Question 1

In a 'matrilineage,' the relationship between a man and his sister's children is called the:

Accepted Answer

A)   patrilocality.
B)   avunculate.
C)   matrilineal packet.
D)   affinality.
E)   father substitution complex.

Question 2

A man spends more time with his sister's children than his sister's husband does. The same man also pays little attention to his wife's children. What kind of relationship does the man have with his sister's children?

Accepted Answer

A)   stepfather once removed.
B)   patrilineal.
C)   classificatory.
D)   affinal.
E)   avunculate.

Question 3

The term 'nu' (used by the Hua of Papua New Guinea)  can best be translated as:

Accepted Answer

A)   vital essence.
B)   fluoride.
C)   witchcraft or hexing.
D)   blood.
E)   "What's new?"

Question 4

What makes using ARTs like IVF or gestational surrogates 'biocultural'?

Accepted Answer

A)   Their use reflects internalized cultural beliefs regarding the ideal shape and character of the family and of individuals belonging to it
B)   All of the answers are correct.
C)   Technology (culture)  affects reproduction (biology) 
D)   The choice to use ARTs depends on cultural values such as those that prioritize genetic material over nurturance when it comes to defining kinship
E)   Certain populations' reproductive health (biology)  affects technological research and development (culture) .

Question 5

Why would a teenager who seeks to elicit financial support from a parental figure or relative begin the conversation by emphasizing their kinship?

Accepted Answer

A)   invoking kin terms can commodify family connections.
B)   people use kin terms to remind each other of associated rights and obligations.
C)   kin obligations always entail financial support.
D)   invoking kin terms can highlight a relationship's fragility.
E)   kin terms can be used to invalidate or avoid kinship obligations.

Question 6

The traditional Japanese Buddhist conception of life is best visualized as a/an:

Accepted Answer

A)   circle
B)   triangle
C)   rectangle
D)   wave
E)   line A

Question 7

Why is use of Assistive Reproductive Technologies (ARTs)  rapidly increasing in the United States in comparison to use of adoption to build families?

Accepted Answer

A)   It is a cheaper alternative to adoption.
B)   Using ARTs is much easier physically .
C)   Mainstream US culture puts a high emphasis on genetics in determining kinship connections.
D)   ARTs use ensures healthy children.
E)   Actually it is not; US citizens have long preferred adoption to medical intervention.

Question 8

Because of their food sharing and kinship rules, the Hua of Papua New Guinea avoid eating food from:

Accepted Answer

A)   their children.
B)   enemies.
C)   people who are angry at them.
D)   new spouses.
E)   All answers are correct.

Question 9

In the USA, husbands and wives are:

Accepted Answer

A)   affinal kin
B)   consubstantial kin
C)   consanguineal kin
D)   genetic kin
E)   fictive kin

Question 10

'Lineages' specifically track:

Accepted Answer

A)   heredity or ancestry.
B)   genetic relatedness.
C)   power relations.
D)   where people live after marriage.
E)   who has authority in the family. A

Question 11

In cultures where DNA is not the main substance of kinship:

Accepted Answer

A)   adoption is often much easier
B)   people con construct kinship additively postnatally
C)   ART seems ridiculous
D)   'real' kinship can be created affinally.
E)   All of the answers are correct.

Question 12

Although members of different cultures may have different ways of understanding and enacting kinship, as human beings we all have:

Accepted Answer

A)   a sense of mutual and unwavering empathy for one another.
B)   parallel ideas about kin connections.
C)   a universal and inherent drive for communion.
D)   the same normative cultural ideas about motherhood.
E)   milk kin.

Question 13

In many mainstream American movies, a child's bond to their biological father is portrayed as far more important than their bond to their stepfather. This reflects the cultural belief that:

Accepted Answer

A)   kinship depends on genetic inheritance
B)   affinal kinship connections are a standard and necessary feature in every child's life.
C)   classificatory kin have greater significance for and impact on a child's development.
D)   kinship bonds are defined via obligation rather than blood.
E)   a mother's love reigns supreme

Question 14

Which question does NOT make sense universally, in all cultures?

Accepted Answer

A)   When does life begin?
B)   Who is your mother?
C)   Who are your kin?
D)   What is the basis of kinship?
E)   All of these questions make sense in all cultures? A

Question 15

Which of the following kinship types is NOT a subset or subtype of 'consubstantial'?

Accepted Answer

A)   classificatory kin
B)   genetic or DNA kin
C)   consanguineal kin
D)   milk kin
E)   nurturance kin

Question 16

Abortion, in traditional Japanese Buddhism, can be a way to:

Accepted Answer

A)   strengthen the family.
B)   protect the family.
C)   ensure a good life or future for an aborted/miscarried fetus's soul or being.
D)   All three substantive answers are correct.
E)   None of the answers provided is right.

Question 17

In most cultures, nearly all behavior is guided by:

Accepted Answer

A)   kinship rights and obligations.
B)   individual preferences.
C)   cosmic means.
D)   judicial means.
E)   affinal arrangements.

Question 18

Some prefer 'SRT' to 'ART' (assistive reproductive technology) . What does the S stand for?

Accepted Answer

A)   Selective
B)   Specialized
C)   Surplus
D)   Synthetic
E)   Surgical

Question 19

When people in the West refer to their 'blood kin' they really mean their:

Accepted Answer

A)   consanguineal kin.
B)   affinal kin.
C)   genetic kin.
D)   classificatory kin.
E)   legal kin.

Question 20

The traditional Japanese Buddhist ritual 'Mizuko kuyō':

Accepted Answer

A)   exists to make parents feel better but lacks any deeper symbolic meaning
B)   is crucial for the spiritual protection a fire child
C)   helps ensure that a soul released through miscarriage, stillbirth, or abortion will come back when the time is right
D)   cannot be practiced in the fall.
E)   promotes the idea that abortion and miscarriage happen when people are bad.

Exam 13: Kinship

In a 'matrilineage,' the relationship between a man and his sister's children is called the:

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

A man spends more time with his sister's children than his sister's husband does. The same man also pays little attention to his wife's children. What kind of relationship does the man have with his sister's children?

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

The term 'nu' (used by the Hua of Papua New Guinea) can best be translated as:

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

What makes using ARTs like IVF or gestational surrogates 'biocultural'?

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

Why would a teenager who seeks to elicit financial support from a parental figure or relative begin the conversation by emphasizing their kinship?

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

The traditional Japanese Buddhist conception of life is best visualized as a/an:

Correct AnswerverifiedA

Why is use of Assistive Reproductive Technologies (ARTs) rapidly increasing in the United States in comparison to use of adoption to build families?

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

Because of their food sharing and kinship rules, the Hua of Papua New Guinea avoid eating food from:

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

In the USA, husbands and wives are:

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

'Lineages' specifically track:

Correct AnswerverifiedA

In cultures where DNA is not the main substance of kinship:

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

Although members of different cultures may have different ways of understanding and enacting kinship, as human beings we all have:

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

In many mainstream American movies, a child's bond to their biological father is portrayed as far more important than their bond to their stepfather. This reflects the cultural belief that:

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

Which question does NOT make sense universally, in all cultures?

Correct AnswerverifiedA

Which of the following kinship types is NOT a subset or subtype of 'consubstantial'?

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

Abortion, in traditional Japanese Buddhism, can be a way to:

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

In most cultures, nearly all behavior is guided by:

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

Some prefer 'SRT' to 'ART' (assistive reproductive technology) . What does the S stand for?

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

When people in the West refer to their 'blood kin' they really mean their:

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

The traditional Japanese Buddhist ritual 'Mizuko kuyō':

Correct AnswerverifiedShow Answer

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified
A

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified
A

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified
A

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified

Correct Answer
verified