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20 Cards in this Set
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Alice age seven lives in a private home with her parents her grandmother and her aunt Alice's family is an example of a |
Extended family |
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In which form of marriage made person have several spouses in his or her lifetime but only one spouse at a time |
Serial monogamy |
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The marriage of a woman to more than one man at the same time is referred to as |
Polyandry |
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Which system of descent is followed in the United States |
Bilateral |
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According to the functionalist perspective which of the following is not one of the Paramount functions performed by the family |
Mediation |
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Which Norm requires mate selection outside certain groups usually one's own family or certain Kinfolk |
Exogamy |
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According to the discussion of social class differences in family life and intimate relationships which of the following statements is true |
The upper-class emphasizes lineage and maintenance of family position |
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One recent development in family life in the United States has been the extension of parents of adult children continue to live at home or return home after college the reason for this is |
The rising divorce rate higher rents and financial difficulties |
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In the United States and the majority of all babies born to unmarried teenage mothers are born to whom |
White adolescents |
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Which of the following factors is associated with the high divorce rate in the United States |
1 the liberalisation of divorce law 2 the fact that contemporary families have fewer children than earlier families did 3 the General increase in family incomes |
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The principle of_________ assigns people to kinship groups according to their relationship to an individual's mother or father |
Descent |
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________________ emerged among Native American tribal societies and in nations in which men were absent for long periods because of warfare or food Gathering expeditions |
Matriarchies |
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In the view of many sociologists the ____________ family has begun to replace the patriarchal family as the social Norm in the United States |
Egalitarian |
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As ___________ theorist point out social class of couples and their children significantly influenced the socialization experience to each of the children are exposed and the protection they receive |
Conflict |
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___________ focus on the micro-level of family and other Intimate Relationships for example they are interested in whether people are cohabiting Partners |
Interactionists |
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The role of __________ specifies the groups within which a spouse must be found and prohibits marriage with others |
Endogamy |
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Caring for children is a(n) _______________ function of the family yet the ways in which different societies assign this function to family members can vary significantly |
Universal |
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Social class differences in family life or less drinking today than they once were however in the past __________ class families were found to be more authoritarian in rearing children and more inclined to use physical punishment |
Lower |
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Viewed from the _____________ perspective the government has a strong interest in encouraging adoption |
Functionalist |
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The rising rates of divorce and remarriage have led to a noticeable increase in ______________ relationships |
Step family |