Deck 17: Family Stress

Question 1

Type A people are concerned with quantity more than quality.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Sexual orientation precludes a moral setting in which children can be raised.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, approximately 674,000 children were found to be victims of child abuse or neglect in the year 2017.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

In 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that same-sex marriage was constitutional.

Question 5

Both gay couples and lesbian couples are conceiving children through artificial insemination or other means.

Question 6

One of the functions of a family is to govern societal control of reproduction and child rearing.

Question 7

The divorce rate continues to rise in the United States.

Question 8

In a family you can really be yourself-even your worst self-and usually still feel you belong to the group.

Question 9

As an advice to divorced parents, angry feelings about one's ex-spouse must be shared with one's child.

Question 10

By 2018, approximately 27 percent of all families with children still at home were maintained by a single parent.

Question 11

Under 20 percent of families in the United States are remarried or re-coupled families.

Question 12

Adoptions are legally binding and irreversible after a short, limited period of time.

Question 13

In the United States, the divorce rate from 1960 through 2017 has been steadily increasing.

Question 14

Some women are likely to have difficulty sharing home and parenting duties because of the fear of losing their identities as women and mothers.

Question 15

In 2016, 24 percent of all children under 18 lived with a single parent.

Question 16

With a Covenant Marital Contract, a couple waive their right to a no-fault (easily obtained)divorce.

Question 17

Children will cause less stress if we wonder at them-if we watch them grow and marvel at their uniqueness.

Question 18

In dual-career families, children must learn to become more self-sufficient at an earlier age.

Question 19

The decrease in cohabitation among younger women suggests a decreasing trend in premarital cohabitation in recent years.

Question 20

In 2012, the number of Americans who lived in multi-generational family households was half the number of those who lived in such households in 1980.

Question 21

Which of the following is a characteristic of closed adoptions?

A)They involve contact between the birth parents and the adoptive parents.
B)The identities of the birth parents and adoptive parents are kept secret from one another in closed adoptions.
C)They allow the birth parents to select the adoptive parents.
D)The adoptive parents and the birth parents should belong to the same race in closed adoptions.

Question 22

According to the family stress model, which of the following is most likely to be an extrafamily stressor?

A)Unemployment
B)Sexual dissatisfaction
C)Role insufficiency
D)Lack of finances

Question 23

In 2014, which group had the largest percentage of families with children at home that were maintained by one parent?

A)Hispanics
B)African Americans
C)Caucasians
D)Asians

Question 24

In 2009, what percentage of the adult population in the United States was married and living with a spouse?

A)35 percent
B)49 percent
C)78 percent
D)64 percent

Question 25

The first state supreme courts in the United States to rule bans on gay and lesbian marriages unconstitutional were those of:

A)Hawaii and Washington.
B)Hawaii and Texas.
C)Hawaii and Massachusetts.
D)Hawaii and Alaska.

Question 26

Which of the following statements is true of marriage in the United States?

A)More adults still remain single rather than get married.
B)As people age, they are more likely to marry.
C)The number of women who take their husband's last name is less than the number of women who do not.
D)Marriage no longer requires a marriage license and a marriage ceremony.

Question 27

Relatives other than spouses and children are known as one's:

A)nuclear family.
B)structural family.
C)extended family.
D)immediate family.

Question 28

Which of the following is most likely to be a qualitative way of spending the limited time that is available with one's family?

A)Watching television together
B)Leaving out the elderly when spending time with one's children
C)Going out for dinner instead of a movie
D)Going to an opera instead of a picnic

Question 29

In the context of the three-phased parent-child relationship, _____ is a teen phase.

A)bonding
B)detachment
C)reunion
D)integration

Question 30

In the context of the three-phased parent-child relationship, a child learns independence and relies less on the family during the _____.

A)bonding years
B)detachment years
C)reunion years
D)rebellious years

Question 31

In open adoptions, the birth parents do not have contact with the adoptive parents.

Question 32

Adoption where there is contact between the birth parents and the adoptive parents is known as:

A)agency adoption.
B)open adoption.
C)foster adoption.
D)independent adoption.

Question 33

Which of the following is true of the violent lives of children in the United States every day?

A)11 children and youths under 20 commit suicide.
B)368 children are arrested for drug abuse.
C)368 children are arrested for violent crimes.
D)20 children are killed by abuse or neglect.

Question 34

In the context of cohabitation, the National Survey of Family Growth found that:

A)women between the ages of 25 and 29 are least likely to be currently cohabiting.
B)women between the ages of 20 and 24 are least likely to be currently cohabiting.
C)women were increasingly likely to cohabit with a partner as a first union rather than to marry directly.
D)younger women were less likely to cohabit with a partner, which suggests a decreasing trend in premarital cohabitation in recent years.

Question 35

The U.S. Census Bureau reports that the number of families maintained by one parent increased by _____ percent from 1970 to 1980.

A)50
B)60
C)70
D)80

Question 36

Which of the following is NOT a reason for elderly people who are widowed to cohabitate?

A)They feel no need to formalize their union.
B)Their two separate social security checks may be larger than one check when remarried.
C)Social security checks would cease if they were to remarry.
D)All of the answers are correct.

Question 37

Children who move out of their homes and later return to live with their parents are referred to as:

A)delinquent children.
B)homebody children.
C)foster children.
D)boomerang children.

Question 38

In the United States, the cost of raising a child through age _____ is $233,610 for a middle-income family.

A)17
B)18
C)20
D)21

Question 39

According to the family stress model, sexual dissatisfaction is an example of an extrafamily stressor.

Question 40

Purchasing appliances with extended warranties is recommended by the author as a good way to cut back on expenses.

Question 41

Which of the following is NOT conducive to sharing meaningful family time together?

A)Trips to fancy hotels, where parents play golf and kids attend day camp
B)Hiking excursions
C)Vacations to visit historical landmarks
D)Fishing trips

Question 42

In a study of married couples, which of the following qualities was reported as a trait that made their marriages successful?

A)Honesty
B)Love
C)Trust
D)All of the answers are correct.

Question 43

In the United States, _____ children are killed by abuse or neglect every day.

A)2
B)4
C)5
D)7

Question 44

In the United States, _____ children and youths under 20 commit suicide every day.

A)2
B)4
C)5
D)7

Question 45

In 2016, what percentage of parents in the United States with children under 18 years of age lived with their spouses?

A)76 percent
B)63 percent
C)40 percent
D)22 percent

Question 46

A(n)_____ refers to a married couple and their children.

A)protracted family
B)extended family
C)structural family
D)nuclear family

Question 47

Which of the following groups is most likely to be currently cohabiting?

A)People between the ages of 30 and 34
B)People between the ages of 20 and 24
C)People between the ages of 35 and 39
D)People between the ages of 40 and 44

Question 48

According to the financial gurus, what percentage of your income should you spend on transportation?

A)25 to 35
B)10 to 15
C)2 to 7
D)5 to 10

Question 49

A budget can help with all of the following EXCEPT:

A)preventing debt.
B)preparing for the future financially.
C)eliminating bad credit.
D)controlling your finances.

Question 50

Which of the following needs is always satisfied by all families?

A)Economic support
B)Emotional support
C)Social support
D)All of the answers are correct.

Question 51

Which of the following is the most likely advice given to divorced parents?

A)Criticize your ex-spouse in front of the child.
B)Try to solve problems through your child.
C)Put your child in the middle between you and your ex-spouse.
D)Do not make your child the messenger between yourself and your ex-spouse.

Question 52

Families in which the father or the mother is absent because of divorce, marital separation, out-of-wedlock pregnancy, or death are called:

A)single-parent families.
B)mono-career families.
C)foster families.
D)dysfunctional families.

Question 53

A _____ refers to a family in which both spouses work outside the home with careers of their own.

A)mutual-career family
B)dual-career family
C)mono-career family
D)working-parent family

Question 54

The financial gurus recommend that, as a general rule, one should spend between 25 to 35 percent of one's income on _____.

A)transportation
B)utilities
C)housing
D)entertainment and recreation

Question 55

In 2016, just over _____ adults in the United States were married and living with a spouse.

A)65 million
B)150 million
C)100 million
D)125 million