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Chapter 2: Exploring the Family



Multiple Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 

 1. 

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
 

 2. 

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
 

 3. 

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
 

 4. 

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
 

 5. 

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
 

 6. 

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
 

 7. 

The family development perspective emerged and had wide acceptance during:
a.
1880s-1910
b.
1910s-1920s
c.
1930s-1950s
d.
1960s-1980s
 

 8. 

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.
 

 9. 

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
 

 10. 

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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