Deck 3: Family Problems of At-Risk Children and Youth

Question 1

One of the major developmental tasks of homosexual youth is:

A)navigating the process of "coming out."
B)feeling that family life is not very safe.
C)graduating from high school.
D)joining community social clubs.

Answer 1

A

Question 2

A family that fails to develop a secure sense of individuality, separateness, and autonomy is called:

A)enmeshed.
B)detached.
C)blended family.
D)single parent family.

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Blended families with children are also known as:

A)multiethnic families.
B)multicultural families.
C)reconstituted families.
D)revitalized families.

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Extended families:

A)support the child's parents.
B)replace the parental role.
C)give a unwanted separation within the family.
D)give unwanted involvement with social services.

Question 5

An essential focus of ACCESS is to contribute to survivors':

A)critical consciousness and empowerment.
B)self-criticism and empowerment.
C)abusive power dynamics and empowerment.
D)critical consciousness and self-criticism.

Question 6

The term for a family in which one or more of the children are home alone before or after school and on school holidays is:

A)latchkey family.
B)blended family.
C)single parent family.
D)foster family.

Question 7

Low income, single mothers are not likely to be:

A)young.
B)never married.
C)employed.
D)less educated.

Question 8

What is not an example of sexual violence?

A)Rape
B)Incest
C)Molestation
D)Slapping

Question 9

A closed family system is considered dysfunctional because it:

A)interacts chaotically with the environment.
B)is considered neglectful.
C)permits family members to develop separate identities.
D)is less receptive to external stimuli and is unresponsive to change.

Question 10

Which group of youths experience the highest rates of victimization?

A)Females
B)Gay youth
C)Black youth
D)Transgender youth

Question 11

Blended families are:

A)when remarried partner bring children into the relationship.
B)when children are home alone before or after school.
C)children of parents using substances.
D)children being raised by grandparents.

Question 12

Newlyweds in blended families must negotiate the:

A)establishment stage.
B)unattached young adult stage.
C)the two final stages.
D)launching stage.

Question 13

Second marriages are:

A)more fragile than first marriages.
B)more robust than first marriages.
C)most likely to be multiracial.
D)most likely to be multicultural.

Question 14

LGBT youth have a higher risk of running away from home due to:

A)lack of healthy communication skills.
B)inability to obtain employment.
C)inability to feel safe.
D)lack of acceptance within their schools.

Question 15

The influences of homophobia which subject families with LGBT members to stress are:

A)exosystem only.
B)macrosystem only.
C)microsystem only.
D)exosystem and macrosystem.

Question 16

What type of behavior does not constitute IPV?

A)Threatening a spouse
B)Emotional abuse of a dating partner
C)Physical abuse against a child
D)Sexual abuse of a dating partner

Question 17

What is not an example of physical abuse?

A)Hair pulling
B)Slapping
C)Beating
D)Ridicule

Question 18

What type of pairing contributes to future criminal behavior in young adults?

A)Pair bonding
B)Associative pairing
C)Assortative pairing
D)Romantic pairing

Question 19

What features often characterize a family with depressed parents?

A)Poor marital adjustment
B)Marital warmth
C)Parent solidarity
D)Familial support

Question 20

Most incarcerated adults were once:

A)at-risk youth.
B)victims of domestic abuse.
C)victims of domestic assault.
D)drug abusers.

Question 21

A bully's use of aggression to exert dominance is likely to lead to dating violence.

Question 22

In Latino families cousins might not be related.

Question 23

What is called enmeshment in the dominant culture in the United States might be called collective sharing in families of color.

Question 24

Many latchkey kids cannot reach a parent by phone.

Question 25

Single parent families experience unique stressors.