Multiple Choice
Identify the
letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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Activities such as raising children reasonably, providing economic support, and giving
emotional security are the main focus of_______ theoretical perspective.
a. | family
systems | b. | family development | c. | structure-functional | d. | none of the above | | |
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The
purpose all theoretical perspectives is to:
a. | move from multiple small-scale multiple explanations toward a
larger, comprehensive explanation | b. | increase our understanding | c. | make research
methods more reliable and valid | d. | become as abstract as possible within the limits of the topic
being studied | | |
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How
families are affected by their neighborhoods and how neighborhoods affect individual families is part
of the _______ theoretical perspective.
a. | family ecology | b. | structure-functional | c. | interactionist | d. | family
development | | |
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Which
of the following is consistent with the main concerns of the family ecology theoretical perspective?
a. | the family as a
child-rearing institution | b. | the conflict feminist perspective | c. | laboratory
observations and longitudinal designs | d. | development of family policy | | |
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Which
of the following is an important part of the family development theoretical?
a. | family life
cycle | b. | removing blinders by means of scientific
research | c. | the family as an economic unit | d. | kin-work and
kin-time | | |
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Patty
and Al find that their relationship is changing rapidly due to the arrival of their first child.
Their relationships is not necessarily "worse," but it is rapidly become more complex and
has changed very much. Patty and Al are in the ____ stage of the stage family life cycle.
a. | second | b. | third | c. | fourth | d. | sixth | | |
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The
family development perspective emerged and had wide acceptance during:
a. | 1880s-1910 | b. | 1910s-1920s | c. | 1930s-1950s | d. | 1960s-1980s | | |
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Which
of the following characterized the family development perspective?
a. | It had a white,
middle-class bias. | b. | It was similar to the family systems
approach | c. | It was not applicable to the study of large
populations. | d. | It was not applicable to families consisting of middle-aged or
older partners whose adult children had left home. | | |
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Joel's listened intensely as his parents explained to him that the family was the most
of order and predictability to social relationships, providing a sense of emotional security and a
satisfying feeling of belonging. Joel, who studied his family textbook and understood it, recognized
immediately that his parents would be strong supporters of the ______ theoretical perspective about
families.
a. | family
systems | b. | exchange | c. | interactionist | d. | functional | | |
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The
modern family is no longer a(n):
a. | mechanism for socialization and/or social control of infants
and children | b. | an important source of emotional security and support, tasks
now met largely by peer groups | c. | location for physical and psychological
boundaries | d. | a self-sufficient economic unit | | |
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