Deck 8: Family Structure

Question 1

'Renewing life is a form of work, as fundamental to the perpetuation of society as the production of things.' This statement relates to

A)productive work.
B)fertility.
C)reproductive work.
D)life chances.

Answer 1

C

Question 2

The family serves the purpose of socialising the young, regulating sexual behaviour, and providing care and emotional support to its members.From a functionalist point of view, these are __________ of the family.

A)functions
B)dysfunctions
C)conflicts
D)purposes

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Which one of the following represents an example of secondary kin?

A)Father
B)Father's father
C)Mother's sister's son
D)Brother's daughter's son's son

Answer 3

B

Question 4

People make decisions about which kin they will acknowledge as family and which kin they will 'forget'.This process is known as

A)amnesia and recall.
B)self-fulfilling prophecy.
C)selective remembering and forgetting.
D)differential association.

Question 5

Functionalists maintain that the family performs several social functions for society.Which one of the following is not one of these functions?

A)Replacing the members of society who die
B)Regulating sexual behaviour
C)Socialising the young
D)Passing on social advantages and disadvantages

Question 6

Which one of the following constitutes primary kin?

A)Mother, father, sister, brother
B)Mother's mother, mother's father, sister's son
C)Brother's daughter's son
D)Brother's daughter's son's son

Question 7

Definitions of family that emphasise ___________view the family as comprising members who are linked together by blood, marriage, or adoption.

A)membership
B)kinship
C)legal definitions
D)common law

Question 8

___________________ is one way people limit the number of kin relatives.

A)Conscious decisions
B)Contraceptives
C)Selective forgetting
D)An unconscious decision

Question 9

When family residence is neolocal, that means the

A)wife lives with or near her husband's family.
B)husband lives with or near his wife's family.
C)husband and wife live apart from each other.
D)husband and wife's residence is separate from their parents.

Question 10

The family passes on social privileges and social disadvantages to its members, thereby perpetuating the system of inequality.This viewpoint coincides with which one of the following sociological perspectives?

A)Symbolic interaction
B)Conflict theory
C)Functionalist
D)Structural strain theory

Question 11

The average number of children that a woman bears in her lifetime is known as the

A)total fertility rate.
B)crude birth rate.
C)age-specific birth rate.
D)infant mortality rate.

Question 12

Themba argues that he is marrying Maria for love.His choice of spouse can be classified as

A)arranged.
B)romantic.
C)endogamy.
D)exogamy.

Question 13

Which one of the following represents an example of tertiary kin?

A)Mother
B)Mother's mother
C)Brother's daughter's son
D)Father's sister

Question 14

In at least 96 countries in the world, the fertility rate is below _____________, the rate needed to replace those members that die.

A)1.8
B)2.1
C)3.2
D)4.0

Question 15

At her wedding, Njabulo met her brother's daughter's son.Njabulo met a

A)primary relative.
B)secondary relative.
C)tertiary relative.
D)quadiary relative.

Question 16

A functionalist would argue that families are structured to

A)devalue reproductive work.
B)maintain and perpetuate social inequalities.
C)replace the members of society who die.
D)foster racial divisions and boundaries.

Question 17

Zureida marries someone of the same religion as herself.She has followed the norm of

A)patrilocal groups.
B)endogamy.
C)exogamy.
D)monogamy.

Question 18

A conflict theorist would argue that families are structured to

A)value reproductive work.
B)confer social status that is unequal.
C)provide care and emotional support.
D)perpetuate social equality.

Question 19

A social institution that binds people together through blood, marriage, law and/or social norms is known as

A)kinship.
B)family.
C)matrilineal heritage.
D)marriage.

Question 20

Mbali lives with her boyfriend and their two young children.Mbali's parents express their disappointment that Mbali and her boyfriend are not married.Her parents are using the definition of the ____________ family to judge her living arrangements.

A)modernised
B)matrilocal
C)natural
D)ideal

Question 21

Social functions include

A)regulating sexual behaviour; replacing the members of society who die
B)socialising the young, providing care and emotional support, conferring social status.
C)A and B
D)None of the above

Question 22

Egalitarian authority is

A)Male dominated
B)Female dominated
C)Equal authority between sexes

Question 23

The family perpetuates

A)Social inequality
B)Communism
C)Socialism
D)Child labour

Question 24

There are________ family classifications in South Africa

A)10
B)
B)12
C)14
D)22

Question 25

A husband's decision not to hand his crying son to his wife, and his wife's decision not to take the crying child away from her husband represent the couple's commitment to

A)raising their child in a genderless household.
B)reverse parenting roles.
C)share in the reproductive work.
D)share in the productive work.

Question 26

Endogamy refers to norms requiring or encouraging people to choose partners

A)outside their immediate family.
B)of the opposite sex.
C)who share the same race.
D)of a different religion.

Question 27

The most basic definition of family is a social institution that binds people together through

A)Blood and Marriage
B)Law and Social Norms
C)A only
D)A and B

Question 28

An extended family consists of

A)Husband, wife and their immediate children
B)Three or more generations living under one roof
C)Mother or father living with children
D)People who share the same residence but are not considered family

Question 29

Patriarchal authority

A)Male dominated
B)Female dominated
C)Equal authority between sexes

Question 30

A non-family household family consists of

A)Husband, wife and their immediate children
B)Three or more generations living under one roof
C)Mother or father living with children
D)People who share the same residence but are not considered family

Question 31

South African families face the following socio-economic challenges

A)Poverty, AIDS and HIV
B)feminisation of poverty and absent fathers
C)A and B
D)None of the above

Question 32

A husband, his wife and their two-year-old son are travelling by plane.The husband is holding his screaming son.A male passenger turns around and remarks, 'Why doesn't the mother take care of the baby?' The passenger is conveying his belief that women do the ___________ work.

A)reproductive
B)productive
C)life chance
D)fertility

Question 33

A nuclear family consists of

A)Husband, wife and their immediate children
B)Three or more generations living under one roof
C)Mother or father living with children
D)People who share the same residence but are not considered family

Question 34

Matriarchal authority is

A)Male dominated
B)Female dominated
C)Equal authority between sexes

Question 35

Patrilineal descent is traced through the

A)Father
B)Mother
C)Both mother and father

Question 36

Families are not static, they change in response to

A)Economic, cultural, historical and social forces
B)The political climate
C)The age of the parents
D)The religion

Question 37

In South Africa there are different laws under which marriages are recognised

A)The Marriage Act
B)The Civil Union Act
C)The recognition of the Customary Marriage Act
D)The Marriage Act, The Civil Union Act, The recognition of the Customary Marriage Act

Question 38

A single parent family consists of

A)Husband, wife and their immediate children
B)Three or more generations living under one roof
C)Mother or father living with children
D)People who share the same residence but are not considered family

Question 39

The 'means of existence, food, clothing, shelter and tools' relates to

A)productive work.
B)reproductive work .
C)life chances.
D)work.

Question 40

Child bearing, care giving, managing households, and educating children fall under the category of

A)productive work.
B)reproductive work.
C)life chances.
D)housework.

Question 41

By definition, family relationships are constructive and harmonious.

Question 42

There is no concrete group that can be universally identified as a family.

Question 43

Reproductive work is usually not rewarded on an economic level.

Question 44

Neolocal

A)Wife living with or near husband's family
B)Husband living with or near wife's family
C)Wife and husband live apart from their parents

Question 45

Polygny

A)One husband and one wife
B)Two or more successive spouses
C)Multiple spouses at one time
D)One husband, multiple wives at one time
E)One wife, multiple husbands at one time

Question 46

Sociologists argue that it is virtually impossible to keep track of everyone's living relatives.

Question 47

Monogamy is

A)One husband and one wife
B)Two or more successive spouses
C)Multiple spouses at one time
D)One husband, multiple wives at one time
E)One wife, multiple husbands at one time

Question 48

Productive work does not involve the creation of what human beings need to exist.

Question 49

Serial Monogamy

A)One husband and one wife
B)Two or more successive spouses
C)Multiple spouses at one time
D)One husband, multiple wives at one time
E).One wife, multiple husbands at one time

Question 50

Patrilocal

A)Wife living with or near husband's family
B)Husband living with or near wife's family
C)Wife and husband live apart from their parents

Question 51

The family is an unchanging, stable entity.

Question 52

Families everywhere trace ancestry in the same way.

Question 53

Endogamy means marriage within one's social group.

Question 54

Polygamy

A)One husband and one wife
B)Two or more successive spouses
C)Multiple spouses at one time
D)One husband, multiple wives at one time
E)One wife, multiple husbands at one time

Question 55

Matrilocal

A)Wife living with or near husband's family
B)Husband living with or near wife's family
C)Wife and husband live apart from their parents

Question 56

South Africa's fertility rate was 2.34 in 2013.

Question 57

Endogamy refers to norms requiring or encouraging people to choose partners that are of different religion, race, ethnicity, or social class.

Question 58

Polyandry

A)One husband and one wife
B)Two or more successive spouses
C)Multiple spouses at one time
D)One husband, multiple wives at one time
E)One wife, multiple husbands at one time

Question 59

Matrilineal descent is traced through the

A)Father
B)Mother
C)Both mother and father

Question 60

Bilateral descent is traced through the

A)Father
B)Mother
C)Both mother and father

Question 61

The family plays an important role in the socialisation of a child.

Question 62

South African families are headed by children.

Question 63

Men and women can decide to share in reproductive work but doing so involves costs to both parties.

Question 64

One of the major causes of poverty in South Africa is a lack of, or low, earned income.

Question 65

Marriage and family systems are structured to maintain and foster racial divisions and boundaries.

Question 66

Social functions help maintain order in society.

Question 67

The nuclear family is not a universal human social grouping.

Question 68

In South Africa there are five different laws under which marriage is recognised.

Question 69

Blood, marriage, law and social norms bind families together.

Question 70

Marriage and family systems value reproductive work.

Question 71

HIV and AIDS do not have a negative impact on the lives of children, families and communities.

Question 72

Absent father rarely participate in their children's lives.

Question 73

Majority of single-parent households are male-headed.

Question 74

HIV and AIDS, poverty and absent fathers are the key socio-economic challenges facing South African families.

Question 75

Conflict theorists maintain that family perpetuates equality.

Question 76

South Africa legalised same-sex relationships and marriages in 2006.

Question 77

Power relationships often lead to gender violence.

Question 78

Marriage and family systems are structure to value productive work.

Question 79

South African families have negative socio-economic experiences.

Question 80

In skip-generation households grandparents are not responsible for their grandchildren