SOCIOLOGY EXAM 5 EXAM PREP
SOLVED QUESTIONS ACCURATE
ANSWERS PREMIUM REVIEW
◉ Serial Monogomamy
Answer: Series of monogamous marriages
◉ Polygamy
Answer: having more than one spouse at a time
◉ Polygyny
Answer: a form of marriage in which men have more than one
wife
◉ Polyandry
Answer: a form of marriage in which women have more than one
husband
◉ Which form of polygamy is more common?
Answer: Polygyny
◉ Where is polygyny found
,Answer: islamic societies, like Malaysia
◉ Where is polyandry found?
Answer: only in Himachal Pradesh
◉ Fraternal polyandry
Answer: woman marries 2/3 brothers
◉ Why does polyandry happen?
Answer: There aren't enough females for all males to have their
own wives, hence brothers share a wife
◉ How can the sex ratio be imbalanced in a population?
Answer: There can be a genetic tendency within a population
towards one particular sex
◉ What main thing does fraternal polyandry prevent?
Answer: land division
◉ Fraternal polyandry is a mean of what?
Answer: Birth control- keeps population from expanding too
much
◉ Exchange theory
, Answer: assumes that people make choices and they follow
courses of action based on their calculations of costs and benefits
◉ Net benefit
Answer: people choose to do things to make net benefit high; it is
the most benefit at the lowest cost
EX: forming a relationship bc it is mutually beneficial
◉ Homogamy
Answer: marriage between people with the same social
characteristics(age, ethnicity religion, education level)
* People who are similar are more likely to get along
◉ Heterogamy
Answer: marriage between people with differing social
characteristics
* These marriages are more at risk for divorce
◉ Matching Hypothesis
Answer: People tend to mate with those of equal physical
attractiveness
◉ Complementary needs theory
SOLVED QUESTIONS ACCURATE
ANSWERS PREMIUM REVIEW
◉ Serial Monogomamy
Answer: Series of monogamous marriages
◉ Polygamy
Answer: having more than one spouse at a time
◉ Polygyny
Answer: a form of marriage in which men have more than one
wife
◉ Polyandry
Answer: a form of marriage in which women have more than one
husband
◉ Which form of polygamy is more common?
Answer: Polygyny
◉ Where is polygyny found
,Answer: islamic societies, like Malaysia
◉ Where is polyandry found?
Answer: only in Himachal Pradesh
◉ Fraternal polyandry
Answer: woman marries 2/3 brothers
◉ Why does polyandry happen?
Answer: There aren't enough females for all males to have their
own wives, hence brothers share a wife
◉ How can the sex ratio be imbalanced in a population?
Answer: There can be a genetic tendency within a population
towards one particular sex
◉ What main thing does fraternal polyandry prevent?
Answer: land division
◉ Fraternal polyandry is a mean of what?
Answer: Birth control- keeps population from expanding too
much
◉ Exchange theory
, Answer: assumes that people make choices and they follow
courses of action based on their calculations of costs and benefits
◉ Net benefit
Answer: people choose to do things to make net benefit high; it is
the most benefit at the lowest cost
EX: forming a relationship bc it is mutually beneficial
◉ Homogamy
Answer: marriage between people with the same social
characteristics(age, ethnicity religion, education level)
* People who are similar are more likely to get along
◉ Heterogamy
Answer: marriage between people with differing social
characteristics
* These marriages are more at risk for divorce
◉ Matching Hypothesis
Answer: People tend to mate with those of equal physical
attractiveness
◉ Complementary needs theory
