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Unit 10 Assignment

Question 1

The family you were raised in is called:

Answers:            

 family of orientation

family of procreation

family of affinity

family of residence

Question 2         

What type of family is created when members who were once a part of another family, move into the same household?

Answers:            

a "sandwiched" family

a "family of affinity"

a "homogamous" family

 a "blended" family

Question 3

________times as many Americans cohabitate today than forty years ago.

Answers:            

four

six

eight

twelve

Question 4

Edgar and Jayne are a couple in their 40s. They are busy raising a family of three children. They also spend considerable time each week at their parents' homes doing yard maintenance and running errands for their parents. Edgar and Jayne are members of the ______________ generation.

Answers:            

"overworked"

 "sandwich"

"baby boom"

"yuppie"

Question 5

               

What percent of Americans will get married in their lifetimes?

Answers:            

65%

75%

85%

 95%

Question 6         

One of the most significant trends in U.S. marriages is that the average first time bride and groom is _____________ than at any time in U.S. history.

Answers:            

more religious

 older

wealthier

less educated

Question 7         

Jane is getting married in the spring and is worried that her chances of getting divorced are extremley likely given that she just heard a news report stating that half of all marriages will end in divorce. In this case, Jane is misusing statistics as divorce statistics______________________________________.

Answers:            

because divorce statistics do not conform to mathematical norms and standards

because the couples who divorce during a given year, are for the most part, not from the same group that married that year

because divorce rates depend on the age of the couple

because divorce statistics do not consider if this is a second marriage

 

Question 8

Go to the following web page on the definition of the family.  The  discussion focuses on what constitutes a family.  Which of the following below IS NOT one of the characteristics given by the author?

Answers:            

a religious provision

a mating relationship

a system of nomenclature (names)

a common habitation

 

Question 9         

Go to the following web page the decriminalization of wife beating in Russia.   After reading  the information there, which of the following statements below is IN?

Answers:            

a bill was passed in Russia to decriminalize domestic violence against family members unless it is a repeat offense or causes serious medical damage

the Russian Orthodox Church spoke out against the new law

Police are unlikely to interfere in attacks unless they cause “substantial bodily harm”

14,000 Russian women die annually from domestic violence-related injuries

Question 10

Go to the following web page on single parenting and poverty rates.  According to the research from the Census Bureau,  children living with only their mother had a poverty rate of _____%, while children living with both parents had a poverty rate of _____%.

Answers:            

12;  18

27;  14

45;   13

37;  64

Question 11       

Go to the following link on the book review of "Marriage, A History: From Obedience to Intimacy or How Love Conquered Marriage by Stephanie Coontz.   Read the information found at this link.  Which of the following statements below is IN?

Answers:            

in the 1950's, 80 percent of Americans said that an unmarried woman was "sick," "neurotic," or "immoral

the percentage of married couple families in the United States has increased over the past few decades

In Medieval Europe in 1139, the Church stated that the clergy had to be celibate.  This was so that priests couldn’t hand down any property to their heirs.  This celibacy had to do with papal politics, not because of any religious precepts.

the early nineteenth century had higher rates of out-of-wedlock births than the USA and Western Europe were to have at the end of the twentieth century

Question 12

When famous Hollywood stars such as Lisa Marie Presley and Nicholas Cage have a series of short marriages, they are practicing what form of marriage arrangement?

Answers:            

polygamy

 serial monogamy

polygyny

polyandry

Question 13

According to the online text, all of the following reasons were given for the increase in divorce EXCEPT?

Answers:            

cultural factors such as focusing on the needs of the group

growing acceptance of divorce in American society

expansion of  no-fault divorce laws

women today are less financially dependent on husbands than in the past

Question 14       

Which of the following IS NOT a function of the family?

Answers:            

 eliminating social inequality

regulation of sexual behavior

affection and companionship

providing of social status

Question 15

Two or more people who consider themselves related by blood, marriage, or adoption constitute a(n):

Answers:            

household

 family

family of affinity

patriarchy

Question 16

Celia lives in a society in which children are related to their mother's relatives, but not their father's relatives. This system of descent is termed ___________descent.

Answers:            

bilateral

unilateral

patrilineal

 matrilineal

Question 17

The extra household chores that women do when they come home after working eight hours during the day for wages is called:

Answers:            

the "glass ceiling"

the "mommy track"

 the "second shift"

"wifely duties"

Question 18       

Homogamy refers to:

Answers:            

 the tendency to choose a mate similar to oneself

open marriages where a husband or a wife has sexual relations with someone outside the marriage

to having relatives arrange a marriage

how a society's marriage practices match societal values

Question 19

Maria and Brian recently gave birth to their first child. Based on sociological findings, it is likely that the marital satisfaction that Maria and Brian feels towards their marriage will:

Answers:            

increase

 decrease

stay the same

be replaced by self-satisfaction

Question 20       

Visit the following web page on the connection between divorce and step families.  Which of the following statements below is not true concerning relationships within step families?

Answers:            

blended families can make  decisions like family vacations and paying for a university education difficult

for people over 50, nearly 30 percent have divorced and remarried at least once

90 percent of older adults in the United States who are parents are also part of a stepfamily

spouses in stepfamilies may also have arguments regarding the amount of time and money they should spend on their stepchildren versus their children from a previous relationship

Question 21       

Watch the video below on child marriages.  After viewing the video, answer the following questions:

If you are having a difficult time seeing the video, then click on the following link:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsoBHFS8uc4

1)  List one reason provided why families still engage in child marriages?

2)  In Afghanistan, a young child brides said her husband took her outside and cut off what parts of her body?

3)    It was stated that over the next decade, ________________ young girls around the world will become child brides.

4)  The single largest preventative factor against child marriages is?

Question 22       

View the video below on the question "is monogamy natural".  After watching the video, answer the following question below:

If you are having a difficult time seeing the video, then click on the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=7rrUHQtSjII

1) Describe the reason some anthropologists believe are ancient ancestors chose monogamy.

Question 23

Watch the video below on single parenting in the United States.  Then, answer the questions below.  All of the answers are found in the first 6:30 of the video.

If you are having a difficult time seeing the video, then click on the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsKMZbKAgTc

1)  Since 1980 in the United States the number of single parents has increased   _______%.

2)  How does the percent of children in single parent families living in poverty in the United States compare to Denmark  according to the first speaker?

3)  According to the second speaker, single parents in the United States spend what percent of their income on child care? 

Question 24

Watch the video on arranged marriages below.  Then answer the following questions:

If you are having a difficult time seeing the video, then click on the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yj2ToKRLN3E

1)  What is the difference between an arranged marriage and a forced marriage?

2)  What is an "endogamous" marriage?

3) What did research suggest was the main difference between the concept of love in western love marriages and arranged marriages?

Question 25

Watch the video below on "Tiger Moms".  Then answer the questions below:

If you are having a difficult time seeing the video, then click on the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=mrUgCe4e7t4

1)  What are some of the words used in the video to describe a "tiger mom"?

2)  What is the definition given for a "tiger mom"? 

3)  When asked if they would become "Tiger Moms" when they get older how did most of the participants respond?