Chapter 1 Quiz

A  nurtured kin

B  consanguineal kin

C  fictive kin

D  affiant kin

A  Roles

B  Accommodations

C  Norms

D  Taboos

A  controlling substance abuse

B  improving housing facilities

C  creating a poverty line

D  passing a new adoption law

A  Women should be more than just homemakers for a marriage to be successful.

B  Premarital counseling classes and marital skills programs are a waste of time and money as they do not help increase marital success.

C  Cohabiting couples can have happier family lives than married couples.

D  Federal and state benefits for children born to unmarried low-income mothers should be reduced.

A  religious beliefs

B  social movements

C  popular culture

D  family values

A  caregiver

B  sandwich

C  pillar

D  traditional

A  global-level

B  nuclear-level

C  micro-level

D  macro-level

A  patriarchal

B  matriarchal

C  nuclear

D  neolocal

A  extended family

B  joint family

C  nuclear family

D  stepfamily

A  extended system

B  kinship system

C  neolocal system

D  nuclear system

A  Micro-level

B  Macro-level

C  Nuclear-level

D  Cognitive-level

A  It refers to the departure of grown children from the home.

B  It refers to households where couples cannot biologically have children.

C  It refers to living alone after a divorce.

D  It refers to the rise of one-parent families.

A  Recent data show that fewer adults are married and more are divorced or remaining single.

B  In the past, many people stayed in unhappy marriages because of strong social norms and legal divorce obstacles.

C  In the past, many white, middle-class families enjoyed a life that was both gentle and genteel.

D  Studies show that there has been a decrease in multigenerational relationships in families.

A  There is nothing wrong is spending money on therapists, lawyers, and expert witnesses in cases of marital conflicts.

B  Marriage should exist for the sake of children and not just adults.

C  Gender roles are so different now compared to the past and the family has been resilient despite this.

D  Family problems and divorces are very recent concepts.

A  has some health or economic problems to deal with

B  always provides love, nurturance, and emotional support

C  does not have to worry about raising children

D  is mostly self-sufficient

A  polyandry

B  serial monogamy

C  endogamy

D  polygyny

A  Both spouses share equal duties and responsibilities in such households.

B  Important family decisions are taken by the eldest woman in the household.

C  Important family decisions are taken by the eldest man in the household.

D  Women are marginalized and oppressed in such households.

A  nuclear family

B  family of orientation

C  extended family

D  family of procreation

A  Exogamy

B  Bigamy

C  Homogamy

D  Endogamy

A  Unlike current definitions of the family, traditional definitions include diverse groups such as foster parents and their charges.

B  Unlike traditional definitions of the family, current definitions exclude child-free couples.

C  Unlike current definitions of the family, traditional definitions encompass fictive kin.

D  Unlike traditional definitions of the family, current definitions do not explicitly include marriage and procreation.