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| absence of gender roles (children raised this way tend to be more creative, learn quicker, etc.) |
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| What are the functions of the family? |
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1. produces and socializes children
2. gives us significant roles as children, parents, spouses
3. provides a source of intimacy
4. acts as a unit of economic cooperation |
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| Compare marriage and contemporary marriage. |
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| Marriage is permanent, between a man and woman, with intent to have kids, and is a public ritual... Contemporary marriage is cohabitation, man/man or woman/woman, and includes adoption and alternative insemination |
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| Compare family and contemporary family. |
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| Family is a married couple or group of adults who cooperate, raise children, and divide labor and share home... Contemporary family is a single-parent family, egalitarian (very equal, cooperate and share chores), dual-worker, child-free, and commuter marriage |
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| T/F. The most common form of polygamy is polyandry. |
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| T/F. 3 forms of family authority are: utopian, religious, and environmental. |
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| FALSE; utopian, religious, and evolutionary |
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| T/F. Serial monogamy best describes marriages in the U.S. |
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| T/F. Girls tend to be better at spatial perception (the ability to visualize objects out of context). |
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| T/F. An example of a push towards marriage is cultural expectations. |
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| T/F. An example of a pull towards singlehood is a lack of friends. |
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| FALSE; more of a push towards singlehood |
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| T/F. The affiliated family can be described as the "adoption" of an older person. |
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| T/F. Ludis is companion love. |
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| FALSE; Ludis is "love is a game" |
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| When asked on surveys, such as the general social survey, to which class they belong, most U.S. residents respond that they are either: |
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| Two conditions that contribute dramatically to the changes of a family becoming homeless are: |
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| joblessness and drug addiction |
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| Most childcare assistance currently offered by U.S. business firms, benefits: |
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| Recent research on the effect of out-of-home childcare, suggests that children who have spent more time in childcare show an increase in ____________ behavior. |
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| T/F. Canada was the first country to legitimize same-sex marriages. |
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| T/F. The gender identity of a male or female is seldom altered once a person has passed adolescence. |
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| T/F. The U.S. has been a front-runner among industrialized nations in implementing family-friendly policies for U.S. workers. |
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| T/F. Many couples who were married during the Great Depression stayed married because of economics, not necessarily because of happiness. |
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