, Chapter 01 Public and Private Families Answer Key
Multiple Choice Questions
1. The general trend of Americans' attitudes toward the unmarried has been from an
(p. 6) attitude of ________ to an attitude of ________.
A. nonacceptance;
acceptance
B. neutrality;
nonacceptance
C. nonacceptance;
neutrality
D. neutrality;
tolerance
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2. In the United States, there appears to have been a broad cultural shift in the
(p. 34) values Americans hold most dear. The general trend has been from an emphasis
on ________ to that on ________.
A. personal relationships;
obligations
B. parenting; employee
relationships
C. personal growth; service to
others
D. parenting; self-
fulfillment
,3. ________ individualism can best be described as a style of life that emphasizes the
(p. 7) development of one's own feelings and emotional satisfaction.
A. Objecti
ve
B. Utilitari
an
C. Expressi
ve
D. Emotion
al
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4. The best term to describe the attitude of many Americans toward marriage and
(p. 9) family in the 2000s is
A. reluctanc
e.
B. ambivalen
ce.
C. intoleranc
e.
D. confusio
n.
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5. The ________ can be described as the tendency to obtain public goods by allowing
(p. 12) others to do the work of providing them.
A. boundary
problem
B. externality
problem
C. utilitarian
problem
D. free-rider
problem
, 6. If you were concerned with the way families discipline their children, handle their
(p. 13) disagreements, or share their affection, you would be focusing on the
A. public
family.
B. sexually based primary
relationship.
C. external
family.
D. private
family.
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7. An adult child who takes care of elderly parents—shopping and cooking for them,
(p. 10) taking them to doctors, and so on—is producing a ___________.
A. negative
externality
B. private
good
C. public
good
D. mediocre
externality
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8. Of the following, which group would not fit the definition of a public family?
(p. 12)
A. A gay man caring for a partner with
AIDS
B. A childless married couple with no
dependents
C. A lesbian couple jointly raising a child born to one
of them
D. A divorced mother and her
children
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