A. postmodern
B. modernist
C. traditional
D. vocational
Social Institutions
The term informal economy is used to describe………….?
A. work where no money changes hands
B. the activities of small businesses
C. transactions outside the sphere of regular employment
D. organizations with less rigid rules and procedures
Occupational gender segregation is used to explain ?
A. the belief that women control the private sphere
B. women’s increasing labor market participation
C. the allocation of men and women to different types of job
D. relations between men and women in the workplace
In a patriarchal family the major decisions are taken be the…………?
A. Old men and women
B. the male or female head of the family
C. the male head of the family who wields all the powers
D. None of these
My husband and my daughters constitute my…………?
A. extended family
B. family of orientation
C. family of procreation
D. none of the above
Polygyny…………..?
A. is the preferred type of marriage in more than 40 per cent of societies?
B. is generally available to all men in societies where it is permitted
C. tend to be favored where large families are advantageous and women make substantial contributions to subsistence
D. usually involves the right of younger brothers to have sexual access to their brothers’ wives
Research on the family life course indicates that………….?
A. women with a first child are more likely than women without a child to report that their husbands do not pay enough attention to them
B. the marital adjustment rating rises after the birth of a first child
C. most couples consider parenthood a crisis
D. the psychological well-being of parents is a little better than that of childless couples
Care for the elderly………….?
A. is provided by the family in 40 percent of cases
B. falls mostly on the eldest son
C. is provided by the sandwich generation
D. none of the above
Aalia aged 7 lives in a private home with her parents her grandmother and her aunt Alice,s family is an example of a(n)?
A. nuclear family
B. dysfunctional family
C. extended family
D. polygynous family
How people behave towards one another when they meet is referred to as ……….. by sociologists ?
A. social interaction
B. sociobiology
C. social psychology
D. socialization
E. psychometrics