1. What is the difference between looking at families as small groups and looking at them as a social institution?

2. Differentiate between theory, concept, variable, proposition, and a hypothesis.

3. A theory is designed to serves four purposes. What are they?

4. How is a nuclear family different from an extended family?

5. How is a family of orientation different from a family of procreation?

6. What is a social system?

7. This chapter explained in depth the meanings of 10 concepts related to family systems. Can you define each one and give an example of each?

8, Why is it important for family members to be committed to their family?

9. What are the benefits of consensus?

10. Is interpersonal conflict a bad thing in a marriage or family?

11. What role does interpersonal communication play in a family’s well-being?

12. Define the terms: Social institution, position, role, norm, value, and status hierarchy.

13. What are the factors that account for societal and cultural differences between families?

14. List some of the changes that have occurred in the family institution over the course of time.

15. The ecological systems perspective conceptualizes the social system as made up of five components. What are these?

16. Explain how family systems theory and ecological systems theory can be integrated.

17. Differentiate “race” from “ethnicity.”

18. Define social class.

19. Describe the characteristics of the major social class groups: upper class/elite; middle-class/white collar; working class /blue collar/lower class; poor/homeless.

20. What does endogamous mean?

21. What is propinquity?

22. What is a conjugal unit?

23. Explain how the poverty line is calculated. What is a poverty spell?

24. How is homelessness in America explained?

25. Describe the different family structures that exist among families.

26. Explain the difference between sex and gender.

27. Why is it necessary to understand the principles of gathering and analyzing data when studying the family?

28. Do you know the difference between descriptive studies and explanatory studies?

29. How do positivistic studies differ from postpositivistic studies?

30. What is primary data? How is it collected? How does it differ from secondary data? How is secondary data collected?