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On the basis of what we know of the currently available research reports, children of divorced parents

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A) experience a crisis period after the divorce. B) resume normal development within two years after the divorce. C) a minority of them may experience problems into adulthood D) all of the above!!!!!!!

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African American women in the United States have a higher likelihood of separating from their husbands and are __________ to turn these separations into divorces than other women

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A) less likely!!!!!(slower) B) quicker C) less reluctant D) none of the above

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Couples who have cohabited prior to marriage have a _____ likelihood of divorcing compared to couples who did not live together prior to marriage.

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A higher

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Children who seem fine in the period shortly after the parents' divorce, but experience emotional difficulties later in life, are said to suffer from

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A delayed reaction called the sleeper effect.

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Historically, annulments were only granted in the following case(s

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Marriage between close relatives or spouses had not engaged in sexual intercourse

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What is the primary reason why couples who cohabit prior to marriage have a higher chance of getting divorced?

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Weaker commitment to the institution of marriage

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The arrangement whereby divorced parents coordinate their activities and cooperate with each other in raising their children is commonly referred to as

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co-parenting

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Single father families now represent ____% of single parent families

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15

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When asked on surveys (such as the General Social Survey to which class they belong, most U.S. residents respond that they are either

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working or middle

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In 1996, the demand for low- and semi-skilled workers was so reduced that the average male worker with a high school degree was earning _____ than a comparable man in 1979.

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20%

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Life chances may be impacted by all of the following except:

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Prestige

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Upper class families in the United States are characterized by which of the following:

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They tend to be highly recognized as part of the social and cultural elite of their communities.

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Studies in the United States suggest that husbands and wives may belong to different classes in ____________ of all two-parent, two-earner families.

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One-third

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Since the 1970s, families whose income lies in the middle of the income distribution (of all U.S. families have kept up with the cost of living primarily by

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Having wives take jobs outside the home

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Of the following, the best example of an assortative marriage would be

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A Protestant college graduate marrying a Catholic college graduate

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Which of the following is most likely to be married when they give birth?

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Women with a college degree

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Rossi and Rossi's Boston-area study of people's sense of obligation to kin found people

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Felt moderate to high levels of obligation to most kin

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Kinship networks of the poor

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Spread the burden of poverty Will share whatever they have even if they are poor Help others to get by day by day

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Based on sociological studies, those kinship ties that engender the strongest feelings of obligation are

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Vertical kinship ties including parents to children to grandchildren

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Which of the following is not a value emphasized by working class parents?

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Creativity

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All of the following are advantages that middle-class children gain from "the accomplishment of natural growth" except which?

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They are more physically fit (p. 133)

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The resources and opportunities that people have to provide themselves with material goods and favorable living conditions are called

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Life chances -Max Weber

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Working and middle class parents differ in their choice of important childrearing values primarily because of

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Different job experiences

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A group of people who share a common style of life and often identify with each other is called a/an

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Status groups

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Chances of divorce have been _______ for college graduates and ________ for people who did not graduate from high school

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Declining; increasing

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Income inequality among families has increased because of all but which of the following?

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The decline in number of children born in each family

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The concept of status group was refined by the famous sociologist

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Max Weber (p. 120)

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The program of financial assistance to low-income single-parent families that has become commonly known as "welfare" has been modified

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Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) to Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF)

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Most government involvement in family support is based on a concern about

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Dependents, especially children and the elderly.

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Until the depression in the United States, the government felt that it __________ (in family affairs.

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Should not intervene

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The family wage system was based on the concept that women's and men's roles in the family split between:

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Wage earners; homemakers

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The 1973 Supreme Court decision _______ ruled that women had the constitutional right to terminate a pregnancy by abortion.

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Roe v. Wade

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!AFDC was initiated in the _____ and was originally intended to help _____.

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1930; widowed women with children

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The Social Security Act of 1935 followed the division of labor implicit in the family wage system and provided pensions primarily to

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Working males

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Conservatives are in favor of

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The breadwinner-homemaker, family wage system model

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Those in the government most likely to oppose late-term abortion are

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Conservatives

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Between 1996 and 2008, the number of families receiving TANF declined by more than

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50%

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In the United States, two kinds of conflicts that underlie much of the controversy and discussion of major public issues concerning the family include

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Parents working outside the home and childhood poverty

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A fundamental premise of the original Social Security System was that the recipients

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Would be primarily men.

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In the earlier history of our country and for many years afterward, the prevailing view in the United States was that government should not intervene in family affairs; this changed dramatically after _____.

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The Great Depression

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Since the mid-20th century, all but the following reason have made it possible for women to live full lives outside of marriage

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A cultural shift away from the nuclear family

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Those considered to be the most undeserving poor in our country are

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Unemployed, able-bodied men

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_____ American families, including middle class families, receive ________ government assistance:

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Most; substantial

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___________ advocates maintain that the rise of the dual-earner couple has created a harried lifestyle that should be eased for the sake of parents and children.

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Liberal!

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According to Cherlin the debate over marriage promotion includes all of the following except

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Keeping the family wage system working

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The major drop in TANF caseloads the last few years is not caused by

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a decline in the number of single-parent families.

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A conservative politician would disagree with which following statement

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Partial-birth abortions should be legal.

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The conservatives and the liberals seem to have reached a practical comprise with

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Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF).

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