[Marriage and Family The Quest for
Intimacy-6,Lauer] Test Bank for : Study Smarter,
Not Harder
1). Scholars and advocates with a __________ perspective argue that we need to view the
family from a historical standpoint.
Ans:
2). A majority of children live in __________ households.
Ans: two-parent
3). Family togetherness, stability, and loyalty are all examples of
Ans: familistic (communal) values.
4). With global westernization, __________ are replacing arranged marriage as the preferred
way to select mates throughout the world.
Ans: free choice marriages
5). Expectations for permanence derive from the fact that, historically, marriage has been a
practical social institution.
Ans: True
6). Stable cohabiting families with two biological parents seem to offer many of the same
benefits that stable married biological parents provide.
Ans: True
7). Somewhere between 1 and 4 percent of live births are intersexual.
Ans: True
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, 8). The text observes that children imitate models for behavior and are rewarded by parents
and others for whatever is perceived as sex-appropriate behavior. this reflects which
theory of socialization?
Ans: social learning
9). According to the__________ perspective, dating couples choose either to stay committed or
to break up by weighing the rewards of their relationship against its costs.
Ans: exchange
10). In a(n) __________ marriage, which dominates americans' goals for marriage today,
partners expect companionship and intimacy as well as more practical benefits.
Ans: individualized
11). Some people live together because they are morally or politically opposed to the institution
of marriage.
Ans: True
12). Americans tend to marry people of similar race, age, education, religious background, and
social class. this behavior reflects
Ans: homogamy
13). Robert winch proposed the theory of __________, whereby people are attracted to partners
whose needs complement their own.
Ans: complementary needs
14). The sex ratio is the ratio of __________ in a given society or subgroup of a society.
Ans: men to women
15). It is not uncommon for young couples to be "on-again, off-again," a pattern relationship
experts refer to as
Ans: churning
16).
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, The conflict perspective is the opposite of the___________; it assumes that not all family
behaviors and practices contribute to family well-being.
Ans: structure-functional theory.
17). Children are __________ likely than the general population or the elderly to be living in
poverty.
Ans: more
18). Children learn social roles by imitating the behaviors of parents, siblings, and family
members through a type of play called ___________.
Ans: role-taking.
19). Almost ________ percent of the never-married tell pollsters that they do want to marry.
Ans: two-thirds
20). Children of divorce usually divorce themselves.
Ans: False
21). The level of domestic violence in cohabiting relationships is
Ans: similar to that within marriage.
22). The text concludes that only society, and not biology, creates gender-linked characteristics
and roles.
Ans: False
23). The __________ perspective argues that human physiology, genetics, and hormones
predispose individuals to certain behaviors.
Ans: biosocial
24). Today, women compose __________ percent of congress.
Ans: 20
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Intimacy-6,Lauer] Test Bank for : Study Smarter,
Not Harder
1). Scholars and advocates with a __________ perspective argue that we need to view the
family from a historical standpoint.
Ans:
2). A majority of children live in __________ households.
Ans: two-parent
3). Family togetherness, stability, and loyalty are all examples of
Ans: familistic (communal) values.
4). With global westernization, __________ are replacing arranged marriage as the preferred
way to select mates throughout the world.
Ans: free choice marriages
5). Expectations for permanence derive from the fact that, historically, marriage has been a
practical social institution.
Ans: True
6). Stable cohabiting families with two biological parents seem to offer many of the same
benefits that stable married biological parents provide.
Ans: True
7). Somewhere between 1 and 4 percent of live births are intersexual.
Ans: True
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, 8). The text observes that children imitate models for behavior and are rewarded by parents
and others for whatever is perceived as sex-appropriate behavior. this reflects which
theory of socialization?
Ans: social learning
9). According to the__________ perspective, dating couples choose either to stay committed or
to break up by weighing the rewards of their relationship against its costs.
Ans: exchange
10). In a(n) __________ marriage, which dominates americans' goals for marriage today,
partners expect companionship and intimacy as well as more practical benefits.
Ans: individualized
11). Some people live together because they are morally or politically opposed to the institution
of marriage.
Ans: True
12). Americans tend to marry people of similar race, age, education, religious background, and
social class. this behavior reflects
Ans: homogamy
13). Robert winch proposed the theory of __________, whereby people are attracted to partners
whose needs complement their own.
Ans: complementary needs
14). The sex ratio is the ratio of __________ in a given society or subgroup of a society.
Ans: men to women
15). It is not uncommon for young couples to be "on-again, off-again," a pattern relationship
experts refer to as
Ans: churning
16).
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, The conflict perspective is the opposite of the___________; it assumes that not all family
behaviors and practices contribute to family well-being.
Ans: structure-functional theory.
17). Children are __________ likely than the general population or the elderly to be living in
poverty.
Ans: more
18). Children learn social roles by imitating the behaviors of parents, siblings, and family
members through a type of play called ___________.
Ans: role-taking.
19). Almost ________ percent of the never-married tell pollsters that they do want to marry.
Ans: two-thirds
20). Children of divorce usually divorce themselves.
Ans: False
21). The level of domestic violence in cohabiting relationships is
Ans: similar to that within marriage.
22). The text concludes that only society, and not biology, creates gender-linked characteristics
and roles.
Ans: False
23). The __________ perspective argues that human physiology, genetics, and hormones
predispose individuals to certain behaviors.
Ans: biosocial
24). Today, women compose __________ percent of congress.
Ans: 20
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