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The high proportion of couples who live together prior to becoming married suggests that


A) divorce rates in the future will likely drop.
B) cohabitation may become institutionalized as a new step between dating and marriage.
C) when the couple marries,they are more likely to have children.
D) the couple will have a higher commitment to marriage once they say their marriage vows.

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In 2002,__________ percent of all children lived in families with incomes less than $30,000.


A) 5
B) 10
C) 20
D) 30

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Same-sex marriage is legal in


A) Belgium.
B) Denmark.
C) the Netherlands.
D) All of the choices are correct.

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Which of the following is NOT one of the primary reasons that women allow their husbands to continue battering them?


A) They tend to have fewer resources such as job skills.
B) The burden of family harmony is typically on their shoulders.
C) They believe the burden of family harmony should be on their husband's shoulders.
D) They become "entrapped" due to a belief that they should "make good" on their prior investment rather than quit.

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Sociologists 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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Which theoretical perspective focuses on the essential tasks performed by families?


A) functionalist
B) conflict
C) interactionist
D) developmental

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Blumstein and Schwartz found that regardless of how much a wife earned,the couple still measured their financial success by the husband's income.

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Studies indicate that while stepparents attempt to re-create a traditional family,they actually function differently than a traditional family because


A) the stepparent role is not like that of a biological parent.
B) the family tree of a stepfamily is often very complex.
C) stepparents and stepchildren have not had a mutual history or previous opportunity to bond.
D) All of the choices are correct.

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Most divorced people


A) remarry.
B) stay divorced.
C) become social outcasts.
D) become healthier as a result of their divorces.

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The vesting of power in women for family decision-making is called


A) matrilineal.
B) matriarchal.
C) matricentric.
D) matrilocal.

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In studies of the long-term effects on children while being raised in single-parent households,results show that


A) juvenile delinquency is twice as likely to occur.
B) parental supervision needs are often strained by poverty.
C) the kids are more likely to be enrolled below a school grade level that is normal for their chronological age.
D) All of the choices are correct.

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Exogamy is the requirement that


A) people must marry a person of the same sex.
B) marriage must occur outside a group such as a kin group.
C) people must marry someone closer in kin to them than a first cousin.
D) a brother must marry his sister.

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Young adults now marry


A) earlier than at any time since the Census Bureau started keeping track.
B) later than at any time since the Census Bureau started keeping track.
C) earlier than their parents married.
D) only when they can no longer afford to live alone.

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The ancient Greeks defined romantic love as "diseased hysteria."

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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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At the end of 2003,a New York Times/CBS News poll found that __________ percent of Americans favored a constitutional amendment that would ban homosexual marriage.


A) 25
B) 35
C) 45
D) 55

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Although both men and women engage in domestic violence,men typically do more damage than their female partners.

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A large majority of Americans continue to view marriage as a permanent institution.

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The text notes that defining the family is simply an academic exercise.

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According to exchange theory,we like those who reward us and dislike those who punish us.

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