HDFS 2200 Midterm
How is cohabitation related to the likelihood of getting a divorce?
Couples who cohabit before marriage are more likely to divorce, but this is due to factors other than cohabitation
Identify the antipoverty policy that the evidence supports as the best approach.
A broad redistribution policy in which poor households receive a proportional amount of money back at take time that raises their income to above the poverty line
What is the conflict that Justin Baldoni describes related to his life?
A conflict between who he feels he is and who the world tells him he should be as a man
Before you begin reading a scholarly journal article, what should you do first?
Have a clear research question and/or topic statement
Which of the following is NOT an example of gender socialization?
Andrea explains to her friends that her parents will not let her stay out late because she failed a test
Why are homicide rates the standard measure of trends in violent crime?
Homicides are counted very accurately
Based on what you read about the children most likely to be victims of domestic abuse, identify which policy is UNLIKELY to reduce child abuse and neglect.
Housing vouchers that allow poor families to more often
What types of websites should be utilized for research?
Journals
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 business and is graduating from Harvard this year
According to the report posted in the Washington Post, discussed in Family Structure Matters, how are states with high levels of married parenthood NOT affected?
Lower levels of growth for the state
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%
What is a main form of scarcity that single-mother families often face in contrast to two-parent families?
3 forms of scarcity that DO make it hard: 1. money 2. time 3. social captial
Women's weekly earnings are what percentage of men's weekly earnings?
81%
Which of the following types of families is most likely to be poor?
??
what is not an example of microagression?
????
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
Which of the following is the definition of the divorce-marriage ratio?
Calculates the frequency of divorce to the frequency of new marriages
Which of these topics is more unique to Human Development and Family Science than a Sociology course? Parenting Race Gender Social Class
Parenting
In Meet the Patels, according Ravi's parents, what should his wife's last name be?
Patel
According to the CRAAP method, which of the following IS NOT one of the 5 tips to evaluate a website?
Popularity (it is Currency, Relevance, Authority, Accuracy, Purpose)
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
What IS NOT a feature of a Google Scholar search?
The ability to limit the search to articles that are easy to read and more accessible
The safety category of need includes all of the following except....
The safety category includes economic security, control, predictability, psychological safety, and physical safety
A theorist might point to which social fact to support the consensus perspective?
The two major political parties in the US have existed for decades, and despite strong partisanship, citizens generally follow the governance of either party.
Which of the following examples best describes the term transgender
Their gender identity at birth is not the same as when they are older -> usually switch in adulthood
What is the difference between facts and theory in the study of the family?
Theory is applied logic to explain a pattern of facts
Which of the following IS NOT a contributing factor to the feminization of poverty?
There was an increase in the number of mothers who were not in the labor force
T/F? Middle-class couples became engaged and formed concrete wedding plans more rapidly than their working-class counterparts
True
T/F? Working- class couples moved in with their counterparts more quickly than middle- class couples (on average).
True
What is the summary of an article called?
abstract
T/F: A cohort is a group of similar people who experiences an event together at the same time
true
What is the average cost of weddings today?
$35,000
What is an example of familism?
-A teenager misses several days of school to look after her sick relative - A grandfather moves into his daughters home to help take care of his grandchildren
One argument that Afifi makes is that
because children today tend to be very close to their parents, they are impacted by their parents' divorce
In Meet the Patels, who does Ravi live with?
his sister
Which of the following is NOT a major lens through which social scientists study sexuality?
Ethics of sexual behavior
Which of the following describes the term matrilineal?
In this family arrangement, wealth and power are transmitted from mothers to daughters
According to Modern Romance, the soul mate marriage is different from the companionate marriage in the following ways:
Individuals in soul mate marriages want their partners to be their best friend, trusted confidant, and most passionate lover.
The victims of family violence may be classified in three groups: intimate partners, children, and elders. What two elements are usually present in the relationship between victims and perpetrators of family violence?
Intimacy and a care
What is the most important way in which legal recognition of gay and lesbian families reduces boundary ambiguity?
It makes the marriage and the family more socially recognized
What is the purpose of Google Scholar?
It sorts articles that Google considers scholarly so that anyone interested may look at the current research.
For the families in Two American Families, what was the major issue that was the catalyst for the family issues?
Job loss
Which of the following work-family conflict issues is more characteristic of professional parents than of working-class parents?
Lacking a barrier between work and home life or working too many hours
According to How to Lose Your Virginity, the virgin violinist played for what pop star?
Lady Gaga
When faced with economic difficulty, what business did the Stanley sons begin in order to help the family?
Lawn care
Americans believe which of the following on average?
No adult can be without becoming a parent
Which of the following kinds of relationships would not be included under the category of intimate partner violence?
Parent-child pairs, best friends
The most profound finding on divorce in the past four decades is:
Parental conflict has a negative effect on children
What does the R in CRAAP stand for?
Relevance
What is the goal for men who are not abusive according to that Jackson Katz?
Challenge other men who are abusive
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
Which of the following is the most accurate example of split-household family?
Chinese-Americans and Mexican Americans
The following is an example of which of the 4 horsemen? "Oh, you're tired? Poor little baby. (eye rolling) I have been up since 6 am with the baby, had to run all over the building for meetings today, went and got groceries because someone apparently does not know how to buy toilet paper, and have spent the past 45 minutes trying to get the baby to bed. So, yeah, I do not even want to hear how 'tired' you are."
Contempt
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' roles in sanctifying marriages
The following is an example of which of the 4 horsemen? "I hate how you always make plans with your friends and never invite me. What, are you ashamed of me?"
Criticism
Which strategy is NOT an example of a way a mother will encourage a father's involvement with their child/children?
Criticizing the outfit the father helped the child put on
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
The following is an example of which of the 4 horsemen? "It's not my fault! You were the one who forgot to tell me that the credit card payment was due. I don't know how I ended up married to someone so irresponsible."
Defensiveness
According to the video Sex 101, high schools that offer a teen health clinic, free contraceptives, free condoms, and fact-based sex
Do not affect how much teens think about sex because virtually every teen is exposed to sex in the media and society
What era of marriage are we currently in?
Self-expressive
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 and couples are less committed to each other
In "Why Domestic Abuse Victims Don't Leave" video, why did Leslie stay?
She thought she was a very strong woman who was the only person on Earth who could help Conor
Couples often act out the gender roles they saw their parents enact, which is an example of what process?
Socialization
What disciplines inform HDFS?
Sociology, Psch, Economics
The following is an example of which of the 4 horsemen? "Yeah, I am not listening to this anymore. I am out of here."
StoneWalling
Tanika is a child in a blended family. Tanika's mother married a man who has one son, Michael. Identify the accurate definition of Tanika and Michael's relationship.
Tanika and Michael have become stepsiblings
Based on what you read in the "Changing Culture" section, why would the culture of intensive parenting contribute to more people choosing to be childfree?
The culture of intensive parenting ramps up expectations for how much time and resources parents devote to children
Which of the following defines the term separation?
The formal or informal end of a marital relationship in which one or both partners move out of the home
The author of The Way We Never Were: American Families And The Nostalgia Trap, notes that despite the many transformations since the first publication of her book, this one thing has not changed...
The tendency for Americans to view present-day family and gender relations through nostalgia
What does the mental load refer to?
The things that working mothers always have to commit to memory.
How do sociologists working from the biological perspective seek to understand human behavior?
They apply understanding of the biological underpinnings of sex difference to common traits and practices today
Which of the following is a unique circumstance for unmarried parents?
They want to date but don't have the time because of their children. Some haven't been married but have kids. They also tend to marry people that have children
Men with children are more likely to be hired than their childless counterparts. (T/F)
True
True or False: Edward and Jacob both treat women as if they are property.
True
Which of the following factors DOES NOT contribute to the relatively high rate of HIV infection in the African American population?
What does not: Racial segregation What does: Greater biological susceptibility, access to higher education and lower levels of healthcare
Which of the following statements is NOT a common microaggression? Where are you from? I couldn't tell you were gay! Your english is great! Can I touch your hair?
Where are you from?
Which of the following is NOT an example of victim blaming?
Why did he force himself on her?
Which of the following IS NOT an explanation for why women perform more household and child care, on average, than men do?
Women have greater resources, allowing them to take time off from work or men are not as competent at household tasks
Which of the following is a definition of care work?
Work performed face-to-face for the purpose of enhancing the capabilities of another person
According to Modern Romance, an ideal first date would be:
a monster truck rally
According to Modern Romance, the "best of" mentality?
affects our search for romantic partners.
Which of the following options is not a way in which the Twilight Saga reinforces the marginalization of women and girls?
all the vampires in the saga are male
Who does Justin Baldoni ask to forgive him (and all the other men of the world) at the end of the video?
all women
Which of the following racial/ethnic groups has the highest poverty rate?
american indians
What is assimilation and accommodation?
assimilation- is the adding to information that you already learned in their schema accomadation- is the changing and moving information from one to another
Which of the following parenting styles is characterized by high demandingness and high responsiveness?
authoritative parenting??
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?
biological, legal, emotional
Which of the following groups is the most isolated group in terms of dating?
blacks
According to How Racism Makes Us Sick, who has a shorter (lower) life expectancy? -whites with a highschool degree -blacks with college degree
blacks with a college degree
According to Harvard economist Raj Chetty, which of the following is one of the strongest predictors of upward mobility?
growing up with married parents
According to Modern Romance, the average of age at marriage in the US:
has increased for both men and women.
The extent to which mothers open or close the gate to the father's involvement with the child/children is related to:
how much fathers are involved in the day-to-day care of their children and how confident fathers appear when interacting with their children and how much influence fathers feel like they have in child-related decision-making.
The article discusses a correlation between a reoccurring theme in the Twilight series and the real world. Who are most responsible for female victimization?
intimate partners
For the Neumann family, which of the following were NOT stressors that the family faced in addition to poverty?
meddling in laws
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 didn't live with their parents
According to the New Parents Project, a sample of primarily highly educated, dual-earner, married parents who had their first child in central Ohio,
new fathers did less housework after their babies were born.
Parenting is stressful because..
of the second shift that parents (mothers) do
In Meet the Patels, why wouldn't/don't Ravi's parents like Audrey?
she is culturally American
The video gives an example of a micraggression that can lead to death. What was the example?
shooting an innocent person
Scholars are unsure why marriage matters for children, but they know it does. What is NOT something, mentioned in the Family Structure Matters article, that may be affected in children's lives when living in an unmarried household?
strained relationships with siblings
When did the word "homosexual" first begin to appear as a way to describe someone's identity?
the 19th century
The families in Two American Families DID NOT experience the following: -loss of wages -violence in neighborhood -loss of house -more income
More income following the 2008 recession
In the institutional era...
Most Americans lived in agrarian communities
Which of the following statements is true about couples therapy based on the "Is Divorce Contagious" article?
Most couples who enter couples therapy are willing to do the work to save their marriage
Which of the following IS NOT a reason why a large majority of adults eventually marry?
Most people try to conform to the expectation that sex belongs within marriage
Which of the following occupations is the LEAST female dominated?
electricians
What state was featured in Sex 101 and has one of the most progressive sex ed laws in the country?
California
What is a microaggression?
An indirect, subtle, or unintentional act of discrimination against a marginalized group
What is Human Development and Family Science?
An interdisciplinary mar that focuses on families in context
According to Jackson Katz, a bystander is:
Anybody who is not a perpetrator or a victim in a given situation but who is embedded in a relationship with the people in the situation
Women in which of the following groups have the HIGHEST marriage rates?
Asians
Which of the following statements about acculturation and assimilation is NOT true?
Assimilation most often occurs before acculturation
According to How to Lost Your Virginity, purity balls may be negative because
Because fathers and husbands are put in charge of women's sexuality
Which of the following is NOT associated with stronger feelings of homophobia?
Being born after 1990 and being female
Which of the following IS NOT an example of a transition that may add to a child's stress and affect his or her development?
Being punished unfairly by a parent
Concerning abuse of elderly adults, which of the following most closely defines the term expressive aggression?
Berating elderly people in public and mocking their physical impairments
What is the big reason, according the Family Structure Matters, that the gender gap in educational, behavioral, and social outcomes is growing?
Boys are often hit harder by having unmarried parents and by the absence of a father
Employers expect mothers to ____________________ after they have children.
work less, flaky, distracted
Which of the following class structures includes the highest percentage of Americans?
working americans
Which of the following scenarios might cause a "marriage squeeze?"
1. A large influx of young adult male migrants into the country 2. A sudden drop in fertility rates among women
Which of the following is the characteristic of family life for 19th century Mexican Americans?
1. Poor families 2. Farmers as trains developed for work 3. Separated from their families 4. strong family bonds (familism)
What examples DOES NOT fit the definition of a legal family?
1. fostered children 2. unmarried partners 3. housemates
A recent study of residents in Framingham, Massachusetts found that:
A person is 75% more likely to divorce if a close friend does
Which of the following mate selection patters created the most inequality in a society?
Adults only marry within their social class
What is a statement that describes how the rising age at first marriage impacted sexual behavior
Almost all americans have sex before marriage
T/F? The American Time Use Survey shows that men and women perform nearly equal hours of housework.
F
T/F? With the exception of the last few decades, there has been a long-term trend over the last few centuries toward increasingly violent societies.
F
T/F We should assume that someone is being dramatic if they react to a microaggression made against them.
False
T/F? The independence effect raises the likelihood of divorce because it motivates women to leave their marriages, whether they are fairly happy or unhappy.
False
Which of the following IS NOT a reason for the "motherhood" penalty in wages?
Father's earnings increases allow women to shift to less demanding careers
A research study found that employers rate ______________ as the most desirable employees.
Fathers
According to How to Lose Your Virginity, which of the following were NOT used to check for virgins?
Fingernail test
What is gender socialization?
Gender socialization is the process of learning the social expectations and attitudes associated with one's sex. Sociologists explain through gender socialization why human males and females behave in different ways: they learn different social roles.
How have parents' reasons for having children changed over time?
Having children is more of an emotional or symbolic asset, not a practical one
Which of the following is one of the ways that Justin Baldoni attempts to get past the fact that he isn't comfortable talking about his feelings?
He creates experiences that force him to be vulnerable, no matter how scary it may feel
According to Michelle Budig what two policies shrink the motherhood penalty?
High-quality childcare for babies and toddlers and moderate-length paid parental leave
When a man expects his partner to ask him to do things, he's viewing her as the ________________ of household chores.
Manager
Which of the following DOES NOT fit under the textbook's "violence" category?
Manipulation, neglect
Which statement describes the assumptions that underlie Becker's marketplace theory of marriage?
Marriage is voluntary and there is competition for males
What was the relatively common form of polygamy in the nineteenth century?
Men having multiple wives
What city did they families in Two American Families live in?
Milqaukee
According to Melvin Kohn's classic series of studies, how do both middle- and working- class parents' experiences with work influence their parenting?
Parents who work raise their children to have the same hard-working values that they have themselves
How are women presented in the Twilight Saga?
Passive and weak
Who tends to fixate more on the safety level of Mount Maslow?
Poor Americans
In "Why Domestic Abuse Victims Don't leave," what did first Conor do to isolate Leslie?
Quit his job because he made her feel so safe and move to New England
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 STDs have decreased
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
Which is NOT a reason that persons who are Black have poorer health than persons who are White? -poor quality health care -res segregation -discrimination -decreased stress hormones
decreased stress hormones
Research has found an association between parenthood and
depression, emotional distress, and other negative emotions.
In Meet the Patels, what is bio data?
detailed personal information to be given to a prospective match and their family
What is the term that describes the process of immigrant children adapting to new culture more rapidly than their parents?
dissonant acculturation
The purpose of marriage for people today differs greatly from people in the past. According to the article, The Way We Never Were, what was the most common purpose of marriage in our histor
gain advantageous in-laws and expand the family labor force
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 upon, yet two years later social workers were roaming the inner city in torn jeans, gym shoes and bra-less tshirts". What concept does this story exemplify?
gender roles changing over tie and across place
Which of the following is an example of a third-generation immigrant
grandchild of an immigrant
According to the textbook, which of the following is a reason why sexual behavior is less constrained now than it was in the past?
reasons: sex among older adults, young people living alone before marriage, the invention of birth control, sex outside of marriage, separation of sex from reproduction not reason: the spread of pornography, rising rates in divorce, increasing acceptance of homosexuals
According to the article, what is maternal gatekeeping?
the idea that mothers can exert control over fathers' involvement in child-rearing through their attitudes and behaviors.
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 study
While women are more and more present in the workforce, they still mostly remain the only ones in charge of the household. (T/F)
true
Why does the percentage of Whites married to Blacks in the US differ so significantly from the percentage of Blacks married to Whites?
white men were allowed to have black children during slavery but it was not socially acceptable for a black man to have children/marry a white woman. Laws preventing interracial marriages between whites and blacks. By 2015, some 8% of married African Americans were married to Whites. but because Whites are the larger group, that translated into less than 1% of married Whites
What group is LEAST likely to intermarry with those of other races or ethnicities?
white women
