SOC101 ch.10 Quiz

In 2007, intimate partner violence accounted for more than 2,300 deaths. What percentage of these deaths occurred among males?

30 percent

Approximately what percentage of U.S. marriages ends in divorce?

40 percent

Structural changes brought on by the Industrial Revolution had major consequences for families. What was one of the primary mechanisms that explains these consequences?

It separated work and home, and created new roles for men and women.

Talcott Parsons and other functionalists argued that the nuclear family was necessary in modern industrial society. Problems with the functionalist argument are highlighted in which of the research findings below?

Mundurucu mothers and fathers live in separate homes, eat separate meals, and sleep apart, yet this arrangement is functional for this culture.

As your text points out, single mothers and poverty often go hand in hand. What is the primary reason their employment opportunities typically limit them to low-wage work?

Single mothers are often unskilled and have less education than the average American

Which of the following is true regarding motherhood in the Zambian culture?

Zambian mothers don't nurture their daughters in the way that Western mothers do.

Cole's parents divorced when he was six, but now both of them are remarried. He has two stepsisters on his mother's side and a new stepbrother on his father's side. These families are an example of which of the following type of family?

a blended family

About how long do the majority of single mothers stay on the welfare rolls in the United States?

about 2 years

At any given point in the past few decades, about how many mothers raising children by themselves have had to go on welfare to get by in the United States?

about half

The Ozzie and Harriet Nelson type of family was in its prime during which time period?

during the post-World War II economic boom

Grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins who live together in a multigenerational household are considered a(n):

extended family.

The ________ theory of the family argues that nuclear families are necessary for child rearing and fulfilling society's need for productive workers.

functionalist

Recent trends in marriages between people from different races or ethnic groups indicate a:

growing acceptance of exogamy.

John and Monique are married. Both of their parents live with them, as does John's sister and brother-in-law and some nieces and nephews. This is known as a:

kinship network.

Journalist Barbara Ehrenreich traveled around the country to study firsthand what it was like to "get by" working low-wage jobs. All of the following are true about her experiences EXCEPT:

she felt that if she had only worked harder, she would have been able to "get by

Which 1996 legislation led to national welfare reform during the Clinton administration?

the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act

The notion that true womanhood centers on domestic responsibilities and child rearing is known as:

the cult of domesticity.

In his book The Marriage-Go-Round: The State of Marriage and the Family in America Today (2009), sociologist Andrew Cherlin proposes that America's "love-hate" relationship with marriage stems from:

the fact that Americans are very individualistic and evaluate their marriages in very personal terms.

Anthropologist Bronislaw Malinowski (1913) examined the family structure of nontraditional cultures and settled a long-standing debate when he concluded that:

the family was indeed a universal human institution.

The domestic duties that still fall disproportionately on working women's shoulders are labeled by Hochschild (1989) as:

the second shift.