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Dating, Marriage, and Divorce-Exam 1
Verified and Updated Questions and
Answers (100% Correct Answers)
Family (US Census)
Answer: 2 or more people living together related by birth, marriage, or adoption
The Journal of Marriage and Family
Answer: a relationship by blood, marriage or affection, in which members may
cooperate economically, may care for children, and my consider their identity to be
intimately connected to a larger group
Family of orientation
Answer: the family you're born into
Family of procreation
Answer: family made through marriage, parenting, and/or parenthood
Fictive kin
Answer: non-relatives whose bonds are strong and intimate
Ex. Homosexual couples or close friends
Why do definitions matter?
Answer: Definitions matter because they draw the line with government benefits
Marriage
Answer: institutional arrangement between persons to publically recognize social
and intimate bonds
William Stephen's definition of Marriage
Answer: § Socially legitimate sexual union
§ Begun with a public announcement
§ Undertaken with some idea of permanence
Assumed contract of obligation to each other
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Main functions of Marriage
Answer: ○ Regulation of sexual behavior
○ Reproducing and socializing children
○ Property and Inheritance
○ Economic Cooperation
○ Social placement, status, and roles
○ Care, warmth, protection, intimacy
Theme #1: Linking the micro and macro levels of perspectives on families
Answer: These two levels are shaped by social structure
Micro level
Answer: focused on our personal relationships, emphasizes the importance of
relationship dynamics but doesn't place them in social context
Why are relationships predictable?
Answer: Relationships are pretty predictable because they operate within the social
structure
Macro level
Answer: relationships in the context of the larger social structure
Family as a social institution
Answer: families are a social institution (sphere of social life with a set of rules and
beliefs to meet needs)
Social status and families
Answer: each member has a status (daughter, father, brother, ect.), master status is
the status that controls the others (ex. Sex, race, ethnicity, social class, ect.)
Polygamy
Answer: either spouse can have more than one other spouse
○ Averages 4 wives and 27 children
In less developed parts of the world polygamy is viewed as a sign of wealth
Dating, Marriage, and Divorce-Exam 1
Verified and Updated Questions and
Answers (100% Correct Answers)
Family (US Census)
Answer: 2 or more people living together related by birth, marriage, or adoption
The Journal of Marriage and Family
Answer: a relationship by blood, marriage or affection, in which members may
cooperate economically, may care for children, and my consider their identity to be
intimately connected to a larger group
Family of orientation
Answer: the family you're born into
Family of procreation
Answer: family made through marriage, parenting, and/or parenthood
Fictive kin
Answer: non-relatives whose bonds are strong and intimate
Ex. Homosexual couples or close friends
Why do definitions matter?
Answer: Definitions matter because they draw the line with government benefits
Marriage
Answer: institutional arrangement between persons to publically recognize social
and intimate bonds
William Stephen's definition of Marriage
Answer: § Socially legitimate sexual union
§ Begun with a public announcement
§ Undertaken with some idea of permanence
Assumed contract of obligation to each other
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Main functions of Marriage
Answer: ○ Regulation of sexual behavior
○ Reproducing and socializing children
○ Property and Inheritance
○ Economic Cooperation
○ Social placement, status, and roles
○ Care, warmth, protection, intimacy
Theme #1: Linking the micro and macro levels of perspectives on families
Answer: These two levels are shaped by social structure
Micro level
Answer: focused on our personal relationships, emphasizes the importance of
relationship dynamics but doesn't place them in social context
Why are relationships predictable?
Answer: Relationships are pretty predictable because they operate within the social
structure
Macro level
Answer: relationships in the context of the larger social structure
Family as a social institution
Answer: families are a social institution (sphere of social life with a set of rules and
beliefs to meet needs)
Social status and families
Answer: each member has a status (daughter, father, brother, ect.), master status is
the status that controls the others (ex. Sex, race, ethnicity, social class, ect.)
Polygamy
Answer: either spouse can have more than one other spouse
○ Averages 4 wives and 27 children
In less developed parts of the world polygamy is viewed as a sign of wealth
