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</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

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

    Which family is established through marriage?

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

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

    <p>Matriarchal</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>Monogamy</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</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</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>Polygamy</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</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</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</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What unites the people in courtship according to the text?

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

    What criteria do young people go by for marriage?

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

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

    <p>Engagement</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</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does descent refer to?

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

    What does village endogamy require?

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

    What does endogamy refer to?

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

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

    <p>Polygamy</p> Signup and view all the answers

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