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ISBN: 9781071903452
Family Life Now (4th)
ISBN 9781071903452 | Chapter 1: Family Life Now
Total Questions: 60
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Multiple Choice (16)
Q1. [Multiple Choice]
A ______ is a group of two people or more (one of whom is the householder) related by birth, marriage, or adoption and residing together.
a) family ✓ correct
b) nuclear family
c) social group
d) family of procreation
Q2. [Multiple Choice]
A(n) ______ family includes relatives beyond the nuclear family, such as grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins, all living close to or with each other.
a) nuclear
b) extended ✓ correct
c) blended
d) cohabiting
Q3. [Multiple Choice]
In ______ cultures personal behavior is driven by a sense of obligation to the society.
a) individualistic
b) capitalist
c) collectivist ✓ correct
d) industrial
Q4. [Multiple Choice]
In ______, same-sex marriage became legal in all 50 states.
a) 2004
b) 2010
c) 2017
d) 2015 ✓ correct
Q5. [Multiple Choice]
In a(n) ______ partnership, the parties share a responsibility for resources such as bank and investment accounts, property, and cars.
a) economic ✓ correct
b) structured
c) silent
d) sacrament
Q6. [Multiple Choice]
The family life education perspective borrows and adapts theoretical frameworks from ______.
a) sociology and medicine
b) psychology and sociology ✓ correct
c) education and psychology
d) medicine and psychology
Q7. [Multiple Choice]
Which concept unveils the inadequacies families feel when they are faced with change and then provides organized, programmatic education to help strengthen families?
a) family life education perspective ✓ correct
b) dealing-with-problem focus
c) preventing-the-problems focus
d) developing-family-potential
Q8. [Multiple Choice]
Which cultures tend to use a collectivist model?
a) Western Europeans
b) Latin and Asians ✓ correct
c) Americans and Canadians
d) Americans and Latin
Q9. [Multiple Choice]
Which cultures tend to use an Individualistic model?
a) Western Europeans and Americans ✓ correct
b) Latin and Asians
c) Indian and Asians
d) Americans and Latin
Q10. [Multiple Choice]
Which demographic currently has the highest immigration rate in the United States?
a) African American
b) Latin ✓ correct
c) Asian
d) European
Q11. [Multiple Choice]
Which generation is often referred to as “traditionalists”?
a) Generation X
b) Generation Z
c) The Silent Generation ✓ correct
d) Baby Boomers
Q12. [Multiple Choice]
Which generation was born between 1965 and 1980?
a) Generation X ✓ correct
b) Generation Z
c) The Silent Generation
d) Baby Boomers
Q13. [Multiple Choice]
Which perspective recognizes that individual family members’ experiences, along with outside social factors and policies, significantly affect the quality and the nature of their relationships?
a) individualistic
b) collectivist
c) social ecology ✓ correct
d) diversity
Q14. [Multiple Choice]
______ has the highest rate of child marriage, with 76% of girls married before their 18th birthday.
a) Kenya
b) Somalia
c) Niger ✓ correct
d) Mali
Q15. [Multiple Choice]
______ has the highest rate of child marriage.
a) South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa ✓ correct
b) North America
c) South America
d) Indian and Indochina
Q16. [Multiple Choice]
______ were the first cohort to commonly experience having divorced parents and stepfamily living but later reacted by staying married for much longer and at much higher rates than their parents.
a) Baby Boomers
b) Generation X ✓ correct
c) Millennials
d) Generation Z
True/False (3)
Q17. [True/False]
Baby Boomers were the first generation to have divorced parents as a common experience.
a) True
b) False ✓ correct
Correct answer: False
Q18. [True/False]
In the 1950s, juvenile delinquency was identified as a social problem that required action from Congress.
a) True ✓ correct
b) False
Correct answer: True
Q19. [True/False]
Marriage includes religious, legal, and social aspects, and people worldwide experience marriage and family differently.
a) True ✓ correct
b) False
Correct answer: True
Medium
Multiple Choice (19)
Q20. [Multiple Choice]
According to the text, Latin families ______.
a) place a high value on individualism
b) make, on average, about $65,000 per year
c) extend family relationships to fictive kin ✓ correct
d) are usually nuclear households
Q21. [Multiple Choice]
According to the text, which foundational idea is necessary for understanding marriage, family, and intimate relationships?
a) Humans do not develop in isolation. ✓ correct
b) Men and women are destined for different roles.
c) The idea of family is constant throughout time and cultures.
d) Inner thoughts are empirical evidence for authenticity of the individual.
Q22. [Multiple Choice]
Generation Z is also known as the iGeneration because they ______.
a) use technology to communicate and relate to others ✓ correct
b) tend to put off marriage all together
c) ushered in the Civil Right era
d) resist traditional values and social norms
Q23. [Multiple Choice]
In Bronfenbrenner’s Ecological Model, family of origin and daycares/schools are elements of the ______.
a) microsystem ✓ correct
b) mesosystem
c) exosystem
d) macrosystem
Q24. [Multiple Choice]
In Bronfenbrenner’s Ecological Model, what is the primary focus of them mesosystem?
a) The individual’s interactions with their immediate environment.
b) The interaction between various elements within the individual’s immediate environment. ✓ correct
c) The influence of societal policies on the individual.
d) The overarching cultural values and beliefs that shape individual behavior.
Q25. [Multiple Choice]
In Bronfenbrenner’s Ecological Model, which statement is true about the macrosystem?
a) It recognizes that a society has a set of overarching cultural values and beliefs that affects individual development by establishing either implicit or explicit rules about what is or is not acceptable behavior. ✓ correct
b) It retains all the elements that are present in the microsystem, but now focuses on the interaction between the various elements rather than on the individual.
c) It is the developmental context nearest the individual and represents those interactions in which people are directly involved.
d) It comprises the fabrics of society in which policies are made and influenced that ultimately have an impact on the elements of the microsystem and the individual.
Q26. [Multiple Choice]
In cultures where child marriage is common, marriage is often based upon ______.
a) familial alliances ✓ correct
b) interpersonal attraction
c) individual fulfillment
d) cenogamy
Q27. [Multiple Choice]
In the United States, a marriage is not considered legal unless the couple ______.
a) obtains a government-issued marriage license ✓ correct
b) has at least five witnesses
c) uses vows supplied to them by the justice of the piece
d) has members of both the bride and the groom present
Q28. [Multiple Choice]
Marriage is a ______ regardless of official recognition from the state or government.
a) social bond ✓ correct
b) legal commitment
c) binding civil contract
d) civil union
Q29. [Multiple Choice]
The primary role of the Certified Family Life Educator (CFLE) program sponsored by the National Council on Family Relations (NCFR) is to ______.
a) provide specialized training in on discipline such as sexuality education
b) certify family life educators with competencies in multiple content areas for better effectiveness
✓ correct
c) focus solely on the legal aspects of family relations
d) offer international research opportunities in multiple content areas for better effectiveness
Q30. [Multiple Choice]
When the U.S. Census Bureau describes data by “household” what does that indicate?
a) A household contains all related members of a family, no matter where they live.
b) A household is made up of all people who are married in a single-family home.
c) It includes all families living in the same apartment complex or building.
d) It includes the related family members and all the unrelated people who share a housing unit. ✓ correct
Q31. [Multiple Choice]
Which is true about a Certified Family Life Educator?
a) They can only be professionals who have studied social work.
b) They have only been a recognized profession since 2001.
c) They focus on all aspects of the family and the family’s experience. ✓ correct
d) They must have an education based in pastoral counseling.
Q32. [Multiple Choice]
Which phrase describes a social union?
a) a non-legally binding contract
b) the only marriage option of homosexual partners
c) a non-permeant marriage
d) a civil union ✓ correct
Q33. [Multiple Choice]
Which statement is true about African American/Black Caribbean extended families, according to the text?
a) They have a strong commitment to family and family obligation. ✓ correct
b) They have a weak network of emotional support.
c) They exclude fictive kin and deemphasize friendships.
d) They rarely live together unless caring for one older family member.
Q34. [Multiple Choice]
Which statement is true about the Millennial generation?
a) They put individual needs ahead of marriage and family needs.
b) They look at divorce as an unrealistic option when married.
c) They put off marriage longer than other generations. ✓ correct
d) They were born in the late-1920s through the mid-1940s.
Q35. [Multiple Choice]
Which statement is true of the exosystem in Bronfenbrenner’s model?
a) It recognizes that a society has a set of overarching cultural values and beliefs that affects individual development.
b) It is the developmental context nearest the individual and represents those interactions in which people are directly involved.
c) It focuses on the interaction between the various elements rather than on the individual.
d) It consists of the fabrics of society in which policies are made and influenced. ✓ correct
Q36. [Multiple Choice]
Which term refers to a family unit formed when a single parent marries another person, bringing children from previous relationships into the new household?
a) nuclear family
b) stepfamily ✓ correct
c) extended family
d) single-parent family
Q37. [Multiple Choice]
While those in a monogamous relationship have only one partner, those in a polygamous relationship may ______.
a) take several marital partners ✓ correct
b) divorce their partner when a more appealing partner is available
c) require their partner to have extra marital affairs
d) only marry other members of their partner’s family
Q38. [Multiple Choice]
______ refers to the practice in which one woman is married to multiple men simultaneously.
a) Polygyny
b) Cenogamy
c) Polygamy
d) Polyandry ✓ correct
True/False (5)
Q39. [True/False]
A person living alone in a housing unit, or a group of unrelated people sharing a housing unit such as partners or roommate, is counted as a household.
a) True ✓ correct
b) False
Correct answer: True
Q40. [True/False]
In Bronfenbrenner’s Ecological Model, the chronosystem system accounts for the collective historical precursors of current social debates.
a) True ✓ correct
b) False
Correct answer: True
Q41. [True/False]
In some cultures, the terms “childless” and “childfree” are used interchangeably to describe families without children.
a) True ✓ correct
b) False
Correct answer: True
Q42. [True/False]
Monogamy refers to sexual and emotional exclusivity to one partner.
a) True
b) False ✓ correct
Correct answer: False
Q43. [True/False]
The most common living situation among Muslim Americans is a multigenerational household.
a) True ✓ correct
b) False
Correct answer: True
Essay (7)
Q44. [Essay]
Asian American families are often seen as being very child-centric. Explain what this means and how it impacts these families.
Suggested answer: Sample response: Within the Asian American family structure, a greater emphasis is placed on the parent–child relationship than on the husband–wife relationship. In exchange for the undivided loyalty and for sacrifices parents make for their children, Asian American parents expect respect and obedience from their children.
Q45. [Essay]
Describe how the microsystem and macrosystem, in Bronfenbrenner’s Ecological Model, are related.
Suggested answer: Sample response: The microsystem and macrosystem are related in that the macrosystem encompasses the broader cultural, social, and economic contexts that influence and shape the environments within the microsystem. The microsystem includes the immediate settings and interactions an individual experiences, such as family, school, and peers, while the macrosystem represents the overarching societal patters, values, laws, and customs that indirectly impact an individual’s development by affecting the various elements within the microsystem.
Q46. [Essay]
Describe the key distinction between first-generation immigrant children and second-generation immigrant children.
Suggested answer: Sample response: First-generation immigrant children were born outside of the United States, whereas second-generation immigrant children were born in the United States to immigrant parents.
Q47. [Essay]
Explain how contemporary American families differ from families in earlier periods of U.S. history.
Suggested answer: Sample response: Today in the United States, there is more familial diversity than ever before. Contemporary American families are complex and diverse, ranging from traditional two-biological-parent family structures to single-parent homes, to extended family forms, to married gay or lesbian couples. There is also greater diversity of racial, ethnic, economic, and religious composition.
Q48. [Essay]
How does polygyny differ from polyandry?
Suggested answer: Sample response: Polygyny is the practice of a man having multiple wives at the same time while polyandry is the practice of a woman having multiple husbands at the same time.
Q49. [Essay]
What does the term “family values” refer to?
Suggested answer: Sample response: The term most often refers to a society’s paradigm or viewpoint that expects its members to adhere to perceived proper social roles, such as marrying and having children, remaining monogamous and faithful to the marriage partner, and opposing same-sex relationships, marriages, and parenting by gay or lesbian partners. The family values viewpoint also frowns on births to women outside of marriage. It evokes a certain set of ascribed gender roles; for example, the women fulfill homemaker and mothering responsibilities (the bread maker role), and the men fulfill the role of primary wage earner (the breadwinner role). This family form is also considered a patriarchy, wherein the male is dominant and oversees most decision-making in the family.
Q50. [Essay]
What is the difference between a childless and a childfree family?
Suggested answer: Sample response: Childless families are unable to have children and childfree families choose not to have children.
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Multiple Choice (5)
Q51. [Multiple Choice]
During the social upheaval of the 1960s, family life education centered on a ______.
a) family–education focus
b) dealing-with-problems focus ✓ correct
c) preventing-the-problems focus
d) developing-family-potentials focus
Q52. [Multiple Choice]
Ken and Linda live in the same house with their biological son Tony, but they have never married. Their situation is an example of a(n) ______ family.
a) single-parent
b) step
c) cohabiting ✓ correct
d) extended
Q53. [Multiple Choice]
Maribel is a professional who works with families to promote goals ranging from building on family strengths to developing healthy, fulfilling, and responsible interpersonal relationships. Which focus does she use?
a) family education focus
b) dealing-with-problem focus
c) preventing-the-problems focus
d) developing-family-potentials focus ✓ correct
Q54. [Multiple Choice]
Tara and Simon have been married for 5 years and have two biological children together. Which term best describes their family?
a) family of origin
b) family of procreation ✓ correct
c) cohabiting family
d) stepfamily
Q55. [Multiple Choice]
Teresa has two husbands which is advantageous to her family’s way of life. Which type of marriage does Teresa practice?
a) cenogamy
b) polyandry ✓ correct
c) polygyny
d) monogamy
True/False (2)
Q56. [True/False]
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, a single person living alone is neither a family nor a household.
a) True
b) False ✓ correct
Correct answer: False
Q57. [True/False]
Miguel lives in a Hispanic household with his mother, father, material grandparents, and godparents. While his godparents are not related to him, he considers them family. This is an example of fictive kin.
a) True ✓ correct
b) False
Correct answer: True
Essay (3)
Q58. [Essay]
Emily is from a traditional individualistic European American family and Mei is from a collectivist Asian American family. How might their approaches to decision-making within their families differ?
Suggested answer: Sample response: Emily is likely to approach decision-making with a focus on personal autonomy and individual preferences. Decisions might be made independently or with minimal consultation with family members, emphasizing self-reliance and personal goals. On the other hand, Mei is likely to approach decision-making with a focus on family consensus and collective well-being. Decisions are often made after considering the opinions and needs of family members, emphasizing harmony, interdependence, and the interests of the family.
Q59. [Essay]
In Mrs. Armstrong’s class she uses the first Monday of the month to celebrate the cultural traditions of other nations by decorating her class and having a speaker come to share their personal beliefs and experiences with her students. Which concept is Mrs. Armstrong focusing on with her students?
Suggested answer: Sample response: Cultural awareness and diversity
Q60. [Essay]
Mark and Cindy live in a home with their two biological children. Which type of household do they live in?
Suggested answer: Sample response: Mark and Cindy live in a nuclear family household, composed of a father, mother, and their biological or adopted children.