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Get faster at matching terms Terms in this set (50)The two categories of sexual activity prior to the late nineteenth century included the following A) premarital and marital. D The idea that sexual acts and preferences are socially organized is no more than _____ years old. A) 200 c The _______________ put the country on its ear when it published the results about men's sexual behavior. A) Martin Report D) Hite Report c The group most likely to show a link between biology and homosexuality would be A) siblings d Today, in general, couples in a marriage are most likely to A) be less likely to agree that extra marital sex was
wrong than they were in 1972 d The fact that sexual identities have only recently emerged as a concept suggests that: A) they are socially constructed. a Social constructionists would argue that sexual identities A) are effected by the environment c Social constructivists believe that sexual identities A) are determined by both social and
biological factors. c The Kinsey Report, a book published in 1948, shocked the nation because A) of the high number of men who admitted to have had sexual relations with other men. d A person's sexual orientation is a result of A) genetics d Which of the following was not a factor in changing the nature of marriage from companionship to individualization? A) a rise in the standard of living d Recent studies suggest that cohabitation is A) an alternative way of being single d A marriage in which the emphasis is on affection, sexual gratification and friendship is called A) institutional marriage b Increasingly, people in American society enter into marriage because: A)
they enjoy the openness, self-disclosure, communication, and mutual dependence that marriage brings. c Dating A) shifted the balance of power in favor of women b Which of the following did not contribute to the end of traditional courtship patterns in the United States? A) migration from rural areas to cities c Living together without marrying would be more common among the poor of a society primarily because A) of loose morals. c Compared to women with less education and lower earnings, the specialization model predicts that women with more education and higher earnings are __________ likely to marry while the income-pooling model predicts they are __________ likely to marry. A) less; more a Burgess, a family sociologist, A) felt that the individualized type of marriage was the best form b The institutional marriage is marked predominately by A) equal sharing of household chores and childcare. d
Some observers have suggested that balancing work and family has become difficult for Americans because they are A) working longer hours. a In 2004, what percentage of all workers had evening, night, or rotating schedules? A) 18 a Which of the following factors is not related to women's increased participation in the labor force? A) expansion of manufacturing jobs B) rising divorce rate a By the mid-200s, what percentage of wage and salary workers telecommuted on an average day? A) 50. c Face-to-face activity in which one person meets the needs of another who cannot fully care for herself or himself is called A) personal assistance. c One-third of all dual-earner married couples arrange for childcare by A) hiring nannies. c Time study diaries that covered almost 40 years compared the changes in the amount of time women and men spent in household work and they found A) women are spending fewer hours in housework d The percentage of Americans who work very long weeks (50 hours or more) is higher than in A) France d Most childcare assistance currently offered by U.S. business firms benefits A) women. d The first parental leave act passed by U.S. Congress in 1993 (and still in effect) provided parental leave under the following conditions A) employees working in firms with less than 50 employees. d The best parents (that is, those who are most likely to produce children who are socially competent) perform three tasks well: they set clear standards, they enforce standards consistently without harsh punishment, and they __________. A) spend a lot of money on their children b In the United States each class socializes its children to: A) respect conformity. c About half of the disadvantages of living in a single- parent family are due to A) the sense
of relative deprivation these families experience. b Families that maintain continual contact with each other though they live in different countries are called A) transnational families a The few, and admittedly biased, studies of children growing up in lesbian families compared to heterosexual families show that A) there are substantial differences between the two. b
The different manner in which parents treat male and female children can be attributed to ______, which have little to do with true biological differences. A) class roles c An important difference between working-class and middle-class parents with respect to socialization is A) that working-class parents tend to stress
independence and curiosity. d The major source of primary socialization for children in the United States is A) school. c People surveyed in 2003 believed what percentage of children lived in poverty: A) 30%. a The changing nature of adoption is reflected in the fact that A) two-thirds of
the children adopted have a disability b Among the elderly, those most likely to be poor are: A) older. d Skipped-generation households are created because of the following reason(s) A) child abuse by parent d Today in the United States there are more than ______________ centenarians, people who live to be more than 100 years old. A) 25,000 b Intergenerational ties are becoming more important because of A) the greater life expectancy of grandparents. b Women have greater ambivalent feelings toward their parents than men because A) they have less time to take care of them today because of employment. d Of the following living arrangements, which is the most likely one for elderly men today in the United States? A) living alone b Public awareness of nursing home care for the elderly has been influenced in recent years by numerous expose-type news articles and documentaries. This focus has had the perhaps unintended result of many U.S. citizens believing that _____ of the elderly live in nursing homes, when in fact, most of the elderly are cared for by _____. A) a minority; home-care
nurses C) a majority; government social programs b Falling mortality and fertility rates have altered the kinship bonds of people in the United States. The major change has been A) an increase in horizontal ties and a decrease in vertical ties across generations. d The most common generation linkage of kin in the United States is __________ generations. A) five c Which of the following factors did not contribute to the elderly relying on kin for support in the earlier history of our country? A) social welfare programs a Sets with similar termschapter 659 terms annalea2 Chapter 18: The Victorians Make the Modern50 terms Jordan_King81 Chapter 18: The Victorians Make the Modern Test qu…50 terms tritu01 Sets found in the same folderMarriage and Family Exam 187 terms shaystephen1 Marriage and Families Exam 1119 terms felici5 Exam 183 terms MusicLvr10115 Marriage and Family Exam #3 KCC40 terms alisonmarie214 Other sets by this creatorNurse Aide- Abbreviations78 terms shaystephen1 Homework 118 terms shaystephen1 Exam 2 healthcare careers48 terms shaystephen1 Quiz 210 terms shaystephen1 Verified questions
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