Marriage & Family: Ch. 1-2 Practice Test

Marriage & Family: Ch. 1/2 Practice Test

Question 1
Functionalists are interested in both the manifest and the __________ functions of social
institutions. -
✅ latent

Question 2
_________ go beyond our individual experiences to study marriages and families in social,
historical, political, and cross-cultural contexts. -
✅ Sociologists

Question 3
The primary goal of the welfare system was to provide temporary assistance to families in need.
Unfortunately, the system has also fostered dependency. Functionalists would call this dependency
a(n)__________ function of the welfare system. -
✅ latent

Question 4
A theory -
✅ attempts to explain some phenomenon.

Question 5
The structural functionalist perspective is known for its focus on -
✅ society's structures functioning to maintain stability.

Question 6
In studying the relationship between financial difficulties and marital problems, the researcher
follows a systematic set of procedures. In doing so, the researcher is using the -
✅ scientific method.

Question 7
A major criticism of feminist research is that it tends to be -
✅ subjective.

Question 8
Empirical evidence is information -
✅ that can be confirmed through our human senses.

Question 9
In sociology, theoretical perspective is defined as -
✅ using a particular point of view to explain social reality.

Question 10
A particularly useful research method for learning the attitudes of a group of married people would
be -
✅ a survey.


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, Question 11
In their study of gender socialization in Latina(o) families, Raffaelli and Ontai used -
✅ a combination of quantitative and qualitative analysis.

Question 12
One disadvantage of using the survey format is that -
✅ the researcher may unintentionally influence the respondent.

Question 13
According to the text, traditional research on the family has ignored not only women in general but
__________ as well. -
✅ people of color

Question 14
The goal of scientific research is to -
✅ provide empirical evidence.

Question 15
Raffaelli and Ontai's study of gender socialization in Latina(o) families employed what type of
sociological method? -
✅ survey

Question 16
According to the text, the variety of theories and perspectives used to understand marriages and
families -
✅ frequently complement each other.

Question 17
Following the birth of their third child, Mary and John realized that Mary had to go back to work to
help make ends meet financially. This meant, however, that they would spend less time together as a
family. Sociologists would say that Mary going back to work was both -
✅ functional and dysfunctional.

Question 18
The Hawthorne effect refers to -
✅ the deliberate or subconscious change in behavior by those being studied.

Question 19
The racial composition of welfare families is: -
✅ fairly evenly distributed across racial and ethnic groups.

Question 20
What is the term used for the set of procedures that ensures accuracy and honesty during the
research process? -
✅ scientific method

Question 21
In attempting to find out how a particular family copes with the loss of a family member, a
researcher collected and analyzed data on each family member. This method is called a/an -
✅ case study.


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