Chapter 8,9,10,11 SYG 2430 – Flashcards
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Cohabiting couples are __________ as likely as marrieds to be interracial.
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twice
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Which state prohibits same-sex couple adoption, although it does allow them to serve as foster parents?
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Florida
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The sex ratio is the ratio of __________ in a given society or subgroup of a society.
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men to women
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An emerging alternative to marriage is __________, where a couple is engaged in a long-term relationship, but each partner also maintains a separate dwelling.
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living alone together
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The text points out that when we think of singlehood as a(n) __________, we realize that not all singles are socially unattached, disconnected, or isolated.
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continuum
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Sociologists who argue that singles weigh the costs against the benefits of marrying are utilizing the __________ perspective.
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exchange
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People's reasons for __________ often include the belief that marriage signifies loss of identity or stifles partners' communication and equality.
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cohabiting
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Compared to married couples, cohabitors are all EXCEPT which of the following?
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older
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Some adults who live with their parents have never moved out, but others — called _________ — have left home and then returned.
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boomerangers
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In 2000, __________ became the first country to allow same-sex partners to marry. Some other European countries, as well as Canada, now allow same-sex marriage.
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the Netherlands
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The text points out that Puerto Rican women have a long history of
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consensual marriages
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Individuals living alone now make up __________ percent of U.S. households.
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28
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The text observes that the psychological burden of infertility may fall especially hard on
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professional, goal-oriented individuals.
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Jimmy is an adoptive child. Before his adoption was finalized, he was returned to the agency that handled his case. This reflects which of the following?
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disrupted adoption
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The text offers several explanations for the drop in overall fertility levels. Which of the following is NOT one of these?
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an increase in sexual abstinence
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According to the text, for as long as most people can remember, the words "teenage pregnancy" have been associated with which word?
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problem
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Which of the following nations has the highest total fertility rate among developed nations?
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the United States
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When parents are interviewed, they report a variety of emotional satisfactions from having children. Which of the following is NOT one of these?
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the assurance that they would be well cared for in their old age
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Traditionally in American society, children were viewed as
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economic assets.
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Chuck and Lisa arranged an adoption with a birth mother through an attorney. This example reflects all EXCEPT which of the following types of adoption?
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lawyer-assisted
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The value of children perspective has more recently been supplemented by a(n) __________ perspective on the benefits of parenthood.
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social capital
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The diaphragm was invented in
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1883.
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On average, American women are now having around __________ children each.
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2
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As noted in the text, which of the following terms is often used now instead of the more negative sounding childless?
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childfree
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Ethnicity is often associated with __________.
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religious belief
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Research by Straus and his colleagues show that children who have been frequently spanked by their parents, are
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more likely to have behavior problems later in life, as well as depression.
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The hope that research in child development offers to parents who make mistakes is that children can be surprisingly __________.
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resilient
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As wards of the court, foster children are financially supported by
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the state.
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It is estimated that __________ children under age 18 are living in a grandparent's household.
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more than 3.6 million
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Working-class parents tend to use which model of parenting?
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the facilitation of natural growth
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The text points out that children today face demands for achievement from schools, church, recreational organizations, peers and, of course, parents. This "scheduled hyperactivity can produce the "__________ child," who is forced to assume too many challenges and responsibilities too soon.
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hurried
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The text points out that being frequently spanked in childhood is NOT linked to
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the responsible use of alcohol and other drugs.
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__________ parenting combines warm emotional support for children with a demand for significant respect for parents and other authority figures, including older extended family members.
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Hierarchical
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Some Muslims children who wear headscarves, called __________, may be subject to ridicule and discrimination.
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hijab
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Which parenting style is characterized by low parental monitoring but high parental warmth?
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permissive-indulgent
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Asian American parents often used the Confucian training doctrine, which stresses all EXCEPT which of the following qualities?
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corporal punishment
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___________ are biological or, much less often, adoptive fathers who do not live with their children.
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Nonresident fathers
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Which of the following is NOT one of the elements discussed in the text that are suggested as desirable in selecting a child-care facility?
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the largest play spaces
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Recent research suggests that men are more apt to see women's employment as a benefit. As a result, the text points out, there is an ideological shift toward
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egalitarianism.
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The text observes that a little over half of home-based workers are women. Besides catching up on work, the reason they give most often for working at home is
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to coordinate work with personal/family needs.
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Men continue to dominate corporate America. In 2010, less than __________ percent of the highest-earning executives in Fortune 500 companies were women.
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3
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__________ involves an employee being able to take an extended period of time from work, either paid or unpaid, for maternity, paternity, ill-child and elder-care purposes.
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Family leave
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__________ involves providing assistance with daily living activities to an elderly relative who is chronically frail, ill, disabled, or just in need of assistance.
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Elder care
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In 2009, almost ____________ of mothers of children under fifteen in married-couple families were stay-at-home mothers, wives of steadily employed men, who were temporarily out of the labor force for the entire year to "take care of home and family."
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one-quarter
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Some large corporations demonstrate interest in effecting __________ workplace policies that are supportive of employee efforts to combine family and work commitments.
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family-friendly
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Research has shown that the quality of child care is higher when certain conditions are present. Which of the following is NOT one of these?
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a non-interference policy involving parents
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The term __________ refers to child care provided in a caregiver's home.
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family child care
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According to the text's discussion of child care workers, these women are often __________.
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poorly paid
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Today, the statistical norm among married couples is the __________ marriage.
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two-earner
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According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics from 2006, wives earn more than their husbands in __________ percent of couples.
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25
