Deck 10: Communication and Family Developmental Stresses

Question 1

Some scholars believe that a new developmental stage should be created to include:

A) 18- to 29-year olds
B) 90+ year olds
C) Pre-teen years
D) Mid-life crises

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Traditional life stage models have been criticized because

A) Too few stages are considered
B) They don't take into account ethnic backgrounds
C) They focus on individuals instead of whole families
D) They don't account for families without children

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Three types of time are used to explain a life course perspective. Which one is not commonly used?

A) Individual time that refers to chronological age
B) Generational time that refers to the positions and roles that individuals hold in families, such as brother or breadwinner
C) Birth order time that refers to spacing of children and the order in which children are born into families
D) Historical time that refers to major events that happen during the era in which one lives, such as September 11

Answer 3

C

Question 4

In Carter and McGoldrick's model of stressors, some are classified as horizontal and others vertical. Which of the following describes vertical stressors?

A) Stressors, which include predictable and unpredictable issues that a family has to cope with as members move through the life cycles
B) Stressors that come from family-of-origin, including myths, rules, themes, and boundaries
C) Stressors that regulate the flow of time, energy, and meaning through the life cycle
D) Stressors that follow a hierarchy related to the chronological events in the life cycle from birth to death

Question 5

Which statement agrees with the research on the initial parenthood stage?

A) Wives become more emotional during the pregnancy
B) New parents become less affectionate and less openly communicative with one another
C) Proximity to grandparents helps the couple financially and emotionally
D) The more fathers feel that mothers view them as competent, the more they participate in childcare

Question 6

All of the following are challenges found in the independent life stage except:

A) Developmental tasks in areas of work and relationships
B) Physical and hormonal changes
C) Economic and financial pressures
D) Parental separation processes

Question 7

Which statement is not true about "end of life" issues in families?

A) Most end-of-life decisions are made in hospital intensive care units
B) Hospice care allows family members to interact with a loved one in a setting where natural "letting go" processes can take place.
C) Elder care is most often carried out by sons, often the oldest
D) Death remains a difficult and taboo topic in many families

Question 8

Family life cycles vary because:

A) More adults attend college
B) Children and parents go through the living of life's events differently
C) Parents plan each child's life differently
D) Mature adults plan birth orders differently

Question 9

This commonplace term refers to the last child leaving home:

A) The caboose pulls out
B) End of the line
C) The empty nest
D) Launching young adults

Question 10

Research suggests that one of the reasons why cohabitating couples marry is:

A) Cohabitation is a test to see if they would enjoy marriage
B) Finances are easier to manage in a marriage than in a cohabitating relationship
C) They decide to have children
D) It is harder to end a cohabitating relationship than a non-cohabitating dating relationship

Question 11

When two people get married, the most turbulent family tie in the extended family network tends to be:

A) Father-in-law and son-in-law
B) Mother-in-law and daughter-in-law
C) Sisters-in-law
D) Mother-in-law and son-in-law

Question 12

A family therapist, Amy, uses a Life Course Approach to analyze communication in a family struggling with an adolescent becoming sexually active at an early age. If Amy focused on the communication between the adolescent and his father as an indicator of stress, on which type of "time" is she focusing?

A) Individual time
B) Generational time
C) Historical time
D) Familial time

Question 13

When does developmental stress occur?

A) When individuals/families experience critical periods of change or life stages.
B) When "on time" movement through stages is present.
C) When unexpected stressful events occur and disrupt family patterns.
D) All of the above

Question 14

Differentiation of self from family, development of peer relationships, and establishing the self in respect to work and financial independents are all changes associated with which developmental stage in families?

A) Families with adolescents
B) Leaving home and single adulthood
C) Joining families through marriage
D) Launching children

Question 15

"Marker events" represent transition stages in human development, such as potty training, a Bat Mitzvah, or graduation from high school.

Question 16

From a life-course perspective, individual time refers to chronological age.

Question 17

Horizontal stressors move across time and include developmental predictable stresses as well as unpredictable crises that disrupt the family system.

Question 18

Sibling competition is less evident when children are close in age and the same gender.

Question 19

Information age devices (beepers, lap tops, cell phones, etc.) reduce stress on family members.

Question 20

As elongated generational structures become the norm, great grandparents may be another part of the lives of school-aged children.

Question 21

Increasingly children of immigrants to the United States are becoming family translators about what is happening in school, or in doctor's office.

Question 22

Because of increases in fertility and longevity, family structures are increasing in size as more children are born into each generation and the older generation lives longer.

Question 23

Taking a life-course perspective when a crisis occurs suggests that interruptions to careers, educations, or incomes may cause more changes than timing in family stages.

Question 24

The life-course approach recognizes all family members go through changes in similar ways at about the same time and in spite of economic or environmental factors.

Question 25

Marriage and committed partnership affects not only the two individuals involved but also their extended families as well as future generations.

Question 26

Parent-teenager conflicts are more likely to occur around drugs or sex than around simple topics such as clothes, food, or chores.

Question 27

If a couple cohabitates before marriage, the act of bonding or institutionalizing the relationship through marriage does not really change the relationship dynamics very much.

Question 28

Research shows that younger fathers tend to be more involved with their children and form more affective ties with them.

Question 29

Children begin their interpersonal learning within the first few months of life.

Question 30

The Developmental Stages approach to family developmental stress is more person-centered than the Family Stages Approach.