Chapter 13 Socio Quiz and Answers

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The U.S. Census Bureau defines the "family" as ________
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people living together who are linked by birth, marriage, or adoption.
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A family composed of one or two parents and their children is called
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a nuclear family.
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Typically, industrial societies make use of which of the following systems to trace ancestry?
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Bilateral descent
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Following structural-functional theory, the family ________
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is important enough to be called the backbone of society.
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What is the effect of industrialization on the number of children in a typical family?
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Families have fewer children.
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Today's baby boomers are often called the "sandwich generation" because _______
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they spend time caring for both children and aging parents.
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The recent trend in racially mixed marriages has been ________
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upward-the numbers are increasing.
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Based on the text, which of the following categories of people are at greatest risk for divorce?
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Young people who marry after a short courtship
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In 1989, which country became the first to permit legal same-sex partnerships with many of the benefits of marriage?
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Denmark
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In a laboratory-based study of married couples conducted by David Olson, a most interesting finding was that husbands perceived themselves as
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having more power than they actually did have in the laboratory "reality."