Page of This chapter has 47 questions Scroll down to see and select individual questions or narrow the list using the checkboxes below questions at random and keep in order Multiple Choice Questions - (23) Matching Questions - (1) True/False Questions - (7) Odd Numbered - (24) Short Answer Questions - (16) Even Numbered - (23) The general trend of Americans' attitudes toward the unmarried has been from an attitude of to an attitude of → non-acceptance; acceptance neutrality; non-acceptance non-acceptance; neutrality neutrality; tolerance Multiple Choice Question In the United States there appears to have been a broad cultural shift in the values Americans hold most dear The general trend has been from an emphasis on to _ personal relationships; obligations parenting; employee relationships personal growth; service to others → parenting; self-fulfillment Multiple Choice Question individualism can best be described as a style of life that emphasizes the development of ones own feelings and emotional satisfaction individual utilitarian → expressive emotional Multiple Choice Question The best term to describe the attitude of many Americans toward marriage and family in the 2000s is reluctance → ambivalence intolerance confusion Multiple Choice Question The _ can be described as the tendency to obtain public goods by allowing others to the work of providing them boundary problem externality problem utilitarian problem → free rider problem Multiple Choice Question The primary family unit in Western nations is the nuclear family living in the vicinity of extended kin the small, household-based single parent living with his or her children → the small, household-based family of parents and children the small, household-based family of two adults Multiple Choice Question In 2004, the state of _ became the first state to legalize same-sex marriage, joining the countries of Canada, Spain, Belgium and the Netherlands New York → Massachusetts Vermont California Multiple Choice Question If you were concerned with the way families discipline their children, handle their disagreements, or share their affection, you would be focusing on the public family sexually based primary relationship external family → private family Multiple Choice Question An adult child who takes care of elderly parents—shopping and cooking for them, taking them to doctors, and so on—is producing a _ Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/ Page of → negative externality private good public good mediocre externality Multiple Choice Question 10 Of the following, which group would not fit the definition of a public family? A gay man caring for a partner with AIDS → A childless married couple with no dependents A lesbian couple jointly raising a child born to one of them A divorced mother and her children Multiple Choice Question 11 Sociologists generally not use experiments to prove or disprove relationships between two factors since is seldom possible hypothesizing data collection observation → randomization Multiple Choice Question 12 A social institution emphasizes the history of the family as a social institution people's personalities and their interactions with other family members → the rules, roles, and relationships in families economic influences on the family Multiple Choice Question 13 Those most likely to view marriage as a socially constructed institution organized to maintain male dominance most likely subscribe to the principles of → feminist theory conflict theory postmodern perspective exchange theory Multiple Choice Question 14 If you want to determine how a family is adjusting to the daily expectations and changes of remarried life with children, the most effective sociological theory to employ would be post modern perspective conflict → symbolic interaction feminism Multiple Choice Question 15 To conduct _ studies, researchers may join the group they are interested in and live with them for a period of time survey questionnaire experimental random sample → observational Multiple Choice Question 16 While the public family is about , the private family is about → caretaking and dependency/nurturing and intimacy outsiders/insiders government interference/husband and wife family unit image and the media/the day-to-day living of family life Multiple Choice Question 17 From a(n) _ perspective, people are viewed as rational beings who decide whether to exchange goods or services by considering the benefits they will receive, the costs they will incur, and the benefits they might receive if they chose an alternative course of action → exchange perspective functionalist perspective symbolic interactionist perspective postmodern perspective Multiple Choice Question 18 Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/ Page of According to the perspective personal identity and choices become more important and more often reflected upon symbolic interactionist → postmodern reflexivity functionalist perspective Multiple Choice Question 19 Most people have used the perspective in thinking about families throughout most of history optimist functionalist private → public Multiple Choice Question 20 A gay person caring for an HIV-positive partner is fulfilling a function of the private family alternative family → public family diversity defenders Multiple Choice Question 21 Gender, the characteristics distinguishing men and women from each other, is thought to originate from defined roles, according to feminist theorists Test Bank for Public and Private Families 7th Edition by Cherlin biologically → culturally Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/ scientifically naturally Multiple Choice Question 22 Today, most Americans view the family as a(n) _ institution → private traditional public economic Multiple Choice Question 23 A state in which family members are unsure of who is and who is not in the family is referred to as assigned kinship created kinship → boundary ambiguity a public family Multiple Choice Question 24 Matching Quiz one adult or two adults related by marriage, partnership, or share parenthood who take care of gender dependents, and the dependents themselves one of the notable public goods George H produced by families Mead major figure in symbolic family as a interaction theory social institution social and cultural characteristics that distinguish women and men in public family a society set of roles and rules that defines children the family perspective that focuses on postmodern personal identity and choice perspective systematic, organized series of steps toward studying family and other issues to ensure as much public goods objectivity and consistency as possible; theory that has been useful in studying families two or more individuals who externalities maintain an intimate relationship that they expect will last indefinitely (with children, until the children reach adulthood), live in the same #4 #3 #5 #1 #2 #6 #10 #9 Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/ Page of household, and pool their income and household labor benefits or costs that accrue to others when an individual or business produces something 10 things that may be enjoyed by people who not produce them private family #8 scientific method #7 Matching Question 25 Most Americans still want to marry but have less of a need to so in the 2000s → True False True / False Question 26 Many Americans agree with both traditional and modern beliefs about family life → True False True / False Question 27 One disadvantage of survey research on family is the limited information that can be gathered → True False True / False Question 28 Reflexivity is the process where individuals take in knowledge, look carefully at it, and alter their behavior as a result of it → True False Test Bank for Public and Private Families 7th Edition by Cherlin True / False Question Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/ 29 There are strong similarities between American families and families in other Western nations → True False True / False Question 30 Research evidence demonstrates that our biological makeup creates predispositions toward some behaviors and away from others, especially with respect to gender behaviors → True False True / False Question 31 According to the postmodern perspective, the late modern era is characterized by constrained choices and lives similar to those of our grandparents → True False True / False Question 32 How does the traditional view of family differ from that of the modernist viewpoint? Specifically, what does each view say about family change, what is a limitation of each view, and what would each view suggest as a solution to current family issues? Explanation: Answer will vary Short Answer Question 33 Postmodern perspective advocates and feminist perspective advocates would argue that no social scientist can conduct completely objective research Why is this so? Explanation: Answer will vary Short Answer Question 34 Explain how some positive externalities involve the production of what are called public goods Explanation: Answer will vary Short Answer Question Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/ Page of 35 Why is the definition of family important in social, legal, and economic terms? Explanation: Answer will vary Short Answer Question 36 Using knowledge gained from reading Cherlin, list the costs and benefits for a woman, a man, and a one-year-old child in a family where both adults work full time outside the home In making such a list, what theoretical perspective in sociology would you be using? Explanation: Answer will vary Short Answer Question 37 Name the major methods that sociologists use to study families Describe ONE of these methods Explanation: Answer will vary Test Bank for Public and Private Families 7th Edition by Cherlin Short Answer Question Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/ 38 How does created kinship differ from assigned kinship? Give a concrete, realistic example of each Explanation: Answer will vary Short Answer Question 39 How are children a "public good" in the economic use of the phrase? Explanation: Answer will vary Short Answer Question 40 How would a survey of 10 parents in your neighborhood differ from a random survey of parents all over the United States? Explanation: Answer will vary Short Answer Question 41 What are the disadvantages of using surveys to collect data on U.S families? Explanation: Answer will vary Short Answer Question 42 On average, which person in an exchange is able to receive greater benefits and incur fewer costs? Explanation: Answer will vary Short Answer Question 43 Explain the current social security system in this country in terms of the free rider problem Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/ Page of Explanation: Answer will vary Short Answer Question 44 Name and briefly explain three of the classical social theories relating to the study of the family Explanation: Answer will vary Short Answer Question 45 How attractive and acceptable alternatives to marriage, such as lifelong singlehood or cohabitation, change the importance of marriage within our culture? Explanation: Answer will vary Short Answer Question Test Bank for Public and Private Families 7th Edition by Cherlin 46 Explain the connection between American individualism and the increasing tolerance of progressive views of marriage and the family Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/ Explanation: Answer will vary Short Answer Question 47 Choose one of the following topics and outline the steps needed to analyze this topic scientifically: Age at first marriage and chance of divorce Teenage drinking and driving Effects of divorce on children's achievement in school Link between child abuse and violent adult behavior Effect of family structure on childhood achievement Religion and duration of marriage Class and age at first marriage Educational level and income Explanation: Answer will vary Short Answer Question Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/ ... carefully at it, and alter their behavior as a result of it → True False Test Bank for Public and Private Families 7th Edition by Cherlin True / False Question Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/... study families Describe ONE of these methods Explanation: Answer will vary Test Bank for Public and Private Families 7th Edition by Cherlin Short Answer Question Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/... roles, according to feminist theorists Test Bank for Public and Private Families 7th Edition by Cherlin biologically → culturally Full file at https://TestbankDirect.eu/ scientifically naturally