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Family Institutions MCQ

The divorce rate has ________ in the last two decades.

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Correct Answer: Decreased

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About __________ of all nonmarital births occur to cohabiting couples.

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Correct Answer: Half

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The __________ parent?s attitude is ?i am in charge and set/enforce the rules, no matter what.?

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Correct Answer: Authoritarian

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Theoretical perspectives or theories can increase our __________ families and family life.

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Correct Answer: Understanding of

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Religion, education, family, and the media are all examples of __________.

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Correct Answer: Social institutions

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Sociological research on growing up with same-sex parents demonstrates __________.

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Correct Answer: There are no consequential effects

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Research finds that black couples prefer more role ________ and power sharing than whites.

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Correct Answer: Flexibility

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Cohabitation is least common among __________.

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Correct Answer: Asian American

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The big five personality traits _____.

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Correct Answer: Are apparent in every culture and era

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Studying social change in the family can be best understood through _______ data.

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Correct Answer: Longitudinal

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Same-sex couple households account for _____ percent of u.s. households.

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Correct Answer: 1

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In the united states, a slight majority of adults claim to be ________

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Correct Answer: Protestant.

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Functionalists suggest that changes in the traditional functions of family have __________.

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Correct Answer: Weakened the family unit

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Earl is married and has two children. his spouse and his children comprise his __________.

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Correct Answer: Family of procreation

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Authority is held by males in a(n) _____ society.

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Correct Answer: Patriarchal

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Approximately _____of children live with one parent in the us.

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Correct Answer: One-fourth

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An astounding finding by sociologists is that _____ experience the negative effects of divorce.

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Correct Answer: Grandchildren

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The family is a social institution that is found in ________

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Correct Answer: Every society

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Guided by the symbolic-interaction approach, sociologists examine ________

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Correct Answer: All of the above are correct.

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__________ is the practice of marriage of one individual to two or more other individuals.

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Correct Answer: Polygamy

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The climate, soil, plants, and animals are all part of the __________ environment.

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Correct Answer: Natural physical-biological

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Ryan and Leah recently had a son. They bought him many traditional toys such as cars, superheroes, and sports balls. Which gender perspective would be most concerned with Ryan, Leah, and their household?

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Correct Answer: Feminist theory

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Which term describes the concept that many U.S. families have less time for leisure and home life than previous generations did, instead needing to spend that time in the workplace?

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Correct Answer: Overwork

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Luca and Rosa have recently gone through a messy divorce, which has greatly upset their children. This couple can help reconcile the challenges their family is facing by ______.

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Correct Answer: Seeking family therapy

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During which of the following periods was/is a “family economy” most prevalent in the United States?

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Correct Answer: Preindustrial

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Which statement is correct about the provisions of the federal Family and Medical Leave Act passed in 1993?

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Correct Answer: Eligible workers receive up to 12 weeks of unpaid, job-protected leave.

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Which perspective is most concerned with how specific social institutions create social stability and harmony?

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Correct Answer: Structural functionalism

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Which of the following best describes the sandwich generation?

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Correct Answer: The adults in middle-age who must simultaneously care for their children and their aging parents

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Our basic understanding of what constitutes a family changes over time in response to ______.

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Correct Answer: The social environment

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Draco and Mina have been married for two years. Unlike their parents’ generation, Mina works outside of the house, and because of this expects Draco to help out with the housework. However, Draco likes to relax after his workday, leaving Mina to do most of the cooking and cleaning. What term describes Mina’s situation?

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Correct Answer: Second shift

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Freedom to date outside the home and sexuality without fear of pregnancy arose during which of the following time periods?

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Correct Answer: The twentieth century

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______ is an approach to parenting in which parents reason with their children and children are taught to interact with authority figures.

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Correct Answer: Concerted cultivation

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What is the means by which the social definitions and needs of families are translated into laws and policies?

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Correct Answer: Institutionalization

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The most common type of family violence experienced by children is ______.

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Correct Answer: Emotional abuse

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Which term best describes a situation in which a couple lives together and is in a romantic relationship, but has no plans to marry?

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Correct Answer: Cohabitation

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Which of the following best describes the term “private sphere” as related to family roles?

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Correct Answer: Focusing on household chores and the family

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The period during the 1960s and 1970s when divorce rates rose as women began to work at home and men had differing expectations about household responsibilities and earning income is called the era of Stalled revolution.

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Correct Answer: True

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Presumes that individual family members, as rational actors, make decisions by weighing the benefits and costs of various actions and then pick the action or arrangement with the biggest reward or least cost is called _____ thoery.

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Correct Answer: Social exchange

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Second shift is The phenomenon wherein women return from their jobs to then begin their “second shift,when they do the housework

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Correct Answer: True

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Those with double caretaking duties: raising children and caring for aging parents at the same time are called as

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Correct Answer: Sandwich generation

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People creating and raising members of the next generation is called as

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Correct Answer: Reproduction

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The exposed sphere is also known as

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Correct Answer: Public Sphere

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The non exposed sphere is also known as

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Correct Answer: Private Sphere

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Devoting more time to paid work, leaving less time for leisure and home life is called as

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Correct Answer: Overworked

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Parents and their children are known as _______ Family

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Correct Answer: Nuclear

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The expectation that we give and take with others in relatively equal ways is known as

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Correct Answer: Norm of reciprocity

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Intensive mothering is parenting style which requires women to copiously devote ____________ to raising children.

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Correct Answer: All of these

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Institutionalized is Encoded in laws, policies, and widely accepted practices.

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Correct Answer: True

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Earnings that are enough to support an entire family is called as

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Correct Answer: Family wage

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________ is when someone in a family hurts or controls someone else.

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Correct Answer: Family violence

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A group of people who take responsibility for meeting one another’s needs are known as

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Correct Answer: Family

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The legal doctrine in which wives’ standing was subsumed into their husbands’ is known as

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Correct Answer: Coverture

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An approach to interaction and discipline through which parents proactively engage with and guide their children is known as

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Correct Answer: Concerted cultivation

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_________ Marriage is Partnership based on romantic love.

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Correct Answer: Companionate

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Couples living together without being married to each other are called

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Correct Answer: Cohabitating Couples

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