Deck 3: Parents and Children in Varied Family Contexts

Question 1

Adopted multiracial adults with White parents experience highly- racialized worlds. Which of the following theme IS NOT common to these adults' growing up experiences?

A) the absence of racial resemblance
B) navigating discordant parent-child racial experiences
C) managing societal perceptions of transracial adoptions
D) less satisfactory adjustment than other children

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Adoptions of older children are more likely to have their placements disrupted due to:

A) Unexpected financial needs of the adopting parents making it difficult to pay the expenses of adoption.
B) Unexpected health needs of the child making it necessary for the State to reclaim the child.
C) Biological parents asking for their child back.
D) Traumas experienced earlier in life complicating the adopted child's adjustment.

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Which of the following is true of children of post-divorce families?

A) The relocation of either parent has a direct and immediate impact on the physical contact between children and their non-resident parent.
B) Most divorced parents have joint custody of their children.
C) Alterations in children's lives due to parental divorce require minimal adjustment.
D) Children have better developmental outcomes in families where single parents use an authoritarian parenting pattern.

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Overall, children whose parents divorce are:

A) At greater risk for academic failure if their parents do not remarry quickly.
B) At no greater risk for behavior problems unless there are multiple parental relationship disruptions.
C) Are at greater risk for developmental difficulties if they are girls.
D) Are at an increased risk for behavior problems if their mother remains single.

Question 5

Many American parents adopt children from races that differ from their own. In those adoptions, which of the following is true?

A) The race of the child usually does not factor into the adoption decision.
B) African American children are the most likely to be adopted.
C) Parents who adopt African American children tend to be younger, White, lesbians, and people who consider their communities to be more diverse.
D) When African American children are adopted into families in which their parents are not African American, the adjustment of these children tends to be unsatisfactory.

Question 6

Adolescent parents and their children are at increased risk for negative outcomes. Which of the following is the most influential for improving resiliency?

A) Financial support
B) Community support
C) Family support
D) Geographic location

Question 7

Adoptive parents have been found to:

A) Be more informed about the demands of parenting than birth parents.
B) Have little preparation or support for coping with parenthood.
C) Have less father involvement in comparison to other nontraditional families.
D) Unable to develop healthy attachments with their adopted children.

Question 8

Which of the following contributes to the likelihood of divorced mothers using authoritarian patterns of parenting?

A) Low levels of stress
B) High levels of depression
C) High levels of social support
D) Low levels of conflict with ex-spouse

Question 9

Most stepfamily households consist of:

A) The father, his children from a previous marriage, and a stepmother.
B) The father, his children from a previous marriage, and a stepmother and her children from previous marriage.
C) The mother, her children from a previous marriage, and a stepfather.
D) The mother, her children from a previous marriage, and the children's grandparents.

Question 10

Children whose parents divorce fare better

A) when they are in the custodial care of their father with limited contact with their mother.
B) when they have close supportive relationships with both of their parents.
C) when they are in the custodial care of their mother with limited contact with their father.
D) when they make a geographical move that limits the involvement of the noncustodial parent.

Question 11

The most effective relationship-building strategies for stepparents are:

A) Dyadic activities chosen by the stepchildren.
B) Engaging in discipline and control early in the relationship.
C) Delaying efforts to build close relationships with the children
D) Trying to act like a biological parent.

Question 12

Research findings show that single fathers become more _____________ following divorce.

A) authoritative
B) authoritarian
C) permissive
D) indulgent

Question 13

Research on stepfamilies suggests that:

A) Stepchildren tend to reject stepfathers who engage in discipline and control early in the relationship.
B) Stepchildren do not do well emotionally and do poorly in school.
C) Custodial mothers report higher levels of marital satisfaction when stepfathers become the household disciplinarian.
D) Stepparents who teach their stepchildren new hobbies, that reflect the stepparents' interests, are better received by the children.

Question 14

Which statement best describes divorced custodial parental control:

A) There are no significant differences in parental patterns in comparing divorced and never-divorced parents.
B) Divorced custodial parents tend to exercise more parental control of their children than parents from never-divorced families.
C) Divorced custodial parents tend to exercise less parental control of their children than parents from never-divorced families.
D) Divorced custodial parents experiencing low levels of stress are likely to use more parental control.

Question 15

Which of the following is has been identified as the most common disadvantage of adolescent motherhood?

A) Problematic relationships with their children.
B) Little support from their own mothers
C) Lower self-esteem
D) Interrupted educational experiences.

Question 16

Studies of adolescent fathers have found them to be _____________

A) frightened about becoming parents.
B) uncaring of their children.
C) uninvolved with their children when they are babies.
D) financially independent of their parents.

Question 17

The process of emotional adjustment to divorce typically takes place

A) Within 6 weeks following the divorce.
B) With 6 months following the divorce.
C) During the final weeks of the legal process as the reality begins to set in.
D) For 1 to 2 years during the period leading up to and immediately following parental separation and divorce.

Question 18

Research suggests that the best way to help young fathers is to:

A) Teach them how to play with their children.
B) Help them finish high school.
C) Improving their relationship with their own fathers.
D) Strengthen earning power through education and job training.

Question 19

Which of the following statements is true of parents who are gay or lesbian?

A) Families headed by gay or lesbian parents differ considerably from those headed by heterosexual couples.
B) Gay men find it more difficult than lesbian women to become parents through insemination or surrogacy.
C) Societal prejudice related to sexual orientation does not distinguish between gay or lesbian parents and heterosexual parents.
D) A pathway to parenting for gay or lesbian parents through assisted reproductive technology ART) is declining.

Question 20

Adolescent fathers, as compared to their peers who do not become fathers,

A) Are financially more responsible.
B) Are less likely to engage in high-risk behaviors.
C) Are more likely to finish high school.
D) Are at greater risk than adult fathers of lower engagement with their children as time passes.

Question 21

What are three of the most important things that have been identified as beneficial to children's post-divorce adjustment?

Question 22

Which family members typically compose the stepfamily? What is the most effective behavior of stepfathers to enhance their relationships with the stepchildren? What is the least effective behavior of stepfathers for building relationships with stepchildren?

Question 23

Grandparents raising their grandchildren are

A) An increasing phenomenon that takes place only within the African American culture.
B) Usually made-up of grandfathers providing financial support to their grandchildren.
C) Beneficial for grandchildren and support resiliency by providing a dependable adult in children's lives.
D) A decreasing phenomenon since most family courts oppose placing children in the homes of their grandparents.

Question 24

Under what circumstances do grandparents become primary caregivers of their grandchildren.

Question 25

What is the most common disadvantage of adolescent mothers? For both adolescent mothers and fathers, what is the most beneficial type of support?

Question 26

Two factors associated with effective foster parenting are:

A) Socioeconomic resources and a permissive parenting style.
B) Religiosity and an autocratic parenting style.
C) Emotional stability and a genuine like for children.
D) Marital status and sexual orientation.

Question 27

What are the common pathways that are available to gay men and lesbian women who want to become parents and what are the challenges that each option presents?

Question 28

Which of the following describes surrogate parents?

A) Persons who have stepped into the parental role to ensure that children have caring homes.
B) Neighborhood parents who watch out for their friends' children on their way to and from school.
C) Caregivers who provide care in orphanages.
D) Extended family relatives who provide child care for working mothers.

Question 29

The rise in foster care placement coincides with an increase of reported cases of _____________ in the United States.

A) Parental abuse and neglect of children
B) Parental physical or mental illness
C) Parental substance abuse
D) Parental imprisonment

Question 30

Three are three factors that predict higher levels of nurturing and involvement of noncustodial fathers.

Question 31

Research has demonstrated that the sexual orientation of gay/lesbian parents:

A) Affects their ability to parent
B) Affects the outcomes of their children.
C) Affects neither their ability to parent nor outcomes among their children.
D) Does not affect the level of support they receive from their own parents

Question 32

What formal supports are needed to assist these grandparents in their surrogate parent roles?

Question 33

Research has demonstrated that lesbian mothers:

A) Are less likely to adopt male friends as male role models for their children
B) Have fewer men participating in the lives of their children in comparison to single heterosexual mothers.
C) Have less cooperative relations with their ex-spouses than single heterosexual mothers
D) Are likely to adopt male friends as male role models for their children.