Deck 12: Race, Ethnicity, and Family Stress

Question 1

What term refers to categories assigned to individuals based on shared phenotypic characteristics?

A) ethnicity
B) race
C) culture
D) family

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Of the theoretical models listed below, which best captures the contextualized stressful experiences facing racially and ethnically diverse families?

A) the ABC-X model
B) the Double ABC-X model
C) the sociocultural family stress model
D) the race, ethnicity, and family stress model

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Through ______, children are responsible for their parents' physical and emotional well-being by respecting, honoring, and caring for their parents in order to repay parents' love, devotion, and sacrifice.

A) nae ri sa rang
B) ga jung kyo
C) yin and yang
D) filial piety

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Yuning, an Asian American, is often asked "where are you from?" followed by "where are you really from?" What major stereotype about Asian American families does this illustrate?

A) the perpetual foreigner stereotype
B) the model minority stereotype
C) the criminal foreigner stereotypes
D) the dishonest minority stereotype

Question 5

What does Confucian family ideology emphasize?

A) the importance of shared culture
B) obligation between parents and children
C) conformity to family norms
D) Children should not be physically disciplined.

Question 6

The fundamental trigger of Asian American youths' maladjustment stems from ______.

A) strict parenting
B) lack of language proficiency
C) persistent stereotypes
D) the generation gap

Question 7

What is a drawback of excessive racial socialization in Asian American families?

A) failure to acculturate
B) an increase in interracial relationships
C) rejection of core cultural values
D) exaggerated mistrust of the mainstream society

Question 8

What do Filipino families emphasize as part of normative parental roles and expectations?

A) discipline
B) individuality
C) parental sacrifices
D) Confucian family ideology

Question 9

The strong parent-child commitment to mutually obligatory relationships in many Asian American families can ______.

A) increase racial discrimination
B) increase self-reported maladjustment among children
C) reduce interaction with non-Asian American families
D) promote academic success

Question 10

Where does the perpetual foreigner stereotype, frequently applied to those of Asian descent living in the United States, fit into the ABC-X model?

A) the "A"
B) the "B"
C) the "C"
D) the "X"

Question 11

The strong commitment to family that many Asian American families maintain is an example of ______ in the ABC-X model.

A) A
B) B
C) C
D) X

Question 12

Some Asian American parents believe that strict removal of themselves from the educational authorities (e.g., teachers, schools) shows their ______.

A) respect for educational authorities
B) disdain for Western culture
C) acculturation to Western values
D) Confucian family ideology

Question 13

What effect does the model minority myth have on many Asian Americans?

A) They feel pressure to live up to unrealistic expectations.
B) They withdraw from Western institutions.
C) They are unable to accept social safety net programs.
D) They reject the stereotype, becoming more likely to fail.

Question 14

Discrimination that favors light-skinned members of a group over dark-skinned members of a group is called ______.

A) discrimination
B) racism
C) colorism
D) familism

Question 15

Which theoretical model explicitly demonstrates how skin tone differences within groups produce variation in lived experiences and family processes?

A) the ABC-X model
B) the Double ABC-X model
C) the sociocultural family stress model
D) the race, ethnicity, and family stress model

Question 16

Why are some transnational families referred to as "virtual migrant families?"

A) because family friends are considered the same as family
B) because geographically distant family members communicate via the internet
C) because so many migrant families travel across the border with their family
D) because these types of families tend to be much larger than nonmigrant families

Question 17

______ families refer to families that live in separate countries.

A) Cosmopolitan
B) Global
C) Cross-border
D) Transnational

Question 18

Among African American families, a total of ______ of children under the age of 18 live in a home with a single parent.

A) 36%
B) 64%
C) 52%
D) 25%

Question 19

Among African American mothers, ______ is the primary type of support received from extended family members.

A) loans
B) childcare
C) emotional support
D) educational support

Question 20

Which of the following is an example of instrumental support a single mother might receive from her extended family?

A) problem-solving
B) giving advice
C) emotional support
D) paying for a babysitter

Question 21

Poverty and the social conditions experienced by African American families may result from ______ stressors such as institutional racism.

A) microlevel
B) transnational
C) unique
D) macro-level

Question 22

All families engage with law enforcement in America at some point, but there's a unique history about these interactions that produces chronic stress for African Americans. When considering an African American family, which component of the ABC-X model is interacting with a law enforcement agent or the future possibility of interacting with such agents?

A) the "A" component
B) the "B" component
C) the "C" component
D) the "X" component

Question 23

Which of the following is an example of mundane everyday environmental stress?

A) parenting
B) acute stressors
C) race-based microaggressions
D) transnationalism

Question 24

The ______ explicitly describes Asian Americans as high-achieving. In the process, it obscures subgroup differences, cultural histories, and networks. This, in turn, further marginalizes underrepresented Asian Americans who may require public or governmental support.

A) idealized Asian stereotype
B) the model minority myth
C) the monolithic minority narrative
D) Asian achievement trope

Question 25

What part of the ABC-X model is reflected in a Latinx family's perception of race when experiencing colorism within the family and from those outside the family?

A) the "A" component
B) the "B" component
C) the "C" component
D) the "X" component

Question 26

Ethnicity refers to categories assigned to individuals based on shared phenotypic characteristics.

Question 27

People that share a race can identify as different ethnicities.

Question 28

Specific examples of family stress among families of color can include the intersection of multiple identities that, when combined, produce unique stressors.

Question 29

Authoritarian parenting means the same thing in Asian American families and European American families.

Question 30

Almost 35% of children under the age of 18 live in single-parent homes in the United States.

Question 31

The majority of African American children in single-parent households live with their single father.

Question 32

Black Americans are disproportionately more likely to be killed by police than White people, regardless of the race of the police officer.

Question 33

Green books were guidebooks that highlighted safe locations to drive or be as a Black person in America.

Question 34

Families are solely responsible for the stress they experience and how they respond to the stressors.

Question 35

The perpetual foreigner stereotype refers to the default expectation of non-Asian Americans to assume that Asian Americans were not born in the United States, even if their families have resided in the United States over multiple generations.

Question 36

Compare and contrast the ABC-X model and SFS model.

Question 37

Explain the role of the perpetual foreigner stereotype as a trigger of Asian American youths' maladjustment.

Question 38

Explain how the myth of the model minority creates a unique stressor for the Asian American community.

Question 39

What is colorism and how does the SFS model contextualize the role it plays in creating stress for Latinx families?

Question 40

Outline how race and ethnic differences serve as moderating factors when considering how African American families respond to the stress of interactions with law enforcement.