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FAML 160 MIDTERM EXAM NEWEST
2025/2026 COMPLETE 70 QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
|ALREADY GRADED A+||BRAND NEW
VERSION!!
In a classic study of ways for responding to deterioration
in relationships, Rusbult (1987) identified four kinds of
responses; _______is the response of staying with the
partner in spite of the problems in relationships - . .
ANSWER ✔ ✔Loyalty (CH 5&6)
According to Hildebrandt and Kelber (2005), single,
employed mothers, who are likely to have less time for
personal care and leisure activities than either the non-
employed single mother or the mother in a two-parent
home, _____ - . . ANSWER ✔ ✔Report particularly high
levels of distress (Ch2)
According to Caspi et al. (1998) and Brown (2002),
identify a true statement about children in single-parent
homes. - . . ANSWER ✔ ✔They are less likely to achieve
higher levels of education, occupation, and income. (CH 2)
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Same sex couples _______ - . . ANSWER ✔ ✔have to
work through the same problems as heterosexual couples
(CH 2)
Who among the following has the highest proportion of
people who are divorced or who have never married? - . .
ANSWER ✔ ✔African Americans (Ch2)
According to the studies conducted by Zinn and Wells
(2000) and Pinto and Coltrane (2009), identify a true
statement about Hispanic families in the US - . . ANSWER
✔ ✔The studies fail to show a pattern of male dominance
(CH 2)
Identify a true statement about the Hispanic family - . .
ANSWER ✔ ✔Hispanics are less geographically mobile
than are non-Hispanic whites.
A higher proportion of Hispanics than any other group
believe that children are very important for a successful
marriage.
Hispanics are less likely than either African Americans or
whites to be divorced.
All of these answers are correct. (CH 2)
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________is the marriage of a man to two or more wives -
. . ANSWER ✔ ✔Polygyny (Ch2)
________overload arises from the fact that one parent
must do the work of two parents. - . . ANSWER ✔ ✔Task
(Ch 2)
A survey of 55 gay or bisexual men found that ________
- . . ANSWER ✔ ✔More than 90 percent of their sones
were heterosexual (CH 2)
A study of Asian Americans from a number of different
countries of origin reported three factors that help account
for the high level of educational attainment. Which of the
following is NOT one of these factors? - . . ANSWER ✔
✔Children are subjected to extremely harsh physical
discipline. (CH 2)
The irrational fear of homosexuality is called - . . ANSWER
✔ ✔Homophobia (CH 2)
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In the context of the variability of family life, identify a
true statement about the variability among societies - . .
ANSWER ✔ ✔People everywhere need intimate relations
and form family units to fulfill some of their intimacy
needs. (CH 2)
Margaret Mead concluded from her studies in New Guinea
that male and female gender roles are ____ - . . ANSWER
✔ ✔The result of cultural influences (CH 3)
In traditional female gender role, woman are viewed as
_______ - . . ANSWER ✔ ✔Emotional and submissive
(CH 3)
Sandra Bem coined the term __________ to describe
those people who possess both masculine (or
instrumental), and feminine (or expressive), traits. - . .
ANSWER ✔ ✔Androgyny (Ch 3)
Symbolic interactionists define _____________ as the
totality of the beliefs and attitudes people have about
themselves - . . ANSWER ✔ ✔Self-Concept (CH 3)
FAML 160 MIDTERM EXAM NEWEST
2025/2026 COMPLETE 70 QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
|ALREADY GRADED A+||BRAND NEW
VERSION!!
In a classic study of ways for responding to deterioration
in relationships, Rusbult (1987) identified four kinds of
responses; _______is the response of staying with the
partner in spite of the problems in relationships - . .
ANSWER ✔ ✔Loyalty (CH 5&6)
According to Hildebrandt and Kelber (2005), single,
employed mothers, who are likely to have less time for
personal care and leisure activities than either the non-
employed single mother or the mother in a two-parent
home, _____ - . . ANSWER ✔ ✔Report particularly high
levels of distress (Ch2)
According to Caspi et al. (1998) and Brown (2002),
identify a true statement about children in single-parent
homes. - . . ANSWER ✔ ✔They are less likely to achieve
higher levels of education, occupation, and income. (CH 2)
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Same sex couples _______ - . . ANSWER ✔ ✔have to
work through the same problems as heterosexual couples
(CH 2)
Who among the following has the highest proportion of
people who are divorced or who have never married? - . .
ANSWER ✔ ✔African Americans (Ch2)
According to the studies conducted by Zinn and Wells
(2000) and Pinto and Coltrane (2009), identify a true
statement about Hispanic families in the US - . . ANSWER
✔ ✔The studies fail to show a pattern of male dominance
(CH 2)
Identify a true statement about the Hispanic family - . .
ANSWER ✔ ✔Hispanics are less geographically mobile
than are non-Hispanic whites.
A higher proportion of Hispanics than any other group
believe that children are very important for a successful
marriage.
Hispanics are less likely than either African Americans or
whites to be divorced.
All of these answers are correct. (CH 2)
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________is the marriage of a man to two or more wives -
. . ANSWER ✔ ✔Polygyny (Ch2)
________overload arises from the fact that one parent
must do the work of two parents. - . . ANSWER ✔ ✔Task
(Ch 2)
A survey of 55 gay or bisexual men found that ________
- . . ANSWER ✔ ✔More than 90 percent of their sones
were heterosexual (CH 2)
A study of Asian Americans from a number of different
countries of origin reported three factors that help account
for the high level of educational attainment. Which of the
following is NOT one of these factors? - . . ANSWER ✔
✔Children are subjected to extremely harsh physical
discipline. (CH 2)
The irrational fear of homosexuality is called - . . ANSWER
✔ ✔Homophobia (CH 2)
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In the context of the variability of family life, identify a
true statement about the variability among societies - . .
ANSWER ✔ ✔People everywhere need intimate relations
and form family units to fulfill some of their intimacy
needs. (CH 2)
Margaret Mead concluded from her studies in New Guinea
that male and female gender roles are ____ - . . ANSWER
✔ ✔The result of cultural influences (CH 3)
In traditional female gender role, woman are viewed as
_______ - . . ANSWER ✔ ✔Emotional and submissive
(CH 3)
Sandra Bem coined the term __________ to describe
those people who possess both masculine (or
instrumental), and feminine (or expressive), traits. - . .
ANSWER ✔ ✔Androgyny (Ch 3)
Symbolic interactionists define _____________ as the
totality of the beliefs and attitudes people have about
themselves - . . ANSWER ✔ ✔Self-Concept (CH 3)
