Family
Marriage/Divorce
Key Terms
Misc.
Final Jeopardy
100
A family composed of one or more parents and children
What is nuclear
100
Many societies do not allow cousins to marry because of this
What is incest taboo or exogamy
100
A family composed of one or more parents and children
What is nuclear family
100
Which of the following is NOT a positive effect of dual employment? a. It tends to improve the psychological well-being of women b. It simplifies the job of child rearing c. It improves the family’s financial status d. It frees the husband from the burden of being the family’s sole provider
What is B it simplifies the job of child rearing
200
A family that contains at least two generations of adults
What is blended family
200
In Vietnamese culture, it is traditional for a newly-married couple to move in with the grooms parents. What marriage pattern does this represent?
What is patrilocal
200
Requires that a person marry outside of his or her own kind of group
What is exogamy
200
Marriages in which both spouses work outside of the home
What is dual-employed or dual-income families
300
Descent is traced through the female side of the family
What is matrilineal
300
Living with someone in a marriage like arrangement without legal obligations and responsibilities of a formal marriage
What is cohabitaton
300
The tendency of people to pick mates with similar social characteristics
What is homogamy
300
When Kelly's family needs to make a major decision, such as purchasing a new home or car, her father makes the decision without consulting other family members. This is an example of what pattern concerning family structure.
What is patriarchy
400
Traditionally, the male has controlled the family, and the female has been seen as his helper. Which theory fits this describption
What is conflict theory
400
Give two reasons for the decline in the U.S. divorce rate since 1985.
What is 1. Average age of 1st marriage increasing 2. Average age of American population going up 3. Fewer children being born 4. Fewer people getting married
400
Exists when marriage partners are different in some significant way, such as having different religions or being of different races
What is heterogamy
400
Theoretical perspective that emphasizes need for family/parents to help children acquire human personality and social characteristics
What is symbolic interactionism
500
The pattern in which newly married couples set up their own households separate from their parents.
What is Neolocal
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