Which of the following statements is TRUE?
a. All remarried families are fundamentally alike in terms of their structure.
b. Younger children are more likely than older children to eventually accept a stepparent as a parent.
c. Husbands and wives with widely varied life cycle experiences have an easier times managing the transition to the remarried family
d. all of the above
Ques. 2If a Marxist points out that the majority of members of Congress come from wealthy families and that some individuals float back and forth between leadership positions in business and in government, which framework is he or she using?
a. Instrumentalist
b. Structuralist
c. Socialist
d. Elitist
Ques. 3Both instrumentalist and structuralist Marxists assert that, within a capitalist society, the state has two main tasks:
a. To facilitate the accumulation of capital and maintain the system by legitimating it in the eyes of the populace.
b. To produce goods and services with minimum impact on the environment and to distribute goods and services equitably.
c. To produce goods for the greatest benefit for the most people and protect workers from external exploitation.
d. To facilitate the functioning of the economic social institution and protect individuals from oppressive inequality.
Ques. 4The term ________________ refers to a remarried family system that includes the households of both biological parents (perhaps other stepparents, siblings, and stepsiblings), biological relatives (perhaps grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins) and
steprelatives (perhaps grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins).
a. boundary ambiguity
b. structural complexity
c. metafamily system
d. systemic diversity
Ques. 5Among the following Theories of the State, which maintains that the United States welfare system is organized as it is in order to facilitate accumulation and legitimation of capital?
a. Monarchist
b. Republican
c. Democrat
d. Marxist
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