Deck 5: How Society Shapes Families: A US View

Question 1

A nationwide selfishness epidemic has been attributed to an overall decline in trust of others and the government in the United States.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

What was the goal of the Communitarian movement?

Answer 2

No Answer

Question 3

What is the stance of the organization, No Kidding ? Who are the THINKERs and the SITCOMs?

Answer 3

No Answer

Question 4

Name two negative consequences for adolescents of the "carousel of family relationships"?

Question 5

How does family instability relate to the rise in selfishness in U.S. society?

Question 6

Explain significant differences in parenting in U.S. and Japanese cultures that foster independence vs. dependence in children.

Question 7

How is Gross Domestic Product (GDP) a consequence of individualism?

Question 8

Describe the diverging destinies, as outlined by McLanahan?

Question 9

According to Hochschild (2003), people say, "Work is what they do. Family is why they live." Is this statement accurately reflected in the research findings on American attitude toward work and home life?

Question 10

Name three family functions contemporary U.S. families have begun to relinquish to the private marketplace.

Question 11

Briefly explain Hochschild's "global heart transplant."

Question 12

What are the "twin stands" of American life?

Question 13

Do families influence American individualism? If so, how and why? What other factors play a role?

Question 14

The market economy is an insignificant factor in family form and function.

Question 15

Children raised in single-mother homes are less likely to maintain emotional health, pursue education, and enter into stable unions.

Question 16

Social mobility is primarily determined by race, birth place, and family size.

Question 17

In contemporary U.S. society, the future benefits of childcare are considered in cost-benefit analyses, resulting in appropriate compensation for childcare workers and educators.

Question 18

The U.S. has a weak market economy and a strong social safety net.

Question 19

Multiple-partner fertility involves two partners in a blended relationship both having children from previous relationships.

Question 20

How does family life in the United States differ from that in other Western Nations?

Question 21

Give an example of how Americans move back and forth between the cultural ideals of individualism and marriage.

Question 22

In what specific ways is family commitment shaped by a strong market economy?

Question 23

When countries such as the United States have a similar government safety net, how does it affect family life? Be specific.

Question 24

Is American culture focused more on individualism or commitment to others? What evidence can you provide?

Question 25

What are the two competing ideals of U.S. contemporary society that are used to justify the constant fluctuations in family structure.