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Polyandry is defined as


A) a wife with multiple male characteristics.
B) one wife and two or more husbands.
C) one husband and two or more wives.
D) two or more husbands and two or more wives in a single marriage.

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In the United States, the family model of a married couple, breadwinner husband and homemaker wife, and children now is


A) the majority of the nation's households.
B) a growing number of the nation's households.
C) about half of the nation's households.
D) about 20 percent of the nation's households.

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The Greeks saw romantic love as


A) a necessary component of healthy marriages.
B) a process that follows a rational path leading to marriage.
C) diseased hysteria.
D) an animalistic lusting that knew no bounds.

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The family of __________ consists of oneself and one's father, mother, and siblings.


A) orientation
B) procreation
C) socialization
D) recreation

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Most divorced people do not remarry.

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Sociologists have traditionally viewed the ___________ as a social group whose members are related by ancestry, marriage, or adoption and who live together, cooperate economically, and care for the young.


A) family
B) peer group
C) secondary group
D) in-group

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Families vary in terms of their descent patterns. These may be


A) patrilocal, matrilocal, or neolocal.
B) endogamous, heterogamous, or exogamous.
C) patrilineal, matrilineal, or bilineal.
D) nuclear, orientation, or procreation.

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Education is related to age of marriage in that


A) women without college degrees are more likely to marry in their 30s and 40s.
B) women with college degrees are more likely to marry in their 30s and 40s.
C) women with college degrees are more likely to marry in their 20s.
D) women without college degrees are more likely to remain unmarried.

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Children born outside of marriage are rare in the United States, with fewer than 10 percent of all babies born to unmarried mothers in 2008.

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