HDFS 2200 Midterm (Inquizitive)

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

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?

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Which of the following describes the term matrilineal?

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

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

Correlation

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 roles related to marriage was NOT a role played by the state-established churches in the early European Societies?

Roles: determining the validity of marriages, presiding over marriage ceremonies, allocating power and property among family members Not roles: deciding who could marry into which families

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

True