Sociology Chapter 12 Quiz

Amy and her husband Seamus both work. Outside working hours, Amy does most of the housework and Seamus serves on the local city council. Sarah Fenstermaker Berk, who studies family role formation, has called the family a:

"gender factory"

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

2 years

In 2007, intimate partner violence accounted for more than 2,300 deaths. What percentage of these victims were male?

30 percent

The Soron family consists of a male breadwinner, a female housewife, and their children. A sociologist might see the Soron family as statistically interesting, because this family type represents about ________ of today's U.S. families.

6 percent

A TV director pitches the idea of remaking The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, but with African American characters. An African American producer says, "This is a terrible idea! That family never could have been black!" Why was the traditional family depicted in The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet never a reality for African American families?

African American women have always had to combine work and family.

Who wrote The Feminine Mystique (1963)?

Betty Friedan

A powerful example of the devaluation of housework in the United States was the original September 11th Victim Compensation Fund. Ultimately, after feminist groups lobbied the U.S. government, what happened?

Both the deceased's future earnings and his or her estimated contributions to the family's unpaid household work were measured to determine the family's amount of compensation.

Which of the following characterized the preindustrial family?

Husbands and wives were partners in both homemaking and economic labor.

In much of the Western world, choice of a marriage partner is influenced by age, education, class, race, and religion. Which of the following explains this tendency?

Marrying someone significantly different in age, race, social class, and religion is often met with disapproval from others.

According to Ruth Schwartz Cowan's 1983 research, time-saving devices like the vacuum cleaner and washing machine have actually increased the amount of time women spend on housework. What explanation is given for her finding?

Standards of cleanliness have also risen, so even more cleaning is expected.

Who of the following has argued that African American female-headed families are the outcome, rather than the cause, of racial oppression and poverty?

W. E. B. Du Bois

Recent trends indicate that weekly hours of housework done by men and women are converging. Which of the following statements indicates how household labor is divided by gender?

Women do the housework and men help out.

Which of the following statements is true concerning the domestic world of Ozzie and Harriet portrayed in the 1950s television program? The program was a good portrayal of:

an idealized version of American family life in the 1950s.

The Lovings embrace in this photograph, celebrating the Supreme Court decision that, in Loving v. Virginia (1967), struck down America's ________ laws.

antimiscegenation

Michael and Shawn are cohabitating. They love each other, but sociological research predicts that, when they do marry, they will face a higher risk of divorce. Sociologists believe this is because they:

are likely more accepting of divorce.

In her native country of India, Malina's family would have insisted that she marry someone of a similar ethnicity and social class. Her family has immigrated to the United States, and though her family disapproves, Malina marries a Hawaiian man she has fallen in love with. Her choice reflects her preference for the U.S. marriage rule of:

exogamy

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

extended

Marriages that cross racial and ethnic lines have become more common in the United States, although most U.S. marriages are still racially and ethnically endogamous. What factors might discourage exogamy?

facing ostracism from within one's community

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 individualistic and evaluate their marriages in personal terms.

Rodney and Tina are a married couple with children. They split up work, chores, and childcare, and they feel the balance is pretty much equal. Sociologist Barbara Risman calls this a(n) ________ family.

fair

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

family is a universal human institution.

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 ________ network.

kinship

According to research in Dalton Conley's The Pecking Order (2004), how does the average income of daughters raised by stay-at-home mothers compare to that of daughters of working moms? The daughters of stay-at-home mothers are:

less likely to earn as much as their brothers.

John has two wives because his society allows:

polygyny

According to your textbook, the most frequent form of domestic violence is:

sibling on sibling.

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

the post-World War II economic boom

It is difficult to make generalizations about Latino families in the United States because:

their origins and geography are so diverse.

In the Na culture of China, a little boy grows up very close to one of his male relatives. Everyone expects a strong degree of influence between this man and the child. This role model male relative is the boy's:

uncle

Which of the following statements most accurately describes the notion of traditional family (stay-at-home mom and working father) in U.S. history? The traditional family:

was unique to a particular time in history (1950s) and in broader historical view, seems almost unusual.