SCC Family and Socialization 3

Question 1

Which family pattern is characterized by authority being held primarily by women, with descent and inheritance traced through the maternal line?

Accepted Answer

Matriarchal family

Answer

A matriarchal family system is one in which women hold primary power, authority, and social privilege, with kinship and property typically traced through the mother's line.

Question 2

Sociologist Arlie Hochschild's concept of the 'second shift' refers to:

Accepted Answer

The unpaid domestic labor—cooking, cleaning, childcare—that women perform after completing their paid workday

Answer

Hochschild found that employed women typically return home to a 'second shift' of unpaid household and caregiving labor, resulting in a significant gender imbalance in total work burden.

Question 3

Which family type consists of children and stepparents or stepsiblings formed through remarriage or re-partnering?

Accepted Answer

Blended family

Answer

A blended (or reconstituted) family is formed when one or both partners in a new relationship bring children from previous relationships, combining members of different biological families.

Question 4

Social learning theory, associated with Albert Bandura, proposes that children primarily learn behaviors through:

Accepted Answer

Observation and imitation of role models

Answer

Bandura's social learning theory holds that individuals acquire behaviors by observing and imitating others (modeling), especially when the observed behavior is seen to be rewarded.

Question 5

Which norm requires individuals to marry outside their own social, kinship, or tribal group?

Accepted Answer

Exogamy

Answer

Exogamy is the rule or norm that requires marriage outside one's own defined group (such as a clan or village), often functioning to build alliances between different social groups.

(SCC) Sociology Certificate Course Practice Test

(SCC) Sociology Certificate Course Practice Test

SCC Family and Socialization 3