Family and Societal Structure Quiz

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What is the primary function of the family according to the text?

  • To foster belief systems and norms (correct)
  • To uphold relational functions within the group
  • To provide economic cooperation
  • To ensure hierarchical status

According to Murdock (1941), what are the characteristics of a family?

  • Economic cooperation and reproduction (correct)
  • Relational functions and social sanction
  • Marriage and adoption
  • Common residence and belief systems

What is the difference between a nuclear family and an extended family?

  • Nuclear family includes other kin, while extended family consists only of parents and children
  • Nuclear family consists of husband, wife, and dependent children, while extended family includes other kin (correct)
  • Nuclear family provides economic cooperation, while extended family fosters belief systems
  • Nuclear family is formed through marriage, while extended family is formed through birth

Which classification of family is also known as consanguine family?

<p>Extended family (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Hebdiq & Glick, what unites the people in a family?

<p>Blood, marriage, or adoption (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which family is established through marriage?

<p>Conjugal family (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In which type of family does a family member remain separated due to military service or incarceration?

<p>Conditionally separated family (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In which type of residence norm does a newlywed couple take up residence away from their parents?

<p>Neolocal (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which type of descent recognizes only a single line of ancestors, either from a male or female?

<p>Unilineal (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What type of family is characterized by authority solely exercised by the mother?

<p>Matriarchal (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for a form of marriage involving a singular, permanent partner?

<p>Monogamy (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which type of family consists of one or both parents who have a child from a previous relationship and have combined to form a new family after marital separation or divorce?

<p>Reconstituted family (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In which type of residence norm does a newlywed couple take up residence with the wife’s kin?

<p>Matrilocal (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for any form of marriage involving multiple partners?

<p>Polygamy (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which type of descent is based on a relationship to the father or descent through the male line?

<p>Patrilineal (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary aim of dating according to the text?

<p>To develop friendly relations and get to know each other (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In courtship, what does 'going steady' refer to?

<p>A loving relationship progressing to deep feelings of trust and mutual dependence (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What unites the people in courtship according to the text?

<p>Similarity in interests, ideas, or likes (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which stage of courtship is described as 'a process of trial and error undertaken by individuals'?

<p>Private Understanding (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What criteria do young people go by for marriage?

<p>Common financial goals (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the stage preparatory to marriage according to the text?

<p>Engagement (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the process that develops first in private understanding and later culminates in public announcement?

<p>Engagement (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does descent refer to?

<p>Biological relationship (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In which type of descent pattern is kinship traced from both the mother’s and the father’s line?

<p>Bilateral descent (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for a socially or ritually recognized union or legal contract between spouses that establishes rights and obligations between them?

<p>Marriage (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which social rule proclaims that a partner must be chosen from a group different from one’s own?

<p>Exogamy (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does village endogamy require?

<p>Marriage within a specific village or territory (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which type of family consists of one or both parents who have a child from a previous relationship and have combined to form a new family after marital separation or divorce?

<p>Blended family (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for tracing an individual's descent either through the father or mother as chosen by the individual?

<p>Ambilineal descent (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does endogamy refer to?

<p>Selecting a partner from one's own social group. (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for any form of marriage involving multiple partners?

<p>Polygamy (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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