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Why do functionalists argue that the incest taboo is a nearly universal norm?

A) It reinforces patriarchal authority.
B) Incest is universally regarded as a deviant act.
C) The incest taboo facilitates the socialization of children and avoids role confusion.
D) It prevents the transference of genetic defects.

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In the small town of Brandon sociologists are collecting data on single-parent families vs. two-parent families. They are comparing their incomes and number of children each has. Each of the components they are studying are part of what sociologists refer to as the family __________.

A) dynamics
B) status
C) functions
D) structure

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Among married couples, who is the most likely to care for preschoolers when both parents work outside the home?

The chances of divorce increase as the level of one's education and income increases.

It is still customary in U.S. society for a bride to accept her husband's last name and for the bride's family to pay for the wedding. What is the line of authority this represents?

Sociologically, what is the immediate family of husband, wife, and children called who live apart from other kin?

Edgar and Jayne are a couple in their 40s. They are busy raising a family of three children. They also spend considerable time each week at their parents' homes doing yard maintenance and running errands for their parents. Edgar and Jayne are members of the ________ generation.

How extensive is the problem of child abuse? Why is it such a concern in the U.S.?

Generally speaking, in which families would elders play the most active role in rearing their grandchildren?

What are the benefits and problems associated with using nannies to provide child care?

John was adopted as an infant by the Smiths, and has always considered them his real family. What do sociologists classify the Smith family as it is regarded by John?

Johnnie's parents were divorced three years ago. During the first year after the divorce, Johnnie's father visited him every week. Then Johnnie's father remarried and fathered another child. Now he rarely visits Johnnie. It is likely that Johnnie's father __________.

Discuss the characteristics and trends in marriage among U.S. families.

What qualities do polyandry and polygyny share and how do they differ?

Of the following household responsibilities, in which category is there the greatest gap in hours between the husband's duties and the wife's duties?

In some Native American tribes, what transpires when a male warrior takes on a berdache?

The combinations of relationships in blended families can get very confusing. Using the symbolic interactionist perspective, explain how members of blended families might reduce this confusion in their own minds.

Researchers have found that the main struggles of same-sex couples are the same problems that heterosexual couples face.

Husbands remain primarily responsible for earning the income and wives are primarily responsible for the house and children. This is an arrangement sociologists call ________.

How has the age of the average first-time bride and groom in the United States changed since 1890?