FAML160 Midterm All Questions Exam A+ 2025/2026
How does our relationship with our mother affect our future relationships? - We tend to
repeat the attachment we made with our mothers.
What is the most common family arrangement? - Nuclear family.
Do opposites attract? - They can, but we tend to be attracted to similarity. Differences
can turn into irritations.
What are the reasons people in the US marry? -
What impact does having children have on marriage? - It decreases marital satisfaction,
adds financial strains, require energy, leaves one or both parents exhausted and short-
tempered. The impact of children seems to depend on the quality of the marriage.
Is it okay to have conflict in a marriage? - Yes
Is the divorce rate increasing or decreasing? - Decreasing
What percent of marriages end in divorce? - 43%
Are births to unmarried women increasing? - Yes, dramatically.
Are more people choosing to live alone these days? - Yes.
Are people waiting longer to get married? - Yes, many are delaying marriage.
What are the benefits of marriage? - Contributes to fulfillment, mental health improves.
In a research study that surveyed couples married over 15 years, did the husbands and
wives overall agree on what makes a long-lasting and fulfilling marriage? - Overall, they
did agree.
How common is the following family arrangement-an employed father, a stay-at-home
mother, and children? - Majority of women are employed.
Be familiar with conflict theory, symbolic interaction theory, exchange theory, and
systems theory. - Conflict theory: focuses on contradictory interests, inequalities, and
resulting conflict and change.
Symbolic interaction theory: views humans as cognitive creatures who are influenced
and shaped by their interaction experiences.
Systems theory: focuses on social systems and how their interdependent parts maintain
order.
Are their higher spousal abuse rates in poor families? -
, Know the terms polygyny, polygamy, and polyandry. - Polygyny: marriage of a man to
two or more wives.
Polygamy: marriage of one person to two or more people of the opposite sex.
Polyandry: marriage of a woman to two or more husbands.
What were some of the imposed penalties of singlehood in Colonial America? -
Why is single parenting increasing? - Abandonment/divorce, the other parent was
incarcerated, the other parent didn't want to marry them, or they are widowed.
Which group (in terms of marital status) has the highest rate of poverty? - Single
mothers.
Children of single parent families are more likely to ___________ than children from
two-parent families. - get involved in early sexual activity and adolescent pregnancy, be
victims of abuse, and use illicit drugs.
The children of which ethnic group are more likely to live in single-parent families? -
African-American.
What are some general characteristics of White, African-American, Hispanic, and Asian-
American families? - Whites: traditional family unit, male breadwinner, female nurturer,
increasingly women have incomes, education varies from high school graduation to
master's degree, middle class
African American: divorce, single mom, early sexual experience, unwanted pregnancy,
violent disagreements, spouse abuse, neglect/maltreatment pf children, violent
neighborhoods.
Hispanics: Less likely to be divorced, importance of children, highest birthrate (esp.
teens), higher distress levels, higher conflict and abuse levels, less marital satisfaction,
more egalitarianism.
Asian Americans: expects graduate degrees, most married households, collective
ideals, male dominance, male breadwinner, wife nurturer, first sexual experience later.
Who expresses feelings more-men or women? - Women.
Who experiences more emotions-men or women? - Neither, they experience about the
same.
Are women and men more similar then different? - Generally no, but it varies. Christ is
adrogynous.
How does our relationship with our mother affect our future relationships? - We tend to
repeat the attachment we made with our mothers.
What is the most common family arrangement? - Nuclear family.
Do opposites attract? - They can, but we tend to be attracted to similarity. Differences
can turn into irritations.
What are the reasons people in the US marry? -
What impact does having children have on marriage? - It decreases marital satisfaction,
adds financial strains, require energy, leaves one or both parents exhausted and short-
tempered. The impact of children seems to depend on the quality of the marriage.
Is it okay to have conflict in a marriage? - Yes
Is the divorce rate increasing or decreasing? - Decreasing
What percent of marriages end in divorce? - 43%
Are births to unmarried women increasing? - Yes, dramatically.
Are more people choosing to live alone these days? - Yes.
Are people waiting longer to get married? - Yes, many are delaying marriage.
What are the benefits of marriage? - Contributes to fulfillment, mental health improves.
In a research study that surveyed couples married over 15 years, did the husbands and
wives overall agree on what makes a long-lasting and fulfilling marriage? - Overall, they
did agree.
How common is the following family arrangement-an employed father, a stay-at-home
mother, and children? - Majority of women are employed.
Be familiar with conflict theory, symbolic interaction theory, exchange theory, and
systems theory. - Conflict theory: focuses on contradictory interests, inequalities, and
resulting conflict and change.
Symbolic interaction theory: views humans as cognitive creatures who are influenced
and shaped by their interaction experiences.
Systems theory: focuses on social systems and how their interdependent parts maintain
order.
Are their higher spousal abuse rates in poor families? -
, Know the terms polygyny, polygamy, and polyandry. - Polygyny: marriage of a man to
two or more wives.
Polygamy: marriage of one person to two or more people of the opposite sex.
Polyandry: marriage of a woman to two or more husbands.
What were some of the imposed penalties of singlehood in Colonial America? -
Why is single parenting increasing? - Abandonment/divorce, the other parent was
incarcerated, the other parent didn't want to marry them, or they are widowed.
Which group (in terms of marital status) has the highest rate of poverty? - Single
mothers.
Children of single parent families are more likely to ___________ than children from
two-parent families. - get involved in early sexual activity and adolescent pregnancy, be
victims of abuse, and use illicit drugs.
The children of which ethnic group are more likely to live in single-parent families? -
African-American.
What are some general characteristics of White, African-American, Hispanic, and Asian-
American families? - Whites: traditional family unit, male breadwinner, female nurturer,
increasingly women have incomes, education varies from high school graduation to
master's degree, middle class
African American: divorce, single mom, early sexual experience, unwanted pregnancy,
violent disagreements, spouse abuse, neglect/maltreatment pf children, violent
neighborhoods.
Hispanics: Less likely to be divorced, importance of children, highest birthrate (esp.
teens), higher distress levels, higher conflict and abuse levels, less marital satisfaction,
more egalitarianism.
Asian Americans: expects graduate degrees, most married households, collective
ideals, male dominance, male breadwinner, wife nurturer, first sexual experience later.
Who expresses feelings more-men or women? - Women.
Who experiences more emotions-men or women? - Neither, they experience about the
same.
Are women and men more similar then different? - Generally no, but it varies. Christ is
adrogynous.
