Test bank for continuity and innovation 1st edition by gazso

Test Bank for Continuity and Innovation 1st Edition by Gazso Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/Test-Bank-for-Continuity-and-Innovation-1st-Edition-by-Gaz Name:   Class:   Date:  Chapter 1 - Families as We Know and Have Known Them 1. According to the textbook, we study families for several important reasons. Which of these statements is one of those reasons? a. Families are the most productive units of society b. Families all have the same structures, so they are easy to compare c. Sociologists like to study family for its rapid changes in structure and functions d. Sociologists need many subjects to study at a time ANSWER:  c 2. Which of the following is an aspect important for the study of families? a. definition of situation b. self-fulfilling prophecy c. sociological imagination d. cyclical theory ANSWER:  c 3. Why has the traditional family pathway of marriage, parenthood, and empty nest changed today? a. highly individualized actions b. state policy-related actions c. unprecedented actions d. political actions ANSWER:  a 4. The traditional family pathway is changing. Which of the following applies to family pathways today? a. We can experience the same events at different points in time b. We can experience past events that we missed c. We can experience only one point in time d. We can experience pathways in many different countries ANSWER:  a 5. When discussing families in sociological terms today, which of the following is NOT an assumption made by sociologists? a. Compared to the history, there is a different mode of operation for today’s families b. Families are changing at a much faster rate today than in the past c. Families have evolved into many types compared to the past d. There is a normative and linear family pathway that the majority of families travel today ANSWER:  d Copyright Cengage Learning Powered by Cognero Page Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/Test-Bank-for-Continuity-and-Innovation-1st-Edition-by-Gaz Test Bank for Continuity and Innovation 1st Edition by Gazso Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/Test-Bank-for-Continuity-and-Innovation-1st-Edition-by-Gaz Name:   Class:   Date:  Chapter 1 - Families as We Know and Have Known Them 6. One noteworthy transition in families today includes the degree of commitment to a partner relationship. How has this affected the outcomes of relationships? a. Relationships are less likely to be formed b. Relationships are less likely to end up in divorces c. Relationships are more likely to end up in common-law unions d. Relationships are less likely to end up in a nuclear family formation ANSWER:  d 7. According to Statistics Canada, which of these Canadian provinces continues to record more common-law unions than official marriages? a. British Columbia b. Ontario c. Quebec d. Nova Scotia ANSWER:  c 8. According to the textbook, what was a key feature of marriages in the 18th and early 19th centuries? a. the securing of economic partnerships b. the securing of an alliance between two people c. Marriages were based on pure love d. Marriages were based on matchmaking ANSWER:  a 9. The concept of love has changed in the late-modern society. What forms the basis of the new love? a. intimacy with a social distance b. intimacy without conditions c. quantitative difference between intimacy and love d. intimacy with some conditions ANSWER:  d 10. During what period of history did romantic love come into being as the basis for marriage? a. 12th century b. 15th century c. late 18th century d. early 20th century ANSWER:  c Copyright Cengage Learning Powered by Cognero Page Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/Test-Bank-for-Continuity-and-Innovation-1st-Edition-by-Gaz Test Bank for Continuity and Innovation 1st Edition by Gazso Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/Test-Bank-for-Continuity-and-Innovation-1st-Edition-by-Gaz Name:   Class:   Date:  Chapter 1 - Families as We Know and Have Known Them 11. The way people engage in dating has also changed today due to certain influences. From which of these sources is that influence most likely to come? a. parents b. Internet-based tools c. in-person matchmakers d. horoscopes and religious affiliations ANSWER:  b 12. In the 19th and early 20th centuries, how were important decisions in life such as courtship conducted? a. Courtships did not yet exist b. with full freedom for the couples involved c. with supervision only d. without any supervision ANSWER:  c 13. Which of these groups are the most influential in decisions taken today by people with respect to dating and courtship? a. parents and grandparents b. distant relatives c. peers d. neighbours ANSWER:  c 14. In forming intimate relationships and establishing meaningful communications, which of the following are less important than in the past? a. technology and media b. physical meeting places c. Skype and hand-outs d. Facebook and Match.com ANSWER:  b Copyright Cengage Learning Powered by Cognero Page Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/Test-Bank-for-Continuity-and-Innovation-1st-Edition-by-Gaz Test Bank for Continuity and Innovation 1st Edition by Gazso Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/Test-Bank-for-Continuity-and-Innovation-1st-Edition-by-Gaz Name:   Class:   Date:  Chapter 1 - Families as We Know and Have Known Them 15. According to the textbook, women today are inclined to find love in non-marital forms. Which of these forms can be included in that statement? a. cohabitation or online dating b. temporary marriages c. being single d. being divorced ANSWER:  a 16. According to Statistics Canada, an unprecedented change in the demography of the Canadian population took place in 2015. What is this change? a. Those who were younger than 14 years of age outnumbered those who were over 65 years of age b. Those who were 45 years of age outnumbered those who were 60 years of age c. Those who were 65 years or older outnumbered those who were younger than 15 years of age d. Men outnumbered women ANSWER:  c 17. According to Statistics Canada, by 2017, what will be the ratio of people who are foreign-born and belong to a visible minority in Canada? a. 1 in 3 b. 1 in 4 c. 1 in 5 d. 1 in 6 ANSWER:  c 18. Which of these factors is a demographic change that has taken place in the Canadian population? a. a marriage squeeze (not enough partners within the same age brackets) b. fertility rate going below replacement level c. higher birth rates for boys d. higher birth rates for girls ANSWER:  b Copyright Cengage Learning Powered by Cognero Page Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/Test-Bank-for-Continuity-and-Innovation-1st-Edition-by-Gaz Test Bank for Continuity and Innovation 1st Edition by Gazso Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/Test-Bank-for-Continuity-and-Innovation-1st-Edition-by-Gaz Name:   Class:   Date:  Chapter 1 - Families as We Know and Have Known Them 19. Aging Canadians are now experiencing a situation in which intergenerational members are coming to live with them due to financial constraints. Which of these terms describes this situation? a. cluttered nest b. congested housing c. empty nest d. boomerang nest ANSWER:  a 20. According recent data, which of these types of families has the greatest likelihood of experiencing poverty? a. any single-parent family b. lone father-headed family c. two-parent family d. lone mother-headed family ANSWER:  d 21. Increasing women’s participation in the labour force in Canada can be attributed to many reasons. Which of the following is NOT one of those reasons? a. feminist thinking and movement b. legal suppression of outspoken men c. changing economy d. recognition of women’s capacities ANSWER:  b 22. When heteronormativity is taken as a guiding principle of families, which of these groups are ignored? a. LGBTQ families b. extended families c. single-mother families d. blended families ANSWER:  a 23. What proportion of the Canadian family composition in 2011 included legally married, common-law marriages, same-sex couples, and lone parents? a. 73 percent b. 67 percent c. 47 percent d. 43 percent ANSWER:  b Copyright Cengage Learning Powered by Cognero Page Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/Test-Bank-for-Continuity-and-Innovation-1st-Edition-by-Gaz Test Bank for Continuity and Innovation 1st Edition by Gazso Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/Test-Bank-for-Continuity-and-Innovation-1st-Edition-by-Gaz Name:   Class:   Date:  Chapter 1 - Families as We Know and Have Known Them 24. According to recent statistics, who are young adults living with later into their teen years, causing delays in the formation of serious relationships? a. parents b. partners c. siblings d. grandparents ANSWER:  a 25. The textbook presents a sociological framework for understanding Canadian families via three dimensions. Which of the following is NOT one of the dimensions listed? a. meanings b. practices c. definitions d. processes ANSWER:  c 26. In spite of innovations made to the family, which of these factors seems to be consistent? a. the meaning given to “what is family?” b. the number of members in a family c. roles of mothers and fathers in a family d. sibling relationships within a family ANSWER:  a 27. Eichler (1997) introduced a new concept referring to the assumption that the majority of families are composed of nuclear units. What is the term for this concept? a. monolithic descent b. monolithic bias c. plurality bias d. normative bias ANSWER:  b Copyright Cengage Learning Powered by Cognero Page Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/Test-Bank-for-Continuity-and-Innovation-1st-Edition-by-Gaz Test Bank for Continuity and Innovation 1st Edition by Gazso Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/Test-Bank-for-Continuity-and-Innovation-1st-Edition-by-Gaz Name:   Class:   Date:  Chapter 1 - Families as We Know and Have Known Them 28. According to the textbook, which group do Indigenous peoples in Canada feel have deliberately revised their family concept and practices after occupying Canadian land? a. Europeans b. French c. Spaniards d. Indigenous leaders themselves ANSWER:  a 29. Family practice is defined in the textbook as activities that family members engage in as part of family life. These activities vary according to certain background factors. Which of the following is NOT one such factor? a. race and ethnicity b. age and gender c. sexuality d. physical appearance ANSWER:  d 30. Which of the following is a key way that power imbalances dominate activities of family life? a. Trying to balance work and family is not an issue for women b. Unpaid work that women are engaged in on the domestic front is not recognized c. Most women today have entered the work force d. Women prefer more part-time work ANSWER:  b 31. Which of these statements refers to the term boomerang kid? a. the child who comes back home from boarding school b. the child who depends on family members for financial support, even when he/she is an adult c. a special Australian child d. a child with the repetitive expression of the same need ANSWER:  b 32. Which of these statements best describes family processes? a. They are how families are represented to others and the media b. They are the abandoned activities that are recreated to improve family life c. They include only ways that family is reimagined and innovated by participants d. They are routines that are created, change, or end over time ANSWER:  d Copyright Cengage Learning Powered by Cognero Page Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/Test-Bank-for-Continuity-and-Innovation-1st-Edition-by-Gaz Test Bank for Continuity and Innovation 1st Edition by Gazso Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/Test-Bank-for-Continuity-and-Innovation-1st-Edition-by-Gaz Name:   Class:   Date:  Chapter 1 - Families as We Know and Have Known Them 33. What appears to be a normative family practice including childrearing becomes difficult when non-normative conditions are part of the family context. Which of the following is an example of a condition that can change childrearing practices? a. A growing child rejects his/her parents’ care b. Parents choose to live in a rural area, where they can freely practice their religion c. Parents decide to take on an alternative approach to childrearing d. A child is born with a disability or a high IQ, or is not seen as able-bodied ANSWER:  d 34. According to the textbook, what is the term given to the forming, maintaining, and ending of intimate relationships and sustaining income security as people age? a. family processes over the life course b. transitions c. stages and events d. family practices ANSWER:  a 35. Some transitions, such as divorce and marriage, are defined as legal and political events by certain people and agents. Which of these groups are these people? a. the general public b. government officials and policy makers c. unmarried people d. married people ANSWER:  b 36. Different generations adopt different family processes; however, certain processes will continue without many changes. Which of these factors is one such process? a. how people in the family are cared for b. how anger is expressed against others c. how food is prepared and consumed in a household d. how marriages are formed ANSWER:  a Copyright Cengage Learning Powered by Cognero Page Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/Test-Bank-for-Continuity-and-Innovation-1st-Edition-by-Gaz Test Bank for Continuity and Innovation 1st Edition by Gazso Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/Test-Bank-for-Continuity-and-Innovation-1st-Edition-by-Gaz Name:   Class:   Date:  Chapter 1 - Families as We Know and Have Known Them 37. Ulrich Beck (1992) defined a society with late-modern characteristics as a risk society. Which of these statements demonstrates what he meant by this term? a. A risk society does not have different patterns of security and trust b. A risk society is very similar to a feudal society c. Risk societies have patterns very similar to those observed in agrarian and industrial societies d. A risk society has different relationships between individuals and social structures compared to societies in the past ANSWER:  d 38. According to Beck, Giddens, and Lash (1994), in modern society the nuclear family is losing its importance, but at the same time is not disappearing altogether. What is this feature called? a. creative modernization b. reflexive modernization c. boomerang modernization d. repeat modernization ANSWER:  b 39. Which of these concepts captures the phenomenon of women’s increasing participation in the paid workforce and men’s increased participation in the unpaid work force relative to the past? a. de-normalization of roles b. deformities of roles and responsibilities c. deregulation of roles and status d. disintegration of roles and status ANSWER:  a 40. In late modernity, the individual is forced to develop his/her own identity in the midst of the fading away of tradition What is this process identified as? a. collective process of reflexive modernization b. counterproductive process of reflexive modernization c. individual patriarchal pattern of reflexive modernization d. individualization process of reflexive modernization ANSWER:  d Copyright Cengage Learning Powered by Cognero Page Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/Test-Bank-for-Continuity-and-Innovation-1st-Edition-by-Gaz Test Bank for Continuity and Innovation 1st Edition by Gazso Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/Test-Bank-for-Continuity-and-Innovation-1st-Edition-by-Gaz Name:   Class:   Date:  Chapter 1 - Families as We Know and Have Known Them 41. The theme of looking after one’s self has gradually taken over all spheres of life, both private and public. According to the text, where does this new “imperative” come from in today’s society? a. today’s political climate b. today’s economy c. today’s culture d. modern way of thinking ANSWER:  b 42. Although the governing of the start and ending of family relationships has been a continuous process, there appears to be a shift in some aspects of family processes. Which of the following is a contributing factor in these shifts? a. how governing is achieved and for what reasons b. formation and dissolution of families c. multiplication of families d. disintegration of family governance ANSWER:  a 43. Lash (2003) observed that, through separation and divorce, children who belonged to an original family are removed from an intimate family environment and dispersed into two or more family environments. This process is now defined as  _ a. disintegrated families b. dispersed families c. post-familial families d. pre-familial families ANSWER:  c 44. As Lash (2003) contends, living in increasingly reflexive ways in modern society puts individuals in family contexts in conditions where they experience which of the following as part of their new ways of living? a. greater happiness b. boredom c. tension and contradictions d. uneasiness ANSWER:  c Copyright Cengage Learning Powered by Cognero Page 10 Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/Test-Bank-for-Continuity-and-Innovation-1st-Edition-by-Gaz Test Bank for Continuity and Innovation 1st Edition by Gazso Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/Test-Bank-for-Continuity-and-Innovation-1st-Edition-by-Gaz Name:   Class:   Date:  Chapter 1 - Families as We Know and Have Known Them 45. Anthony Giddens regards late modernity as a time when individuals have opportunities to experience which of the following conditions? a. independence of agency from structure b. impure love c. emphatic sexuality d. greed ANSWER:  a 46. According to Giddens, the independence of agency from structure connotes which of the following? a. Individuals have no freedom to make decisions on their own b. Individuals are under the full control of socio-cultural forces c. Social structure is weakening its own power d. Individuals have more freedom to make decisions while ignoring social pressures ANSWER:  d 47. According to Giddens (1992), when love is not unconditional as in the past, love in late modernity is active, is contingent upon certain requirements, and expects equality in the discharge of emotional support. What is the term he uses to present this idea? a. congruent love b. confluent love c. confused love d. concocted love ANSWER:  b 48. What does Giddens (1992) call sexuality that is NOT focused on reproduction and is mainly for pleasure? a. synthetic sexuality b. syndicated sexuality c. plastic sexuality d. liquid sexuality ANSWER:  c Copyright Cengage Learning Powered by Cognero Page 11 Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/Test-Bank-for-Continuity-and-Innovation-1st-Edition-by-Gaz Test Bank for Continuity and Innovation 1st Edition by Gazso Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/Test-Bank-for-Continuity-and-Innovation-1st-Edition-by-Gaz Name:   Class:   Date:  Chapter 1 - Families as We Know and Have Known Them 49. According to the textbook, when one uses the intersectionality lens, one is able to understand which of the following as an aspect of how individual experiences in families are shaped? a. love and affection b. class and citizenship c. parental interventions d. random thoughts ANSWER:  b 50. Which of the following is the main purpose of your textbook? a. to show how families have entered a wrong path today compared to families in the past b. to show some changes taking place in modern families compared to families in the past c. to show some important theories pertaining to family d. to show how important continuity and innovation as dual themes are in our understanding of today’s families in relation to theories of modernity ANSWER:  d 51. What are some reasons for focusing on families in Canada today? ANSWER:  ∙ Family is a public institution ∙ Families are undergoing big changes over time ∙ Family experiences really matter to all of us 52. It is claimed that families are different today compared to previous generations. What specific changes have we seen? ANSWER:  ∙ Timing of transition to permanent relationships has changed ∙ Love has acquired different meanings ∙ Intimate relationships are formed for different reasons today 53. Who are boomerang kids? Describe ANSWER:  ∙ children who return to parental homes after their teen years and in young adulthood due to financial or career issues, or the high cost of living independently ∙ cluttered nest 54. What factors account for the increasing participation of women in the Canadian labour force? ANSWER:  ∙ rapidly changing economy with neo-liberal undertones ∙ feminist movements ∙ recognition of women’s capacities Copyright Cengage Learning Powered by Cognero Page 12 Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/Test-Bank-for-Continuity-and-Innovation-1st-Edition-by-Gaz Test Bank for Continuity and Innovation 1st Edition by Gazso Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/Test-Bank-for-Continuity-and-Innovation-1st-Edition-by-Gaz Name:   Class:   Date:  Chapter 1 - Families as We Know and Have Known Them 55. Certain things in Canadian families have not changed very much. Identify and describe some of them ANSWER:  ∙ meanings attached to families ∙ certain family practices ∙ certain family processes 56. What is a risk society? Define and describe ANSWER:  ∙ It has different patterns of security and trust ∙ Timing and means of creating a family are less dependent on cultural norms than they were in the past ∙ A reflexive project of the self is on the forefront 57. Anthony Giddens speaks about confluent love. What does that really mean? ANSWER:  ∙ romantic relationships based on some conditions, not unconditional love of the past ∙ is active ∙ assumes equality in exchange of emotional support 58. Giddens also speaks about plastic sexuality. How is this defined? ANSWER:  ∙ Sexual activities are for pleasure and not for reproduction ∙ Assumptions of heteronormativity are ignored ∙ multiple relationships over the life course 59. Are there inherent contradictions in modern sexuality practices and family formations? Explain your answer ANSWER:  ∙ Yes; paying attention to traditional behaviours while pursuing modern practices ∙ In the case of transnational families, religion and other cultural values still matter to them 60. In their article in Current Sociology (2012), Farrell et al. have brought up some insights regarding American families. What are some of those findings? ANSWER:  ∙ Many American studies view two married heterosexual parents residing together with biological children as constituting a family, even today ∙ This type represents about 50 percent of American families ∙ Sociologists need to expand their horizon when studying new families 61. How does sociological imagination help one understand modern family? ANSWER:  Answers may vary 62. In today’s Canada, what do you consider to be the “typical” family? ANSWER:  Answers may vary 63. Do you find a big difference between what you knew about family changes and what you have read in this chapter? Discuss ANSWER:  Answers may vary Copyright Cengage Learning Powered by Cognero Page 13 Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/Test-Bank-for-Continuity-and-Innovation-1st-Edition-by-Gaz Test Bank for Continuity and Innovation 1st Edition by Gazso Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/Test-Bank-for-Continuity-and-Innovation-1st-Edition-by-Gaz Name:   Class:   Date:  Chapter 1 - Families as We Know and Have Known Them 64. Do you think new immigrant families differ very much from traditional Canadian families? ANSWER:  Answers may vary 65. How useful is the term reflexive modernization in examining modern Canadian families? 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