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- A. extended family
- B. family of orientation
- C. none of the above
- D. family of procreation
Explanation: A family of procreation is the family formed through marriage or partnership and includes one's spouse and children.
Correct answer: family of procreation- A. transactions outside the sphere of regular employment
- B. the activities of small businesses
- C. work where no money changes hands
- D. organizations with less rigid rules and procedures
Explanation: The informal economy includes paid or unpaid economic activities outside the regulated and formally recorded employment sector, such as…
Correct answer: transactions outside the sphere of regular employment- A. postmodern
- B. traditional
- C. modernist
- D. vocational
Explanation: Modernist accounts view education as a force for reason, independent thought, innovation, and social progress.
Correct answer: modernist- A. alienation
- B. evangelicalism
- C. fundamentalism
- D. secularization
Explanation: Secularization is the process through which religion loses influence over institutions and areas of life such as politics, education, and…
Correct answer: secularization- A. Islam
- B. Judaism
- C. Hinduism
- D. Christianity
Explanation: Islam is the most recently established of these major world religions, emerging in the seventh century CE.
Correct answer: Islam- A. 24.6
- B. 25.4
- C. 27.5
- D. 30.6
Explanation: In England and Wales in 2001, the average age at first marriage for men was approximately 30.6 years.
Correct answer: 30.6- A. fixed domestic roles
- B. significant power imbalance
- C. limited relational commitment
- D. shared emotional labor
Explanation: Weeks et al. identify shared emotional labour as a feature of many gay and lesbian partnerships, rather than rigidly fixed domestic roles…
Correct answer: shared emotional labor- A. 12 years
- B. 22 years
- C. 32 years
- D. 42 years
Explanation: A Victorian marriage lasted about 12 years on average, partly because high mortality often ended marriages earlier than in contemporary…
Correct answer: 12 years- A. the proportion of people living alone has fallen to 29%
- B. many people are cohabiting in long term relationships
- C. the upward curve of remarriages compensates for the drop in first marriages
- D. all of the above
Explanation: Marriage may appear to decline because many couples now form long-term cohabiting relationships without marrying, reducing the number of…
Correct answer: many people are cohabiting in long term relationships- A. the liberalization of divorce laws
- B. divorce is easier to work out since contemporary families have fewer children than earlier families
- C. all of the above
- D. the increase in family incomes
Explanation: Liberal divorce laws reduce the legal barriers to divorce, smaller families make separation less difficult to organise, and higher incomes…
Correct answer: all of the above- A. increased dramatically
- B. remained steady
- C. increased slightly
- D. decreased
Explanation: The teenage pregnancy rate among Black women in the United States declined substantially after the 1990s, although it remained higher than…
Correct answer: decreased- A. extended family
- B. dysfunctional family
- C. nuclear family
- D. polygynous family
Explanation: An extended family includes relatives beyond parents and their children, such as grandparents, aunts, and uncles living in the same…
Correct answer: extended family- A. Love and trust
- B. All of the above
- C. Absolute fulfilment
- D. Intimacy
Explanation: The family is often described as a private refuge that provides love, trust, intimacy, and emotional fulfilment.
Correct answer: All of the above- A. Childer
- B. Society
- C. Biological and social evolution of society
- D. None of theseFamily
Explanation: The family’s primary reproductive role is broader than simply producing children: it reproduces the population and socialises new members…
Correct answer: Biological and social evolution of society- A. family structures
- B. families of orientation
- C. Brady Bunch families
- D. bi-lateral families
- E. reconstituted families
Explanation: A reconstituted family forms when partners bring children from previous relationships into a new household, commonly called a blended…
Correct answer: reconstituted families576. Falling in love and marrying someone similar to your self is generally referred to as_____________?
- A. homogamy
- B. selective perception
- C. heterogeneity
- D. self-selection
- E. homogeneity
Explanation: Homogamy means choosing a spouse with characteristics similar to one's own, such as social class, religion, education or ethnicity.
Correct answer: homogamy- A. bilateral
- B. extended
- C. polyandry
- D. nuclear
- E. distant
Explanation: An extended family includes relatives beyond parents and children, such as grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins.
Correct answer: extended- A. functionalist perspective
- B. conflict perspective
- C. interactionist perspective
- D. labeling theory
Explanation: Functionalists view adoption as serving useful social functions, including providing children with stable families and helping meet family…
Correct answer: functionalist perspective- A. Talcott Parsons
- B. Friedrich Engels
- C. Margaret Mead
- D. George Murdock
Explanation: Engels linked the monogamous family to private property, inheritance and the unequal transfer of wealth and power across generations.
Correct answer: Friedrich Engels- A. exchange
- B. matching hypothesis
- C. complementary needs
- D. mutual co-dependence
Explanation: The complementary-needs theory of relationships proposes that opposite or complementary personality traits can satisfy each other and…
Correct answer: complementary needs