Deck 8: The Family and Juvenile Delinquency

Question 1

Socialization __________.

A)no longer takes place
B)is unchanging
C)is limited to youth
D)is a lifelong process

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Which of the following is typically the first social group that teaches an individual basic attitudes?

A)the family
B)the school
C)the church
D)the first club joined by a youth

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Bumpass found that family of orientation served as the reference point for __________.

A)violence in the home
B)handling discipline in the home
C)the transmission of social values
D)how gender roles were applied

Answer 3

C

Question 4

What marked the rite of passage into adulthood in the agrarian society?

A)attaining the age of 21
B)the marriage ceremony
C)graduating from high school
D)owning one's first rifle

Question 5

Although most parents have media related rules,only about __________.

A)half said they regularly enforced those rules
B)1/3 felt it was important to follow through on those rules
C)half said their children were impacted by the media
D)1/3 said they only applied those rules with violent video games

Question 6

The Kaiser Family Foundation's national study found that __________.

A)children today are growing up immersed in media
B)many children under 6 are active computer users
C)the longer television is left on in the home,the more television children watch
D)all of the above were part of their findings

Question 7

During war women proved that they were capable of working in factories alongside men,or in place of them.During that time,however,they also were expected to return home to perform all of their "wifely" duties.To a large extent __________.

A)this expectation remains today
B)this expectation varies considerably
C)this expectation is no longer present
D)this expectation cannot be determined

Question 8

Today,how many mothers ages 25 to 54 work outside of the home?

A)exactly 5%
B)about 10%
C)50%
D)over 75 percent

Question 9

Which phrase is used to describe the numerous school-aged children who return home after school to an empty house?

A)late children
B)evening children
C)latchkey children(
D)parochial children

Question 10

The television set is on an average of __________ hours a day in the typical American home.

A)12 hours
B)8 hours
C)4 hours
D)6 hours

Question 11

The shift in American society from being predominantly rural prior to the Industrial Revolution to predominantly urban after the turn of the century __________.

A)was not noticed
B)had no effect on the family
C)had a tremendous impact upon the family institution
D)was the result of changing ideas about love,marriage,and the family

Question 12

The family of origin __________.

A)is not important
B)is not changing
C)is the family in which the child grows up
D)is only found in the United States

Question 13

When "Rosie the Riveter" stepped into the factory to take the place of her husband,the event was viewed as __________.

A)permanent
B)unimportant
C)temporary
D)dangerous

Question 14

One of the most important ways in which a family socializes its young members is through __________.

A)providing a formal education
B)taking them to church
C)paying for their college education
D)the process of role modeling(

Question 15

One of the major problems faced by working mothers is __________.

A)balancing being a wife and an employee
B)finding adequate child care for their children
C)education for their children
D)being promoted in the workplace

Question 16

According to the Census Bureau,the number of Latchkey Children in the United States is about __________.

A)3 million
B)7 million
C)10 million
D)15 million

Question 17

Which concept refers to a socially created life stage between childhood and adulthood?

A)puberty
B)adolescence
C)midlife
D)kinship

Question 18

Some researchers believe that the phenomenon of "latchkey children" is a form of __________.

A)punishment
B)torture
C)child neglect
D)crime

Question 19

How was life in preindustrial America?

A)tough
B)easy
C)indifferent
D)the same as it was during the later industrialized period

Question 20

The bottom line is that daycare is __________.

A)a viable option for those who choose to work outside the home
B)proven to be linked to delinquency
C)highly problematic for a lot of children in America
D)no more dangerous than an after school program

Question 21

What percent of marriages today are estimated to terminate through divorce?

A)10
B)30
C)40
D)50

Question 22

A nuclear family is described as a husband,wife and their children,smaller family size,greater independence for its members,and more geographical and social mobility.

Question 23

Talcott Parsons (1947)promoted the idea that divorce was particularly dysfunctional for the development of young males because it created __________.

A)fear of the future
B)uncertainty about economic resources
C)anxiety about their masculine identify
D)culture shock

Question 24

Birth ordinal position research found that __________ children are most likely to end up delinquent.

A)first born children
B)only children
C)middle children
D)last born children

Question 25

The changing structure and size of the U.S.family today means that in most cases,there are no adult family members available to care for the children in the home.

Question 26

Adolescence came into its own during the Civil War period.

Question 27

There has been a great deal of research linking higher rates of delinquency to the children of mothers working outside the home.

Question 28

The best prevention of delinquency may be __________.

A)more federal government assistance
B)more state government assistance
C)better teachers and counselors
D)strong parental supervision and discipline

Question 29

The family of origin is the family in which the child grows u

Question 30

When parents fail to discipline their children,the burden is likely to shift to __________.

A)school
B)police
C)courts
D)all of the above

Question 31

While the family cannot totally control outside influences upon its members,it can have minimal impact in shaping the extent a child will be exposed to other agents of socialization.

Question 32

Delinquency exists among all social classes,but lower-class youths are more likely to be officially processed.

Question 33

If women with young children are employed outside the home,their family responsibilities are often considered priority,and the job comes second.

Question 34

The American Pediatric Association found that 88% of all children under 2 watched television or videos for more than 2 hours a day.

Question 35

Agrarian America is seldom depicted as being characterized by the extended family.