Contemporary Social Problems
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This course explores major social issues and challenges affecting contemporary societies, with a focus on understanding their causes, consequences, and potential solutions. Topics covered include poverty, inequality, crime, family dynamics, racial and ethnic relations, education, health care, and environmental concerns. Students will critically analyze these social problems through various sociological perspectives and engage in discussions around policy responses and ethical considerations, developing skills to assess the impact of social problems on different communities and envision strategies for positive social change.
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The Marriage and Family Experience Intimate Relationships in a Changing Society 11th Edition by
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Chapter 1: The Meaning of Marriage and the Family
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Q1) Liberal family policies are often tied to the _____ well-being of families.
A)physical
B)economic
C)emotional
D)moral
Answer: B
Q2) According to William Goode, families provide all of the following advantages EXCEPT
A)continuity.
B)proximity.
C)familiarity.
D)protection.
Answer: D
Q3) A marriage system that is quite rare throughout world cultures is
A)monogamy
B)polygamy
C)polygyny
D)polyandry
Answer: D
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Chapter 2: Studying Marriage and the Family
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Q1) A statement such as "Everyone should get married" is an example of A)a value judgment.
B)an objective statement.
C)an ethnocentric fallacy.
D)a stereotype.
Answer: A
Q2) The rules of critical thinking call for A)personal experience.
B)objectivity.
C)values.
D)opinions.
Answer: B
Q3) Exchange theory predicts that we will stay in an unhappy marriage when A)the costs of leaving are equal to the costs of staying.
B)the costs of leaving are greater than the rewards of leaving and/or the costs of staying.
C)the costs of leaving are equal to the rewards of leaving.
D)none of the above, exchange theory predicts we will always leave an unhappy marriage.
Answer: B
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Chapter 3: Variations in American Family Life
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Q1) As a result of industrialization,
A)American families became more self-sufficient.
B)men's work was given higher status than women's work.
C)the family became more important as a work unit.
D)women lost power in terms of marital choice and frequency of intercourse.
Answer: B
Q2) In colonial America, parents often selected their children's mates.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) The European colonists who came to America attempted to replicate their familiar family system that emphasized allof the following EXCEPT
A)family as an economic and social institution.
B)romantic love as the basis of mate selection.
C)subordination of women.
D)family-centered reproduction.
Answer: B
Q4) Discuss four major differences between family life in colonial America and post-industrial America.
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Chapter 4: Gender and Family
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Q1) Identify and define the three categories of feminist perspectives identified by Judith Lorber.
Q2) When it comes to expressing feelings,
A)contemporary men and women both have difficulty expressing feelings.
B)men are now very comfortable expressing their feelings and do it with ease.
C)men continue to have greater difficulty expressing their feelings than women do.
D)women and men express their feelings with equal ability.
Q3) In terms of education, we find that A)girls excel in standardized reading and writing tests.
B)boys earn more bachelor degrees.
C)girls receive more attention in the classroom.
D)girls are less liberal in their views both before and after having attended college.
Q4) Nearly 40 percent of all current births occur outside of marriage. A)True
B)False
Q5) How is the belief in gender differences more significant than actual differences?
Q6) Describe how gender socialization continues in adulthood.
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Chapter 5: Intimacy, Friendship, and Love
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Q1) Romantic love has been the basis for family formation in the United States for A)the last 150 years.
B)most of the last two centuries.
C)only the last five decades.
D)only the last century.
Q2) Which of the components of Sternberg's theory of love refers to the elements of romance, attraction, and sexuality in a relationship?
A)intimacy
B)passion
C)decision/commitment
D)mania
Q3) _____ is the tendency to marry people much like ourselves.
A)Heterogeneity
B)Conjugal matching
C)Homogamy
D)Pragma
Q4) According to Diamond, romantic love does not require sexual desire.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Discuss how friendships are similar and different from love relationships.
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Chapter 6: Understanding Sex and Sexualities
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Q1) Development of deeply negative attitudes toward sexuality can develop from A)guilt over sexual fantasies.
B)society's condemnation of autoeroticism.
C)erotic movies.
D)inbred sexual structures.
Q2) Which of the following is the last stage in developing a bisexual identity?
A)confusion
B)applying the bisexual label
C)settling into the identity
D)continued uncertainty
Q3) Cohabiting couples compared to married couples or singles tend to A)have sex more often.
B)have more egalitarian relationships.
C)have more sex outside of the relationship.
D)all of the above
Q4) Characterize antigay prejudice and discrimination and discuss the impact it has on gay men, lesbians, bisexuals, and heterosexuals.
Q5) How can you protect yourself and others against sexually transmitted infection?
Q6) Compare and contrast traditional female, traditional male and contemporary sexual scripts.
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Chapter 7: Communication, Power, and Conflict
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Q1) Which of the following statements is FALSE regarding touch?
A)Lower status individuals do not touch people of higher status.
B)Touch can convey intimacy.
C)Lower status individuals are more likely to initiate handshakes than higher status individuals.
D)Touch can convey dominance.
Q2) According to the text, acts such as rolling one's eyes in response to a statement or complaint made by a spouse can convey
A)contempt.
B)amusement.
C)power.
D)confusion.
Q3) Describe five of the characteristics that researchers have found to be common to those in satisfied marriages.
Q4) Describe the functions of nonverbal communication.
Q5) Conflict can be beneficial.
A)True
B)False
Q6) Identify and explain five ways of resolving conflict.
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Chapter 8: Marriages in Societal and Individual Perspective
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Q1) An example of Murstein's value stage is
A)comparing religious beliefs and philosophies of life.
B)finding a person extremely attractive.
C)learning the person's job preferences.
D)cooking a meal together for fun.
Q2) The exchanging of rings dates back to ancient Egyptian weddings and symbolizes timelessness.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Women typically experience depression and an identity crisis when their youngest child departs from the home.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The most important ingredient for enduring marriage is religion.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Between 1980 and 2000, the norm of marriage as a life-long relationship received increased support.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 9: Unmarried Lives: Singlehood and Cohabitation
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Q1) Among the unmarried population, there is a ratio of _____ men to every 100 women.
A)50
B)63
C)82
D)90
Q2) When comparing common-law marriages and domestic partnerships, we find that
A)common-law marriage is newer than domestic partnerships.
B)domestic partnerships afford more legal rights than common-law marriage.
C)domestic partnerships are newer than common-law marriage.
D)common-law marriage applies only to same-sex couples and domestic partnerships are granted only to heterosexual couples.
Q3) Domestic partnerships are not recognized by any major Fortune 500 company.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Rates of singlehood declined in the 1950s.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Compare and contrast common-law marriage, domestic partnership, and civil unions.
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Chapter 10: Becoming Parents and Experiencing
Parenthood
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Q1) Most women find their hospital birth experiences to be negative.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The rate of infant mortality in the United States remains far lower than the rates in most of the developed world.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Research on gay and lesbian parents compared with children of heterosexual parents reveals that
A)there are differences in these children's gender identity.
B)there are differences in gender-role behavior.
C)children with gay and lesbian parents experience more behavioral problems.
D)there are no significant differences in gender identities or gender-role behavior.
Q4) The highest fertility rates are found among
A)women with the highest level of education.
B)college graduates.
C)women with less than a high school education.
D)women with some college or associates degrees.
Q5) How does ethnicity impact parenting?
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Chapter 11: Marriage, Work, and Economics
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Q1) Work spillover has the same affects on men as it does on women.
A)True
B)False
Q2) When looking at fathers' involvement with children, we find that
A)fathers are more involved with daughters than with sons.
B)fathers are more involved with older children than younger children.
C)fathers are more involved with firstborn than later-born children.
D)fathers spend more time in play with sons than with daughters.
Q3) Define "shift couples" and identify how shift work affects family life.
Q4) High quality daycare can be beneficial to children.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Beliefs about what women and men ought to do is referred to as a
A)gender belief system.
B)gender ideology.
C)gender value system.
D)gender role orientation.
Q6) Discuss the factors, identified in the text, that appear to influence men's involvement in housework.
Q7) Characterize peer marriages.
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Chapter 12: Intimate Violence and Sexual Abuse
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Q1) Discuss the reasons women stay in abusive relationships.
Q2) The view that violence stems from social systems that have traditionally placed women in a subordinate role to men is the _____ model of family violence.
A)psychiatric
B)ecological
C)resources
D)feminist
Q3) Common or situational partner violence
A)is violence that erupts during the heat of an argument.
B)occurs when one partner tries to dominate the other.
C)is typically "self-defensive."
D)occurs when both partners are trying to control one another.
Q4) According to the text, an act carried out with the intention or perceived intention of causing physical pain or injury to another person is known as A)neglect.
B)violence.
C)provocation.
D)pedophilia.
Q5) Discuss the long-term effects of sexual abuse including traumatic sexualization.
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Chapter 13: Coming Apart: Separation and Divorce
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Q1) Couples who marry today have a 50 percent chance of divorcing.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Until ____, more marriages ended in the death of a spouse than ended in divorce.
A)1960
B)1974
C)1980
D)1990
Q3) One of the most damaging consequences of the no-fault divorce laws is that
A)they have tripled the divorce rate.
B)they keep people from trying to settle their differences.
C)they are unavailable in most states.
D)they systematically impoverish women and their children.
Q4) For women, divorce may be associated with A)autonomy.
B)self-confidence.
C)happiness.
D)all of the above
Q5) Discuss how societal factors influence divorce in America.
Q6) Identify and describe the stations of the divorce process.
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Chapter 14: New Beginnings: Single-Parent Families, Remarriages,
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Q1) For many single women in their thirties and forties, single parenting has become
A)more intentional.
B)less prevalent.
C)more transitional.
D)less accepted
Q2) Which of the following is a post-divorce family made up of two nuclear families?
A)double single-parent family
B)split single-parent family
C)binuclear family
D)post-divorce blended family
Q3) During which stage of stepfamily development do stepfamily members make intimate contact with each other and their relationship becomes genuine?
A)mobilization
B)action
C)contact
D)resolution
Q4) A binuclear family is a post-divorce family system with children.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Discuss some ways in which stepfamilies offer children some bonuses.
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