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sam.t96

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How did the media portrayal of families in the 1960s and 1970s differ from reality?
 
  a. Media portrayed families as always being two-parent nuclear families, while most families were single-parent families in reality.
  b. Media portrayed families as single-parent families headed by men, while most single-parent families were headed by women in reality.
  c. Media portrayed divorce as the common reason for most single-parent families, while death was the most common reason in reality.
  d. Media portrayed high levels of poverty and inaccessibility to resources in poor families, while families were not so poor in reality.

Question 2

What is the advantage of pluralistic family arrangements?
 
  a. They reinforce the importance of traditional family types.
  b. They permit people of many occupations, religions, and lifestyles to find a form of the family that best fits their values and needs.
  c. They allow people to practice polygamy legally.
  d. They give people the freedom to define the nature of their society based on the support for a particular lifestyle.



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Answer to Question 1

Answer: b

Answer to Question 2

Answer: b



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