Question 1

Describe deaf culture in the United States and highlight a few challenges deaf families face.

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Question 2

According to Nancy Chodorow, masculinity may develop, in part, as a negation and marginalization of qualities associated with ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  masculinity
B)  femininity
C)  androgyny
D)  monogamy

Question 3

Which of the following is true of marriage in the United States?

Accepted Answer

A)  On average, women are older than men at their first marriage.
B)  People are choosing to get married earlier in life.
C)  The U.S.marriage rate exceeds that of most other modern societies.
D)  Rates of marriage have increased.

Question 4

Which of the following is true regarding attitudes about marriage among millenials?

Accepted Answer

A)  There is an increasing sense that marriage is a necessary part of the adult life course.
B)  Young adults tend to value marriage over parenthood.
C)  Cohabitation is not generally seen as a viable alternative to marriage.
D)  Most millenials say that they would like to get married.

Question 5

Apply a conflict-oriented and/or feminist perspective to the nuclear family.Discuss why the American idealization of the nuclear family may be problematic.

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Question 6

Compare and contrast the characteristics of nuclear versus extended families.Discuss how these categorizations may be rigid and not all encompassing and provide a few examples.

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Extended family: a social group consisti...

Question 7

Which of the following contributed to the growth of single-person households?

Accepted Answer

A)  the rising median age of first marriage
B)  the declining median age of first marriage
C)  the rising marriage rate
D)  the decreasing median income

Question 8

Sam is Black and Andrea is White, their marriage would have been illegal before 1967 due to which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  anti-miscegenation laws
B)  the Edmunds Act
C)  the Defense of Marriage Act
D)  Loving v.Virginia

Question 9

Prior to 1967, miscegenation was considered ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  endogamous
B)  polygamy
C)  a felony
D)  serial monogamy

Question 10

According to Nancy Chodorow, men define themselves as ______ and have a harder time forming close bonds.

Accepted Answer

A)  emotional
B)  irrational
C)  relational
D)  autonomous

Question 11

Sandra is married to Tim and Brian.Which of the following describes their relationship?

Accepted Answer

A)  common law
B)  polyandrous
C)  polygynous
D)  serial monogamous

Question 12

Marriages may be legitimized by which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  legal authorities only
B)  religious and legal authorities only
C)  religious authorities, legal authorities, and cultural norms
D)  cultural norms only

Question 13

In which of the following areas are extended families most common?

Accepted Answer

A)  Northern Europe
B)  Western Europe
C)  Central America
D)  Canada

Question 14

Women being relegated to homemakers while men obtain wealth, status, and independence is an example of which phenomenon?

Accepted Answer

A)  cohabitation
B)  personality stabilization
C)  common-law marriage
D)  sexual division of labor

Question 15

Compare and contrast middle-class and working-class parenting styles.Discuss how these parenting styles socialize children for the U.S.economic system and labor market.

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Middle- and upper-class parents: value i...

Question 16

When two or more people live together and have a legally or normatively recognized relationship, this is an example of which of the following social institutions?

Accepted Answer

A)  adoption
B)  marriage
C)  family
D)  household

Question 17

According to historian Stephanie Coontz, the nuclear family is which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  a product of the preindustrial era
B)  a product of the passage of child labor laws
C)  a product of the Great Depression
D)  a fairly recent phenomenon

Question 18

Anti-miscegenation laws were aimed at promoting which type of marriage?

Accepted Answer

A)  endogamous
B)  heterosexual
C)  monogamous
D)  polygamous

Question 19

Briefly discuss the push and pull factors of the global woman.

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Extended family: a social group consisti...
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Which of the following contributed to the growth of single-person households?

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According to Nancy Chodorow, masculinity may develop, in part, as a negation and marginalization of qualities associated with ______.

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Sam is Black and Andrea is White, their marriage would have been illegal before 1967 due to which of the following?

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