FCS 3150 Exam 2026 Exam question and
answers latest update 2026 RATED A+
CHAPTER 1 - CORRECT ANSWERS ...
TANF stands for? - CORRECT ANSWERS Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
T/F: Macro Theories represent a general framework that focuses on personal dynamics and face-to-face
interaction - CORRECT ANSWERS FALSE
Family of Orientation is comprised of? - CORRECT ANSWERS You, your siblings, and your
parents
T/F: Adolescence among the Maasai lasts much longer than in the U.S.—often until into their mid-
twenties. - CORRECT ANSWERS FALSE
What is the theory that examines how individuals' lives change as they pass through the events in their
lives, recognizing that many changes are socially shared among a cohort of people? - CORRECT
ANSWERS Life Course Perspective
In Mexican American families there is a double standard that males are afforded greater leeway and
sexual freedoms. What is this term? - CORRECT ANSWERS Machismo
SCENARIO: Brandon traveled to Mexico recently and made fun of the way the poor families lived. "Geez,
don't they know that they should do things like we do here in America? Everyone knows our way is
best." This is an example of? - CORRECT ANSWERS Ethnocentrism
, SCENARIO: Kim is an anthropologist studying how family members of different groups care for their
elderly. He is taking extensive notes of the way their culture shapes attitudes towards the elderly. What
are these detailed accounts called? - CORRECT ANSWERS Ethnographies
T/F: The introduction of people into a new habitation or population such as Europeans or Mexicans
moving to the United States is called immigration - CORRECT ANSWERS TRUE
According to Table 3.1 in the textbook, which type (or types) of society tended towards nuclear families?
- CORRECT ANSWERS Hunting-gathering industrial
T/F: You are living in the Middle Ages. Your father has decided that the family farm will go to your oldest
brother now that he can no longer take care of it. You are left with nothing. This is a practice known as
Bundling - CORRECT ANSWERS FALSE
T/F: Hunting and gathering societies had subsistence economics: families used all of what they had, and
there was no surplus or food or other resources. Therefore, there were few social divisions - CORRECT
ANSWERS TRUE
Julie strongly believes that family relationships are paramount and take precedence over individual
needs or wants. This view is referred to as? - CORRECT ANSWERS Familism
This is the research that focuses on narrative descriptions with words rather than on numbers to analyze
patterns and their underlying meanings... - CORRECT ANSWERS Qualitative Research
T/F: Industrialization transformed an economy from a system based on small family-based agriculture to
one based on large industrial capital - CORRECT ANSWERS TRUE
T/F: Progressive taxation means that those who earn more pay a lower percentage of their income taxes
- CORRECT ANSWERS FALSE
answers latest update 2026 RATED A+
CHAPTER 1 - CORRECT ANSWERS ...
TANF stands for? - CORRECT ANSWERS Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
T/F: Macro Theories represent a general framework that focuses on personal dynamics and face-to-face
interaction - CORRECT ANSWERS FALSE
Family of Orientation is comprised of? - CORRECT ANSWERS You, your siblings, and your
parents
T/F: Adolescence among the Maasai lasts much longer than in the U.S.—often until into their mid-
twenties. - CORRECT ANSWERS FALSE
What is the theory that examines how individuals' lives change as they pass through the events in their
lives, recognizing that many changes are socially shared among a cohort of people? - CORRECT
ANSWERS Life Course Perspective
In Mexican American families there is a double standard that males are afforded greater leeway and
sexual freedoms. What is this term? - CORRECT ANSWERS Machismo
SCENARIO: Brandon traveled to Mexico recently and made fun of the way the poor families lived. "Geez,
don't they know that they should do things like we do here in America? Everyone knows our way is
best." This is an example of? - CORRECT ANSWERS Ethnocentrism
, SCENARIO: Kim is an anthropologist studying how family members of different groups care for their
elderly. He is taking extensive notes of the way their culture shapes attitudes towards the elderly. What
are these detailed accounts called? - CORRECT ANSWERS Ethnographies
T/F: The introduction of people into a new habitation or population such as Europeans or Mexicans
moving to the United States is called immigration - CORRECT ANSWERS TRUE
According to Table 3.1 in the textbook, which type (or types) of society tended towards nuclear families?
- CORRECT ANSWERS Hunting-gathering industrial
T/F: You are living in the Middle Ages. Your father has decided that the family farm will go to your oldest
brother now that he can no longer take care of it. You are left with nothing. This is a practice known as
Bundling - CORRECT ANSWERS FALSE
T/F: Hunting and gathering societies had subsistence economics: families used all of what they had, and
there was no surplus or food or other resources. Therefore, there were few social divisions - CORRECT
ANSWERS TRUE
Julie strongly believes that family relationships are paramount and take precedence over individual
needs or wants. This view is referred to as? - CORRECT ANSWERS Familism
This is the research that focuses on narrative descriptions with words rather than on numbers to analyze
patterns and their underlying meanings... - CORRECT ANSWERS Qualitative Research
T/F: Industrialization transformed an economy from a system based on small family-based agriculture to
one based on large industrial capital - CORRECT ANSWERS TRUE
T/F: Progressive taxation means that those who earn more pay a lower percentage of their income taxes
- CORRECT ANSWERS FALSE
