Deck 3: Policies and Practices Biased Toward Individual Rights Over Family Responsibilities

Question 1

In 2011, the Defense of Marriage Act was upheld by the justice department as a constitutional extension of the Equal Protection Clause.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

A policy or program is only as good as its implementation dimensions. What are the eight implementation dimensions that determine how families will be affected by programs and policies?

Answer 2

No Answer

Question 3

Policy is said to create the conditions in which families operate. Give exampes of how family functioning is shaped by the policy context.

Answer 3

No Answer

Question 4

How do local policies affect family structure and function? Give examples.

Question 5

Some scholars argue that policies should be developed based on statistical data on children. How can you reconcile that view with the family focus that is being advanced by Bogenschneider with this book?

Question 6

Give two reasons it is difficult for researchers to measure family properties.

Question 7

Name three statistical methods that are best suited to analyzing family relationships.

Question 8

Which two theories comprise the ecological family systems theory and highlight developmental and societal influences on families?

Question 9

Name three of Minuchin's family functions that are most relevant to federal and state policy.

Question 10

Is policymaking necessarily limited to lawmakers? If not, who else bears the responsibility of policymaking?

Question 11

What is the problem with the way the Census Bureau collects data regarding poverty?

Question 12

Give three examples of local entities controlling the enactment of policies that affect families.

Question 13

Is constitutional autonomy beneficial or detrimental to family rights? Why?

Question 14

Marriage and Family Therapists are the only recognized mental health service providers that are not covered by Medicare.

Question 15

Some policies may discourage low-income families from marrying due to the loss of benefits that comes with combined incomes.

Question 16

Most children's education policies are decided on the federal level.

Question 17

Rigorous statutes are in place which ensure that nearly 100% of employers nationwide strictly adhere to and formally notify employees of their Family and Medical Leave Act benefits.

Question 18

The workplace is one area where additional policies for family protection of rights is unnecessary.

Question 19

Even though family policy is lacking in practice and implementation, ironically, it is a heavily researched subject that has been a primary feature in social science journals throughout the last century.

Question 20

Policymakers base policy decisions on both explicit, well-established theories and implicit assumptions of social issues.

Question 21

The U.S., like most western cultures, is primarily collectivist in nature.

Question 22

Historically, the family has been the focus of bylaws in the U.S. and is mentioned numerous times in the U.S. constitution.

Question 23

What was the effect of the 2010 ruling regarding Proposition 8 on the Equal Protection Clause?