Sandwich generation
SYG2000/PRINCIPLES OF SOCIOLOGY INSTRUCTOR: SONYA FRIEDMAN
“TAKE HOME” PORTION OF EXAM 4: Ch.12 –Short Answer Questions (1-4 sentence responses).
*Create a Word Document with your numbered responses. You MUST bring in a hard copy of this document on the date of the Final Exam. The remainder of the exam will consist of multiple-choice questions concerning Chs. 13 and 14.
1) What qualities do polyandry and polygyny share and how do they differ?
2) Why is emotional overload more common in the nuclear family than the extended family?
3) U.S. families spend about 25 percent less time doing housework than they did a generation ago. What are the two most obvious reasons for this?
4) What are the two major components of romantic love?
5) Sociologically, how does the relationship between love and marriage differ for Americans and Indians?
6) Why did it take until the year 2000 for all states to officially repeal laws against interracial marriage?
7) How does the birth of the first child effect marital satisfaction?
8) What are some problems encountered between biological parents and the nanny who may be caring for the children?
9) Why don’t we address families as the African American family, the Asian American family, the white American family, and so on, deleting the preceding the to simply African American families, Asian families, and so on?
10) What is machismo and how does it change in progressive generations?
11) What qualities contribute to the Confucian values that provide a framework for Asian American families?
12) What is the single most significant issue that Native American families face?
13) What are the most common reasons some couples choose not to have children?
14) What are DINKs?
15) What is the blended family?
16) Explain the pattern of decline in two-parent families from 1970 to 2010.
17) How has the age of the first-time bride and groom and first-time parents changed since 1970?
18) What are some of the reasons for the increase in cohabiting before marriage?
19) What is the sandwich generation?
20) Identify at least three factors that decrease one’s likelihood of divorce within ten years of their marriage.
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What qualities do polyandry and polygyny share and how do they differ?
Both polyandry and polygyny have similarities: They are forms of polygamy where an individual has more than one spouse. Human nature tends to be possessive of one’s lover; there’s a probability of this occurring in both polyandry and polygyny. Polyandry and polgyny have been practiced in all religions in ancient times. . Nowadays, polygamy and polygyny marriages are not recognized in many communities worldwide…………………………
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