Select all that applyWhen comparing family relationships in the United States and Brazil, we notice which of the following?Multiple select question.Brazilians do not regard their spouse as a member of their family, whereas Americans do.Brazilians value spouses and children more than North Americans do.Because middle-class Americans normally lack a readily available extended family support system, marriage assumes more importance.A Brazilian’s family includes his/her parents, siblings, aunts, uncles, grandparents, cousins, and children.Brazilians consider their marriage relationships more important than their relationships with members of their birth families.

Which best explains why Brazilian and U.S. cultures came to view racial status differently?Multiple choice question.Male settlers in Brazil preferred to mate with members of the indigenous population rather than with Africans or Europeans.The native population in Brazil was more hostile than the native population in the United States.The demographic characteristics of the settlers of the two countries were different.Female settlers in the Unite States pushed for segregation.

Which is the most common form of family structure cross-culturally?Group of answer choicesFamily with grandparents as care-givers of childrenA woman with multiple spousesNuclear familyExtended family PreviousNext

In the United States, which of the following statements about ethnicity and marriage is most accurate?Group of answer choicesLatina adults are significantly more likely to be divorced than African American adults.At present, ethnicity is not related to marital status.Latina women are somewhat more likely than European American women to be married.European American women have the lowest marriage rates, probably because they are more likely than women from other ethnic groups to live with a partner, rather than be married.

North Americans may lack close ties with relatives beyond their nuclear families becauseMultiple choice question.they are geographically mobile, living near their jobs instead of family.North Americans do not care very much about family relationships.their parents are divorced, which shatters the family unit.there are many immigrants, who may not value marriage and the family as much as native-born Americans do.

elect all that applyBecause culture affects the way kinship is calculated, which of the following are true?Multiple select question.Most societies have the same basic rules for determining who is a relative.Some societies do not consider all blood relatives to be part of the family.Kinship is socially constructed in nonindustrial societies but is no longer so in our own.Some societies believe a child can have more than one biological father.People who are not blood relatives can sometimes be regarded socially as kin.