MIDTERM INQUIZITIVE QUESTIONS

THE RICHEST 1% OF AMERICANS EARNED WHAT PERCENT OF ALL INCOME IN 2014?

2.7% OR 20%

WHAT PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE REPORT HAVING MET THEIR CURRENT PARTNER ONLINE?

22%

WOMEN'S WEEKLY EARNINGS ARE WHAT PERCENTAGE OF MEN'S WEEKLY EARNINGS?

81%

WHAT IS THE MOST ACCURATE EXAMPLE OF A SPLIT-HOUSEHOLD FAMILY?

A CHINESE MAN WORKS ON A UNITED STATES RAILROAD, LEAVING HIS WIFE BEHIND IN CHINA

WHAT DESCRIBES THE TERM MATRILINEAL?

A FAMILY SYSTEM WHERE WEALTH AND POWER ARE TRANSMITTED FROM MOTHERS TO DAUGHTERS

WHAT MATE SELECTION PATTERNS CREATES THE MOST INEQUALITY IN A SOCIETY?

ADULTS ONLY MARRY WITHIN THEIR OWN SOCIAL CLASS

WHAT DESCRIBES HOW RISING AGE AT FIRST MARRIAGE IMPACTED SEXUAL BEHAVIOR?

ALMOST ALL AMERICANS HAVE SEX BEFORE MARRIAGE

WHAT RACIAL/ETHNIC GROUP HAS THE HIGHEST POVERTY RATE?

AMERICAN INDIANS

WHAT IS NOT AN EXAMPLE OF GENDER SOCIALIZATION?

ANDREA EXPLAINS TO HER FRIENDS THAT HER PARENTS WILL NOT LET HER STAY OUT LATE AFTER SHE FAILED A TEST

WHAT STATEMENT ABOUT ACCULTURATION AND ASSIMILATION IS NOT TRUE?

ASSIMILATION MOST OFTEN OCCURS BEFORE ACCULTURATION

WHAT IS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH STRONGER FEELINGS OF HOMOPHOBIA?

BEING BORN AFTER 1990 AND BEING FEMALE

WHAT GROUP IS THE MOST ISOLATED IN TERMS OF DATING?

BLACKS

WHAT IS THE STATEMENT THAT DESCRIBES WHY RESEARCHERS ARGUE THAT LOVE IS AN EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION?

CHILDREN LOVED BY PARENTS WERE MORE LIKELY TO SURVIVE INFANCY

WHAT IS A GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO EXPERIENCE AN EVENT TOGETHER AT THE SAME TIME?

COHORT

THE PROCESS BY WHICH SOCIAL SCIENTISTS ESTABLISH AN ASSOCIATION BETWEEN 2 PHENOMENA IS KNOWN AS WHAT?

CORRELATION

WHAT IS NOT A WAY IN WHICH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT INCREASED LEGAL REGULATION OF FAMILY LIFE DURING THE INDUSTRIAL ERA?

CREATING RULES FOR RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS ROLE IN SANCTIFYING MARRIAGE

WHAT 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 FAMILIES

WHAT IS THE TERM THAT DESCRIBES THE PROCESS OF IMMIGRANT CHILDREN ADAPTING TO A NEW CULTURE MORE RAPIDLY THAN THEIR PARENTS?

DISSONANT ACCULTURATION

WHAT OCCUPATION IS THE LEAST FEMALE DOMINATED?

ELECTRICIANS

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 WHAT TYPE OF CONNECTIONS?

EMOTIONAL, BIOLOGICAL, AND LEGAL

WHAT IS NOT A MAJOR LENS THROUGH WHICH SOCIAL SCIENTISTS STUDY SEXUALITY?

ETHICS OF SEXUAL BEHAVIOR

"IN 1969, I EVEN STARTED TO WEAR TROUSERS TO WORK AS A SOCIAL WORKER. AT THE TIME, THIS WAS FROWNED ON, YET 2 YEARS LATER, SOCIAL WORKERS WERE ROAMING THE INNER CITY IN TORN JEANS, GYM SHOES AND BRA LESS T-SHIRTS." WHAT CONCEPT DOES THIS STORY EXEMPLIFY?

GENDER ROLES CHANGE OVER TIME AND ACROSS PLACE

WHAT IS AN EXAMPLE OF A THIRD GENERATION IMMIGRANT?

GRANDCHILDREN OF IMMIGRANTS

WHAT FACTOR DOES NOT CONTRIBUTE TO THE RELATIVELY HIGH RATE OF HIV INFECTION IN THE AFRICAN AMERICAN POPULATION?

GREATER BIOLOGICAL SUSCEPTIBILITY BY RACE

WHAT EXAMPLE BEST DESCRIBES TRANSGENDER?

INDIVIDUAL WHO GENDER IDENTITY DOES NOT MATCH THEIR ASSIGNED SEX

WHEN DID THE WORD HOMOSEXUAL FIRST BEGIN TO APPEAR AS A WAY TO DESCRIBE SOMEONE'S IDENTITY?

LATE 19TH CENTURY

WHAT WAS A RELATIVELY COMMON FORM OF POLYGAMY IN THE 19TH CENTURY?

MEN HAVING MULTIPLE WIVES

WHAT ARE THE MAIN FORMS OF SCARCITY THAT SINGLE-MOTHER FAMILIES OFTEN FACE IN CONTRAST TO TWO-PARENT FAMILIES?

MONEY, TIME, AND SOCIAL CAPITAL

WHAT 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 (MID 1800S)?

MOST ENSLAVED CHILDREN DID NOT LIVE WITH THEIR PARENTS AND LAWS THAT RECOGNIZED FORMER SLAVE FAMILIES

ACCORDING TO MELVIN KOHN'S CLASSIC SERIES OF STUDIES, HOW DO BOTH MIDDLE AND WORKING CLASS PARENTS EXPERIENCES WITH WORK INFLUENCE THEIR PARENTING?

PARENTS TEACH THEIR CHILDREN THE INTERPERSONAL SKILLS THAT THEY USE IN THEIR OWN JOBS

WHAT IS A CHARACTERISTIC OF FAMILY LIFE FOR 19TH CENTURY MEXICAN AMERICANS?

POOR FAMILIES, FARMERS TRAVELED FOR WORK AS TRAINS DEVELOPED, SEPARATED FROM FAMILY, AND STRONG FAMILY BONDS (FAMILISM)

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 EVENTUALLY LEAD TO MARRIAGE

WHAT IS NOT AN EXAMPLE OF HOW THE BIRTH CONTROL PILL MAY HAVE HAD REPERCUSSIONS FOR SOCIETY ONCE IT WAS WIDELY AVAILABLE?

RATES OF SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES HAVE DECREASED

WHAT IS AN EXAMPLE OF A WAY THAT AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHER MIGHT ENGAGE IN GENDER SOCIALIZATION IN SCHOOLS?

REPRIMANDING A GIRL FOR PLAYING ON THE JUNGLE GYM AS SHE WAS WEARING A DRESS

WHAT IS THE FORCE THAT PROMPTED MEXICAN MIGRATION TO THE UNITED STATES?

SEEKING EMPLOYMENT

WHAT 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

IN WHAT SCENARIO WOULD A YOUNG PERSON HAVE THE HIGHEST LIFE CHANCE?

THE SON OF A SUCCESSFUL AND WEALTHY BUSINESSMAN WHO IS GRADUATING FROM HARVARD THIS YEAR

A THEORIST MIGHT POINT TO WHICH SOCIAL FACT TO SUPPORT THE CONSENSUS PERSPECTIVE?

THE TWO MAJOR POLITICAL PATIES IN THE US HAVE EXISTED FOR DECADES, AND DESPITE STRONG PARTISANSHIP, CITIZENS GENERALLY FOLLOW THE GOVERNANCE OF EITHER PARTY.

WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN FACTS AND THEORY IN THE STUDY OF FAMILY?

THEORY IS A WAY TO APPLY LOGIC TO A PATTERN OF FACTS, TO STRUCTURE THE WAY WE THINK ABOUT ORU SUBJECT, AND HELP GENERATE IDEAS FOR RESEARCH TO ENRICH UNDERSTANDING

HOW DO SOCIOLOGISTS WORKING FROM THE BIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE SEEK TO UNDERSTAND HUMAN BEHAVIOR?

THEY APPLY UNDERSTANDINGS OF THE BIOLOGICAL UNDERPINNINGS OF SEX DIFFERENCES TO COMMON FAMILY TRAITS AND PRACTICES TODAY

WHAT IS A UNIQUE CIRCUMSTANCE FOR UNMARRIED PARENTS?

THEY DON'T HAVE TIME TO DATE, BUT MANY STILL DO

IMAGINE YOU ARE SELECTED TO TAKE PART IN A STUDY, AND THE RESEARCHER ASKS YOU TTO 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

WHAT TYPE OF FAMILY IS MOST LIKELY TO BE POOR?

UNMARRIED FEMALE HEADED FAMILIES

WHY DOES THE PERCENTAGE OF WHITES MARRIED TO BLACKS IN THE UNITED STATES DIFFER SO SIGNIFICANTLY FROM THE PARENTAGE OF BLACKS MARRIED TO WHITES IN THE UNITED STATES?

WHITE MEN WERE ALLOWED TO HAVE BLACK CHILDREN DURING SLAVERY, BUT IT WASN'T SOCIALLY ACCEPTABLE FOR A BLACK MAN TO HAVE CHILDREN OR MARRY A WHITE WOMEN. LAWS PREVENTING INTERRACIAL MARRIAGE BETWEEN WHITES AND BLACKS

WHAT GROUP IS LEAST LIKELY TO INTERMARRY WITH THOSE OF OTHER RACES OR ETHNICITIES?

WHITE WOMEN

WHAT CLASS STRUCTURE INCLUDES THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF AMERICANS?

WORKING AMERICANS

WHAT IS AN EXAMPLE OF FAMILISM?

-A TEENAGER MISSES SEVERAL DAYS OF SCHOOL TO LOOK AFTR A SICK RELATIVE. -A GRANDFATHER MOVES INTO HIS DAUGHTERS HOME TO HELP TAKE CARE OF HIS GRANDCHILDREN

WHAT IS A REASON WHY SEXUAL BEHAVIOR IS LESS CONSTRAINED NOW THAN IT WAS IN THE PAST?

-ADVENT OF MODERN BIRTH CONTROL -YOUNG PEOPLE LIVING ALONE BEFORE MARRIAGE -SEX AMONG OLDER ADULTS