Deck 5: Contextual Models: Family Diversity

Question 1

The term has been used to refer to the fact that many racial minorities feel trapped and disempowered by barriers to opportunity.

A) poverty
B) victim system
C) acculturation stress
D) assimilation

Answer 1

B

Question 2

largest minority group within the United States is comprised of

A) Asian Americans
B) Native Americans
C) Latinos/Hispanics
D) African Americans

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Describes "highly variable systems of meanings" and is a term used to refer to a group of persons who share particular habits, customs, rituals and interpretations of the world.

A) Ethnicity
B) Race
C) Culture
D) Social Class

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Which of the following is NOT a direct factor impacting on the rate of acculturation?

A) generational status
B) SES
C) ongoing contact with the culture
D) length of time living in the new country

Question 5

meta-perspective presented calls attention to

A) the value of generalizing about groups based upon central tendencies
B) how modal characteristics of groups enhances a tolerance for diversity
C) how ethnic groups are qualitatively distinct from one another
D) the between-group and within-group variations noted among ethnic families

Question 6

A focus on the specific attitudes, beliefs, feelings and behaviors characteristic of a particular ethnic group is consistent with which of the following perspectives?

A) multidimensional perspective
B) ethnic-specific perspective
C) culture-specific perspective
D) acculturation-focused perspective

Question 7

The term implies discrete categories of people who are similar in their levels of education, income, occupational status, housing and lineage.

A) SES
B) social class
C) culture
D) ethnicity

Question 8

can be thought of as a continuous variable defined primarily by education, income levels, and occupational status of the family.

A) SES
B) Social class
C) Culture
D) Ethnicity

Question 9

A "bicultural" pattern of acculturation would result in which of the following?

A) A strong identification with cultural traditions.
B) A strong identification with mainstream values.
C) A strong rejection of traditional values.
D) An emphasis on traditional and mainstream values.

Question 10

Which of the following factors accounts for the diversity found within and between ethnic and racially diverse families?

A) level of education
B) socio-economic status
C) intergenerational legacies
D) all of the above

Question 11

In 2002 the official poverty level for a family of four was approximately

A) $10,000 per year
B) $14,000 per year
C) $16,000 per year
D) $18,000 per year

Question 12

Which of the following statements is true?

A) Higher SES mothers tend to have greater expectations for their children's school performance than do lower SES mothers.
B) SES does not at all covary with the behaviors parents value in their children.
C) Higher SES mothers rate proper demeanor as more important in children than lower SES mothers.
D) Lower SES value self-direction and creativity more so than higher SES mothers.

Question 13

The term has been used to refer to the process of learning about a new culture and deciding what aspects are to be retained or sacrificed from the culture of origin.

A) assimilation
B) acculturation
C) accommodation
D) ethnic socialization

Question 14

a term used to refer to the physical characteristics of particular groups of people.

A) Ethnicity
B) Race
C) Culture
D) Social Class

Question 15

is the term used to refer to the process by which a minority group gradually adopts the customs and attitudes of the dominant culture.

A) assimilation
B) acculturation
C) accommodation
D) ethnic socialization

Question 16

a term used to describe the characteristics of a unique subgroup of people possessing an autonomous identity and structure that resides within a larger culture.

A) Ethnicity
B) Race
C) Culture
D) Social Class

Question 17

consideration of the diversity found within and between ethnic groups while focusing on the family's "ecological fit" within its broader context, is consistent with which of the following perspectives?

A) multidimensional perspective
B) ethnic-specific perspective
C) culture-specific perspective
D) acculturation-focused perspective

Question 18

Which of the following is considered the most pervasive stressor in adults' lives?

A) low job status
B) low educational status
C) poverty
D) poor housing

Question 19

Which of the following is NOT a factor influencing the extent to which traditional ethnic patterns surface within a particular family.

A) the length of time since immigration
B) whether the family lives in an ethnic neighborhood
C) political and religious ties
D) All of the above are factors that can influence the extent to which ethnic traditions are endorsed

Question 20

The following concluding statement, "More so than other ethnic groups, Italians value family," is consistent with which of the following perspectives?

A) multidimensional perspective
B) ethnic-specific perspective
C) culture-specific perspective
D) acculturation-focused perspective

Question 21

According to the research summarized within the text, while all cultures value the family, appear to give it higher priority than most other groups do.

A) Jews
B) African Americans
C) Irish Catholics
D) Italians

Question 22

Informal adoptions are most likely to occur within families?

A) Jewish
B) Irish
C) African American
D) Italian

Question 23

Within which of the following ethnic families is there likely to exist a heavy emphasis on conformity to rules and threats of going "to Hell for your sins" when rules are broken?

A) Jewish
B) Irish
C) Hispanic
D) Italian

Question 24

For families, the mistrust of broader social systems is among those factors that result in the development of strong kinship networks.

A) African American
B) Italian
C) Irish
D) Scandinavian

Question 25

Parents within families, according to the research, tend to have democratic relationships with their children and less rigid generational boundaries than most other ethnic groups.

A) Jewish
B) Italian
C) Irish
D) Hispanic