Family Institutions MCQs
Family Institutions MCQs
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1: Couples living together without being married to each other are called
A. Cohabitating Couples
B. Married couples
C. Civil partners
D. Contract Couples
2: _________ Marriage is Partnership based on romantic love.
A. Love
B. Companionate
C. Passionate
D. Arrange
3: An approach to interaction and discipline through which parents proactively engage with and guide their children is known as
A. Coverture cultivation
B. Concerted cultivation
C. Interaction cultivation
D. None of these
4: The legal doctrine in which wives’ standing was subsumed into their husbands’ is known as
A. Coverture
B. Compound
C. Concerted
D. Cultivation
5: A group of people who take responsibility for meeting one another’s needs are known as
A. Friends
B. Family
C. Couple
D. Relatives
6: ________ is when someone in a family hurts or controls someone else.
A. Domestic violence
B. Sexual abuse
C. Family violence
D. Emotional mistreatment
7: Earnings that are enough to support an entire family is called as
A. Family wage
B. Family profit
C. Family income
D. Family Expenses
8: Institutionalized is Encoded in laws, policies, and widely accepted practices.
A. True
B. False
9: Intensive mothering is parenting style which requires women to copiously devote ____________ to raising children.
A. Time
B. Emotions
C. Money
D. All of these
10: The expectation that we give and take with others in relatively equal ways is known as
A. Norm of reciprocity
B. Law of reciprocity
C. Theory of reciprocity
D. Policy of reciprocity
11: Parents and their children are known as _______ Family
A. Nuclear
B. Extended
C. Joint
D. Modren
12: Devoting more time to paid work, leaving less time for leisure and home life is called as
A. Overworked
B. Underworked
C. LateWorked
D. ExtraWorked
13: The non exposed sphere is also known as
A. Public Sphere
B. Local Sphere
C. Private Sphere
D. General Sphere
14: The exposed sphere is also known as
A. Public Sphere
B. Local Sphere
C. Private Sphere
D. General Sphere
15: People creating and raising members of the next generation is called as
A. Production
B. Reproduction
C. Inheritance
D. All of these
16: Those with double caretaking duties: raising children and caring for aging parents at the same time are called as
A. Sandwich generation
B. Second generation
C. Next generation
D. Old generation
17: Second shift is The phenomenon wherein women return from their jobs to then begin their “second shift,when they do the housework
A. True
B. False
18: Presumes that individual family members, as rational actors, make decisions by weighing the benefits and costs of various actions and then pick the action or arrangement with the biggest reward or least cost is called _____ thoery.
A. Social exchange
B. Equity
C. Conflict
D. Rational choice
19: The period during the 1960s and 1970s when divorce rates rose as women began to work at home and men had differing expectations about household responsibilities and earning income is called the era of Stalled revolution.
A. True
B. False
20: Which of the following best describes the term “private sphere” as related to family roles?
A. Focusing on household chores and the family
B. Working outside the home to support your family
C. Participating in a romantic love partnership
D. Expecting information to remain confidential within family confines
21: Which term best describes a situation in which a couple lives together and is in a romantic relationship, but has no plans to marry?
A. Reproduction
B. Cohabitation
C. Coverture
D. Companionate marriage
22: The most common type of family violence experienced by children is ______.
A. Physical abuse
B. Neglect
C. Emotional abuse
D. Sexual abuse
23: What is the means by which the social definitions and needs of families are translated into laws and policies?
A. Stalled revolution
B. Companionate marriage
C. Institutionalization
D. Coverture
24: ______ is an approach to parenting in which parents reason with their children and children are taught to interact with authority figures.
A. Authoritarianism
B. Intensive mothering
C. Norm of reciprocity
D. Concerted cultivation
25: Freedom to date outside the home and sexuality without fear of pregnancy arose during which of the following time periods?
A. Preindustrial
B. Industrial
C. The twentieth century
D. The twenty-first century
26: Draco and Mina have been married for two years. Unlike their parents’ generation, Mina works outside of the house, and because of this expects Draco to help out with the housework. However, Draco likes to relax after his workday, leaving Mina to do most of the cooking and cleaning. What term describes Mina’s situation?
A. Instability
B. Overwork
C. Second shift
D. Sandwich generation
27: Our basic understanding of what constitutes a family changes over time in response to ______.
A. The social environment
B. The economy
C. Census requirements
D. The legal environment
28: Which of the following best describes the sandwich generation?
A. The parents who focus on spending quality and quantity of time with their children
B. The men who have increasingly assumed caretaking roles with the rise in women’s employment, divorce, and changing gender attitudes
C. The adults in middle-age who must simultaneously care for their children and their aging parents
D. The mothers and teachers of the early 1900s who turned to science to find the best techniques for raising children
29: Which perspective is most concerned with how specific social institutions create social stability and harmony?
A. Structural functionalism
B. Feminist theory
C. Intersectionality
D. Social exchange theory
30: Which statement is correct about the provisions of the federal Family and Medical Leave Act passed in 1993?
A. Eligible workers receive up to 12 weeks of unpaid, job-protected leave.
B. The policy applies strictly to workers with a newly born or adopted baby.
C. Eligible workers receive 8 weeks of paid leave.
D. The policy applies strictly to workers with a personal illness or pregnancy.
31: During which of the following periods was/is a “family economy” most prevalent in the United States?
A. Preindustrial
B. Industrial
C. The twentieth century
D. The twenty-first century
32: Luca and Rosa have recently gone through a messy divorce, which has greatly upset their children. This couple can help reconcile the challenges their family is facing by ______.
A. Allowing one parent to make all decisions
B. Sending their children to boarding school.
C. Seeking family therapy
D. Encouraging one parent to move out of state
33: Which term describes the concept that many U.S. families have less time for leisure and home life than previous generations did, instead needing to spend that time in the workplace?
A. Instability
B. Overwork
C. Second shift
D. Sandwich generation
34: Ryan and Leah recently had a son. They bought him many traditional toys such as cars, superheroes, and sports balls. Which gender perspective would be most concerned with Ryan, Leah, and their household?
A. Structural functionalism
B. Feminist theory
C. Intersectionality
D. Social exchange theory
35: The climate, soil, plants, and animals are all part of the __________ environment.
A. Structural constraints
B. Natural physical-biological
C. Inadequate support for families
D. Try to avoid making a decision if possible
36: __________ is the practice of marriage of one individual to two or more other individuals.
A. Care Work
B. Kin
C. Polygamy
D. Serial Relationships
37: Guided by the symbolic-interaction approach, sociologists examine ________
A. A. how daily rituals sharpen the boundary between the sacred and profane.
B. How religion gives our existence a measure of security and meaning.
C. The use of ritual and religious meaning to strengthen social ties such as marriage.
D. All of the above are correct.
38: The family is a social institution that is found in ________
A. Every society
B. Low-income nations but typically not in high-income nations
C. High-income nations but typically not in low-income nations
D. Most but not all societies
39: An astounding finding by sociologists is that _____ experience the negative effects of divorce.
A. Children
B. Grandchildren
C. Pets
D. Couples
40: Approximately _____of children live with one parent in the us.
A. One-third
B. One-fourth
C. One-fifth
D. One-sixth
41: Authority is held by males in a(n) _____ society.
A. Matriarchy
B. Hierarchical
C. Patriarchal
42: Earl is married and has two children. his spouse and his children comprise his __________.
A. Family of orientation
B. Family of procreation
C. Extended family
D. Blended family
43: Functionalists suggest that changes in the traditional functions of family have __________.
A. Weakened the family unit
B. Strengthened the family unit
C. Not impacted the family unit
D. Eliminated the family unit
44: In the united states, a slight majority of adults claim to be ________
A. Protestant.
B. Longitudinal
C. Both
D. None of these
45: Same-sex couple households account for _____ percent of u.s. households.
A. 1
B. 10
C. 15
D. 30
46: Studying social change in the family can be best understood through _______ data.
A. Longitudinal
B. Asian American
C. American
D. African American
47: The big five personality traits _____.
A. Are present in highly varying degrees throughout much of adulthood
B. Apply only to people living in North America
C. First become obvious in preschool children
D. Are apparent in every culture and era
48: Cohabitation is least common among __________.
A. Asian American
B. American
C. African American
49: Research finds that black couples prefer more role ________ and power sharing than whites.
A. Flexibility
B. Angiotensin
C. Leptin
D. Ghrelin
50: Sociological research on growing up with same-sex parents demonstrates __________.
A. There are no consequential effects
B. Angiotensin
C. Leptin
D. Ghrelin
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