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Question 1:

The term 'nuclear family' refers to:
a) a group of people sharing accommodations and meals
b) a two generational unit of parents and their children
c) the new family created when an adult leaves home and gets married
d) a network of extended relatives within or between generations

Question 2:

The term 'modified extended family' refers to:
a) relatives who live close by but do not share a household
b) relatives from a second marriage who share the same household
c) aunts, uncles, or second cousins who share a household
d) kinship-type relatives who live close by but do not share a household

Question 3:

The main difference between serial monogamy and polygyny is:
a) a) the ceremonial procedures involved in declaring your partnership
b) only semantics: there is actually no difference according to the law
c) the number of partners one is allowed to have at any particular point during one's lifespan
d) that only women can engage in polygyny

Question 4:

In a free choice marriage, the symbolic remnants of a bride price would most likely be:
a) a honeymoon
b) an engagement ring
c) a wedding ceremony
d) a house for the couple to live in, provided by the bride's parents

Question 5:

A situation following a bilateral descent pattern is one in which:
a) a married couple is expected to maintain contact and participate in family gatherings with both sides of the family
b) the sperm donor and legal father are different men
c) children carry both of their parents' last names in a hyphenated form
d) father and mother equally make decisions that affect their children

Question 6:

Which theory/approach suggests that social life and social change always involve conflicts, especially between the 'haves' and the 'have nots'?
a) structural functionalism
b) symbolic interactionist
c) political economy
d) social constructionist

Question 7:

A main criticism of the structural functionalism perspective in regards to families is:
a) that it focuses on only one type of family
b) that it believes that gender division is functional for society
c) that it believes behaviour is determined by social expectations that are hard to change
d) all of the above

Question 8:

In what way does systems theory differ from that of the structural functionalist perspective?
a) systems theory focuses on socialization of children
b) systems theory focuses on hierarchy of generations
c) systems theory focuses on interdependence of family behaviour
d) systems theory focuses on family as a major institution

Question 9:

Which theory focuses the most on demographic and social trends of families?
a) symbolic interactionism
b) social constructionism
c) conflict
d) postmodernism

Question 10:

Wives who are employed full-time:
a) encourgae other family members to share housework duties
b) retain primary responsibility for housework and child care
c) perform less housework than wives employed part-time or not at all
d) all of the above

Question 11:

According to Dupuis's study (1992), what percentage of men aged 20-29 reported wanting to have only two children?
a) 30
b) 50
c) 65
d) 90

Question 12:

Baird (1997) suggests that surrogacy arrangements are often unethical because they:
a) violate the unborn baby's rights
b) suggest that a baby is a product that can be sold on the market
c) force doctors to make decision on who is more suitable to conceive a child
d) blur the questions of who the 'real parents' are

Question 13:

According to sociologists, the new 'absent father' is one that:
a) is incarcerated
b) has abandoned the child and his heterosexual partner
c) has abandoned the child and his homosexual partner
d) is a sperm donor

Question 14:

The likelihood of marital violence is ____ times greater if it occurs during courtship:
a) three
b) four
c) six
d) ten

Question 15:

What solution to martial violence does the intergenerational theory suggest?
a) helping couples to understand generational patterns that may influence this behaviour
b) offering therapy sessions to men or couples to improve communication and emotional control
c) focusing on improving conflict resolution and parenting skills with couples
d) focusing on triggers and cues given by society that make men feel less powerful and women powerless

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Principles of Sociology: Canadian Perspectives - Chapter 09