Final Exam (c. 12)

Question 1

family

Answer 1

a social group whose members are bound by some type of tie - legal, biological, emotional, or a combination of all three.

Question 2

nuclear family

Answer 2

heterosexual couple, usually married, living in their own household and raising children

Question 3

Family: structural functionalism

Answer 3

Family performs necessary functions, such as the socialization of children, that help society run smoothly and maintain social order.

Question 4

Family: conflict theory

Answer 4

Family is a site of various forms of stratification and can produce and reproduce inequalities based on these statuses.

Question 5

Family: symbolic interactionism

Answer 5

Family is a social construction; it is created, changed, and maintained in interaction.

Question 6

homogamy

Answer 6

tendency to choose mates who are similar to us in class, race, ethnicity, age, religion, and even level of attractiveness.

Question 7

endogamy

Answer 7

marriage to someone within one’s social group

Question 8

exogamy

Answer 8

marriage to someone from a different social group

Question 9

anti miscegenation laws

Answer 9

the prohibition of interracial marriage, cohabitation, or sexual interaction

Question 10

most likely to intermarry

Answer 10

Asians and Hispanics

Question 11

propinquity

Answer 11

tendency to marry or have relationships with people who are in close geographic proximity

Question 12

monogamy

Answer 12

practice of marrying (or being in a relationship with) one person at a time

Question 13

polygamy

Answer 13

system of marriage that allows people to have more than one spouse at a time

Question 14

polyamory

Answer 14

a system of multiple-person partnerships

Question 15

Why increase in divorce rate?

Answer 15

• individualism
• higher expectations for ideal marriage
• women less dependent on men
• changed nature of marriage itself
• more stress on marriages
• divorce is more socially acceptable
• divorce is now legally easier to accomplish

Question 16

instrumental tasks

Answer 16

the practical physical tasks necessary to maintain family life

Question 17

expressive tasks

Answer 17

the emotional work necessary to support family members

Question 18

domestic abuse

Answer 18

any physical, verbal, financial, sexual, or psychological behaviors abusers use to gain and maintain power over their victims

Question 19

cycle of violence

Answer 19

a common behavior pattern in abusive relationships; the cycle begins happily, then the relationship grows tense, and the tension explodes in abuse, followed by a period of contrition that allows the cycle to repeat