SOC 315 Exam 1 | Questions with Verified Answers According to conflict theories, who benefits from family structures where women stay home and men work for pay? men & employers According to recent feminist family theorists, which statement is true? A) Family types are biologically determined and ...
According to conflict theories, who benefits from family structures where women stay
home and men work for pay?
men & employers
According to recent feminist family theorists, which statement is true?
A) Family types are biologically determined and rarely change
B) What is good for some women is good for all women
C) Men and women have very similar experiences of family life
D) Family types are socially constructed and changing
According to Modernity Theory, which is a characteristic of the late modern (or second
modernity) period?
Family ties are created y individuals deliberately and by choice
According to Anthony Giddens and modernity theory, as described in your textbook...
everyone is expected to take individual choices in their family relationships
According to the interactionist approach, gender differences within families exist
primarily because of ...
everyday behavior that reinforces gender distinctions
According to your textbook, the consensus perspective takes what view?
Order is the core of social life
Alisha and Greg both work full time outside the home. As a women, Alisha earns less
than Greg and is responsible for a greater share of the housework and child care in
order to "make up" the difference. ______ might argue that this arrangement is rational
and mutually beneficial.
exchange theorists
For the purposes of the contemporary census, a family...
must occupy the same household
In the American legal tradition, the definition of family is based on...
marriage and biology
Jesus and Maria live together (as intimate partners) but are not married. For census
purposes, they are defined as ...
a household
, Rosa thinks of her mother's best friend, Maria, as her aunt, and Maria treats Rosa as
her niece. According to your textbook, Rosa and Maria could be labeled a ...
personal family
Since census categories have _____, we can argue that ______.
changed; ideas about what constitutes a family have evolved
The demographic perspective in family studies focus most on...
family and household structures
The granting of marriage licenses is an example of which institutional arenas
interacting?
State and family
When children are neglected or abused by their parents, the institutional arena of the
______ intervenes in the institutional arena of the ______.
state; family
What do you think sociologists mean when they refer to the market?
The market is the arena where labor for pay, economic exchange, and wealth
accumulation take place
What example does the animated Story Behind the Numbers infographic offer for one
way that the market and state forces might intersect to shape family life?
when the government makes rules to regulate child-care facilities
One of the ways the state shapes family life is by defining what relationships qualify as
a family. In the textbook, the definition of family used by the government is described as
the "legal family." What is the legal definition of a family?
a group of individuals related by birth, marriage, or adoption
Why is the family considered an institution?
because family relations are influenced by a set of commonly held expectations about
how members are supposed to interact
What do some sociologists, such as Andrew Cherlin, say is associated with a growth of
individualism?
weaker marriage bonds
Families began having fewer children in the nineteenth century. Which of the following
was NOT a contributor to this change?
A)Widely available information about birth control
B) Couples wanted fewer children
C) Decreased infant death rate
D) Couples learned how to prevent pregnancy
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