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What does the extended family include?


A) the nuclear family and other relatives
B) relatives other than members of the nuclear family
C) the legal family, as defined by Statistics Canada
D) close friends who act like family members

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Jason's classmates think he is odd because at age 19 he still cannot drive a car.What might their thinking reflect?


A) a status in our society
B) an obligation in our society
C) a role in our society
D) a norm in our society

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According to the text,how is membership determined in both nuclear and extended families?


A) by personal beliefs about who belongs in the family
B) by household membership
C) by genetic or "blood" relationship, marriage, and adoption
D) by the federal government, so that definitions are consistent across provinces

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According to the text,which of the following is NOT a criticism of developmental theory?


A) It allows researchers to compare family life in different cultures.
B) It overlooks grandparent-grandchild relationships.
C) It depends on the concept of the nuclear family.
D) It provides a form of lock-step that real families do not fit.

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Most families operate in much the same way from day to day.According to the text,what is this called?


A) morphogenesis
B) monolithic bias
C) steady state
D) explicit and implicit rules

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The daycare centre where Janet takes her son opens at 8 a.m.As a result she cannot catch the 7:55 bus that will get her to her first class on time.Janet's problem illustrates the effect of which of the following systems?


A) the macrosystem
B) the mesosystem
C) the microsystem
D) the exosystem

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Michael points out that,although Patti has as much education as he does,she gets lower pay because she does "women's work" in a daycare centre.With which view of family life does Michael's statement agree?


A) developmental
B) interactionist
C) exchange
D) feminist

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Which of the following is NOT a function of the family,according to the structural-functional theory?


A) to transmit characteristics such as ethnicity and religion.
B) to give members the opportunities to try out different roles and statuses
C) to provide physical protection and emotional support for each member.
D) to socialize new individuals to take their place in society.

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On which of the following theories is the statement,"What you believe affects what you do" based?


A) family systems theory
B) developmental theory
C) symbolic-interaction theory
D) structural-functional theory

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Which of the following is one of the most important organizations conducting survey research in Canada?


A) Maclean's magazine
B) Statistics Canada
C) Pew Research Center
D) Corrections Canada

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The process by which new individuals are shaped to become functioning members of society is called _____________________.

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According to the text,what is the main strength of the ecological theory?


A) its basis for shaping social policies
B) its explanations of how society and family interact
C) its exploration of how family members influence each other
D) its ability to explain change that occurs in society as a whole

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The ____________________ theory looks at meanings family members see in each other's words and actions.

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Mariellen is comparing how mothers discipline children aged one,five,and nine years of age.What is she probably conducting?


A) cohort research
B) cross-sectional research
C) longitudinal research
D) experiments

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According to the text,what is one difficulty with defining "family"?


A) The word always refers to people in our household.
B) The word always refers to the "traditional" family.
C) We use the word for many different things.
D) Not everyone has a family.

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Compare and contrast the structural-functional and conflict theories of the family.

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According to the text,what does "norm" refer to?


A) a way of behaving that is typical of a certain group
B) social principles accepted by groups within society
C) the basic knowledge of a culture's way of doing things
D) a position that carries a set of expectations about behaviour

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According to the text,which of the following is the main strength of family-systems theory?


A) the emphasis it places on the individual's responsibility in shaping his or her view of the world
B) its explanations of how the family is related to other institutions and contributes to society as a whole
C) its assumption that all destructive behaviour is the result of a vicious cycle
D) its ability to account for the impact of the behaviour of one individual on all members of the family

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Giving examples,explain why the definition used for the family is important to families themselves.

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A(n)____________ consists of the relationships between two or more microsystems.

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