Deck 1: The Meaning of Marriage and the Family

Question 1

Diane and Jim are married to each other and live together with their two biological children.This group meets the definition of:​

A) ​fictive kin.
B) ​affiliated kin.
C) ​a nuclear family.
D) ​an extended family.

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Our marriage system in the United States may best be described as:​

A) ​monogamy.
B) ​serial monogamy or modified polygamy.
C) ​polygamy.
D) ​polyandry.

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Intimacy:​

A) ​has little influence on health.
B) ​is not a function of family.
C) ​is generally not provided by pets.
D) ​strongly influences physical and mental health.

Answer 3

D

Question 4

The shaping of individual behavior to conform to social or cultural norms is referred to as:​

A) ​acculturation.
B) ​socialization.
C) ​societal imaging.
D) ​cultural modeling.

Question 5

Ray and Debra are a middle-class couple with three children.Ray has a full-time job and supports the family financially.Debra stays home and takes care of the children.Ray and Debra's family meets the definition of:​

A) ​a modern family.
B) ​affiliated kin.
C) ​a traditional family.
D) ​an extended family.

Question 6

"All the people who occupy a housing unit" is the definition of:​

A) ​affiliated kin.
B) ​endearing family.
C) ​​clan.
D) ​household.

Question 7

Nassira lives in a tribe in Zambia in which men have multiple wives simultaneously.This is called:​

A) ​monogamy.
B) ​serial monogamy.
C) ​polygyny.
D) ​polyandry.

Question 8

Around _____ of the population of the United States,age 18 and older,is currently married.​

A) ​50%
B) ​60%
C) ​75%
D) ​95%

Question 9

Carlos is Roberto's compadre.This means that Carlos is Roberto's:​

A) ​friend.
B) ​brother.
C) ​godparent.
D) ​grandparent.

Question 10

Lisa and Jim are married and have a child together.This family they have created is,for Lisa and Jim,a family of:​

A) ​origin.
B) ​procreation
C) ​orientation.
D) ​reproduction.

Question 11

The family in which we grow up is known as the:​

A) ​family of orientation.
B) ​family of cohabitation.
C) ​family of procreation.
D) ​traditional family.

Question 12

The most widely practiced marital arrangement worldwide is:

A) polygamy.
B) monogamy.
C) bigamy.
D) modified polygamy.

Question 13

In the United States,same-sex couples can legally marry in:​

A) ​only states which have passed laws in favor of same-sex marriage.
B) ​in all 50 states.
C) ​Ohio and New York only.
D) ​churches but not in courthouses.

Question 14

In 1967,the U.S.Supreme court ruled in the case of Loving v.Virginia and decided that it was unconstitutional for states to:​

A) ​prohibit interracial marriage.
B) ​determine age restrictions for marriage.
C) ​prohibit same-sex marriage.
D) ​deny the right of cousins to marry.

Question 15

​Through which court case did same-sex marriage become legal in the United States?

A) ​Roe v.Wade
B) ​Plessy v.Ferguson
C) ​Brown v.Board of Education
D) ​Obergefell v.Hodges

Question 16

A group of two or more persons related by birth,marriage,or adoption and residing together is the definition of:​

A) ​family used by all sociologists.
B) ​family used by the U.S.Census Bureau.
C) ​affiliated kin used by sociologists.
D) ​traditional family used by sociologists.

Question 17

A marriage system that is quite rare throughout world cultures is:​

A) ​monogamy.
B) ​polygamy.
C) ​polygyny.
D) ​polyandry.

Question 18

Unrelated individuals who feel and are treated as if they were relatives comprise an individual's:

A) ​affiliated kin.
B) ​endearing family.
C) ​​clan.
D) ​compadres.

Question 19

According to the text,the functions of the family may include all of the following except:​

A) ​assignment of social roles and status.
B) ​socialization of children.
C) ​acting as a unit of economic cooperation and consumption.
D) ​caring for extended family.

Question 20

In China,a spirit marriage is one between:​

A) ​two religious leaders
B) ​two people who are not physically present at the time of the marriage but exchange vows by phone.
C) ​two affiliated kin.
D) ​two people who are both dead.

Question 21

Among the Nayar of India,men have clearly defined obligations toward:​

A) ​the children of strangers.
B) ​the children of their eldest brother.
C) ​the children of their sisters and female cousins.
D) ​their own children.

Question 22

Compared with conservatives,how do liberals feel about the status and future of family life in the United States?​

A) ​They are more determined to maintain the status quo.
B) ​They are more determined to see change occur.
C) ​They are more pessimistic about it.
D) ​They are more optimistic about it.

Question 23

The "Modern Family Effect" is an argument that:​

A) ​changing cultural and moral norms has allowed more diverse family styles to develop for the first time in American history.
B) ​a television show based on a same-sex couple's daily life has made its audience more accepting of difference.
C) ​the family functions more liberally when there is enhanced technological opportunity.
D) ​media influences religious beliefs and church attitudes toward social changes.

Question 24

Sue is Kay's mother-in-law.Their relationship is:​

A) ​conjugal.
B) ​consanguineous.
C) ​affiliative.
D) ​fictive.

Question 25

To conservatives,cultural values have shifted from _____ toward ________.​

A) ​morality; immorality
B) ​immorality; morality
C) ​individual self-sacrifice; personal self-fulfillment
D) ​personal self-fulfillment; individual self-sacrifice

Question 26

Compared to whites,African Americans tend to express more conservative attitudes toward which of the following family issues?

A) Premarital sex
B) Spanking
C) Gay marriage
D) All of these are family issues on which African Americans express more conservative attitudes than whites.

Question 27

Law professors Naomi Cahn and June Carbine identified family characteristics more common to "red states" that include all of the following except:​

A) ​lower divorce rates.
B) ​greater emphasis on abstinence.
C) ​younger age at marriage and childbirth.
D) ​higher teen pregnancy rates.

Question 28

There are approximately _____ multigenerational households in the United States.​

A) ​53,000
B) ​264,000
C) ​3.7 million
D) ​1.2 million

Question 29

The status we are given in society is initially acquired through our:

A) education.
B) employment.
C) families.
D) own efforts.

Question 30

​Families:

A) ​stay the same across time.
B) ​only change during times of social upheaval.
C) ​only change during times of economic upheaval.
D) ​are dynamic.

Question 31

Law professors Naomi Cahn and June Carbine identified family characteristics more common to "blue states" that include all of the following except:​

A) ​delayed childbearing.
B) ​greater emphasis on career and education.
C) ​lower divorce rates.
D) ​lower use of abortion.

Question 32

Ron is Bryan's father.Their relationship is:

A) conjugal.
B) consanguineous.
C) fictive.
D) fidelity.

Question 33

Liberal family policies are often tied to the _____ well-being of families.​

A) ​physical
B) ​economic
C) ​emotional
D) ​moral

Question 34

The _____ system is the social organization of the family.​

A) ​kinship
B) ​familial
C) ​relational
D) ​clan

Question 35

Professor Brooks is a centrist.This means he is:​

A) ​conservative.
B) ​liberal.
C) ​an idealist.
D) ​conservative about some issues and liberal about other issues.

Question 36

According to William Goode,families provide all of the following advantages except:​

A) ​continuity.
B) ​proximity.
C) ​familiarity.
D) ​protection.

Question 37

David Popenoe has concluded that:​

A) ​in high-conflict marriages,parents should stay together for the sake of the children.
B) ​there is no such thing as a good divorce.
C) ​the negative effects of divorce on children are short-term and disappear by adulthood.
D) ​except in high-conflict marriages,it is better for the children if their parents remain together and work out their problems.

Question 38

What is meant by the term "modified extended family"?:​

A) ​This is a family that functions as an extended family even though they may not live in the same household.
B) ​This is an extended family that includes a minimum of five generations within a household.
C) ​This is a family of adults only and no children.It functions primarily as an economic unit.
D) ​This is a family that is entirely fictive and affiliated and does not involve consanguineous relationships.

Question 39

When it comes to opinions and values about marriage and family relationships:​

A) ​the wider society is conflicted,but academic disciplines are not.
B) ​academic disciplines are conflicted,but wider society is not.
C) ​both the wider society and academic disciplines are conflicted.
D) ​neither the wider society nor academic disciplines are conflicted.

Question 40

What most determines the decisions we make about what families need?

A) The perspectives we have about the current status of family life or the directions in which it is heading.
B) Our view of how the family has evolved into what it is today.
C) Our conclusions about the problems families have faced in the past.
D) Our view of the importance of family functions.

Question 41

As society has become more industrialized and impersonal,families have decreased in importance as a source of intimacy.​

Question 42

Emotional closeness may be more important than biology or law in defining family.​

Question 43

Consanguineous relationships include those of grandparents and grandchildren.​

Question 44

The family is a unit of economic cooperation that traditionally divides its labor along gender lines.​

Question 45

Most families in the United States are traditional nuclear families.​

Question 46

​At one time it was illegal for African Americans to marry in the United States because they were regarded as property.

Question 47

When we look at the functions of the family,we can see that most of those functions could,at least in theory,be fulfilled outside of the family.​

Question 48

The study of marriage and family is:​

A) ​both abstract and personal.
B) ​neither abstract nor personal.
C) ​abstract but not personal.
D) ​personal but not abstract.

Question 49

​Developments in contraception,artificial insemination,and in vitro fertilization have not separated reproduction from sexual intercourse.

Question 50

Affiliated kin is defined as related individuals we have little contact with.​

Question 51

Conjugal relationships are created through biological ties.​

Question 52

Heterosexuals often think about the privileges that sexual orientation offers or withholds.​

Question 53

The socialization function rarely includes agents and caregivers outside of the family.​

Question 54

The family most Americans consider to be the traditional family is a family where both the husband and wife work outside of the home full-time.​

Question 55

All the people living in a housing unit makes up a household.​

Question 56

Who may marry in the United States has remained unchanged over the past 150 years.​

Question 57

Families are easy to define and count.​

Question 58

​To study family patterns and issues,we need to understand that our attitudes and beliefs about families may affect and distort our efforts.

Question 59

Monogamy is the preferred marital arrangement worldwide.​

Question 60

In some areas of India,Africa,and Asia,children as young as six years may marry other children (and sometimes adults),although they may not live together until they are older.​

Question 61

A social class is a category of people who share similar economic positions in society.​

Question 62

Some of the services provided by families are such a basic part of our existence that we tend to overlook them.​

Question 63

Social networking and technology has changed the American family.​

Question 64

Liberals believe that families today are weaker than they were in the 1950s.​

Question 65

Our values and beliefs about families have remained stable over time.​

Question 66

Centrists believe that changes in family life are due to economic and demographic changes in society.​

Question 67

Spirit marriage involves a symbolic union between two people who are not legally allowed to marry.​

Question 68

Conservatives believe that changes in cultural values have made families stronger and more able to meet the needs of children,adults and the wider society.​

Question 69

American kinship obligations are not as extensive as those of some non-Western or non-industrialized cultures.​

Question 70

A person may only occupy one position at a time in the basic kinship system in American society.​

Question 71

The number of multigenerational families in the United States is increasing.​

Question 72

Ahronsargues that it is the quality of the relationship between divorced parents,and not the divorce per se,that has a long-term impact on adult children's lives.

Question 73

More households in the United States have married couples with children than have married couples without children.​