HDFS 2000 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS + ANSWERS
How do these EXPERIENCES impact what you KNOW about marriages, families, parenting or
sex? - Answer -1) the knowledge we have from our own experiences is subjective and narrowly
limited
2) we "see" things in part because we want to see them
3) we overlook things we don't accept or believe
What limitations to marriage do we have in the U.S.? - Answer -age, number of spouses
what is marriage - Answer -united sexually; legal union; may give birth to, adopt, or rear kids;
cooperate economically
legal union - Answer -only thing that actually HAS to happen for it to be considered a marriage
functions of marriage - Answer -1) Establishes rights and obligations related to gender, sexuality,
relationships with kin, in-laws, legitimacy of children
2) Establishes specific roles within the wider community and society
3) Allows for the orderly transfer of wealth and property from one generation to the next
4) Assigns the responsibility for children to spouses or their relatives
monogamy - Answer -and serial monogamy/modified polygamy - characterizes the U.S. today -
this refers to multiple marital partners - but one at a time
polygmay - Answer -more than one spouse; two subtypes
polygyny - Answer -benefits childcare, less adultery, friends for women, maybe extra income; can
also lead to jealousy and co-wife conflict
polyandry - Answer -(tibet) usually one woman who marries brothers (so land is not divided)
cenogamy - Answer -group marriage- mostly primitive tribal cultures
Why do you think finances have prohibited most men from having more than one wife? - Answer -
Having multiple children and wives is really expensive
family - Answer -two or more people related by birth, marriage, or adoption, residing in the same
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How do these EXPERIENCES impact what you KNOW about marriages, families, parenting or
sex? - Answer -1) the knowledge we have from our own experiences is subjective and narrowly
limited
2) we "see" things in part because we want to see them
3) we overlook things we don't accept or believe
What limitations to marriage do we have in the U.S.? - Answer -age, number of spouses
what is marriage - Answer -united sexually; legal union; may give birth to, adopt, or rear kids;
cooperate economically
legal union - Answer -only thing that actually HAS to happen for it to be considered a marriage
functions of marriage - Answer -1) Establishes rights and obligations related to gender, sexuality,
relationships with kin, in-laws, legitimacy of children
2) Establishes specific roles within the wider community and society
3) Allows for the orderly transfer of wealth and property from one generation to the next
4) Assigns the responsibility for children to spouses or their relatives
monogamy - Answer -and serial monogamy/modified polygamy - characterizes the U.S. today -
this refers to multiple marital partners - but one at a time
polygmay - Answer -more than one spouse; two subtypes
polygyny - Answer -benefits childcare, less adultery, friends for women, maybe extra income; can
also lead to jealousy and co-wife conflict
polyandry - Answer -(tibet) usually one woman who marries brothers (so land is not divided)
cenogamy - Answer -group marriage- mostly primitive tribal cultures
Why do you think finances have prohibited most men from having more than one wife? - Answer -
Having multiple children and wives is really expensive
family - Answer -two or more people related by birth, marriage, or adoption, residing in the same
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