Deck 7: Communication and Family Roles and Types

Question 1

Alberto and Lawanda both work full time. He is a doctor and she is a psychotherapist. They have not had children together. He has two sons by a previous marriage. Which answer best describes this couple?

A) A dual career-earner couple
B) Dual-career couple
C) Dual-earner couple
D) None of the above

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Which of the following might not be considered a kinship maintenance function?

A) Calling your friend to help get your nephew a summer job
B) Sending birthday cards to your grandparents
C) Talking to your sister about community politics
D) Calling your sister when she is sick

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Which of the following is not an essential family function in roles?

A) Providing resources for food and shelter
B) Maintaining the family system
C) Providing for individual nurturing and counseling
D) Providing for investments for the future

Answer 3

D

Question 4

The following example illustrates which of Fitzpatrick's types?: As a couple, Pat and Carma accept the change and uncertainty of their careers and home life. They tend to ignore schedules and expected values.

A) Independents
B) Separates
C) Traditionals
D) Independent/separates

Question 5

Which is the correct term for a family that, as being high in conversation orientation and low in conformity, has open communication and emotionally supports each other?

A) Consensual
B) Protective
C) Pluralistic
D) Laissez-faire

Question 6

Gender socialization includes:

A) Providing children with toys appropriate for their sex
B) Children learning appropriate, gender-based rules of disclosure
C) Restricting children's activities and interests to what is considered appropriate
D) All of the above

Question 7

Matt and Lisa just had a baby, and Lisa has started to feel completely overwhelmed by the sheer volume of work she feels she has to do to take care of the baby and maintain the housework. She and Matt have begun arguing about his responsibilities now that he is a father. The process that Matt and Lisa are experiencing is called:

A) Conflict cycle
B) Role negotiation
C) Role enactment
D) Dialectical tensions

Question 8

The following illustrates which of Fitzpatrick's couple types? Pete and Paula as a couple accept the change and uncertainty of their careers and home life. They usually ignore schedules and expected values.

A) Independents
B) Separates
C) Traditionals
D) Mixed

Question 9

Parents Crosby and Jasmine disagree on the proper way to discipline their six-year-old son for hitting his sister. Crosby believes that, as good parents, they should spank him; Jasmine believes that they should put him in time-out. What part of the role appropriation process does this demonstrate?

A) Role creation
B) Role appropriation
C) Role enactment
D) Role negotiation

Question 10

In middle school, Rikki was subject to some teasing from the girls in her class. Her parents decided not to intervene as a way to empower her to manage difficult people. According to McMaster's Model of Family Functioning, which role function are her parents exhibiting?

A) Providing gender modeling
B) Providing nurturing
C) Providing emotional support
D) Providing individual development

Question 11

Parents are expected to communicate caring, values, and a sense of community for children as well as facilitate self-discovery and talent development. These tasks coincide with which role functions, respectively?

A) Providing nurturing and support; Providing gender socialization
B) Providing gender socialization; Providing nurturing and support
C) Providing nurturing and support; Providing for individual development
D) Providing basic resources; Providing for individual development

Question 12

Who are typically considered the kin-keepers in families?

A) Mothers
B) Fathers
C) Children
D) Grandparents

Question 13

Instrumental resources refer to providing nurturing and emotional support to other family members.

Question 14

It is not until adolescence that children are aware of the masculine or feminine behaviors expected of them.

Question 15

Role conflict can occur when a significant other has different expectations about the way a person should be performing a role than the role performer has.

Question 16

The degree to which a woman's gender ideology is traditional may help to predict if she sees balance in her roles.

Question 17

As in the past, roles tend to be tied to age because age is the primary predictor of life stages.

Question 18

Family roles are developed and maintained through communication.