Multiple Choice
Identify the
letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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In
the purest sense (as explored by the text), "power" is:
a. | the ability to
require people to do what you want them to do | b. | something that
is granted by the norms of religious or quasi-religious rituals | c. | something that
is granted by the legal norms | d. | roughly equivalent to
"influence" | | |
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Social power is the kind of power that an individual exercises:
a. | among the
upper-middle and upper classes | b. | over oneself in public, in accordance with social
norms | c. | over oneself and is similar to self-discipline or self-control,
except it is social | d. | over others | | |
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The
Blood and Wolfe research about family decision-making structure has been criticized for:
a. | failing to
consider the effect of social class on decision-making | b. | ignoring the
impact that resources have on who gets to make final decisions | c. | not considering
the extent to which education has an effect on family decision-- making | d. | assuming that
the patriarchal power structure has been replaced by egalitarian marriages | | |
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The
resource hypothesis encourages people to see conjugal power as:
a. | a
personality-based variable | b. | a resource that is hereditary in the same sense that parental
educational level is hereditary | c. | equivalent to other kinds of power in its long-term, general
impact on behavior | d. | shared rather than patriarchal | | |
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According to the text, "micropolitics" is something that goes on:
a. | within
families | b. | within one's own mind | c. | within
neighborhoods | d. | at community-wide, state, and regional levels, and is primarily
institutional | | |
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As
the text uses the term, _________ seek to negotiate and compromise, not to "win".
a. | segmental power
couples | b. | no-power couples | c. | patriarchal
couples | d. | autocratic couples | | |
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Which
of these means that both partners exert about equal power?
a. | no-power | b. | quasi-equilibrated power | c. | centered
power | d. | scattered power | | |
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In
"neutralizing power", the subordinate:
a. | has
counterarguments | b. | refuses to cooperate, takes a neutral
position | c. | matches blow for blow and insult for insult with her/his
opposition | d. | quote past happenings in the relationship, which most of the
time results in the opponent withdraw from arguing | | |
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The
most common form of family violence is violence between:
a. | mother and
child | b. | mother and father | c. | father and
child | d. | none of these | | |
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What
is the third stage in the cycle of domestic violence referred to in the textbook?
a. | after a mild
argument, the husband is tired and still angry | b. | the husband
explodes into anger and physically abuses the wife | c. | the husband
expresses regret and appears to be genuinely contrite | d. | the wife's
reluctance to accept apologies angers the husband to be more violent | | |
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