sociology family

According to functionalists, men usually play expressive roles in
family.

According
to studies, the most common pattern of inter-racial marriages in modern America is that
between White males and Asian women.

In conflict theorists’
view, both marriage and family play an important role in promoting
social stability and harmony.

According
to 2010 U.S. Census, Asian American families have the lowest
percentages of female-headed households.

Family
violence can either take place in high-income or low-income families. However,
family violence of high-income families is more visible.

One
of the major organizing principles for newlyweds to establish a new family is
patriarchy. Such a pattern includes features like matrilineal descent.

According
to studies, incest perpetrated by females usually is more serious than that
committed by males.

According
to researches, single males, regardless of their racial background, usually
will be preoccupied with females’
physical attractiveness.

Step-parent’s role in a step family usually is quite clear.

One
of the major causes of imbalanced sex ratios is girl
infanticides.

According
to studies, single males usually will look for younger partners.

According
to researches, single females, compared to their male counterparts, are more
likely to focus their attention on expressive qualities when choosing a spouse.

According
to studies, modern African American women, compared to other racial groups, are
more likely to face the issue of marriage squeeze (i.e., demographic
imbalance in which the number of potential brides and the number of potential
grooms are not equal). This is mainly because the life expectancy rates of
African American males are lowest in America.

Statistically,
it is less frequent for males than females to get involved in incest.

In
contemporary America, middle-aged persons (compared to people of
other age cohorts) are more likely to face the problem of marriage
squeeze.

Generally
speaking, the singlehood of college students is involuntary and temporary.

Some
sociologists use letters to describe the relationship between
married couple. The letter A means that the couple is indifferent
toward each other.

According
to statistics, most single Americans (more than 90%) plan to get married some
time in their lives.

According
to studies, incest can take place between all family members but grandfather
and granddaughter (because of age gap).

The
concept patrilocal kinship systems means that a married woman continues
to live with her family of origin.

In
modern America,
only the structure of Asian American families is almost identical
to that of White families.

Although
it is rare, incest can take place between biological mother and son/daughter.

Although
it is rare, incest can also take place between biological brother and brother.

Comparatively,
women who do not have jobs are more likely to divorce than those who have
stable jobs.

Serial monogamy is an
emotional divorce.

In sociology, cohabitation is defined as trial
marriage.

Relatively speaking, cohabitants are more likely to
experience domestic violence than couples who have formal marital relationship.

In
America,
some people have experienced the process of
marriage-divorce-remarriage-divorce-remarriage. Such an experience is called
________ in sociology.

 






a. 
serial monogamy

b. 
serial marriage

c. 
serial heterogamy


d. 
serial hypergamy

e. 
serial divorce

 
Which
of the following statement is incorrect?

 

a. heterogamy appears to be less stable than homogamy

 

b. most American families are, to a varying extent,         organized around the two principles of
patriarchy and    egalitarianism

 

c. in H-frame relationship, there is an intimate             communication between husband and wife

 

d. both men and women can become abusers in marriage

 

e. 
sibling abuse
usually takes place in families where

   either
spouse or child abuse is also present

Which
of the following is NOT a characteristics of cohabitation?

 

a. people with independent, if not rebellious,
thinking are more likely to accept the practice of cohabitation

 

b. people who live together without marriage usually
have a strong commitment to marital relationship

 

c. people who live together without marriage usually
support the idea of gender equality

 

d. cohabitation is exploitation in nature

 

e. none of the above

The
first state that granted same sex marriage in America was ________.

 

a. 
Louisiana

b. 
Kansas

c. 
Tennessee

d. 
Texas

e. 
Hawaii

The
first country that granted same sex marriage is ________.

 

a. 
France

b. 
Norway

c. 
Finland

d. 
Denmark

e. 
Sweden

________
singlehood usually is NOT voluntary and stable.

 

a. 
Nuns’

b. 
Monks’

c. 
Cohabitants’

d. 
Widows’

e. 
Priests’

Which
of the following is incorrect?

 

a. domestic abuse is the leading cause of injury to
women in the U.S.

 

b. the concept of proxy mother means
some babysitters did a great job of taking care of children; so they are viewed
as children’s substitute mothers

 

c. all family members in a step-family will experience
a loss of primary relationship

 

d. even married couples have separated, they are still
legitimate spouses in law

 

e. one popular pattern of domestic violence is elder
abuse

Which
of the following is NOT a possible cost associated with people
who plan to marry or re-marry

 

a. 
financial crisis

b. 
abusive
personality

c. 
chronic disease

d. 
inability to bear
children

e. 
special talent

Which
of the following is NOT a possible reward provided by people who
plan to marry or re-marry?

 

a. 
good education

b. 
physical
attractiveness

c. 
unwillingness to
share domestic chores

d. 
sexual
accessibility

e. capability of speaking fluently another language

In
modern America, nearly 70% of all marriages end up being ________.

 

a. 
cohabitation

b. 
separation

c. 
re-marriage

d. 
blended family

e. 
separation or divorce

Which
of the following is considered by sociologists as an informal marriage?

 

a.     
heterogamy

b.     
cohabitation

c.     
nuclear family

d.     
endogamy

e.     
extended family

Which
of the following country has the dowry marriage customs?

 

a. Pakistan

b. Bangladesh






c. India

d. China

e. all of the above

Which
of the following country carries out the so-called one-child policy?

 

a. Chile

b. Columbia

c. China

d. Congo

e. Croatia