Midterm Exam

A  Family as monolithic

B  Family as a unified experience

C  Family as a stable and harmonious past

D  Family as haven

E  Family as fulfillment

F  Family as encumbrance

A  Family as stable and harmonious in the past

B  Family as haven

C  Family as encumbrance

D  Family as monolithic

E  Family as fulfillment

A  Family as a unified experience

B  Family as haven

C  Family as fulfillment

D  Family as stable and harmonious in the past

E  Family as monolithic

F  Family as encumbrance

A  Family as fulfillment

B  Family as stable and harmonious in the past

C  Family as haven

D  Family as encumbrance

E  Family as monolithic

A  Family as fulfillment

B  Family as stable and harmonious in the past

C  Family as haven

D  Family as encumbrance

E  Family as monolithic

A  Symbolic Interactionism

B  Functionalism

C  Liberal Feminism

D  Conflict Theory

A  Conflict Theory

B  Symbolic Interactionism

C  Social Breakdown Theory

D  Functionalism

A  Functionalism

B  Symbolic Interactionism

C  Conflict Theory

A  Symbolic Interactionism

B  Functionalism

C  Conflict Theory

A  Conflict Theory

B  Functionalism

C  Symbolic Interactionism

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

A  FALSE

B  TRUE

A  TRUE

B  FALSE

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

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

C  relationships among family members are no longer idealized.

D  family is the locus of competition and violence.

A  declined by one-fifth since 2000.

B  was associated with low wages and poor working conditions.

C  still accounts for more than half of all jobs.

D  increased throughout the 20th century.

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

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

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

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

A  the early twentieth century.

B  the emergence of the household as a private sphere.

C  the Industrial Revolution.

D  the colonial period of the United States.

A  the “cult of true womanhood”.

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

C  the work of caring for family members in the home

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

A  Religion

B  Gender

C  Race

D  Class

A  Polygyny

B  Monogamy

C  Group marriage

D  Serial monogamy

A  they lie about how much housework they do.

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

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

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

A  an increase in job layoffs.

B  an increase in marital problems.

C  parents working longer hours

D  All of the above

A  Friend family

B  Fictive kin

C  Nuclear 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 relationships in extended families

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

C  a focus on internal dynamics of nuclear 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  engage in micro-level analysis of family interaction.

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

C  promote the nuclear family ideal

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 diversity in family types

B  the social agency of family members

C  the uneven change in family patterns

D  All of the above

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

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

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

D  usually divide household labor evenly between spouses.

A  a patriarchal form of family life.

B  an egalitarian family.

C  the family form created by industrialization.

D  a three-generation family.

A  have more children than rich women.

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

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

D  preferred welfare to work.