Test #3, Sociology (Spencer Blake, SLCC)
UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Bilateral System - CORRECT ANSWER - Family descent (both mother/ father) are
equally as important.
Endogamy - CORRECT ANSWER - Marrying within one's own group (no outside castes/
groups)
Exogamy - CORRECT ANSWER - Marrying outside of one's group (caste/ social status
group)
Family of orientation - CORRECT ANSWER - Family including moms, dads, sisters,
brothers, etc.
Family of Procreation - CORRECT ANSWER - Happens of marriage/ birth of a child
(kinda happens cause ya)
Incest Taboo - CORRECT ANSWER - Rule that prohibits sex and marriage amongst
designated relatives.
Patriarchy - CORRECT ANSWER - Dads have power in society (80-20 power divide)
Matriarchy - CORRECT ANSWER - Moms have power in society (60-40 power divide)
Patrilineal System - CORRECT ANSWER - Descent only counts on the fathers side (drop
moms last name)
, Matrilineal System - CORRECT ANSWER - Descent only counts on the mothers side
(Drop dads last name)
Monogamy - CORRECT ANSWER - One male, one female
Group Marriage - CORRECT ANSWER - All men are married to all women and vice
versa
Plural Marriage - CORRECT ANSWER - Polygamy, lots of marriages consisting of both
polyandry and polygyny
Polyandry - CORRECT ANSWER - One woman, multiple husbands
Polygyny - CORRECT ANSWER - One male, multiple wives
Cohabitation - CORRECT ANSWER - Unmarried couples living together with a sexual
relationship occurring
Homogamy - CORRECT ANSWER - The tendency of people to marry people with similar
characteristics.
Blended Families - CORRECT ANSWER - A family whose members were once part of
other families
Middletown studies - CORRECT ANSWER - Conducted by Robert/ Helyn Lynd were
they spent 10 years in a small Indiana town and were able to find out everything about that town.
(Family arrangements, peoples life events, etc.)
Robert/ Helen Lynd - CORRECT ANSWER - Conductors of middletown studies
UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Bilateral System - CORRECT ANSWER - Family descent (both mother/ father) are
equally as important.
Endogamy - CORRECT ANSWER - Marrying within one's own group (no outside castes/
groups)
Exogamy - CORRECT ANSWER - Marrying outside of one's group (caste/ social status
group)
Family of orientation - CORRECT ANSWER - Family including moms, dads, sisters,
brothers, etc.
Family of Procreation - CORRECT ANSWER - Happens of marriage/ birth of a child
(kinda happens cause ya)
Incest Taboo - CORRECT ANSWER - Rule that prohibits sex and marriage amongst
designated relatives.
Patriarchy - CORRECT ANSWER - Dads have power in society (80-20 power divide)
Matriarchy - CORRECT ANSWER - Moms have power in society (60-40 power divide)
Patrilineal System - CORRECT ANSWER - Descent only counts on the fathers side (drop
moms last name)
, Matrilineal System - CORRECT ANSWER - Descent only counts on the mothers side
(Drop dads last name)
Monogamy - CORRECT ANSWER - One male, one female
Group Marriage - CORRECT ANSWER - All men are married to all women and vice
versa
Plural Marriage - CORRECT ANSWER - Polygamy, lots of marriages consisting of both
polyandry and polygyny
Polyandry - CORRECT ANSWER - One woman, multiple husbands
Polygyny - CORRECT ANSWER - One male, multiple wives
Cohabitation - CORRECT ANSWER - Unmarried couples living together with a sexual
relationship occurring
Homogamy - CORRECT ANSWER - The tendency of people to marry people with similar
characteristics.
Blended Families - CORRECT ANSWER - A family whose members were once part of
other families
Middletown studies - CORRECT ANSWER - Conducted by Robert/ Helyn Lynd were
they spent 10 years in a small Indiana town and were able to find out everything about that town.
(Family arrangements, peoples life events, etc.)
Robert/ Helen Lynd - CORRECT ANSWER - Conductors of middletown studies
