? Differently: elderly widows often do not remarry while elderly widowers do Differently: elderly widows often remarry while elderly widowers do not. Similarly: both elderly widows and widowers often remarry. Similarly: both elderly widows and widowers do not often remarry.

Differently: elderly widows often do not remarry while elderly widowers do

Which of the following is NOT true about old age? Women notice wrinkles as one of the first signs of aging. Elderly people lose all appetite and drive for sex. Elderly men sometimes start to go bald as they age. Elderly people start dying their hair to replace the color they lose.

Elderly people lose all appetite and drive for sex.

Which is one reason that sociologists cite to explain why men and women are delaying marriage until their mid-to-late twenties? Many young people place education and career higher than marriage on their list of priorities. Many women fear having children too early and, consequently, having to give up a good career. Most men spend at least a year traveling the world to get a better understanding of the world, and consequently, don't want to be tied down by a wife. Most people in the Millennial generation are caring for their aging parents and do not have time for long term, serious relationship

Many young people place education and career higher than marriage on their list of priorities.

What is the relationship between intimate partner violence (IPV) and marriage? Men and women who are married feel empowered to report abuse, thus the statistics we have on IPV between married couples are very accurate. Men and women who are married experience less abuse, than those who are separated or cohabitating Men and women who are married experience considerably more abuse, than those who are cohabitating, or separated. Men and women who are married prefer to seek therapy and counseling for their problems rather than hitting, punching, or screaming.

Men and women who are married experience less abuse, than those who are separated or cohabitating

When Maria married John, she moved to John's house which was adjacent to his parent's house. Her mother-in-law was always over giving Maria advice on everything from decorating to icing cakes. Maria lives in a: Matridistant residence Patridistant residence Matrilocal residence Patrilocal residence

Patrilocal residence

According to the video lesson, a sociologist using the _____________ perspective might focus on the social meanings associated with age. functionalist conflict interactionist feminist

interactionist

According to the video lesson, the average number of years a member of a given population can expect to live beyond his or her present age is called _____________. life chances life expectancy life strata age cohort

life expectancy

In most countries, elderly women ___________than elderly men. are mistreated less live a few years longer suffer fewer health problems deal with issues of aging better

live a few years longer

A child who associates his line of descent with his father's side only is part of a _________society. matrilocal bilateral matrilineal patrilineal

patrilineal

According to the video lesson, often in ______________ families the people must work on reconciling differing ethnic heritages and values. nuclear single parent racially or ethnically mixed blended

racially or ethnically mixed

According to the video lesson, ____________ are ceremonies that mark the transition from one phase of life to another. life celebrations life events rites of age rites of passage

rites of passage

Couples who cohabitate before marriage are ______ couples who did not cohabitate before marriage to be married at least ten years. far more likely than far less likely than slightly less likely then equally as likely as

slightly less likely then

Current divorce rates are: at an all-time high at an all-time low steadily increasing steadily decreasing

steadily decreasing

According to the video lesson, which of the following is NOT an explanation for the increasing numbers of single-parent families? Increasing divorce rate Economic pressure No longer a stigma attached Death of spouse

Death of spouse

Why do sociologists find the study of family to be so important when trying to grasp the mores and norms of a culture? Families provide for each other as well as carry out and teach a particular culture to other members of the family. Families almost never reinforce the values of the society in which they live, and thus can bring about change without much effort. Families are so isolated from society at large that they become tiny independent societies. Families tend to be apathetic towards culture whereas young unmarried people reinforce social rituals and ideologies.

Families provide for each other as well as carry out and teach a particular culture to other members of the family.

What is a dependency ratio? It is the comparison of working people to non-working people. It is the comparison of children to parents. It is the comparison of grandparents to parents. It is the comparison of healthcare professionals to the elderly.

It is the comparison of working people to non-working people.

America's baby boomer generation has contributed to all of the following except: Social Security's vulnerability improved medical technology Medicaid being in danger of going bankrupt rising Medicare budgets

Medicaid being in danger of going bankrupt

According to the video lesson, a bar mitzvah is an example of ____________. an age strata You Answered an age grade a rite of passage an age cohort

a rite of passage

According to the video lesson, _____________ is a group of people who more or less are the same birth age. a birth group a life stage an age cohort an age level

an age cohort

According to the video lesson, a ___________ family includes children from previous marriages and children from the current union or marriage. blended mixed multi-level nuclear

blended

Thanatology is the study of life expectancy biological aging death and dying adulthood

death and dying

An older man retires from his job, stops golfing, and cancels his newspaper subscription. After his wife dies, he lives alone, loses touch with his children, and stops seeing old friends. His situation most closely illustrates the _______theory. activity continuity disengagement geotranscendence

disengagement

Sociologists tend to define family in terms of how a given society sanctions the relationships of people who are connected through blood, marriage, or adoption the connection of bloodlines the status roles that exist in a family structure how closely members adhere to social norms

how a given society sanctions the relationships of people who are connected through blood, marriage, or adoption