Chapter 8 Practice Quiz

. What is a nuclear family?

The legal union of two people, allowing them to live together and to have children

A group of people who share a relationship by blood, marriage, or legal adoption living together

More than two generations who share the same residence

Two adults living with one or more children

. Which one of the following is NOT one of the ways marriage has become deinstitutionalized?

More couples are cohabiting.

Roles of individuals have been questioned.

Norms about children have changed.

Divorce rates have remained the same from the 1970s onward.

. Which term refers to the average number of children per woman over her lifetime?

Birth rate

Fertility rate

Mean child rate

Conception rate

. Which of the following is true about arranged marriages?

They tend to be spontaneous and less thought out.

They are more focused on romantic love and often overlook other compatibility issues.

They are carefully planned and considered by families and communities.

They tend to lead to less love between husband and wife over time.

. Common law cohabitation is most popular in which province?

Ontario

British Columbia

Alberta

Quebec

. Which type of marriage has a collective focus on the benefits for society as a whole?

institutional marriages

companionate marriages

individualized marriages

collective marriages

. Which type of marriage tends to be more flexible and focused on each spouse's ability to develop and express themselves?

institutional marriages

companionate marriages

individualized marriages

collective marriages

. In Canada, which type of marriage is illegal?

Common-law marriages

Gay marriages

Polygamous marriages

Arranged marriages

. Kohn's studies showed that working-class mothers were more likely to rank which of the following as being an important characteristic for children?

Happiness

Self-control

Curiosity

Neatness

. Which of the following is NOT a role played by families according to structural functionalist theorists?

Reproduction

Socialization

Conflict management

Support

. An individual's family household is a group of people who share a relationship by blood, marriage, or legal adoption living together.

True

False

. An extended family is another way of referring to nuclear families.

True

False

. Common-law couples are twice as common in Ontario than anywhere else in Canada.

True

False

. Our basic understanding of what men and women "do" in a relationship is eroding, leading to a lack of clarity about how marriages and the family work in modern society.

True

False

. Changes in marriage and the family are unrelated to most larger social changes.

True

False

. Companionate marriages make a clear division of labour between a breadwinner and the homemaker.

True

False

. Individualized marriages look to embed individuals in the community of their spouse.

True

False

. Polygamy is defined as having one or more spouse at a time.

True

False

. The family's role in regulating sexual activity is declining.

True

False

. Conflict theorists see the family as harmonious and a source of mobility.

True

False

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