Marriages And Families Test 5

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In the face of a crisis, family members may be numbed by the new or sudden stress and, in a process of denial, go about their business as if the event had not occurred. Gradually, however, they begin to assimilate the reality of the crisis and to appraise the situation. Then, the text points out, the period of __________ sets in.

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Family Disorganization

Front 2

Withdrawing from friends and kin __________ a family’s ability to meet a crisis

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weakens

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During the period of disorganization, family members face the decision of whether to express or to smother any __________ they may have.

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Angry Feelings

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Some families do not recover from crisis intact, as today’s __________ illustrates.

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Divorce Rate

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The text categorizes a family’s crisis-meeting resources into three types. What are they?

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Personal/Individual, Family, Community

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6. As one source of crisis-meeting skills, each family or family system has a level of resources, including bonds of trust, appreciation, and support, called __________.

Back 6

Family harmony

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7. A study of alcoholic families found that adult children of alcoholics who came from
families that __________ were less likely to become alcoholics themselves.

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maintained family dinner and other ritual (or married into families that did)

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8. Some families are vulnerable, and are more prone to poor adjustment from crisis
provoking events. What are the qualities of a vulnerable family?

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crisis provoking events

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9. The Bradford family copes very well with stress, emphasizing mutual acceptance,
respect, and shared values. Given this information, the Bradford family can be
characterized as:

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resilient

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11. Families whose members choose to be __________ in roles and leadership meet
crises creatively.

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interactive openly and supportively

Front 11

The typical American family is under a __________ level of stress at all times.

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High

Front 12

13. Emerging developmental theories of childhood well-being provided support to a presumption that when divorce occurs, mother custody was always in the child’s best interest. This point of view came to be known as the so-called “__________” doctrine.

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Tender Years

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14. There are more than __________ noncustodial mothers, concentrated in the twenty-five to forty-five age range and lower- to middle-class economic level.

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Two Million

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15. What percentage of noncustodial fathers have at least weekly contact with their children

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35-40%

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16. In the __________ custody variation in joint custody agreements, both parents have the right to participate in important decisions and retain a symbolically important legal authority, with physical custody (that is, residential care of the child) going to just one parent.

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Joint Leagal

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17. A review of 33 studies of joint and sole custody found that:

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children in joint custody arrangements had superior adjustment

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18. The poverty rate of single custodial mothers __________ between 1993 and 2005; at 26 percent, it remains higher than that of custodial fathers.

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dropped significantly

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19. Sociologist Catherine Ross compared levels of psychological distress for men and
women in four different categories. What are these?

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marrieds, cohabitors, those who were dating, and those with no partner

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21. What options requires spouses to prove fault or live apart for a certain length of time
in order to obtain a divorce?

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covenant marriage

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22. When only a “fault” divorce statute was available, in which state was adultery the
only practicable grounds for divorce?

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New York

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23. What are the types of post-divorce relationships identified by Ahrons?

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. Perfect pals, cooperative colleagues, fiery foes

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25. The good divorce does not end a family but instead produces a __________—two households, one family.

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binuclear family

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26. Another challenge to remarried families is that roles of stepchild and stepparent are
__________.

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26. Previous divorce, financial strains, role ambiguity, negative feelings of the children who might not want relationship to work out

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27. Legally, the stepparent is a __________ with no prescribed rights or duties.

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Non parent

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28. White and Booth found that, in comparison with teens in intact families, older teenage and young adult children in stepfamilies leave home:

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Leave Home

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29. The text highlights some key points to consider when a person is contemplating entering a steprelationship. What are they?

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1. Plan ahead 2. Examine your motive and those of you future spouse for marrying 3. Discuss the modifications that will be required in bringing two families together

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30. The text urges consideration of various points in easing the transition from single-parent to stepfamily status. What are they?

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1. Let your relationship with stepchildren develop gradually 2. Don’t try to replace a lost parent ; be an additional parent 3. Expect to deal with confusing families 4. Recognize that you may be compared to the absent partner 5. Discuss discipline and make sure the biological parent is the one carrying out discipline for their children 6. Understand that stepparents “do not have the authority to fix they stepchildren or the family” 7. Acknowledge periods of cooperation among stepsiblings 8. Admit that you need to help if you need it

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31. A small study cited in the text asked 265 stepmothers about their expectations of the
stepmother role. The researchers found that:

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stepmothers expect to be included in step family activities but do not see themselves as replacing the stepchild’s mother

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32. The stepmother role has been described as the “stepmother ________.”

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Trap

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33. The text points out that discipline is likely to be a particularly tricky aspect of both the children’s and the parents’ hidden agendas, and that a few challenges are notable. What are they?

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1. There are now two parents rather than one to establish house rules, and influence children’s behavior but the parents might not agree 2. May be 3-4 parents instead of 2 especially if the noncustodial parent sees the children often, sometimes one parent has more influence than the other 3. After developing considerable independence and responsibility in single-parent families, stepchildren may be reluctant to go back to subject of adult direction

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34. According to the text, a stepfather can react to difficulties in finding a place in a new family in at least four ways. What are they?

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1. May be driven away, with the step family ultimately being dissolved 2. Stepfather may take control establishing himself as undisputed head of household and forcing family to accommodate to his preferences 3. May be assimilated into a family with a mother at its head and have relatively little influence on the way things are done 4. The stepfather , his new wife, and kids might all negotiate a new way of doing things

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35. Therapists agree that creating a supportive stepfamily takes time – from __________ years.

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4-7 years

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36. According to the text, the nuclear-family model:

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.nuclear family model monopoly is the cultural assumption that that the first marriage is the “real” model of family living with all other family forms viewed as deficient

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37. It may help to think of a stepfamily as a __________ family – a new family type that includes members of the two (or more) families that existed before the divorce and remarriage.

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Binuclear

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38. The text concludes that overall, adult children’s relations with their parents, while not necessarily tight-knit, continue to be:

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Meaningful

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39. The text observes that grandparents continue to provide practical help and may serve as valuable:

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Family Watchdogs

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40. Three general styles of grandparenting are identified in the text. What are they?

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remote, companionate, involved

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41. The text points out that all fifty states have now passed laws giving grandparents the right to:

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seek legalized visitation rights

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42. Sandra is a late-middle-aged mother of four, with her last daughter still living at home and going to school. Sandra is also providing care to her ailing father, who also lives in her home. Sandra is a member of what the text refers to as the:

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sandwich generation

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43. Care for an aging parent is provided most often by __________.

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Daughters

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44. Although caregiving for an aging parent is often given with fondness and love, it can also bring what?

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stress, conflicting emotions, and great demands on time, energy, health, and finances

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45. The text points out that caregiver stress among Americans results partly from the fact that ours is a(n) __________ culture.

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idividualistic

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47. According to the text, elder abuse in families often, although not always, results from ________.

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cargiver stress

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48. __________ involves overt acts of aggression against an aging person.

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Elder Abuse

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49. __________ involves acts of omission or failure to give adequate care to an aging person.

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Elder Neglect

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50. Families on average are __________ today than in the past.

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Smaller