SOCY 1000: Exam 5 (McConnell) Test
Questions All Answered Correct 2025-
2026 Edition.
when people follow social expectations to be married and want only the status of being
married, marriage is what type? - Answer institutional
what theory explains mate selection in terms of personality traits and supports the saying
"opposites attract"? - Answer complimentary needs
children are free to spend their time in unstructured activities when working class parents
assume what? - Answer accomplishment of natural growth
in what form of marriage is each partner married only to the other partner at a given time? -
Answer monogamy
parents who try to develop self-direction and reason in their children are doing what? - Answer
concerted cultivation
marriage in which a woman has more than one husband at a given time is what? - Answer
polyandry
people can experiment with different marital arrangements due to what? - Answer
deinstitutionalization of marriage
a man has more than one wife at a given time in what? - Answer polygyny
polygyny is one type of what general form of marriage? - Answer polygamy
on what general theory is the matching hypothesis based? - Answer exchange theory
what kind of marriage may be less happy because the partners are very different from one
another? - Answer heterogamous marriage
, whose research developed the terms "concerted cultivation" and "accomplishment of natural
growth"? - Answer annette lareau
each partner is concerned primarily with how the other will enhance oneself in what form of
marriage? - Answer individualized marriage
marriages in which both partners are from the same racial, religious, educational and political
categories are instances of what? - Answer homogamy
what form of marriage is represented by the following? (two circles that intersect) - Answer
companionate marriage
t/f lareau observed that conversations between middle class parents and their children are
short and direct - Answer false, working/lower class fams do that
t/f there may be a clear division of labor in companionate marriage - Answer true,
breadwinner vs. homemaker
t/f andrew cherlin finds that with the deinstitutionalization of marriage, couples want simple
marriage ceremonies - Answer true
t/f institutional marriage is based on companionate love - Answer false, institutional
marriage means spouses don't care about one another
t/f lareau observes that black and white families within the middle class raise their kids in the
same way - Answer true, race had no effect
how can the 3 theories of mate selection be understood in terms of exchange theory? - Answer
homogamy
- like marries like
- people who are similar understand one another more
- makes exchange easier
matching hypothesis
- gives each partner greater "payoff" than if they'd selected a less attractive partner
Questions All Answered Correct 2025-
2026 Edition.
when people follow social expectations to be married and want only the status of being
married, marriage is what type? - Answer institutional
what theory explains mate selection in terms of personality traits and supports the saying
"opposites attract"? - Answer complimentary needs
children are free to spend their time in unstructured activities when working class parents
assume what? - Answer accomplishment of natural growth
in what form of marriage is each partner married only to the other partner at a given time? -
Answer monogamy
parents who try to develop self-direction and reason in their children are doing what? - Answer
concerted cultivation
marriage in which a woman has more than one husband at a given time is what? - Answer
polyandry
people can experiment with different marital arrangements due to what? - Answer
deinstitutionalization of marriage
a man has more than one wife at a given time in what? - Answer polygyny
polygyny is one type of what general form of marriage? - Answer polygamy
on what general theory is the matching hypothesis based? - Answer exchange theory
what kind of marriage may be less happy because the partners are very different from one
another? - Answer heterogamous marriage
, whose research developed the terms "concerted cultivation" and "accomplishment of natural
growth"? - Answer annette lareau
each partner is concerned primarily with how the other will enhance oneself in what form of
marriage? - Answer individualized marriage
marriages in which both partners are from the same racial, religious, educational and political
categories are instances of what? - Answer homogamy
what form of marriage is represented by the following? (two circles that intersect) - Answer
companionate marriage
t/f lareau observed that conversations between middle class parents and their children are
short and direct - Answer false, working/lower class fams do that
t/f there may be a clear division of labor in companionate marriage - Answer true,
breadwinner vs. homemaker
t/f andrew cherlin finds that with the deinstitutionalization of marriage, couples want simple
marriage ceremonies - Answer true
t/f institutional marriage is based on companionate love - Answer false, institutional
marriage means spouses don't care about one another
t/f lareau observes that black and white families within the middle class raise their kids in the
same way - Answer true, race had no effect
how can the 3 theories of mate selection be understood in terms of exchange theory? - Answer
homogamy
- like marries like
- people who are similar understand one another more
- makes exchange easier
matching hypothesis
- gives each partner greater "payoff" than if they'd selected a less attractive partner
