Deck 9: Socialization and the Family

Question 1

The process of social learning and adaptation at macro and micro levels in society refers to ______?

A) community nesting
B) socialization
C) dynamic ecosystems
D) mesosystem

Answer 1

B

Question 2

A person who is a CEO of a company would have a(n) ______ role.

A) institutional
B) informal
C) tenuous
D) mid-level

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Mr. Chatters is known as the neighborhood gossip and acts accordingly. He holds a(n) ______ role.

A) institutional
B) informal
C) tenuous
D) mid-level

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Which of the following is most important to the formation of social roles in one's life?

A) social messages
B) having psychological buffers
C) convoys
D) educational background

Question 5

Women may feel compelled to take on caregiving roles without the available social support, and this can result in distress. This highlights ______.

A) the lack of resilience among women
B) the minimal role of socialization in aging
C) society's acceptance of both genders
D) the impact of gender-appropriate norms across adulthood

Question 6

Research on interpersonal relationships in adulthood has suggested ______.

A) relationships are more positive in later life
B) emotional closeness with close friends decreases with age
C) filial relationships are not as relevant in later life
D) older adults are unable to engage in social relationships

Question 7

An individual that avoids making future attachments might be best characterized as having a(n) ______ attachment style.

A) secure
B) vertical
C) ambivalent
D) avoidant

Question 8

College students who develop relationships with other college students is an example of ______ attachment.

A) ambivalent
B) horizontal
C) vertical
D) secure

Question 9

We tend to select long-term partners who ______.

A) fit in with the adage, "opposites attract"
B) have the most physical or material wealth
C) we are most physically attracted to
D) reinforce our own beliefs and values

Question 10

Compared to men, women ______.

A) are better able to join social organizations for support
B) have worse health outcomes due to divorce and widowhood
C) are no different in the pattern of impact following a divorce
D) do not experience gender socialization

Question 11

Being ______ is associated with higher mortality.

A) married
B) in a cohabitating arrangement
C) divorced
D) partnered

Question 12

Service providers of adults who are part of LGBTQ communities might consider ______.

A) education and how to create "safe spaces"
B) nothing, there are no special considerations of the LGBTQ community
C) the impact that privilege has improved outcomes of this community
D) care for this population, due to their extended life span

Question 13

Qualitative research by Reczek (2014) has suggested that there are four fundamental ways to foster bonds between the child and the aging gay or lesbian parent. They include ______.

A) rejections in everyday life
B) threat of being usurped
C) traumatic events
D) affirmations

Question 14

Marital satisfaction depends on all of the following EXCEPT ______.

A) quality of communication patterns
B) conflict resolution
C) lack of support
D) pleasurable interactions

Question 15

The strongest predictor of marital satisfaction is ______.

A) pleasurable interactions
B) conflict resolution
C) dyadic coping
D) financial well-being

Question 16

Relationship satisfaction tends to ______ with advancing age.

A) steadily increase
B) steadily decrease
C) remain the same
D) sharply increase

Question 17

Annelise has maintained a relationship with her ex-husband's siblings and even plans to visit for them for the holidays. This is an example of ______.

A) kin retention
B) kin loss
C) kin exchange
D) nonkin conversion

Question 18

Research supports ______.

A) it is better to stay together as a family, despite significant conflict
B) the idea that a single-parent household is better than a conflictual one
C) out-of-wedlock pregnancies are less common than ten years ago
D) women who are single mothers are worse off

Question 19

People who ultimately remarry report ______ disagreements, and they are ______ likely to divorce again.

A) more; more
B) more; less
C) fewer; more
D) fewer; less

Question 20

The average number of years of being in a grandparenting role for an adult in the United States is ______ years.

A) 18
B) 25
C) 35
D) 38

Question 21

Individuals have patterns of being more selective in choosing social interactions as they age.

Question 22

People tend to make partnership selection based on similarities.

Question 23

Erikson believed that individuals seek out intimacy at approximately 18-35 years of age.

Question 24

Caregivers who had higher relationship satisfaction prior to caregiving show greater negative reactivity to caregiving difficulties.

Question 25

Some argue that one's family may have the longest lasting impact on socialization over time.

Question 26

LGBTQ individuals do not usually experience differential treatment and show no differences in the construction of social support networks compared to other populations.

Question 27

More women are the heads of single-parent households.

Question 28

Another term for custodial grandparents is duplicate parenthood.

Question 29

Social withdrawal is not a normative expectation in later life.

Question 30

Older adults tend to have larger online friend networks, which include mostly non-online social connections.

Question 31

What are two types of family experiences described by Allen and Roberto (2016)?

Question 32

Provide an example of a blended family.

Question 33

What is the impact of social engagement on physical health and capacity in later adulthood?

Question 34

What is kin promotion and provide an example.

Question 35

What are two factors that impact marital satisfaction?

Question 36

Describe some of the benefits of partnership and how this differs by gender.

Question 37

How does gender role identity impact adjustment throughout aging? What might be done about it?

Question 38

Describe the different attachment styles and how it might relate to relationship development across the life span.

Question 39

What are some common effects of divorce?

Question 40

Compare and contrast the four basic forms of families and the associated demographic trends.