Deck 13: Marriages and Families

Question 1

The process whereby marital partners are expected or required to be from the same social group is called ______________.

A) Monogamy
B) Serial monogamy
C) Endogamy
D) Exogamy

Answer 1

C

Question 2

The ancient European tradition of requiring that young royal adults marry a royal from another country in an effort to create political alliances or bolster economic power is an example of _____.

A) Endogamy
B) Homogamy
C) Neolocality
D) Exogamy

Answer 2

D

Question 3

One's family of __________ is made up of one's father, mother, and siblings.

A) Orientation
B) Homogamy
C) Endogamy
D) Habitation

Answer 3

A

Question 4

The term kinship refers to people related by

A) Adoption
B) Marriage
C) Ancestry
D) All of the above

Question 5

In some societies women have the right to make decisions in the family. Such societies are founded upon the principle of:

A) Andogamy
B) Matriarchy
C) Patriarchy
D) Feminarchy

Question 6

Many households in the United States today are based on egalitarian principles whereby

A) Men dominate decisions
B) Women dominate decisions
C) Neither men nor women control or dominate one another
D) Women control and decisions that men do not want to control

Question 7

A residency pattern that occurs when newly married people move to their own residence to establish their own household is called ___________.

A) Patrilocality
B) Neopatrilocality
C) Neolocality
D) Kinship

Question 8

Divorce rates are higher among which group(s) of people?

A) People who have friends or relatives who are divorced.
B) People who live in cities.
C) People who are less religious.
D) All of the above.

Question 9

The median number of years among married couples who break up is:

A) Three years
B) Five years
C) Seven years
D) Fifteen years

Question 10

In 2005 what percentage of divorced custodial mothers received no child support?

A) Over 10%
B) Over 25%
C) Over 50%
D) Over 75%

Question 11

What factors have been found to be most important to long-term marriages according to a study of couples married 15 years or longer?

A) They agree with their spouse on long-term goals.
B) Their spouse has become more interesting over the years they have been married.
C) They like the spouse as a person.
D) They are committed to the spouse and the institution of marriage.
E) All of the above.

Question 12

According to your authors what percentage of second marriages end in divorce?

A) 15%
B) About 25%
C) About 40%
D) About 50%

Question 13

What percentage of children in the United States live in one-parent households?

A) 15%
B) 20%
C) 25%
D) 45%

Question 14

What percentage of all children in families with no father present in the United States live in poverty?

A) 16%
B) 27%
C) 34%
D) 42%

Question 15

Marriages in which the bride is pregnant have a higher risk of divorce.

Question 16

Love has always been the reason that people get married.

Question 17

A majority of children today live with stepparents.

Question 18

In the past thirty years the majority of adult Americans have lived with their spouses and children rather than with other relatives.

Question 19

Most societies in the world and throughout history are based on patriarchy.

Question 20

A major cause of poverty among single mothers and their children is gender-related pay inequality.

Question 21

Much of the black-white gap in educational attainment can be explained by differences in family structures.

Question 22

Males tend to have higher rates of remarriage than females.

Question 23

Women who are widowed later in life have lower rates of remarriage than men their age.

Question 24

The single-parent family is at least as much a product of poverty as a cause of it.

Question 25

Explain how longevity is related to the divorce rate.

Question 26

What are the effects of adversarial divorce on children? List and discuss at least three ways that divorce affects children according to your book.

Question 27

Discuss the reasons that the number of single-parent, female-headed households has increased in recent years, according to sociologists.

Question 28

Define "family" and discuss the forms and features of families today. What are the various types of family memberships called?

Question 29

What are exogamy and endogamy? Define each and contrast these two concepts. Which model is most represented in the United States?

Question 30

What is the difference between a patrilineal system and a matrilineal system?

Question 31

Aside from individual factors, what are the causes of divorce in American society today according to Farley and Flota?

Question 32

Discuss the effects to financially-struggling families by welfare reform passed in 1996 that placed strict time limits on how long a mother can receive welfare. What issues did that legislation fail to address related to impoverished women with children reentering the workforce?

Question 33

What is the "feminization of poverty"? Define and discuss this concept and its effects on families.

Question 34

Discuss how a married couple's social characteristics such as income, age at marriage, and both partners' educational attainment each affect the divorce rate.

Question 35

Discuss the affects on women and their families that have occurred from women entering the workforce. How have women and families benefitted from the movement of wives and mothers into the workforce?

Question 36

Discuss the differences between a patrilineal system, a matrilineal system, and a bilineal system. Begin by defining each one. Which system do most industrialized countries including the U.S. have?

Question 37

What are the functions of families according to your authors? Be detailed in your response and use correct terminology.

Question 38

Discuss the effects of divorce on both women and children.