Sociology 1201 Quiz 6 “Through a Sociological Lens: Social Structure and Family Violence”

Choose the best answer to the following questions and mark your choice on the line to the left of the question number.

___1. A sociological analysis of family violence includes all of the following except:

a. race/ethnicity

b. age

c. sex

d. position in the socioeconomic structure

Xe. personality type

___2. Data on physical abuse of children show that compared with males, females are:

a. much less likely to abuse their children

b. somewhat less likely to abuse their children

Xc. as likely or even more likely to abuse their children

d. far more likely to abuse their children, even controlling for time spent with the children

___3. The family is

Xa. with the exception of the military in war, or the police, society's most violent institution

b. more violent than religious institutions but less violent than schools

c. less violent than economic institutions

d. the least violent institution in society

___4. Gelles biggest objection to feminist theories about family violence is:

a. his belief that they are badly biased

Xb. his belief that they oversimplify by emphasizing just one main causative variable

c. his belief that they are too psychological

d. his belief that they don't connect up with any practical policies for change

___5. Which of the following aspects of the family as an institution is NOT one of the factors Gelles identifies as promoting family violence?

a. time at risk

b. age and sex differences

c. privacy

Xd. the fact that roles and responsibilities depend on interest and competence

___6. The statement that “Family violence can be found in all social groups and all income levels” is associated by Gelles with which type of explanation?

a. feminist

b. sociological

Xc. psychological

d. anthropological