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Social Relationships and Families MCQ

Language, law, and social and economic systems are all part of the __________ environment.

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Correct Answer: Social-cultural

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A ________ is when neither partner has to establish the guilt or wrongdoing of the other.

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Correct Answer: No-fault divorce

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Marriage of one person to more than one partner at the same time is called

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Correct Answer: Polygamy

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Consists of two parents and their children—or any two of the three is nuclear family

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Correct Answer: True

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Marriage of two individuals is called

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Correct Answer: Monogamy

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Organized, patterned, and enduring sets of social structures that provide guidelines for behavior and help each society meet its basic survival needs is called

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Correct Answer: Institutions

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A pattern of mate selection in which the partners select each other based primarily on romance and love is free choice marriage

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Correct Answer: True

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The family we create ourselves is family of procreation

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Correct Answer: True

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The family into which we are born or adopted is family of orientation

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Correct Answer: True

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Two or more adult generations that share tasks and living quarters. This may include brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles, cousins, and grandparents is extended families

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Correct Answer: True

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_____ Norms governing the choice of a mate that require individuals to marry outside of their own immediate group

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Correct Answer: Exogamy

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_____ is norms that require individuals to marry inside certain human boundaries based on whatever the societal members see as protecting the homogeneity of the group

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Correct Answer: Endogamy

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A pattern of mate selection in which someone other than the couple—elder males, parents, or a matchmaker—selects the marital partners is arranged marriage

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Correct Answer: True

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John and Mary are married. They share equally in the household and child care duties. John and Mary are ______.

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Correct Answer: Less likely to divorce

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According to resource theory, Maria, a successful lawyer, should do less of the housework than her husband Jim, a factory worker.

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Correct Answer: True

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Most scholars acknowledge that the estimated number of same-sex partners living together is probably underreported due to the continuing stigma against reporting whether one is gay, lesbian, or bi-sexual.

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Correct Answer: True

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______ requires individuals to marry inside certain human boundaries, whatever the societal members see as protecting the homogeneity of the group.

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Correct Answer: Endogamy

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Anna and Paul have been living together for 10 years but are not married. What group is most likely to define them as a family?

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Correct Answer: Sociologists

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The housework and child care that many women do after returning home from their paid jobs every day is referred to as what?

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Correct Answer: The second shift

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Tia’s lesbian life partner, Carolyn, and their daughter, Stephanie, are part of Tia’s family of procreation.

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Correct Answer: True

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Why is the family often referred to as the most basic institution in society?

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Correct Answer: It is where we learn many societal norms

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Feminist theorists are primarily interested in examining the functions served by the family.

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Correct Answer: False

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The definition of “exogamy” is universal (i.e., the same across cultures).

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Correct Answer: False

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The divorce rate in the U.S. reached its peak in 1981.

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Correct Answer: True

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Structural conditions in the United States promote social class endogamy.

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Correct Answer: True

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The 2015 Maine Parentage Act established that by court order, children in the state can have more than two legal parents if the “de facto” parent ______.

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Correct Answer: Is acting as a parent and taking on complete and permanent responsibility for the child

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The Servicemembers Civil Relief Act protects deployed servicemembers from which of the following?

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Correct Answer: Being evicted from their property

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In the U.S. the assumption is that a family’s living arrangements will be ______.

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Correct Answer: Neolocal

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Joseph has three legally recognized wives: Soraya, Elaina, and Rachel. Which term would a sociologist use to describe the marriage?

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Correct Answer: Polygamous

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According to the U.S. Bureau of the Census, three graduate students who are unrelated, live together in an apartment, and share expenses would be considered a ______.

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Correct Answer: Household

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Rules of ______ limit people's romantic choices to those within certain groups to which they belong.

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Correct Answer: Endogamy

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Which of the following occurred in the U.S. for the first time in 2016?

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Correct Answer: Living with one’s parents became the most common living arrangement for young adults.

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Among college students, traditional dating seems to have been replaced with ______.

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Correct Answer: Hooking up

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