Marriage and Family midterm NEMCC Questions With
Complete Solutions
____________ are most likely of all ethnic/racial categories to
intermarry.
A) Asian Americans
B) American Indians
C) Hispanics
D) African Americans Correct Answer American Indians
_____________ refers to male or female anatomy and
physiology.
A) sex
B) gender role
C) gender
D) gender identity Correct Answer Sex
______________ theory suggests that people tend to marry
others whose social currency— social class, education, physical
attractiveness— is similar to their own.
A) interactionist
B) functionalist
C) exchange
D) conflict Correct Answer Exchange
A ___________ is a situation or place characterized by group
living.
,A) hospital
B) club
C) gathering
D) commune Correct Answer Commune
A feminine expectation that has emerged over the past thirty
years is that of the "__________ woman:" independent,
ambitious, and self-confident.
A) professional
B) ideal
C) bureaucratic
D) powerful but lonely Correct Answer Professional
A legally or policy-defined relationship between two individuals
who live together and share a domestic life but are not married is
called a
A) common law partnership
B) civil arrangement
C) domestic partnership
D) faux marriage relationship Correct Answer Domestic
partnership
A majority of children live in __________ households.
A) two parent
B) single father
C) divorced
D) single mother Correct Answer Two parent
, A person who believed in the "family-decline" theory might say
the following:
A) there has been a serious breakdown in marriage and family
values
B) there is no marriage crisis
C) families today are better off than in the past
D) family life isn't getting worse, it just adjusts to the times
Correct Answer There has been a serious breakdown in
marriage and family values
A relative absence of assertiveness and ambition characterizes
our expectations of women, who are thought to embody
__________ character traits.
A) aggressive
B) expressive
C) instrumental
D) agentic Correct Answer Expressive
A sense of one's sexual identity begins in ___________.
A) adulthood
B) puberty
C) childhood
D) adolescence Correct Answer Childhood
About __________ percent of all American children are
expected to live in a single-parent household at some point in
their lives.
Complete Solutions
____________ are most likely of all ethnic/racial categories to
intermarry.
A) Asian Americans
B) American Indians
C) Hispanics
D) African Americans Correct Answer American Indians
_____________ refers to male or female anatomy and
physiology.
A) sex
B) gender role
C) gender
D) gender identity Correct Answer Sex
______________ theory suggests that people tend to marry
others whose social currency— social class, education, physical
attractiveness— is similar to their own.
A) interactionist
B) functionalist
C) exchange
D) conflict Correct Answer Exchange
A ___________ is a situation or place characterized by group
living.
,A) hospital
B) club
C) gathering
D) commune Correct Answer Commune
A feminine expectation that has emerged over the past thirty
years is that of the "__________ woman:" independent,
ambitious, and self-confident.
A) professional
B) ideal
C) bureaucratic
D) powerful but lonely Correct Answer Professional
A legally or policy-defined relationship between two individuals
who live together and share a domestic life but are not married is
called a
A) common law partnership
B) civil arrangement
C) domestic partnership
D) faux marriage relationship Correct Answer Domestic
partnership
A majority of children live in __________ households.
A) two parent
B) single father
C) divorced
D) single mother Correct Answer Two parent
, A person who believed in the "family-decline" theory might say
the following:
A) there has been a serious breakdown in marriage and family
values
B) there is no marriage crisis
C) families today are better off than in the past
D) family life isn't getting worse, it just adjusts to the times
Correct Answer There has been a serious breakdown in
marriage and family values
A relative absence of assertiveness and ambition characterizes
our expectations of women, who are thought to embody
__________ character traits.
A) aggressive
B) expressive
C) instrumental
D) agentic Correct Answer Expressive
A sense of one's sexual identity begins in ___________.
A) adulthood
B) puberty
C) childhood
D) adolescence Correct Answer Childhood
About __________ percent of all American children are
expected to live in a single-parent household at some point in
their lives.
