Midterm Exam: Marriage and the Family SYO 3120

Multiple Choice (96 points): Select the best answer from the choices below by completely blackening the appropriate space on the machine-readable answer sheet with a no. 2 pencil (3.0 points each). Bubble in your name and social security number correctly to gain four extra points.

1. According to __________ theory, there are consistent images, themes, and stereotypes that cut across programming genres that, taken together, form a more or less consistent worldview.

a. cultivation

b. acculturation

c. accommodation

d. generation

2. Western culture prefers

a. polyandry and polygyny.

b. monogamy and polyandry.

c. modified polygamy and monogamy.

d. bigamy and polygamy.

3. The preferred marital arrangement world-wide is

a. polygamy

b. monogamy

c. bigamy

d. modified polygamy

4. A marriage system that is quite rare throughout world cultures is

a. monogamy.

b. polygamy.

c. polygyny.

d. polyandry.

5. In China, a spirit marriage is one between two

a. religious leaders.

b. people who are not physically present at the time of the marriage.

c. affiliated kin.

d. people who are both dead.

6. Symbolic interaction theory

a. examines how people interact, communicate, and are socialized.

b. looks at how each individual functions within the family unit.

c. examines resources and power.

d. focuses on the exchange between people who love each other.

7. Examining how the sense of self is maintained in the process of acquiring social roles is fundamental to

a. social exchange theory.

b. family development theory.

c. symbolic interaction theory.

d. structural functionalism.

8. Which of the following is a criticism of symbolic interaction theory?

a. It places too much emphasis on the role of power in relationships.

b. It neglects the self within us that exists independently of our roles.

c. It places too much importance on responsibility, and other family values.

d. It overemphasizes effects of outside forces such as economic discrimination.