TEST BANK for Exploring Marriages and Families,
3rd Edition by Karen Seccombe
All Chapters Included 1-15| Verified Questions & Correct
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Chapter 1: Why Study Families and Other Close Relationships?
Part I: Multiple Choice Questions
All questions are identified by their type and level of difficulty. Skill Type:
Remember the Facts Understand the Concepts Apply What You Know Analyze It
Level of Difficulty:
1=Easy 2=Moderate 3=Difficult
Learning Objectives:
LO 1 - 5
Learning Objective 1: Identify the different definitions of “family” and their implications
1. Relationships by blood, marriage, or affection, in which members may cooperate economically, may
care for children, and may consider their identity to be intimately connected to the larger group, define
a/an:
a) domestic partner.
b) fictive kin.
c) empirical approach.
d) family. *
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e) human agency.
Accurate Answer: D
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TB_01_01_How Do We Define Family?, LO 1, How Do We Define Family?, Skill: Understand the
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2. Angel‘s parents keep asking her when she and her husband Tomas are ―going to have a family.‖ What
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her parents probably mean is:
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a) When are they going to have children? *
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b) When are they going to get registered as domestic partners?
c) When are they going to become fictive kin?
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d) When will they become a family of orientation?
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e) Are they ready for human agency?
Accurate Answer: A
TB_01_02_How Do We Define Family?, LO 1, How Do We Define Family?, Skill: Apply What You
Know, Difficulty: 2
3. You, your siblings, and your parents comprise your:
a) family of orientation. *
b) fictive kin.
c) family of procreation.
d) domestic partners.
e) human agency.
Accurate Answer: A
TB_01_03_How Do We Define Family?, LO 1, How Do We Define Family?, Skill: Apply What You
Know, Difficulty: 2
4. You have a special older friend that you are very close to and call ―Auntie Marge,‖ even though she is
not related to you. You invite her to many family functions and share traditions together. You feel that she
would help you in a time of need. Marge is an example of a/an:
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a) domestic partner.
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b) fictive kin. *
c) family of orientation.
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d) symbolic interaction.
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e) social institution.
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Accurate Answer: B
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TB_01_04_How Do We Define Family?, LO 1, How Do We Define Family?, Skill: Apply What You
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5. How we define ―family‖ is important for many reasons. Which is NOT one of the reasons?
a) Unmarried partners cannot file jointly on federal taxes.
b) Many employer health insurance plans do not cover unmarried partners.
c) Unmarried persons cannot collect Social Security benefits from their partner.
d) Unmarried persons cannot buy a house together. *
e) A company may not offer bereavement leave to an unmarried partner.
Accurate Answer: D
TB_01_05_How Do We Define Family?, LO 1, How Do We Define Family?, Skill: Remember the Facts,
Difficulty: 2
Learning Objective 2: Describe the functions of families
6. Which of the following is NOT a universal function of families?
a) to reproduce and socialize children
b) to encourage economic cooperation
c) to regulate sexual behavior
d) to provide care, warmth, protection, and intimacy
e) to offer human agency *
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Accurate Answer: E
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TB_01_06_The Functions of Families, LO 2, The Functions of Families, Skill: Understand the Concepts,
Difficulty: 2
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Learning Objective 3: Recognize the link between micro-level and macro-level perspectives on families
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7. Which is NOT one of the themes of the textbook?
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a) Families are different from one culture to another and therefore families have no real universal
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b) The best way to truly understand families is to link two perspectives on them: the micro- and
macro-level perspectives.
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c) Families are not monolithic or static, but instead are ever-changing.
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