Sociology of the family Chapter 2 – Flashcards
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According to Cohen's book, family wage refers to the
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wage necessary for a male earner to provide for his wife and children
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According to the text, what had a significant impact on the emergence of the dating system in the early to mid-twentieth century?
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cars
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According to the textbook, the decline of the name Mary in the United States represents the rising trend of what attitude?
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individualism
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Archeological findings in central Europe indicate which of the following about families?
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Diverse family arrangements, and not only the nuclear family, were recognized by the villagers.
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Beth and Kathryn were married in Massachusetts. If we wish to distinguish the characteristics of different types of married couples, we could refer to this marriage between two people of the same gender as
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homogamy
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Christian traditions that included monogamous marriage and required a woman to be faithful to her husband and a man to economically support his wife and children were written in secular laws that enforced "monogamous morality." Which of these are examples? Choose all that apply.
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Dawes Act and the Comstock Act
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During the 1960s and after, __________ increased the independence of middle class and more educated women, while __________ increased the independence of poor women.
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market forces; state forces
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From 1638 to the end of the trans-Atlantic slave trade in 1807, the marriages of enslaved Africans were not legally recognized and children were the property of the slave owner. In this context,
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most slaves married and most children lived with both parents.
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Growing family diversity has come from which type of household becoming less common?
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married couple
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In Europe prior to the formation of the United States, what was the principal role of marriage?
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a system of property and labor cooperation
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In colonial America, Christian doctrine supported the legal concept of coverture, and wives
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did not have a legal existence, but were incorporated into their husband's citizenship
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Industrialization and the ideology of separate spheres __________ economic equality between husbands and wives, and __________ advantage grew.
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increased; husbands'
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Match the era to the ideal of childhood... A. Children were considered to be blank slates of innocence. B. Children played economic roles and the "idea" of childhood did not exist. C. There were less parental authority and closer parent-child relationships.
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A. emerging modern childhood B. Colonial America C. Modern
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Since the nineteenth century, what has happened to children?
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They lost economic value and gained emotional value
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Since, the 1980s, what is the pattern of names given to baby girls?
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There is increasing diversity, with the most common names becoming less prevalent
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The baby boom refers to births in the United States in which years?
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1946-1964
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The lower age of marriage in the 1950s and the growing economy pushed employers to change their policy of hiring
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women only if they were single.
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To say that the shift to market work contributed to women's independence within their families as well as from their families is to say that
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more women had less work to do within the home, and because they had their own income, they were freer to live outside of a marriage relationship.
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Under the ideology of separate spheres, what two things were separated?
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men at work and women at home
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We can argue that elevating marriage to the status of a true love relationship, instead of a relationship based on tradition and economic necessity, might contribute to a(n) __________ acceptance of divorce.
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increased
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What contributed to the decline of courtship in the process of mate selection?
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increasing freedom for young adults
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When they were instituted in the early twentieth century, programs like Social Security and Aid to Dependent Children promoted marriage by
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making women who were never married or who divorced ineligible.
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Which of the following demonstrates the increased likelihood that adults will spend more of their lives outside marriage than in the past?
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a higher percentage of adults living with no relatives
