Marriage and Family chapter 2 quiz
A photograph in the text depicts a mother and her children waiting patiently for medical attention in a neighborhood clinic. Which group of scholars might speculate about whether the child seems to be secure, insecure/anxious or avoidant towards the mother?
attachment theorists
Evolutionary psychology is an alternate term for which perspective?
biosocial
The __________ perspective argues that humans' evolutionary biology affects much of human behavior and, more specifically, many family-related behaviors.
biosocial
Personal experience provides us with information, but it can also act as _________, which is why we need scientific study.
blinders
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?
clinician's case study
Realistic flavor and vivid detail are most likely to be found in which type of research method?
clinician's case study
In an experiment, the ______ group receives no special intervention.
control
Family systems theory emphasizes that family systems seek _________, or stable balance and symmetry.
equilibrium
A photograph in the text depicts a mother and her children waiting patiently for medical attention in a neighborhood clinic. Which group of scholars might speculate about the woman's personal power and resources relative to others in her family?
exchange theorists
A(n) __________ is possible when the researcher has a large amount of control over the various aspects of the phenomena under study.
experiment
A national random sample of approximately 10,000 people is the minimum needed to validly represent the U.S. population.
false
A researcher using naturalistic observation must assign people to an experimental group and a control group.
false
Children who live in poor neighborhoods are at less risk for negative social, educational, economic, and health outcomes.
false
Closed-ended survey questions allow respondents to write in their own answer.
false
Empirical evidence includes things we know intuitively, that cannot be verified with our senses
false
Family ecologists focus on current interactions within the family, not on historical, political or socioeconomic conditions.
false
Our beliefs about families, based on our own personal experience, are usually accurate.
false
A photograph in the text depicts a family 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 ecologists
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
Which of the following theoretical perspectives is concerned with the impact of family policy?
family ecology
A photograph in the text depicts a mother and her children waiting patiently for medical attention in a neighborhood clinic. Which group of scholars would likely note that the woman is in the child-rearing stage of the family life cycle?
family life course development
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 perspective
A photograph in the text depicts a mother and her children waiting patiently for medical attention in a neighborhood clinic. Which group of scholars might point out that, typically, it is mothers and not fathers who are primarily responsible for their children's health—and ask why?
feminists
A recent study among immigrants found that relationships "based not on blood or marriage but rather on religious rituals or close friendship ties" can serve as a functional alternative to the nuclear family. According to the text, what are these relationships called?
fictive kin
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.
globalization
According to the text, one disadvantage of survey research is it depends on the
honesty, motivation, and ability to respond.
Exchange theory stresses the importance of __________ in family relationships.
how family members use their resources to trade with other family members
Family researchers will often generate a __________, or "educated guess" about the way things are, based on their theoretical orientation.
hypothesis
A photograph in the text depicts a mother and her children waiting patiently for medical attention in a neighborhood clinic. Which group of scholars would be inclined to explore the mother's body language and speculate on what the child is saying nonverbally to the mother?
interaction-constructionists
Collecting data over a period of years using documented materials would reflect a(n)
longitudinal study.
In __________________ the researcher spends extensive time with respondents and carefully records their activities, conversations, gestures, and other aspects of everyday life.
naturalistic observation
According to the family development life course theory, the __________ stage of the family life cycle comes to an end with the arrival of the first child.
newly-established couple
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
Researchers conducting surveys want their samples to be
representative
According to the family development perspective, each developmental task has "on-time" transitions and a certain order in which major transitions to adult roles take place, called _______.
role sequencing
According to the interaction-constructionist theoretical perspective, ______________ is how family members adapt culturally understood roles to their own situations and preferences.
role-making
As modern human settlement occurs, roads and houses are built, and utility lines are strung. This activity illustrates the __________ environment.
social-cultural
Language, law, and social and economic systems are all part of the __________ environment.
social-cultural
The __________ perspective once argued for the functionality of specialized gender roles.
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.
structure-functional
A possible disadvantage of the family ecology perspective is that it is __________.
too broad and inclusive
A potential bias of case studies is that people who present themselves for counseling may differ in important ways from those who do not.
true
According to attachment theory, if an individual is able to recognize a problematic attachment style they may be able to change it.
true
From the family systems perspective, the parts of a family are seen as making a whole that is more than the mere sum of its parts.
true
The family ecology perspective stresses the interdependence of all the world's families—not only with one another but also with the environment.
true
The conflict and feminist perspectives call attention to __________ within groups—including families—and within the larger society.
unequal power
According to the text, a national random sample of approximately __________ persons can validly represent the U.S. population.
1,500
