HDFS 2300 Term Test 1 with complete
correct actual answers
What are the reasons why it is useful to study families from different cultures? - correct answer ✔✔-
learn more about your own (cultural) assumptions
- determine what is universal
- increase understanding of other cultural groups
- interact more sensibly
- learn better ways of doing things
What is the definition of a stereotype? - correct answer ✔✔A stereotype is a generalization made about
a group of people.
Name and describe the four criteria that Ting-Toomey said we should meet when we use stereotypes -
correct answer ✔✔- Consciously Held: We make assumptions on who they are based on appearance.
- Descriptive: Let's make sure they are describing behaving and not their inequalities-Stick to more of
what is happening
- Accurate: Making sure our descriptions are accurate, we can look at someone and really study but is it
really accurate
- Modifiable: There will be times where we find that what people where saying about someone, the
whole stories could not be true, If we learn new, information that we can use to update on something
really, we are going to be modified by something real
What is the working definition of culture that we are using in this course? - correct answer ✔✔The
habits of thinking, behaving, and feelings that our shared by a group of people.
What is the working definition of ethnicity that we are using in this course? - correct answer
✔✔Ethnicity is the way people define themselves as part of a group through similarities in common
ancestry and cultural heritage. Ethnicity includes race, religion, and national origin.
, What is the difference between ethnicity and culture? - correct answer ✔✔Culture is values and beliefs
of a group. Ethnicity is the group that believe in the culture and it is part of their ancestry.
Ethnicity includes culture. Both refer to habits of thinking and behaving.
What family structure did Murdock (a structural functionalist) think was universal? - correct answer
✔✔The nuclear family; performs 4 essential functions: stabilizing sex drive, reproduction, socialization of
the young, and economic production
*Nuclear family means a man and a woman with children(one or more) that lives in the same household
What is Murdock's definition of family? - correct answer ✔✔A social group characterized by common
residence, economic cooperation, and reproduction. It includes adults of both sexes, at least two of
whom maintain a socially approved sexual relationship, and one or more children, own or adopted, of
the sexually cohabiting adults
What are the four functions that Murdock thought that family structures serve? - correct answer ✔✔-
Sexual: provides a socially acceptable outlet for sexual activity
- Reproduction: producing new members of society
- Socialization: teaching kids skills they need to be successful members of society
- Economic: Provides for the physical needs of the family.
What are ways in which the four "functions" are fulfilled by institutions other than the family? - correct
answer ✔✔Israeli Kibbutz: commune with shared meals, living spaces, and belongings.
China Mosuo: "walking marriage" when men who aren't biological family serve no role in raising the
children other than the sexual functions.
What is a "Walking Marriage"? - correct answer ✔✔Partners do not live in the same household; children
tend to be raised by their mothers and their mother's family
What is "nurturant socialization"(a possible "fifth" function)? - correct answer ✔✔- being socialized by
people who truly care about you
- many different familial arrangements can serve this purpose
correct actual answers
What are the reasons why it is useful to study families from different cultures? - correct answer ✔✔-
learn more about your own (cultural) assumptions
- determine what is universal
- increase understanding of other cultural groups
- interact more sensibly
- learn better ways of doing things
What is the definition of a stereotype? - correct answer ✔✔A stereotype is a generalization made about
a group of people.
Name and describe the four criteria that Ting-Toomey said we should meet when we use stereotypes -
correct answer ✔✔- Consciously Held: We make assumptions on who they are based on appearance.
- Descriptive: Let's make sure they are describing behaving and not their inequalities-Stick to more of
what is happening
- Accurate: Making sure our descriptions are accurate, we can look at someone and really study but is it
really accurate
- Modifiable: There will be times where we find that what people where saying about someone, the
whole stories could not be true, If we learn new, information that we can use to update on something
really, we are going to be modified by something real
What is the working definition of culture that we are using in this course? - correct answer ✔✔The
habits of thinking, behaving, and feelings that our shared by a group of people.
What is the working definition of ethnicity that we are using in this course? - correct answer
✔✔Ethnicity is the way people define themselves as part of a group through similarities in common
ancestry and cultural heritage. Ethnicity includes race, religion, and national origin.
, What is the difference between ethnicity and culture? - correct answer ✔✔Culture is values and beliefs
of a group. Ethnicity is the group that believe in the culture and it is part of their ancestry.
Ethnicity includes culture. Both refer to habits of thinking and behaving.
What family structure did Murdock (a structural functionalist) think was universal? - correct answer
✔✔The nuclear family; performs 4 essential functions: stabilizing sex drive, reproduction, socialization of
the young, and economic production
*Nuclear family means a man and a woman with children(one or more) that lives in the same household
What is Murdock's definition of family? - correct answer ✔✔A social group characterized by common
residence, economic cooperation, and reproduction. It includes adults of both sexes, at least two of
whom maintain a socially approved sexual relationship, and one or more children, own or adopted, of
the sexually cohabiting adults
What are the four functions that Murdock thought that family structures serve? - correct answer ✔✔-
Sexual: provides a socially acceptable outlet for sexual activity
- Reproduction: producing new members of society
- Socialization: teaching kids skills they need to be successful members of society
- Economic: Provides for the physical needs of the family.
What are ways in which the four "functions" are fulfilled by institutions other than the family? - correct
answer ✔✔Israeli Kibbutz: commune with shared meals, living spaces, and belongings.
China Mosuo: "walking marriage" when men who aren't biological family serve no role in raising the
children other than the sexual functions.
What is a "Walking Marriage"? - correct answer ✔✔Partners do not live in the same household; children
tend to be raised by their mothers and their mother's family
What is "nurturant socialization"(a possible "fifth" function)? - correct answer ✔✔- being socialized by
people who truly care about you
- many different familial arrangements can serve this purpose
