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TEST BANK
Exploring Marriages and Families
Karen Seccombe
ST
3rd Edition
Chapters 1-15
U
D
YW
BR
IA
N
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Chapter 1:
Why Study Families and Other Close Relationships?
Part I: Multiple Choice Questions
All questions are identified by their type and level of difficulty.
ST
Skill Type:
Remember the Facts
Understand the Concepts
Apply What You Know
Analyze It
U
Level of Difficulty:
1=Easy
D
2=Moderate
3=Difficult
YW
Learning Objectives:
LO 1 - 5
Learning Objective 1: Identify the different definitions of “family” and their implications
1. Relationships by blood, marriage, or affection, in which members may cooperate economically, may
care for children, and may consider their identity to be intimately connected to the larger group, define
BR
a/an:
a) domestic partner.
b) fictive kin.
c) empirical approach.
d) family. *
e) human agency.
IA
Answer: D
TB_01_01_How Do We Define Family?, LO 1, How Do We Define Family?, Skill: Understand the
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Concepts, Difficulty: 1
2. Angel’s parents keep asking her when she and her husband Tomas are “going to have a family.” What
her parents probably mean is:
a) When are they going to have children? *
b) When are they going to get registered as domestic partners?
c) When are they going to become fictive kin?
d) When will they become a family of orientation?
e) Are they ready for human agency?
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Answer: A
TB_01_02_How Do We Define Family?, LO 1, How Do We Define Family?, Skill: Apply What You
Know, Difficulty: 2
3. You, your siblings, and your parents comprise your:
a) family of orientation. *
b) fictive kin.
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c) family of procreation.
d) domestic partners.
e) human agency.
Answer: A
U
TB_01_03_How Do We Define Family?, LO 1, How Do We Define Family?, Skill: Apply What You
Know, Difficulty: 2
D
4. You have a special older friend that you are very close to and call “Auntie Marge,” even though she is
not related to you. You invite her to many family functions and share traditions together. You feel that
she would help you in a time of need. Marge is an example of a/an:
YW
a) domestic partner.
b) fictive kin. *
c) family of orientation.
d) symbolic interaction.
e) social institution.
Answer: B
BR
TB_01_04_How Do We Define Family?, LO 1, How Do We Define Family?, Skill: Apply What You
Know, Difficulty: 2
5. How we define “family” is important for many reasons. Which is NOT one of the reasons?
a) Unmarried partners cannot file jointly on federal taxes.
b) Many employer health insurance plans do not cover unmarried partners.
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c) Unmarried persons cannot collect Social Security benefits from their partner.
d) Unmarried persons cannot buy a house together. *
e) A company may not offer bereavement leave to an unmarried partner.
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Answer: D
TB_01_05_How Do We Define Family?, LO 1, How Do We Define Family?, Skill: Remember the
Facts, Difficulty: 2
Learning Objective 2: Describe the functions of families
6. Which of the following is NOT a universal function of families?
a) to reproduce and socialize children
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b) to encourage economic cooperation
c) to regulate sexual behavior
d) to provide care, warmth, protection, and intimacy
e) to offer human agency *
Answer: E
TB_01_06_The Functions of Families, LO 2, The Functions of Families, Skill: Understand the
Concepts, Difficulty: 2
ST
Learning Objective 3: Recognize the link between micro-level and macro-level perspectives on families
7. Which is NOT one of the themes of the textbook?
a) Families are different from one culture to another and therefore families have no real universal
U
features or functions. *
b) The best way to truly understand families is to link two perspectives on them: the micro- and
macro-level perspectives.
D
c) Families are not monolithic or static, but instead are ever-changing.
d) Social science theory and research can help us understand families and close relationships.
YW
Answer: A
TB_01_07_Theme 1: Linking the Micro-level and Macro-level Perspectives on, LO 3, Theme 1:
Linking the Micro-level and Macro-level Perspectives on Families, Skill: Remember the Facts,
Difficulty: 2
8. A/an perspective focuses on individuals’ interactions in specific settings.
a) focus group
BR
b) experimental
c) micro-level *
d) conflict
e) macro-level
Answer: C
IA
TB_01_08_Theme 1: Linking the Micro-level and Macro-level Perspectives on, LO 3, Theme 1:
Linking the Micro-level and Macro-level Perspectives on Families, Skill: Understand the Concepts,
Difficulty: 1
N
9. Clay is writing a paper for his class about the ways in which marriage is interconnected with the rest of
society and with other social institutions. He argues that relationships are not isolated entities, but are
interconnected with social, cultural, economic, and political forces. Which perspective is he using?
a) macro-level *
b) secondary analysis
c) empirical
d) micro-level
e) symbolic interaction
TEST BANK
Exploring Marriages and Families
Karen Seccombe
ST
3rd Edition
Chapters 1-15
U
D
YW
BR
IA
N
,@PROFDOCDIGITALLIBRARIES
Chapter 1:
Why Study Families and Other Close Relationships?
Part I: Multiple Choice Questions
All questions are identified by their type and level of difficulty.
ST
Skill Type:
Remember the Facts
Understand the Concepts
Apply What You Know
Analyze It
U
Level of Difficulty:
1=Easy
D
2=Moderate
3=Difficult
YW
Learning Objectives:
LO 1 - 5
Learning Objective 1: Identify the different definitions of “family” and their implications
1. Relationships by blood, marriage, or affection, in which members may cooperate economically, may
care for children, and may consider their identity to be intimately connected to the larger group, define
BR
a/an:
a) domestic partner.
b) fictive kin.
c) empirical approach.
d) family. *
e) human agency.
IA
Answer: D
TB_01_01_How Do We Define Family?, LO 1, How Do We Define Family?, Skill: Understand the
N
Concepts, Difficulty: 1
2. Angel’s parents keep asking her when she and her husband Tomas are “going to have a family.” What
her parents probably mean is:
a) When are they going to have children? *
b) When are they going to get registered as domestic partners?
c) When are they going to become fictive kin?
d) When will they become a family of orientation?
e) Are they ready for human agency?
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Answer: A
TB_01_02_How Do We Define Family?, LO 1, How Do We Define Family?, Skill: Apply What You
Know, Difficulty: 2
3. You, your siblings, and your parents comprise your:
a) family of orientation. *
b) fictive kin.
ST
c) family of procreation.
d) domestic partners.
e) human agency.
Answer: A
U
TB_01_03_How Do We Define Family?, LO 1, How Do We Define Family?, Skill: Apply What You
Know, Difficulty: 2
D
4. You have a special older friend that you are very close to and call “Auntie Marge,” even though she is
not related to you. You invite her to many family functions and share traditions together. You feel that
she would help you in a time of need. Marge is an example of a/an:
YW
a) domestic partner.
b) fictive kin. *
c) family of orientation.
d) symbolic interaction.
e) social institution.
Answer: B
BR
TB_01_04_How Do We Define Family?, LO 1, How Do We Define Family?, Skill: Apply What You
Know, Difficulty: 2
5. How we define “family” is important for many reasons. Which is NOT one of the reasons?
a) Unmarried partners cannot file jointly on federal taxes.
b) Many employer health insurance plans do not cover unmarried partners.
IA
c) Unmarried persons cannot collect Social Security benefits from their partner.
d) Unmarried persons cannot buy a house together. *
e) A company may not offer bereavement leave to an unmarried partner.
N
Answer: D
TB_01_05_How Do We Define Family?, LO 1, How Do We Define Family?, Skill: Remember the
Facts, Difficulty: 2
Learning Objective 2: Describe the functions of families
6. Which of the following is NOT a universal function of families?
a) to reproduce and socialize children
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b) to encourage economic cooperation
c) to regulate sexual behavior
d) to provide care, warmth, protection, and intimacy
e) to offer human agency *
Answer: E
TB_01_06_The Functions of Families, LO 2, The Functions of Families, Skill: Understand the
Concepts, Difficulty: 2
ST
Learning Objective 3: Recognize the link between micro-level and macro-level perspectives on families
7. Which is NOT one of the themes of the textbook?
a) Families are different from one culture to another and therefore families have no real universal
U
features or functions. *
b) The best way to truly understand families is to link two perspectives on them: the micro- and
macro-level perspectives.
D
c) Families are not monolithic or static, but instead are ever-changing.
d) Social science theory and research can help us understand families and close relationships.
YW
Answer: A
TB_01_07_Theme 1: Linking the Micro-level and Macro-level Perspectives on, LO 3, Theme 1:
Linking the Micro-level and Macro-level Perspectives on Families, Skill: Remember the Facts,
Difficulty: 2
8. A/an perspective focuses on individuals’ interactions in specific settings.
a) focus group
BR
b) experimental
c) micro-level *
d) conflict
e) macro-level
Answer: C
IA
TB_01_08_Theme 1: Linking the Micro-level and Macro-level Perspectives on, LO 3, Theme 1:
Linking the Micro-level and Macro-level Perspectives on Families, Skill: Understand the Concepts,
Difficulty: 1
N
9. Clay is writing a paper for his class about the ways in which marriage is interconnected with the rest of
society and with other social institutions. He argues that relationships are not isolated entities, but are
interconnected with social, cultural, economic, and political forces. Which perspective is he using?
a) macro-level *
b) secondary analysis
c) empirical
d) micro-level
e) symbolic interaction
