Midterm Exam

A  Family as encumbrance

B  Family as monolithic

C  Family as fulfillment

D  Family as a unified experience

E  Family as haven

F  Family as a stable and harmonious past

A  Family as stable and harmonious in the past

B  Family as haven

C  Family as monolithic

D  Family as fulfillment

E  Family as encumbrance

A  Family as haven

B  Family as fulfillment

C  Family as monolithic

D  Family as a unified experience

E  Family as encumbrance

F  Family as stable and harmonious in the past

A  Family as stable and harmonious in the past

B  Family as monolithic

C  Family as fulfillment

D  Family as encumbrance

E  Family as haven

A  Family as monolithic

B  Family as stable and harmonious in the past

C  Family as fulfillment

D  Family as haven

E  Family as encumbrance

A  Liberal Feminism

B  Conflict Theory

C  Functionalism

D  Symbolic Interactionism

A  Symbolic Interactionism

B  Functionalism

C  Social Breakdown Theory

D  Conflict Theory

A  Conflict Theory

B  Functionalism

C  Symbolic Interactionism

A  Functionalism

B  Conflict Theory

C  Symbolic Interactionism

A  Conflict Theory

B  Symbolic Interactionism

C  Functionalism

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  relationships among family members are expected to be stable and harmonious.

B  people do not take media images of the family seriously.

C  family is the locus of competition and violence.

D  relationships among family members are no longer idealized.

A  increased throughout the 20th century.

B  declined by one-fifth since 2000.

C  was associated with low wages and poor working conditions.

D  still accounts for more than half of all jobs.

A  the integrated elderly, who function well, are intellectually able, and have competent egos

B  the defended elderly, who are achievement oriented and continue to work hard

C  the disinterested elderly, who have experienced deterioration in thought processes

D  the passive-dependent elderly, who are inactive and dependent

A  the emergence of the household as a private sphere.

B  the Industrial Revolution.

C  the early twentieth century.

D  the colonial period of the United States.

A  the development of educational materials, such as child-rearing literature in the 19th century.

B  the work of caring for family members in the home

C  the “cult of true womanhood”.

D  the work that people do to earn a living financially.

A  Religion

B  Class

C  Race

D  Gender

A  Polygyny

B  Serial monogamy

C  Monogamy

D  Group marriage

A  gender norms have changed and we are more likely to be in egalitarian relationships.

B  blue collar jobs have been outsourced and they have no other work to do.

C  they lie about how much housework they do.

D  they compare themselves to the experiences of their father’s, in which case it seems like they do equal housework as their wives.

A  parents working longer hours

B  an increase in job layoffs.

C  an increase in marital problems.

D  All of the above

A  Fictive kin

B  Nuclear family

C  Friend family

D  Extended family

A  family as house of corrections

B  family as church

C  family as school

D  all of the above were functional roles of the family

A  a focus on internal dynamics of nuclear families

B  a focus on relationships in extended families

C  a focus on the ways structures such as race, class, and gender shape families

D  None of the Above

A  Exogamy

B  Endogamy

C  Monogamy

D  Polygyny

A  middle class.

B  elite.

C  working class.

D  professional class.

A  understand the larger social context in which families are embedded.

B  promote the nuclear family ideal

C  engage in micro-level analysis of family interaction.

D  All of the above

A  family composition became smaller

B  romantic love became an expectation of marriage

C  work moved to factories

D  All of the above

A  the uneven change in family patterns

B  the diversity in family types

C  the social agency of family members

D  All of the above

A  outnumber families in which only the husband is employed two to one.

B  are likely to have no pre-school age children.

C  comprise less than 10% of U.S. families.

D  usually divide household labor evenly between spouses.

A  an egalitarian family.

B  a three-generation family.

C  the family form created by industrialization.

D  a patriarchal form of family life.

A  preferred welfare to work.

B  give up on marriage because they believe marriage will make their lives more difficult..

C  thought finding a job was a strategy that assured economic self-sufficiency.

D  have more children than rich women.