Page of This chapter has 40 questions Scroll down to see and select individual questions or narrow the list using the checkboxes below questions at random and Multiple Choice Questions - (40) keep in order Even Numbered - (20) Odd Numbered - (20) The family into which people are born is known as their family of: procreation → origin socialization substance Multiple Choice Question The text points out that is a fundamental human need and the source of much of our well being, involving love, affection, caring, and deep attachment to another person sexuality the desire for attention → intimacy marriage Multiple Choice Question The image of the American family as being composed of happy and healthy children, a wife and mother who keeps the home, and a husband and father who is the breadwinner reflects: → little of the reality of family life in America the American family throughout our society's history American life since theand Industrial Revolution began Test Bankfamily for Marriage Family The Quest for Intimacy 8th Edition by Lauer the American family only in preindustrial society Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/ Multiple Choice Question When a person has fewer intimate relationships then she desires, this is referred to as: social loneliness depression → emotional loneliness alienation Multiple Choice Question Families that are made up of grandparents, parents, and children together are called: nuclear families → extended families families of origin single-generation families Multiple Choice Question The term "nuclear family" refers to: a three-generation household an all-female household, such as grandmother, daughters, and daughters' children → a husband, a wife, and their dependent children an adult child and an elderly parent living together Multiple Choice Question According to the text's discussion, love: is usually absent when people are considering marriage is the only reason that people marry is rarely the foundation of a good marriage → can be the outgrowth of a good marriage Multiple Choice Question During the child-rearing years, marital satisfaction: increases dramatically due to parents' greater emphasis on family remains much as it was before the birth of the first child → decreases for one or both spouses increases for most families since the husband and the wife experience increased bonding around the child Multiple Choice Question According to the text, couples can have: a great sex life and an unhappy marriage an unfulfilling sex life and a happy marriage a fulfilling sex life and a happy marriage → all of the above Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/ Page of Multiple Choice Question 10 In recent years, there has been approximately one divorce for every marriages → two three four five Multiple Choice Question 11 According to the text's discussion, myths: are more than simple mistakes can detract from the quality of life if they are accepted can ruin a good relationship → all of the above Multiple Choice Question 12 The most recent survey shows that percent of all high-school teenagers have had sexual intercourse at least once 11 25 35 → 48 Multiple Choice Question 13 The highest rates of sexual intercourse for teenagers are found among: Test Bank for Marriage and Family The Quest for Hispanic students white Fullstudents file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/ → African American students Multi-racial students who feel marginalized Intimacy 8th Edition by Lauer Multiple Choice Question 14 In 2009, million Americans were living alone 10.5 15.7 20.1 → 31.7 Multiple Choice Question 15 In 2007, percent of women who bore children were unmarried at the time of the birth 3.5 13.6 23.6 → 39.7 Multiple Choice Question 16 The text defines as living with someone in an intimate, sexual relationship without being legally married cointimacy → cohabitation roommating collaborating Multiple Choice Question 17 By 2008, over unmarried couples were living together 500,000 million → million 10 million Multiple Choice Question 18 American cohabitation rates since 1960 have: gone down steadily remained stable → increased dramatically increased in the early 1970s but decreased during the 1980s Multiple Choice Question 19 The age at which American women are marrying today is: the lowest it has ever been decreasing slightly Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/ Page of → increasing but still young by historic standards the highest it has ever been Multiple Choice Question 20 By 2008, the birth rate in the United States was less than of what it was in 1910 one-tenth one-fourth one-third → one-half Multiple Choice Question 21 Today, the birth rate is what is necessary for the natural replacement of the population → lower than approximately the same as slightly higher than much higher than Multiple Choice Question 22 By 2008, the average household contained people 1.57 → 2.56 3.57 4.57 Test Bank for Marriage and Family The Quest for Intimacy 8th Edition by Lauer Multiple Choice Question 23 The most dramatic increase in the percentage of American women in the work force has been among: Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/ single women older women whose children have left home → mothers with young children divorced women Multiple Choice Question 24 American divorce rates have followed which of the following patterns? → They rose during the 1970s but leveled off and began declining during the 1980s They have been increasing consistently since no-fault divorce was introduced in the 1970s They declined during the 1970s but began rising again precipitously during the 1980s They have been among the lowest in the world since the 1950s Multiple Choice Question 25 The country with the Western world's highest divorce rate is: England Australia Israel → the United States Multiple Choice Question 26 Which of the following is proposed by Cherlin as possibilities regarding the future of marriage? marriage will revert to what it was in the past marriage will remain important but not dominant marriage will just be one of many alternative ways of experiencing intimacy → all of the above Multiple Choice Question 27 Which of the following is defined as things that are preferred because people define them as worthy and desirable? opportunities → values wealth positive impact Multiple Choice Question 28 Which of the following has supported the expressive individualism of the past few decades? community organizations structural sociology → humanistic psychology increased volunteer work Multiple Choice Question 29 In a national survey of 14-to 29-year-olds, which of the following received more ratings of "top importance"? Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/ Page of → getting married having sex having a lifelong partner both a and c Multiple Choice Question 30 What percentage of respondents said they speak to a family member who doesn't live with them on an average day? 53 percent 63 percent → 73 percent 93 percent Multiple Choice Question 31 According to the text's discussion of the debate about what Americans need in the way of marriage and family life: one side argues for the abolition of marriage while the other side argues for the abolition of divorce one side claims that marriage and family life should be whatever individuals want, while the other side claims that marriage and family life should be standardized one side argues that changes in marriage and the family over the past half-century are to be affirmed and → celebrated, while the other side believes that the changes pose a serious threat to individual and social well being all of the above Multiple Choice Question 32 According to Glenn's research, one change that has taken place in family attitudes over time is: Test Bankenthusiasm for Marriage andchildren Family The Quest for Intimacy 8th Edition decreased for having → the decline in the ideal of marital permanence Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/ increased acceptance of group marriage more approval for promiscuity by Lauer Multiple Choice Question 33 One consistent research finding when comparing married to unmarried persons is that the married sample is: → happier and healthier than unmarried not as happy less healthy but happier than unmarrieds not as happy or healthy as the unmarried group Multiple Choice Question 34 The term that means "placing value on family life" is: self-fulfillment famology → familism expressiveness Multiple Choice Question 35 According to the text, the American value that emphasizes personal achievement is called: → utilitarian individualism expressive individualism utilitarian familism expressive achievement Multiple Choice Question 36 Levinger characterized marriages that last but not bring satisfaction with the term: no-shell → empty-shell half-shell full-shell Multiple Choice Question 37 The theory often applied to marriage that states that groups are composed of individuals who influence each other and must work together to maintain the system is: exchange theory symbolic interaction theory → systems theory triangulation theory Multiple Choice Question 38 The definition of the situation is an important concept in which theoretical perspective? systems theory conflict theory Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/ Page of → symbolic interaction theory exchange theory Multiple Choice Question 39 According to theory, individuals come to interaction with differing and even contradictory interests, needs, and goals functionalist → conflict systems symbolic interaction Multiple Choice Question 40 A social class is defined in the text as a group of people with similar: income education occupational prestige → all of the above Multiple Choice Question Test Bank for Marriage and Family The Quest for Intimacy 8th Edition by Lauer Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/ Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/