Deck 12: Work and Family Life

Question 1

Stanley and Einhorn (2007) note that money is a profound issue in marriage because:

A)it relates to power and control
B)it relates to the communication pattern of the spouses
C)it relates to buying goods and services needed by the family
D)it relates to the well-being of children who must face their peers

Answer 1

A

Question 2

What is the percentage of undergraduates who fantasized about/actually experienced office sex?

A)80%/50%
B)41%/25%
C)15%/5%
D)95%/85%

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Which of the following is not associated with economic deprivation?

A)homicide
B)siblicide
C)paricide
D)suicide

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Which of the following is not one of the economic changes predicted for Americans in the future?

A)Incomes will slowly decline.
B)Taxes will increase.
C)Government sources will decrease.
D)Retirement age will increase.

Question 5

Spouses with which income distribution report the highest marital satisfaction?

A)Both spouses have a job and provide income.
B)The wife earns an income and the husband takes care of family.
C)The husband earns an income and the wife takes care of family.
D)There is no relationship between who earns income and marital satisfaction.

Question 6

What percent of office romances ended badly with the person losing his/her job?

A)13%
B)23%
C)2%
D)33%

Question 7

All of the following are consequences of poverty except:

A)poorer physical and mental health
B)lower personal and marital satisfaction
C)sooner death
D)living longer due to less job stress

Question 8

About what percent of undergraduates do not have a budget/save their money?

A)50%/50%
B)10%/10%
C)50%/10%
D)10%/50%

Question 9

Undergraduates who took an online money management class:

A)continued to spend money with wild abandonment
B)showed significant improvement in their spending behavior and reduction of stress
C)continued to dig into savings rather than increase income
D)showed no stress since they "didn't care" about money issues

Question 10

What is the percentage of undergraduates who fantasized about office love/actually experienced it?

A)43%/25%
B)80%/60%
C)15%/5%
D)95%/85%

Question 11

About what percentage of adults on vacation report wanting access to the Internet?

A)25%
B)80%
C)half
D)98%

Question 12

The passage of the Health Care Act of 2010 included all of the following except that:

A)the policy cannot be canceled
B)there is no cap on the coverage
C)policy can be canceled if preexisting conditions are found
D)a person can benefit from parents policy till age 26

Question 13

At what time in the family life cycle is the wife/mother most likely to be employed?

A)when the child enters the first grade
B)just after the birth of the child since the expenses are the highest
C)from age two through kindergarten
D)during the ages of 14-17 of the child/children

Question 14

What percent of working adult men reported they were happy when their wife earned more than them?

A)60%
B)6%
C)16%
D)26%

Question 15

Cortisol is a hormone that helps to assess stress level. With regard to day care:

A)no data exists on this issue
B)children show no difference in cortisol levels independent of day care or home
C)the majority of children at home have higher levels than children in day care
D)the majority of children in day care have higher levels than children at home

Question 16

All of the following are associated with lower incomes and economic stress except that:

A)couples are happier since they close ranks and work together
B)divorce rates are higher
C)parents use more harsh physical punishment
D)parents are less likely to be nurturing and supportive

Question 17

Emotional well-being rises and tops out at ____ for adults in the U.S.

A)$50,000
B)$75,000
C)$125,000
D)$150,000

Question 18

Financial wellness is defined as having enough cash to last for ____ if one's job ends.

A)six months
B)one year
C)1.5 years
D)2.5 months

Question 19

In Spanish families, a woman who earns more:

A)will notice an increase in power in the relationship with her husband
B)will notice more depression in her husband who is "losing face"
C)will see no change in gender roles since traditional norms persist
D)will notice that she does less housework while her husband does more

Question 20

Women who work at home and have flexible work hours:

A)are less likely to get cancer
B)have lower life satisfaction
C)have higher life satisfaction
D)are more likely to get cancer

Question 21

Which is the least likely pattern?

A)HIS/HER career
B)HER/his career
C)HIS/her career
D)THEIR careers

Question 22

THEIR career as opposed to HIS/HER career refers to a situation in which:

A)both spouses have the same career in that they travel and work together
B)both spouses regard child care as their "at home career"
C)both spouses regard housework as their "at home career"
D)both spouses have retirement plans that allow them to retire at the same time

Question 23

Mary is unhappily married and has just gotten a new job. What is the marital effect?

A)She is more likely to leave her husband.
B)She is more likely to feel better about herself and the marriage will improve.
C)The marriage will improved since there will be money for diversions.
D)She will pour herself into her children and spend money on them.

Question 24

According to your text, money is a central issue in relationships because it is about:

A)survival
B)the core of communication
C)power and control
D)nurturing

Question 25

The term that describes a woman who has a successful at-home business is:

A)momprenuer
B)mommy tracker
C)HER/his career woman d entreprenuer

Question 26

The mommy track is:

A)choosing to have more than two kids which makes a career very difficult
B)giving up the idea of becoming a partner in a law firm in favor of having a child
C)dropping concerns for promotion and salary increases and focusing on family issues d stopping one's career to stay home and take care of young children

Question 27

A parent who listens intently to their teenager's broken heart love story is:

A)involved in the second shift
B)involved in the third shift
C)involved in the fourth shift
D)involved in the first shift

Question 28

What percent of families are traditional in the sense that there is a husband who earns the income by working out of the home and a stay at home wife with her children?

A)3%
B)13%
C)23% d 43%

Question 29

Hochschild (1989) used the term "second shift" to refer to:

A)the second degree a wife pursues after her BA degree
B)the domestic work that employed women do after they get home from their job
C)the fact that in second marriages, relationships tend to shift into being more egalitarian
D)the wife is more likely to shift to more day care for the 2nd than for her 1st child

Question 30

Which woman probably experiences the most role conflict?

A)Maria, a college student who doesn't know what she wants to major in
B)Josephine, who is not sure if she is ready to be in a committed relationship
C)Danielle, who loves her work but hates her boss
D)Yvonne, an attorney who has two preschool children

Question 31

Morin and Cohn (2008) found that while two-thirds of all husbands in dual-income families make more money than their wives:

A)wives still make more decisions
B)the parents of the wife still make more decisions
C)husbands still make more decisions
D)the couple share the decision making equally

Question 32

A study of 355 employed mothers of children under six revealed that ____ was the most important factor in selecting a day care center.

A)the proximity to the workplace
B)affordability
C)the warmth of caregivers
D)the training/education of caregivers

Question 33

Most employed women today with young children:

A)would rather be at home with their children
B)would rather be at work around other adults
C)view work as an escape from the frustration of screaming children
D)privately wish they had not had children

Question 34

In general, working women with families experience ____ than men.

A)more role overload but not role conflict
B)more role conflict but not role overload
C)both role overload and role conflict
D)neither role overload nor role conflict

Question 35

A wife who works in an office all day/comes home to cook and puts two children to bed is:

A)involved in the second shift
B)involved in the third shift
C)involved in the fourth shift
D)married to a bum

Question 36

What would it cost in 2012 to pay for the services a stay at home wife/mother provides?

A)$18,000
B)$50,000
C)$68,000
D)$8,000

Question 37

Which is the most likely pattern?

A)HIS/HER career
B)HER/his career
C)HIS/her career
D)THEIR careers

Question 38

What is the most prevalent reason women give for "opting out"?

A)Money-women are still paid less so it doesn't pay to hire babysitters, etc.
B)Husbands-they usually are not available when needed for childcare, etc.
C)Employers-they did not make it easy to work and to have children.
D)Husbands are not available and employers don't make it easy on mothers to return to work.

Question 39

Who is most likely to experience role overload?

A)Jan, a wife who works full-time and has no children
B)Jill, who works full-time and has two young children
C)Beth, a single woman who works full-time and has no children
D)Jamie, an unemployed married mother of a newborn

Question 40

The day care arrangement most preferred by mothers is one:

A)that is closest to work
B)that is the most affordable
C)with trained staff
D)with relatives

Question 41

The basic exchange between elderly parents and their adult children is that:

A)the parents give the children money and the children give the parents time
B)the parents give the children time and the children give the parents money
C)family relationships are more humane than the crass exchange of money for time
D)the parents give the children advice of how to rear children who give parents thanks

Question 42

Roeters and Treas (2011) studied 898 Dutch in regard to leisure and work and found that:

A)when both spouses worked full-time, they reported less leisure as a couple
B)when both spouses worked full-time, they reported more leisure as a couple
C)when the wife worked full-time, the couple reported more leisure
D)when the husband worked full-time, the couple reported more leisure

Question 43

What is/are the term(s) for children who are left alone while their parents are working?

A)self-care children
B)latchkey children
C)independence in training children
D)both self-care and latchkey children

Question 44

A parent who justifies working long hours on two jobs and states that it is good for the children:

A)doesn't know what children really want
B)will have children who grow up to hate him or her
C)is delusional
D)is engaging in cognitive restructuring

Question 45

Financial wellness means a couple can pay their bills for six months if income stops.

Question 46

The term "superwoman" or "supermom" is a cultural label that:

A)allows the woman to regard herself as unusually efficient/organized and energetic
B)serves as a "cover-up" for an overworked and frustrated woman
C)both allows a self-concept of efficiency and covers up the overloaded woman
D)is no longer operative due to the feminist movement

Question 47

What might a husband anticipate if his unhappy wife has a high paying job?

A)She will begin to spend money without asking him if he approves.
B)She is more likely to leave him.
C)She will be happier since she will meet new friends at work.
D)She will start bossing him around.

Question 48

In a review of day care centers in the U.S., the term ____ describes the average center.

A)excellent
B)good
C)mediocre
D)poor

Question 49

Loving, attentive, and sensitive parents can offset the damage of low quality day care.

Question 50

Video game playing can have a negative effect on one's romantic relationship.

Question 51

A major difference between stay at home dads and traditional working dads is that:

A)stay at home dads are more abusive since they are confronted with screaming children
B)stay at home dads resent having to child care at the expense of their career
C)stay at home dads have a stronger emotional bond with their children
D)stay at home dads miss the money they would be making/don't think it is worth it

Question 52

Women on welfare in the United Kingdom:

A)do not want government assistance
B)want to work and being away from their children is an acceptable price for maintaining their dignity
C)prefer not to work but instead, want to spend their time taking care of children
D)want their children to be in day care AND do not want to work

Question 53

Undergraduates stressed about their economic situation tend to buy more alcohol.

Question 54

Married fathers who worked at night were six times more likely:

A)to divorce than fathers who worked during the day
B)to stay married than fathers who worked during the day
C)to stay the same-night work has no effect on marital stability
D)to have affairs and lose their jobs than fathers who worked during the day

Question 55

Of 102 elderly spouses with an average age of 69, what was the most common conflict?

A)lack of money
B)disagreements over the children
C)the wife was no longer interested in sex; the husband no longer capable
D)leisure activities

Question 56

Economic hardship negatively affects married couples but not couples who cohabitate.

Question 57

Negative day care experiences can be mitigated by:

A)attentive, sensitive, and loving parents
B)licensing at the state level with regular (monthly) inspections
C)increasing the pay of workers to reduce frequent staff turnover
D)increasing the criteria for workers to those who have child development training

Question 58

In the study of video games, all of the following are true except that:

A)women felt video games interfered with the relationship
B)women expressed more anger toward men playing video games than vice versa
C)men played video games more often than women
D)men and women played video games at the same frequency

Question 59

Reported emotional well-being rises with income and tops out at $50,000 a year.

Question 60

Couples with children that want to keep their risk for divorce low might try to arrange
schedules so that the husband works during the day and avoids the night shift.

Question 61

What are various effects of the recession on relationships?

Question 62

How much can a middle class couple in a metropolitan area expect to spend on high
quality day care and how much damage will be done if the day care center doesn't turn
out to be as advertised?

Question 63

Identify three ways that men might benefit from their wife earning a higher income.

Question 64

When does playing video games become a problem in relationships?

Question 65

To what degree do Americans take their laptops and cell phones on vacation?

Question 66

Identify why career wives opt out and return home.

Question 67

Mediocre is the term used to describe most day care centers in the U.S.

Question 68

Thirteen percent of marriages are "traditional" with a breadwinning husband, stay-at
home wife, and their children.

Question 69

How concerned (about increased divorce risk) should a husband with an unhappy wife
be if she tells him she is taking a new job and will earn a lot of money?

Question 70

Discuss the effect of video game playing on relationships.

Question 71

An example of the "second shift" is a parent helping an adolescent through an emotional
crisis.

Question 72

How does the passage of the Patient and Affordable HealthCare affect families?

Question 73

Give examples of how corporations and employers have begun to initiate policies and
programs that address the family concerns of their employees.

Question 74

Compare and evaluate the following strategies for coping with the demands of
employment and family: superperson strategy, cognitive restructuring, delegation of
responsibility, and planning and time management.

Question 75

Compare the effect on the marriage of an unhappy wife who has just been given a
promotion where she will earn a high income with a happy wife who has just been given a similar promotion.

Question 76

Discuss the functions that leisure fulfills in our individual and interpersonal lives.

Question 77

What is meant by the "first," "second," and "third" shifts and which spouse is more likely
to work which shift?

Question 78

Discuss why career women drop out to return home.