Comparisons of white and black middle-class families show that black families are more likely to
a. feel ambivalent about education for their children.
b. show a smaller degree of equality between husbands and wives.
c. emphasize community responsibility.
d. emphasize freedom, autonomy and individualism
Ques. 2Around 1880 the U. S. Government developed a policy to obliterate the cultural heritage of Native Americans and to replace it with the values of Anglo-American society. The key strategy to accomplish this was
a. extermination through massacres, starvation and deliberate infections of disease.
b. to remove children from their tribal homes and families and place them in far-way boarding schools so that they did not see their families for several years.
c. government-supported missions on every reservation, required religious conversion to Christianity, and prohibitions against speaking native languages and engaging in cultural practices, rituals or traditions.
d. none of the above -- the federal government officials predicted that the Native Americans would voluntarily give up their native culture for the superior Anglo culture.
Ques. 3Research cited by Aulette indicates that the group that is most ambivalent and sometimes negative about education for their children is the
a. Black middle class.
b. White middle class.
c. Black working class.
d. White working class.
Ques. 4According to the structural model, the organizational characteristics of the family refers to
a. the manner in which family subsystems are organized
b. the hierarchical relationships between family subsystems
c. the clarity of boundaries within and between subsystems
d. all of the above
Ques. 5In families that set out on the Overland Trail,
a. the majority of wives agreed with the decision to make the trip.
b. many of the women felt sadness and anger at having to leave their families and friends behind.
c. husbands were more likely to miss the emotional ties of adult friends they left back home, while wives relied on their children for emotional support.
d. All of the above.
Ques. 6Which of the following is more likely to be accompanied by feelings of guilt?
a. role strain
b. role overload
c. role ambiguity
d. role conflict