Question 1

Which concept can best be described as "a distinct social relationship governed by norms, based on emotions, and situated in a specific social location"?

Accepted Answer

Intimacy is a concept that involves a distinct social relationship governed by norms, based on emotions, and situated in a specific social location, encompassing emotional closeness and personal connection.

Question 2

All of the following topics except ________ are used by family demographers in order to understand both individual and societal behaviour.

Accepted Answer

Family demographers typically focus on family structures and dynamics, such as married couples, cohabitating couples, single parent families, and stepfamilies, to understand societal and individual behaviors. Single adults, however, do not form a family unit and are thus not a primary focus in family demography.

Question 3

________ involves the study of changes in family structure to understand individual and social behaviour.

Accepted Answer

Family demography involves the study of changes in family structure to understand individual and social behaviour, focusing on statistical and demographic aspects.

Question 4

These days, marriage holds a more ________ role than it once did in society and in people's lives.

Accepted Answer

Marriage is often seen as having a diminished role in modern society compared to the past, with changing social norms and values leading to different perspectives on its importance.

Question 5

In 1961, married couples accounted for ________ of Canadian census families. By 2016, this figure had dropped to 66 per cent.

Accepted Answer

In 1961, married couples accounted for 91.6 per cent of Canadian census families, which decreased to 66 per cent by 2016.

Question 6

Homes that contain at least three generations of the same family are typically known as "________"

Accepted Answer

Multi-generational households are homes where at least three generations of the same family live together, such as grandparents, parents, and children.

Question 7

According to Canadian census data from 1961 to 2011, the majority of Canadian families live as ________ couples in ________ relationships.

Accepted Answer

The majority of Canadian families, according to census data from 1961 to 2011, live as married couples in heterosexual relationships.

Question 8

Statistics Canada (2008) estimates that ________ per cent of recently Canadian couples risk divorce.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Statistics Canada (2008) estimates that ________ per...

Question 9

According to Statistics Canada (2011), ________ children were living in stepfamilies.

Accepted Answer

According to Statistics Canada (2011), one in ten children were living in stepfamilies.

Question 10

________ are the provinces and territories that have the highest number of common-law unions.

Accepted Answer

Quebec, Nunavut, the Northwest Territories, and the Yukon have higher rates of common-law unions compared to other provinces and territories in Canada. Quebec, in particular, has a notably high prevalence of common-law relationships.

Question 11

There is a divergence in patterns of cohabitation in Quebec compared with other Anglo provinces. This divergence occurred because ________

Accepted Answer

The divergence in cohabitation patterns in Quebec is attributed to multiple factors: the Quiet Revolution led to a decline in church influence, women embraced contraceptive methods like the Pill, and the feminist movement had a significant impact in Quebec.

Question 12

Compared to marriage, cohabitation leads to more ________

Accepted Answer

Cohabitation often leads to more egalitarian sharing of domestic work compared to traditional marriage, where gender roles may be more pronounced.

Question 13

"________" encompass a broad range of technologies that seek to facilitate, mediate, or disrupt the process of reproduction including contraceptive technologies such as in vitro fertilization and antenatal testing.

Accepted Answer

New reproductive technologies refer to the advanced methods and tools developed to assist, control, or alter the process of human reproduction, including techniques like in vitro fertilization and antenatal testing.

Question 14

"Plastic sexuality" is a term coined by sociologist ________

Accepted Answer

Anthony Giddens coined the term "plastic sexuality" to describe a form of sexuality that is flexible and liberated from traditional constraints, emphasizing personal choice and self-expression.

Question 15

A pure relationship is maintained when confluent love is apparent and ________

Accepted Answer

Confluent love is characterized by sexual and emotional equality, where both partners have equal standing and mutual respect in the relationship.

Question 16

The term "_________" refers to the decline or reconfiguration of tradition in the late modern era.

Accepted Answer

Detraditionalization refers to the process where traditional norms and practices lose their influence in society, often seen in the context of late modernity.

Question 17

Despite recent advances in research and education surrounding homosexual marriage, little is known about ________

Accepted Answer

The answer of Despite recent advances in research and education...

Question 18

In an attempt to promote marriage rights, the Canadian state sent impoverished women, called the ________, from Quebec to France to marry men they had never met.

Accepted Answer

The term "filles du roi" refers to the "King's Daughters," women sent from France to New France (now Quebec) to marry settlers and help populate the colony.

Question 19

Marriage at the turn of the nineteenth century was largely patriarchal, with most women ________ dependent on their husbands.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Marriage at the turn of the nineteenth...

Question 20

In the 1800s, thousands of Chinese men immigrated to work on the Canadian Pacific Railroad. When it was completed, the Canadian government began implementing policies to control the Chinese population. Such policies included ________

Accepted Answer

The Canadian government implemented a head tax on Chinese wage labourers (A) and a head tax on the spouses and children of Chinese men already living in Canada (B).

Quiz 4: Intimacy, Commitment, and Family Formation