Family Development Midterm

A theorist might point to which social fact to support the consensus perspective?

The two major political parties in the US have existed for decades and despite strong partisanship, citizens generally follow the governance of either party.

How do sociologists working from the biological perspective seek to understand human behavior?

They apply understandings of the biological differences to common family traits and practices today

The high school prom has been a site of continuous legal and social conflict for decades. Why are prom scripts so important?

They are seen as a formal step in the process of mate selection that can lead to marriage????

Which of the following is a unique circumstance for unmarried parents?

They don't have much time to date, but many still do

A cohort is a group of people who experience an event together at the same time T/F

True

Which of the following describes the term matrilineal?

Wealth and power are transmitted from mothers to daughters

Why does the percentage of Whites married to Blacks in the United States differ so significantly from the percentage of Blacks married to Whites in the United States?

Whites are bigger group so only one percent versus 8% of blacks

Which of the following 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 couples are less committed to each other

Which of the following types of families is most likely to be poor?

single mother families

According to the textbook, which of the following is a reason why sexual behavior is less constrained now than it was in the past?

the advent of modern birth control young people's living alone before marriage sex among older adults

What was a relatively common form of polygamy in the nineteenth century?

the practice in the mormon communities for a man to have more than one wife

Imagine you are selected to take part in a study, and the researcher asks you to 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

Which of the following groups is LEAST likely to intermarry with those of other races or ethnicities?

white women

Which of the following class structures includes the highest percentage of Americans?

working class

Which of the following 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 (STD's) have decreased

Which of the following is the force that prompted Mexican migration to the U.S.?

seeking employment

The richest 1% of Americans earned what percent of income in 2014?

20%

About what percentage of people report having met their current partner online?

22%

Women's weekly earning are wha percentage of mens's weekly earnings?

81%

Which of the following racial/ethnic groups has the highest poverty rate?

American Indians ??????

Which of the following is NOT an example of gender socialization?

Andrea explains to her friends that her parents will not allow her to stay out late after she failed the test

What is an example of a way in which an elementary school teacher might engage in gender socialization in schools?

By reprimanding a girl for playing on the jungle gym because she is wearing a dress

The process by which social scientists establish an association between the two phenomena is known as ________________________.

Correlation

Which of the following examples best describes the term transgender?

Emily was assigned female at birth but recently asked friends and family to use his chosen name (Mike) and pronouns him/he

What is the difference between facts and theory in the study of the family?

Facts provide information about family life where a theory is a way to explain how those facts influence one another

In which of the following examples, does the young person have the highest life chance?

Justin Smith, son of a successful and wealthy businessman and is graduating from Harvard this year

Which of the following examples DOES NOT fit the definition of a legal family?

a single man and his two dogs a cohabiting couple who has been together for 10 years

Which of the following is an example of familism?

a teenager misses several days of school to look after sick relative a grandfather moves into his daughters house to help take care of his grandchildren

Which of the following mate selection patterns creates the most inequality in a society?

adults only marry within their own social class

Identify the statement that describes how the rising age at first marriage impacted sexual behavior

almost all Americans have sex before marriage

Which of the following is the most accurate example of a split household family?

asian Americans??????

Which of the following statements about acculturation and assimilation is NOT true?

assimilation most occurs before acculturation

Which of the following is NOT associated with stronger feelings of homophobia?

being female being born after 1990

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 which of the following types of connections?

biological, legal, emotional

Which of the following groups is the most isolated group in terms of dating?

blacks

Identify the statement that describes why some researchers argue that love is an evolutionary adaptation.

children loved by their parents were more likely to survive infancy

Which of the following is NOT a way in which the federal government increased legal regulation of family life during the industrial era?

creating rules for religious organizations rollin sanctifying marriages

Which of the following 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

Identify the term that describes the process of immigrant children adapting to a new culture more rapidly than their parents?

dissonant acculturation

Which of the following occupations is the LEAST female dominated?

electricans

Which of the following is NOT a major lens through which social scientists study sexuality?

ethics of sexual behavior

Which of the following is the characteristic of family life for the 19th century Mexican Americans?

family members exhibited a strong sense of obligation toward one another

In a story from textbook, a woman recalled, "In 1969 I even started to wear trousers to work (as a social worker). At the time this was certainly frowned on, yet two 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, non-conforming

Which of the following is an example of a third generation immigrant?

grandchildren of immigrants

Which of the following factors DOES NOT contribute to the relatively high rate of HIV infection in the African American population?

greater biological susceptibility by race

When did the word homosexual first begin to appear as a way to describe someone's identity?

late 19th century

Which of the following 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 (in the mid 1800's)?

most enslaved children did not live with their parents

Which of the following is NOT a main form of scarcity that single mother families often face in contrast to two parent families?

motivation

According to Melvin Kong'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