Answer Key

Chapter 1 The Changing American Family

1. D

2. D

3. C

4. family of origin, family of procreation

5. C

6. post-modern family

7. D

8. D

9. C

10. B

11. cultural relativism

12. B

13. B

14. D

15. C

16. compadrazgo 17. D

18. A

19. A

20. B

Chapter 2 How We Study the Family: Theories and Research Methods

1. theory

2. D

3. A

4. C

5. B

6. C

7. C

8. C

9. C

10. analog

11. D

12. longitudinal

13. C 14. Quantitative

15. B

16. D

17. A

18. C

19. B

20. A

Chapter 3 Sex and Gender

1. Sex

2. D

3. gender roles

4. A

5. B

6. A

7. C

8. D

9. B

10. C 11. gender similarity hypothesis

12. D

13. C

14. D

15. A

16. B

17. A

18. Hegemonic masculinity

19. B

20. C

Chapter 4 Sexualities

1. A

2. C

3. sexual double standard

4. B

5. C

6. constructionist

7. D 8. transudation

9. B

10. C

11. A

12. B

13. clitoridectomy

14. C

15. A

16. B

17. B

18. B

19. C

20. D

Chapter 5 Dating and Mate Selection

1. D

2. B

3. courtship

4. A 5. B

6. disillusionment model

7. C

8. C

9. C

10. A

11. homophily

12. A

13. C

14. Filter Theory

15. B

16. D

17. B

18. C

19. A

20. B

Chapter 6 Love 1. infatuation

2. B

3. D

4. A

5. C

6. A

7. C

8. Self-Expansion Theory

9. B

10. C

11. A

12. philematology

13. A

14. A

15. C

16. D

17. A

18. D 19. open model

20. A

Chapter 7 Marriages and Committed Partnerships

1. A

2. A

3. enforceable trust

4. received support

5. B

6. C

7. C

8. D

9. B

10. A

11. radical

12. B

13. A

14. D

15. C 16. traditional arranged marriage

17. A

18. C

19. B

20. D

Chapter 8 Living Single

1. B

2. A

3. singlism

4. D

5. C

6. D

7. C

8. voluntary stable singles

9. A

10. B

11. B

12. A 13. involuntary stable single

14. B

15. D

16. D

17. D

18. C

19. singles strain

20. A

Chapter 9 Reproduction and Parenting

1. B

2. Doulas

3. C

4. A

5. D

6. B

7. C

8. couvade syndrome

9. D 10. B

11. D

12. A

13. B

14. Reproductive surrogacy

15. B

16. C

17. A

18. B

19. D

20. good provider role

Chapter 10 The Economy of Working Families

1. B

2. B

3. D

4. A

5. daddy track 6. C

7. D

8. B

9. A

10. D

11. mommy track

12. comparable worth legislation

13. A

14. C

15. B

16. tokenism

17. C

18. A

19. D

20. B

Chapter 11 Families in Crisis: Violence, Abuse, and Neglect

1. B

2. B 3. A

4. A

5. situational couple violence

6. D

7. C

8. cycle of violence

9. allostasis

10. A

11. D

12. B

13. Antisocial/violent

14. C

15. D

16. A

17. D

18. B

19. C

20. B Chapter 12 Divorce and Remarriage

1. B

2. C

3. C

4. migratory divorce

5. C

6. A

7. Joint legal custody

8. D

9. C

10. B

11. D

12. C

13. B

14. pursuer–distancer

15. D

16. A

17. D 18. A

19. B

20. stranger model

Chapter 13 Growing Older in Families

1. Disengagement Theory

2. A

3. C

4. Cohort effect

5. C

6. B

7. D

8. B

9. Widower’s syndrome

10. A

11. fluid intelligence

12. B

13. D

14. B 15. C

16. A

17. A

18. B

19. A

20. D

Chapter 14 The Evolution of Families in the Twenty-First Century

1. C

2. A

3. A

4. D

5. inclusionists

6. separatists, assimilationists

7. B

8. D

9. D

10. Globalization