Marriage & Family - Final Exam
Functionalists believe that traditional families are beneficial to both parents and children.
A. True
B. False -
✅ A
Polls show that Americans still idealize the traditional family.
A. True
B. False -
✅ A
Which of the following is TRUE about children raised in same-sex partnership homes?
A. They have self-esteem issues from being teased at school
B. They are withdrawn and suspicious.
C. There is little difference in their social or emotional development from those raised in other
homes.
D. None of the above -
✅ C
A person who is serving as a parent, but who is not biologically related to the child, is termed a(n)
A. grandparent
B. secondary parent
C. psychological parent
D. none of these -
✅ C
Before _________, no gay or lesbian couple in the United States was entitled to the legal benefits
awarded to traditionally married couples, regardless of how long they had been living together.
A. 1970
B. 1980
C. 1990
D. 2000 -
✅ D
In 2009, Miss USA pageant contestant Carrie Prejean gave a controversial answer to a question
about
A. single parenthood
B. welfare mothers
C. gay marriage
D. none of these -
✅ C
Which of the five categories of cohabitation identified by Heuveline and Timberlake describes
couples who are in stable relationships and may have children, but who prefer not to marry?
A. prelude to marriage
B. alternative to marriage
C. alternative to singlehood
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, D. none of these -
✅ B
Under which of the following conditions does the Muslim faith permit polygamy?
A. When there is a war, and combat deaths have lead to a shortage of marriageable men.
B. When a wife becomes chronically ill.
C. When a couple is unable to have children.
D. All of these are examples of circumstances in which the Muslim faith may permit polygamy. -
✅ D
Only _________________ guarantees rights to same-sex couples at the state level.
A. civil union
B. same-sex marriage
C. domestic partnership
D. either A or C -
✅ B
In general, when we compare the outcomes of children raised by grandparents to those raised in
non-grandparent households, we find
A. a host of difficulties and problems, including depression, among those raised by grandparents.
B. fewer difficulties and problems among those raised by grandparents, likely due to extra attention
and time that grandparents may have available for children.
C. no appreciable difference; their outcomes are comparable, there does not seem to be a
'grandparent effect'.
D. none of these -
✅ C
Although family patterns have changed greatly in recent years, ______ percent of all children still
live in households with two parents.
A. 30%
B. 45%
C. 70%
D. 90% -
✅ C
Daisy is eight years old. Her parents are divorced, and her father Max is remarried to a woman
named Tonya. Daisy feels conflicted because, on one hand she likes Tonya, but on the other hand
this makes her feel as though she is letting her mother down somehow. This best exemplifies the
________ stage of stepfamily formation.
A. fantasy
B. immersion
C. awareness
D. mobilization -
✅ B
Married couples have ___________ sex than/as single people or couples who live together.
A. more
B. less
C. the same amount
D. trick question; this issue has not been measured by social scientists -
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Functionalists believe that traditional families are beneficial to both parents and children.
A. True
B. False -
✅ A
Polls show that Americans still idealize the traditional family.
A. True
B. False -
✅ A
Which of the following is TRUE about children raised in same-sex partnership homes?
A. They have self-esteem issues from being teased at school
B. They are withdrawn and suspicious.
C. There is little difference in their social or emotional development from those raised in other
homes.
D. None of the above -
✅ C
A person who is serving as a parent, but who is not biologically related to the child, is termed a(n)
A. grandparent
B. secondary parent
C. psychological parent
D. none of these -
✅ C
Before _________, no gay or lesbian couple in the United States was entitled to the legal benefits
awarded to traditionally married couples, regardless of how long they had been living together.
A. 1970
B. 1980
C. 1990
D. 2000 -
✅ D
In 2009, Miss USA pageant contestant Carrie Prejean gave a controversial answer to a question
about
A. single parenthood
B. welfare mothers
C. gay marriage
D. none of these -
✅ C
Which of the five categories of cohabitation identified by Heuveline and Timberlake describes
couples who are in stable relationships and may have children, but who prefer not to marry?
A. prelude to marriage
B. alternative to marriage
C. alternative to singlehood
1
, D. none of these -
✅ B
Under which of the following conditions does the Muslim faith permit polygamy?
A. When there is a war, and combat deaths have lead to a shortage of marriageable men.
B. When a wife becomes chronically ill.
C. When a couple is unable to have children.
D. All of these are examples of circumstances in which the Muslim faith may permit polygamy. -
✅ D
Only _________________ guarantees rights to same-sex couples at the state level.
A. civil union
B. same-sex marriage
C. domestic partnership
D. either A or C -
✅ B
In general, when we compare the outcomes of children raised by grandparents to those raised in
non-grandparent households, we find
A. a host of difficulties and problems, including depression, among those raised by grandparents.
B. fewer difficulties and problems among those raised by grandparents, likely due to extra attention
and time that grandparents may have available for children.
C. no appreciable difference; their outcomes are comparable, there does not seem to be a
'grandparent effect'.
D. none of these -
✅ C
Although family patterns have changed greatly in recent years, ______ percent of all children still
live in households with two parents.
A. 30%
B. 45%
C. 70%
D. 90% -
✅ C
Daisy is eight years old. Her parents are divorced, and her father Max is remarried to a woman
named Tonya. Daisy feels conflicted because, on one hand she likes Tonya, but on the other hand
this makes her feel as though she is letting her mother down somehow. This best exemplifies the
________ stage of stepfamily formation.
A. fantasy
B. immersion
C. awareness
D. mobilization -
✅ B
Married couples have ___________ sex than/as single people or couples who live together.
A. more
B. less
C. the same amount
D. trick question; this issue has not been measured by social scientists -
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