True/False Quiz

Please answer all questions


1	Most people in a recent survey responded that they believe that the family was breaking down, but disagreed that their own family was in trouble.
		A)	True
		B)	False


2	The vast majority of Americans today will be married at some time in their lives.
		A)	True
		B)	False


3	Sociologist William Goode was correct in his World Revolution and Family Patterns when he stated that the entire world is converging on an ideology that emphasized the dominance of the conjugal family over the kinship ties between parents and children.
		A)	True
		B)	False


4	Research has proven conclusively that children experience harmful effects as a result of having mothers who work outside the home.
		A)	True
		B)	False


5	Cherlin believes that all family arrangements are equally as good for children.
		A)	True
		B)	False


6	The recent "marriage movement" has urged public policy that makes marriage harder to get into and out of.
		A)	True
		B)	False


7	Social observers who believe the growth of alternate family forms is irreversible and possibly beneficial also support social policies that provide direct assistance to low-income single parents and their children.
		A)	True
		B)	False


8	The stability of the "old" system of the breadwinner-homemaker family restricted the freedom of husbands more than wives.
		A)	True
		B)	False


9	Cherlin predicts a return to monogamous, lifelong marriage in the twenty-first century.
		A)	True
		B)	False


10	Critics of diversity in the family argue that there is too much individualism and not enough traditional loyalty to kin and community.
		A)	True
		B)	False

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