Sociology Final- Chapter 13
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The chapter-opening story of Rosa Yniguez, who came from Mexico to live and raise her three children in California, makes the point that
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family patterns often change among immigrants to this country.
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The family is a social institution that is found in
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every society.
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The U.S. Census Bureau defines the \"family\" as
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people living together who are linked by birth, marriage, or adoption.
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People include as \"kin\" others to whom they are linked by
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-ancestry -marriage -adoption
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Which of the following are typically traits of marriage?
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-a legal relationship -sexual activity and childbearing -economic cooperation
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A family that includes parents, children and other kin is called
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an extended family.
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A family composed of one or two parents and their children is called
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a nuclear family.
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The concept \"endogamy\" refers to marriage between
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people of the same social category.
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A system of marriage that unites only two partners is called
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monogamy
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A system of marriage that unites one woman with two or more men is called
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polyandry
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The concept \"patrilocality\" refers to
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a residential pattern by which a married couple lives near the husband's family.
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Assume you were visiting a society in which people traced family ties only through women. This society would correctly be called
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matrilineal
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Typically, industrial societies make use of which of the following systems to trace ancestry?
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bilateral descent
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To which region of the world would you travel if you wanted to visit many countries where the law permits polygamy?
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Africa
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According to the structural-functional approach, which of the following is counted among the tasks of the family?
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-socialization of the young -regulation of sexual activity -social placement
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The incest taboo
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is found in all societies.
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Following structural-functional theory, the family
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is important enough to be called the backbone of society.
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A social-exchange analysis of family life is likely to consider
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how individuals select partners who offer about as much as they do to the relationship.
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Social conflict and feminist theories explain that families perpetuate social inequality in U.S. society through
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-inheritance of private property. -encouraging patriarchy. -passing on racial and ethnic inequality.
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In traditional regions of many lower-income countries, such as Sri Lanka, marriage
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has little to do with romantic love.
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The concept \"homogamy\" means that
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people marry others who are socially like themselves.
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In the United States, romantic love
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-is the reason most people expect to marry. -is not a very stable foundation for marriage. -may contribute to a high divorce rate.
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What is the effect of industrialization on the number of children in a typical family?
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Families have fewer children.
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In the United States, a recent trend involving parenting is that
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more adults are delaying having children or choosing to remain childless.
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The term \"empty nest\" refers to
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families whose children have grown and left home.
