Deck 3: Family-Related Problems

Question 1

Aaron lives with his wife and children in a neighborhood in which most families are nuclear.His brother lives separately in the same locality with his wife and children.Aaron and his brother visit each other's houses regularly and help each other financially.Aaron's family is an example of a(n)________.

A)blended family
B)egalitarian family
C)modified extended family
D)pluralistic family

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Nuclear families serve the interests of capitalist economic institutions because they ________.

A)maximize the number of consumption-oriented units in society
B)stress the importance of family values over that of individual values
C)are often male dominated
D)emphasize common ownership of material goods

Answer 2

A

Question 3

________ refers to a family in which males dominate in the regulation of political and economic decision making,and women and children are subordinate.

A)Monogamy
B)Oligarchy
C)Patriarchy
D)Anarchy

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Which of the following is true of the differences in the difficulties faced by men and women after divorce?

A)Men are more likely than women to be distressed by increased parental responsibilities.
B)Women are more likely to complain about being gouged for child-support payments.
C)Women are much more likely than men to suffer economic decline.
D)Men suffer a more severe economic decline compared to women.

Question 5

The practice of having only one spouse at a time is known as ________.

A)bigamy
B)adultery
C)polyamory
D)monogamy

Question 6

________ refer to marriages in which parents would select marriage partners for their children,sometimes shortly after their birth,based on what was considered best for the family,and the prospective marriage partners had little other choice.

A)Participant-run romances
B)Arranged marriages
C)Parent-run courtships
D)Plural marriages

Question 7

One of the reasons for the declining role of parents in deciding their children's marriage is a(n)________.

A)decreasing importance for kinship in modern societies
B)decreasing faith in religion
C)decreasing economic independence of children
D)increasing importance for the family as a social institution

Question 8

Educational institutions in the country of Moldiva are distinguished on the basis of social class.Admission to schools and colleges is based on the social class of a student's family.Which of the following functions of a family best complements this form of society?

A)psychological support
B)regulating economic activity
C)providing affection and companionship
D)status conferral

Question 9

According to the conflict perspective,the version of the family that is most prominent in society is likely to be the one that is ________.

A)capable of being stable and organized
B)suitable for the underprivileged people in society
C)favorable to the needs and demands of all generations of people
D)consistent with the values and benefits of the dominant groups

Question 10

In participant-run courtship processes,a primary factor drawing couples toward marriage is ________.

A)familial influence
B)financial stability
C)romantic love
D)a belief in the system of marriage

Question 11

The refined divorce rate can be used to ________.

A)find the most common reason for divorce
B)compare the stability of marriages from one year to the next
C)determine the minimum number of years a couple would stay together
D)find the number of divorce cases filed every year

Question 12

A(n)________ is a family based on kinship ties that accumulate as a consequence of divorces and remarriages.

A)extended family
B)matrifocal family
C)traditional family
D)blended family

Question 13

Which of the following is a similarity between serial monogamy and polygamy?

A)Both allow a person to have more than one spouse in their entire lifetime.
B)Both are legal in the United States.
C)Both deny women the right to remarry,while men are allowed to remarry.
D)Both allow a person to have multiple spouses at the same time.

Question 14

Which of the following is true of the positive effects of divorce on children?

A)Children are given greater responsibility and a greater role in family decision making.
B)Children are less prone to delinquency.
C)Children are less likely to experience a divorce in their own marriage.
D)Children are more likely to perform better at school and have lower chances of dropping out of college.

Question 15

Lauren and Adrian have been in a relationship for two years.They are currently living together.They opted for this arrangement to get to know each other better and determine whether they are compatible before deciding on marriage.Which of the following terms best describes Lauren and Adrian's current relationship?

A)serial monogamy
B)cohabitation
C)dual-earner family
D)extended family

Question 16

From the conflict perspective,family forms change when ________.

A)existing family forms cause dysfunction and disorganization in the society
B)people are socialized to accept their society's form of the family as natural
C)new groups acquire the power necessary to gain acceptance for a new form of family
D)people want a drastic change in society to establish stability and equilibrium

Question 17

A family is said to be an egalitarian family if ________.

A)the husband and wife share power and authority somewhat equally between them
B)there is greater importance for family values than individual goals
C)the members have equal power and authority irrespective of their age and income
D)there are an equal number of male and female members

Question 18

Jeremy believes that women who work have better married lives and tend to be happier than women who do not work.Thomas opposes his opinion by saying that women who work have more stress in their spousal relationship.Whose argument is correct and why? Examine the following options and select the correct response.

A)Jeremy is correct because women who work are at less risk of divorce than women who do not work.
B)Jeremy is correct because women who work have more time to spend with their spouses and children.
C)Thomas is correct because mothers who do not work tend to be happier,healthier,and less depressed than mothers who work.
D)Thomas is correct because women who work are less likely to remain childless.

Question 19

According to the interactionist perspective,the form of family that is right for a society depends on ________.

A)the society's population
B)social definition
C)the type of governance
D)religious beliefs

Question 20

Which of the following is true of dual-earner families?

A)The men in dual-earner families are more likely to be dissatisfied with their marriages.
B)Dual-earner couples are more likely to remain childless.
C)Dual-earner couples are less likely to have any form of stress in spousal relationships.
D)Dual-earner couples have a greater risk of divorce.

Question 21

What role has industrialization played in making nuclear families more prominent today?

Question 22

Why is there a decline in the role of parents in deciding their children's marriage?

Question 23

Why is it difficult to estimate the number of couples in cohabiting relationships?

Question 24

What is the effect of the declining role of families in today's society on the stability of marriages?

Question 25

Which of the following aspects of family life in the U.S.today is downplayed by the media?

A)predominance of single-parent families headed by men
B)affluence and high-status of families
C)family conflicts and violence
D)intelligence,cleverness,and humor of family members

Question 26

Who among the following are especially at risk of using the most abusive forms of violence against their children?

A)parents in egalitarian families
B)poor parents with older children
C)poor single mothers
D)high-income families with young children

Question 27

According to conflict theorists,how does inheritance contribute to perpetuation of social and economic inequality?

Question 28

What is the leading cause of traumatic death for children aged 4 and younger in the U.S.according to investigations?

A)child abuse and neglect
B)road accidents
C)prolonged illness
D)malnutrition

Question 29

What is the advantage of pluralistic family arrangements?

A)They reinforce the importance of traditional family types.
B)They permit people of many occupations,religions,and lifestyles to find a form of the family that best fits their values and needs.
C)They allow people to practice polygamy legally.
D)They give people the freedom to define the nature of their society based on the support for a particular lifestyle.

Question 30

Which of the following recommendations has been made by government task forces to reduce incidences of domestic violence?

A)establishing arrest as the last resort for dealing with such crimes
B)mandating the requirement that a victim sign a formal complaint before the prosecutor can file charges
C)adopting the attitude that family violence in all forms need not be regarded as criminal
D)processing all complaints of family violence as reported criminal offenses

Question 31

How did the media portrayal of families in the 1960s and 1970s differ from reality?

A)Media portrayed families as always being two-parent nuclear families,while most families were single-parent families in reality.
B)Media portrayed families as single-parent families headed by men,while most single-parent families were headed by women in reality.
C)Media portrayed divorce as the common reason for most single-parent families,while death was the most common reason in reality.
D)Media portrayed high levels of poverty and inaccessibility to resources in poor families,while families were not so poor in reality.

Question 32

What kind of men are more likely to approve of using violence against a spouse?

Question 33

Why are suggestions that children raised by a single parent suffer more problems than children raised by both parents strongly attacked?

Question 34

Why are communal families considered to be a threat to a capitalist economy?

Question 35

Which of the following best describes the domestic partner provision given by some city and county governments?

A)It provides equal power and authority to all wives in the households.
B)It mandates that couples in dual-earner families should share their expenses equally.
C)It accords cohabitants much the same benefits and rights as married couples.
D)It states that every member in an egalitarian family has equal rights and privileges.

Question 36

Zack & Marlo is a business conglomerate that has subsidiaries in various countries.Since the country in which it is headquartered does not have fixed policies for child care,the company has framed its own set of policies for employees who want to avail child-care benefits.It allows employees to purchase vouchers for child care and to avail tax benefits on the money they spend on child care.The measures taken by Zack & Marlo are an example of ________.

A)the provisions under the Head Start program
B)the collective action for social welfare
C)the privatization of child care
D)the interventionist approach to child care

Question 37

The Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act was passed in the mid-1970s and amended in 1988 to ________.

A)ban the abuse of children by parents
B)help states and communities develop programs for abusive or neglectful parents
C)investigate the causes for child abuse in schools and other educational institutions
D)identify the victims of child abuse and place them in foster homes

Question 38

How do employers benefit by sponsoring child-care programs for their employees?

Question 39

What changes have taken place in the media's portrayal of gay and lesbian characters?

Question 40

Which of the following aspects of mass media has helped them play a central role in shaping the debate about problems in the modern family?

A)their tendency to downplay the negative aspects of modern families
B)their ability to remain unaffected by industrialization
C)their accurate portrayal of family lives in reality
D)their ability to influence people's beliefs and values