Exchange theory argues that people enter into social relationships in which they
a. exchange rewards with each other.
b. love each other.
c. can control each other.
d. acquire status.
Ques. 2Hansen compared different social classes in her research on extended kin and non-kin, paid and non-paid, family support networks. She documented that
a. all social classes depend on such networks to take care of family needs.
b. working-class families are more dependent on such networks than middle- and upper-class families.
c. upper-class families do not use such networks.
d. middle-class families have the most flexibility in purchasing family support care.
Ques. 3Social exchange theorists use the concept of ____________ to refer to the benefits exchanged in social relationships.
a. rewards
b. comparison Levels
c. comparison Levels for Alternatives
d. love
Ques. 4Hochschild (cited by Aulette) studied husbands and wives about the division of housework. She found that men either share the work or they resist by using various strategies. These strategies include all of the following EXCEPT:
a. Passively avoid taking responsibility by forgetting things, doing tasks in an unskilled way, and waiting to be asked.
b. Reducing the need for the tasks by redefining the situation (Change the sheets less often or Let's go to McDonald's for dinner.)
c. Increases emotional support for his wife without doing more housework.
d. Claiming a man's right to not do women's work.
Ques. 5Aulette asserts that it is important to see families as
a. moving through history and constantly changing so we can better understand the changes in our own time.
b. an unchanging social institution that give us stability through tradition.
c. swinging between conservative and liberal positions but not going too far in either direction.
d. independent of society and social policy to give individuals more freedom.
Ques. 6According to Rossi (cited in Aulette) how do Nisei (second generation Japanese Americans) generally compare Japanese American families and contemporary white, American middle-class families?
a. Nisei think that their parents placed too much emphasis on parent-child relationships while white, middle-class Americans place too much emphasis on wife-husband relationships.
b. Nisei think that their parents placed too much emphasis on wife-husband relationships while the white, middle-class Americans place too much emphasis on parent-child relationship.
c. Nisei think that both their parents and white, middle-class Americans place too much emphasis on husband-wife relationships and not enough on parent-child relationships.
d. Nisei think that both their parents and white, middle-class Americans place too much emphasis on the parent-child relationships and not enough on the husband-wife relationships.
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