Deck 11: A: Families

Question 1

The use of terms such as "adult child" and "parent" allow for the desired compartmentalization of defining roles and relationships between family members.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Talcott Parsons believed that as society progressed roles between men and women became more defined.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Blended families are considered as part of the definition of family according to functionalism.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

Structural changes in Canadian society over the past 20 years have not contributed to increased caregiving responsibilities being placed on families.

Question 5

Contrary to popular belief,women are at greater risk of violence in and near their homes than in the public arena.

Question 6

In the past 25 years,the overall proportion of married couples in Canada has declined.

Question 7

In Canada,our understanding of what constitutes family has remained very stable over time.

Question 8

Physical force with the intent of causing a child to experience pain in the hope of changing that child's behaviour (known as "corporal punishment")is now illegal in Canada.

Question 9

A positive effect of colonization was that hierarchical forms of family were introduced into Aboriginal communities.

Question 10

According to critiques of functionalism,the idyllic family as presented by functionalists was a normative construction as opposed to a real engagement with the reality of multiple family forms.

Question 11

The Divorce Act of 1968 included "no-fault" divorces.

Question 12

Statistics Canada uses two definitions of the family: the "census family" and the "economic family."

Question 13

Social practices define roles for men and women within families as being reflective of biological differences.

Question 14

The term family is a "minefield of contested values and power relationships." This statement suggests that providing a relative definition of family is highly problematic and undesirable.

Question 15

Context for symbolic interactionists is important when examining the family because meanings do not vary from family to family.