InQuizitive HDFS 2200 Midterm Questions

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-1800s)?

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 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

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 lead eventually to marriage

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 (STDs) have decreased

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 Mormon communities for a man to have more than one wife.

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

The two major political parties in the United States 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 underpinnings of sex differences to common family traits and practices today

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

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

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

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

True

Which of the following describes the term matrilineal?

Wealth and power are transmitted from mothers to daughters

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

White Women

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?

Whites comprise a much larger proportion of the US population.

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

Working Class

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

Adults only marry within their own social class

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

African Americans

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

African Americans

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 an example of a third-generation immigrant?

Michelle has a Russian grandmother who shares recipes with her and tells her stories about her life in Russia in the 1930s and 1940s.

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

20%

About 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%

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

A Chinese man works on U.S. railroad, leaving his wife behind in China.

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 a sick relative, a grandfather moves into his daughters home to help take care of his grandchildren.

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

Although some were already living in the United States when their territory was annexed, migrants continue to move to the United States in search of jobs and better lives

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 a test

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

Assimilation most often occurs before acculturation.

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

Being Female Being born after 1990

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

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

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?

Correct Answers: Emotional, Biological, Legal Incorrect Answers: Obligatory

One difficulty of studying families is identifying whether something causes something else. In many cases, two things may occur together (such as the use of nightlights and nearsightedness), but one may not cause the other.

Correlation

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

Correlation

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' role in 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?

Electricians

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 (he/him)

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

Ethics of sexual behavior

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

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

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

Family members exhibited a strong sense of obligation toward one another

In a story from the 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

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.

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

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

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

Late nineteenth century