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From a sociological perspective of marriage and divorce, to what does the term continuities refer? |
the degree to which divorced couples maintain contact |
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Kim is the child of Asian American parents. When she misbehaves, how will her parents most likely discipline her? |
using shame and guilt to control her behavior |
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The feeling of sexual attraction and idealization of another is called ________. |
romantic love |
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Why do functionalists argue that the incest taboo is a nearly universal norm? |
The incest taboo facilitates the socialization of children and avoids role confusion. |
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What is the main difference between cohabitation and marriage? |
There is a greater degree of financial and emotional commitment in marriage. |
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Which of the following couples is least likely to divorce within the first ten years of their marriage? |
Cathy and Tony who attend the same fundamentalist church and were married in their late 20s. |
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Of the following, in which group is a woman more likely to marry a man with less education than she has? |
African American |
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Frank, Jim, Martha and Louise occupy the same apartment, sharing routine chores such as cooking, cleaning and laundry. Each contributes a share of their earnings to pay utilities and food costs. Sociologists would describe this group as a ________. |
household |
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Sociologically, what is a blended family? |
A husband or wife brings a child into the new family from a prior relationship. |
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Sociologically, what is a family? |
Two or more people related by blood, marriage, or adoption. |
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Of the following household responsibilities, in which category is there the greatest gap in hours between the husband’s duties and the wife’s duties? |
paid work |
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The divorce rate of remarried people with children is higher than the divorce rate of first marriages. Which sentence best describes the divorce rate of remarried people without children? |
It is about the same as the divorce rate of first marriages. |
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How many U.S. states still have laws prohibiting same-sex marriage? |
41 |
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A common sociological finding in Latino family research is ___________is more important in determining family life than being Latino or one’s country of origin. |
social class |
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How has the rate of cohabitation changed over the past 30 years? |
It has risen tenfold. |
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Asian American families are more likely to adopt the practice of ________, which is the Confucian value meaning each member of a family owes respect to other family members. |
obligation |
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What state had the most extreme penalty for interracial marriage? |
Mississippi |
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Mark and Sally are married, both are working, and they chose not to have children. What classification best fits them? |
They are DINKS |
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Maria and Brian recently gave birth to their first child. Based on sociological findings, what is the likely change in the marital satisfaction that Maria and Brian feel towards one another? |
It will decrease |
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The not-so-empty nest is a phrase that refers to when children ________. |
who have moved out as young adults, then return to live with their parents |
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Which of the following statements is not true about cohabitation trends? |
Couples who cohabit before marriage are less likely to get divorced. |
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Generally speaking, in which families would elders play the most active role in rearing their grandchildren? |
Native American |
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Shacking up or living in sin are old-fashioned ways to describe ________. |
cohabitation |
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In some Native American tribes, what transpires when a male warrior takes on a berdache? |
He has accepts a spouse who is another man who now takes on all the responsibilities of a woman. |
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Among married couples, who is the most likely to care for preschoolers when both parents work outside the home? |
organized child care facilities |
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Polygny |
A form of marriage in which men have more than one wife. |
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Plyandry |
A form of marriage in which women have more than one husband. |
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Family |
Two or more people who consider themselves related by blood, marriage, or adoption. |
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Household |
People who occupy the same housing unit. |
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Nuclear Family |
A family consisting of a husband, wife, and children. |
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Extended Family |
A family in which relatives, such as the "older generation" or unmarried aunts and uncles, live with the parents and their children. |
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Family of Orientation |
The family in which a person grows up. |
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Family of Procreation |
The family formed when a couple’s first child is born. |
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Marriage |
A group’s approved mating arrangements, usually marked by a ritual of some sort. |
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Endogamy |
The practice of marrying within one’s own group. |
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Incest Taboo |
The rule that prohibits sex and marriage among designated relatives. |
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System of Descent |
How kinship is traced over the generations. |
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Bilineal System |
(of decent) a system of reckoning descent that counts both the mother’s and the father’s side. |
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Patrilineal System |
A system of reckoning descent that counts only the father’s side. |
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Matrilineal System |
A system of reckoning descent that counts only the mother’s side. |
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Patriarchy |
Men-as-a-group dominating women-as-a-group; authority is vested in males. |
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Matriarchy |
A society in which women-as-a-group dominate men-as-a-group; authority is vested in females. |
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Egalitarian |
Authority more or less equally divided between people or groups (in heterosexual marriage, for example, between husband and wife. |
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Romantic Love |
Feelings of erotic attraction accompanied by an idealization of the other. |
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Homogamy |
The tendency of people with similar characteristics to marry one another. |
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Machismo |
An emphasis on male strength and dominance. |
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Blended Family |
A Family whose members were once part of other families. |
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Cohabitation |
Unmarried couples living together in a sexual relationship. |
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Incest |
Sexual relations between specified relatives, such as brothers and sisters or parents and children. |
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