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?

Extended family Signup and view all the answers

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

Blood, marriage, or adoption Signup and view all the answers

Which family is established through marriage?

Conjugal family Signup and view all the answers

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

Conditionally separated family Signup and view all the answers

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

Neolocal Signup and view all the answers

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

Unilineal Signup and view all the answers

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

Matriarchal Signup and view all the answers

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

Monogamy 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?

Reconstituted family Signup and view all the answers

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

Matrilocal Signup and view all the answers

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

Polygamy Signup and view all the answers

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

Patrilineal Signup and view all the answers

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

To develop friendly relations and get to know each other Signup and view all the answers

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

A loving relationship progressing to deep feelings of trust and mutual dependence Signup and view all the answers

What unites the people in courtship according to the text?

Similarity in interests, ideas, or likes Signup and view all the answers

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

Private Understanding Signup and view all the answers

What criteria do young people go by for marriage?

Common financial goals Signup and view all the answers

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

Engagement Signup and view all the answers

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

Engagement Signup and view all the answers

What does descent refer to?

Biological relationship 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?

Bilateral descent 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?

Marriage Signup and view all the answers

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

Exogamy Signup and view all the answers

What does village endogamy require?

Marriage within a specific village or territory 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?

Blended family 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?

Ambilineal descent Signup and view all the answers

What does endogamy refer to?

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

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

Polygamy Signup and view all the answers

Family and Societal Structure Quiz

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

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

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

Which classification of family is also known as consanguine family?

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

Which family is established through marriage?

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

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

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

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

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

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?

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

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

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

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

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

What unites the people in courtship according to the text?

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

What criteria do young people go by for marriage?

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

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

What does descent refer to?

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

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

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

What does village endogamy require?

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?

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

What does endogamy refer to?

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

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