Question 1

What impact will advertising have on marriage and family as technology abounds and emerges and media exposure grows?

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Question 2

Contrast the macro- and micro-level theoretical orientations and how they explain family systems. Select one micro-level perspective and one micro-level perspective, and illustrate how these perspectives explain family systems.

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Question 3

Discuss the ethical concerns surrounding observational research. How often is the observation method used? Should this method be used more or less often? Why?

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Question 4

Discuss the four steps in critical thinking. Give an example of each.

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Question 5

Discuss the structural-functional perspective. Identify the functions of families as outlined by Talcott Parsons. What are the criticisms of this theory?

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Question 6

Cite four family theoretical perspectives from the table on p. 59 in the text and discuss how each perspective explains family structure and function. Give an example for each perspective.

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Question 7

Debate the feminist perspective's concept of oppression of women in marriage. Identify and outline three goals of the feminist perspective.

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Question 8

List, describe, compare, and contrast the five principal kinds of scientific research methods.

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Question 9

Discuss W. I. Thomas's concept of "definition of the situation." Cite the three mechanisms upon which the symbolic perspective rests.

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