FHS 2400 Unit One

A person may only occupy one position at a time in the basic kinship system in American society

False

As society has become more industrialized and impersonal, families have decreased in importance as a source of intimacy.

False

Feminism is a micro-level theory.

False

Secondary data analysis involves interviewing the same person twice before analyzing the data

False

The best research approach for studying families is survey research.

False

The microsystem, microsystem, and maseosystem are fundamental to structure functionalism

False

A statement such as "everyone should get married" is an example of?

A value judgment

Sue is Kays mother in law. Their relationship is:

Conjugal

Which of the following is NOT believed by family systems theorists?

Each family stays the same over time.

A concept like "marital communication" could be included as a ____ in a research study

Independent variable, dependent variable, intervening variable--- ALL OF THE ABOVE

In bronfenbrenner's ecologically based theory the ____ contains the most immediate influences with whom individuals have frequent contact.

Microsystem

What method of research deals with large amounts of information that is analyzed and presented statistically?

Quantitate

The feminist agenda is to:

Raise society's level of awareness regarding the oppression of women and all other dis-advantaged groups.

A researcher video records family interaction during dinner time in the families homes. The method of research is called:

Secondary data analysis

Dr. Williams uses data collected by the US Census Bureau in her research on families. This research methods is called?

Secondary data analysis

Our marriage system in the US may be best described as

Serial monogamy and modified polygamy

A group of two or more persons related by birth, marriage, or adoption and residing together in a household is:

The definition of family used by U.S. census bureau

Biases are strong opinions that may create barriers to hearing anything that is contrary to our opinion.

True

In family systems theory, the concept of homeostasis refers to family stability.

True

In some areas of India, Africa, and Asia children as young as six may marry other children (or adults) although they may not live together until they are older.

True

Some of the services provided by families are such a basic part of our existence that we tend to overlook them.

True

Stereotypes are fairly resistant to change

True

The family is a unit of economic cooperation that traditionally divides its labor among genders.

True

The question "who benefits"? is fundamental to conflict theory.

True

Unrelated individuals who feel and are treated as if they were relatives comprise an individuals

affiliated kin

Families

are dynamic

Family development theory has been criticized for:

assuming the sequential process of intact, nuclear families.

The concept "marital happiness" is transformed from a concept to something measurable such as "a score of 80 or above on the spousal satisfaction scale" in a process called:

conceptualization

According to the text, many of the so called culture wars over hot button issues such as the status of women, divorce and gay rights may really be

conflicts over differing conceptions of family

A scientist wants to conduct research to determine if change in a certain variable causes change in another variable. Which method should he use?

correlation

The mere fact that a controversy arose over the "we are family" spongebob video and the it pitted those with more conservative views against those with more liberal views demonstrates that family issues are

defined and interpreted differently.

The hypothesis "race influences marital status" marital status is the

dependent variable

Mistaken beliefs that everyone has the same experiences and values as oneself and therefore should think the same way one does are called:

egocentric fallacies

David Popenoe has concluded that

except in high conflict marriages, it is better for the children if their parents remain together and work out their problems.

The ex-kin relationship has clearly defined rules in todays society

false

The status we are given in society in largely acqquired through our

families

The family in which we grew up in is known as the

family of orientation

Carlos is Robertos compadre. This means that carlos is Robertos:

godparent

Traits that encourage competitiveness, coolness, self confidence, and rationality are:

instrumental

Four important sources of power in a relationship are

legitimacy, money, physical coercion, and love.

The preferred marital arrangement worldwide is

polygamy

in 1967, the US supreme court ruled in the case of Loving v Virginia and decided that it was unconstitutional for states to

prohibit interracial marriage

Case studies and in depth interviews are examples of

quantitate research

The shaping of individual behavior to conform to social or cultural norms is referred to as:

socialization

Intimacy:

strongly influences physical and mental health.

The research method that is most popular in marriage and family studies is

survey method

Among the Nayar of India, men have clearly defined obligations toward

the children of their sisters and female cousins

Exchange theory predicts that we will stay in an unhappy marriage when:

the cost of leaving is greater than the rewards of leaving and/or the cost of staying.

In china, a spirit marriage is one between

two people who are both dead

The portrayal of family life that results from soap opera families and daytime talk shows is:

unrealistic and highly negative