Questions and CORRECT Answers
Nuclear Family: - CORRECT ANSWER - Consists of parents and their children living
together.
Conjugal Family System - CORRECT ANSWER - Emphasizes the creation of a family
through marriage and focuses on the couple relationship between husband and wife
Consanguineal Family Systems: - CORRECT ANSWER - A group of people affiliated
together by birth. Blood ties and extended family ties.
Polygyny - CORRECT ANSWER - One man with multiple wives
Polyandry - CORRECT ANSWER - One woman with multiple husbands
Monogamy - CORRECT ANSWER - One man being married to one woman
Matrilineal - CORRECT ANSWER - Descent traced through the mother's line
Patrilineal - CORRECT ANSWER - Descent traced through the father's line
Bilateral - CORRECT ANSWER - Descent traced through both the mother and father
Matriarchal - CORRECT ANSWER - Authority and Dominance held by females
Patriarchal - CORRECT ANSWER - Authority and dominance held my males
, Equalitarian - CORRECT ANSWER - Equal distribution of authority between genders
Matrilocal - CORRECT ANSWER - Living near the wife's family
Patrilocal - CORRECT ANSWER - Living near the husband's family
Neolocal - CORRECT ANSWER - Independent residence away from both families
Traditional organization of the family: - CORRECT ANSWER - Historically characterized
by nuclear families with patriarchal authority.
Current organization of family: - CORRECT ANSWER - Increasing diversity including
single-parent households and cohabitation.
Trends in marriage rates: - CORRECT ANSWER - Declining
Trends in divorce rates: - CORRECT ANSWER - Stabilizing or slightly declining
Trends in age at first marriage: - CORRECT ANSWER - Increasing
Birthrates: - CORRECT ANSWER - Declining
Trends in cohabitation: - CORRECT ANSWER - Increasing
Trends in Gay and lesbian couples: - CORRECT ANSWER - Increasing
Equity and Exchange Theory: - CORRECT ANSWER - Fair division of household labor
enhances marital satisfaction.