William Fielding Ogburn has argued that the decline in the significance of the family can be directly traced to:
a. a decline in sexual morals
b. other institutions taking over functions formerly carried out by the family
c. the growing tendency to postpone marriage
d. the large-scale entry of women into the labor market
B
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The text suggests that the middle class grandparent role in the United States in one which can be described as
A) a "roleless role" with few normative restrictions. B) the ultimate parenting situation. C) dysfunctional in kinship interaction patterns. D) filled with sorrow and grief due to frequent divorce situations and high mobility patterns.
Content analysis is not appropriate for
a. evaluating census data. b. want ads. c. diary entries. d. email messages. e. newspapers.
?Those who use the concept of “fetal rights” typically
a. ?believe that mothers can best determine their babies’ best interests. b. ?place the welfare of the fetus above the civil rights of the childbearing woman. c. ?question whether a father’s behavior might have endangered his pregnant wife’s fetus. d. ?investigate why pregnant women use illegal drugs. e. ?are Jewish.
The authors of the text argue that
a. divorce may be viewed as placing a high value on marriage. b. the high rate of out-of-wedlock birth is a clear indicator of a decline in the value of marriage. c. the divorce rate is rising because Americans are getting married at increasingly younger ages. d. all unwed mothers must be considered single parents.