Course Introduction
Family Dynamics Exam Preparation Guide
Family Dynamics explores the patterns, roles, and interactions that shape family relationships across the lifespan. This course examines theories and models that explain how family members communicate, resolve conflicts, adapt to change, and influence one anothers behavior and development. Topics include family structures, parenting styles, cultural diversity, lifecycle transitions, and the impact of external factors such as work, community, and societal norms. Through case studies and practical applications, students gain insight into the complexities of family systems and develop skills for assessing and supporting healthy family functioning.
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The Marriage and Family Experience Intimate Relationships in a Changing Society 11th Edition by
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Chapter 1: The Meaning of Marriage and the Family
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Q1) Consanguineous relationships include those of grandparents and grandchildren.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) What determines the decision we make about what families need?
A)The perspectives we have about the current status of family life or the directions in which it is heading.
B)Our view of how the family has evolved into what it is today.
C)Our conclusions about the problems families have faced in the past.
D)our political affiliation.
Answer: A
Q3) Married couples and adults living with others are generally healthier than divorced, separated, or never-married individuals.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q4) The ex-kin role has clearly defined rules in today's society.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 2: Studying Marriage and the Family
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Q1) According to _____, the family experience is shaped by gender.
A)the masculine perspective
B)the feminist perspective
C)family systems theory
D)family development theory
Answer: B
Q2) In family ecology theory the macrosystem consists of interconnections between microsystems.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) Based on what is known about the media's portrayal of the family life, the best advice if looking for accuracy is to
A)watch soap operas.
B)watch daytime talk shows
C)watch reality television
D)turn off the television
Answer: D
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Chapter 3: Variations in American Family Life
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Q1) Companionate marriages expect wives to be guardians of virtue and sexual restraint.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) White ethnicity is strongest in which part of the United States?
A)the south
B)the east
C)the pacific northwest
D)the southwest
Answer: B
Q3) Most Arabs living in the U.S.have very little education.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q4) About 10 percent of the U.S.population is upper class.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 4: Gender and Family
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Q1) When studying gender, it is best to keep in mind that
A)gender and sex are the same things.
B)biological differences between the sexes dictate our gender stereotypes.
C)our perceptions of differences are much greater than actual differences.
D)hormone levels dictate most behaviors and emotions.
Q2) Pro-feminist men believe all of the following EXCEPT
A)that men ought to share responsibilities within their households.
B)that women and men ought to be equal partners.
C)that all wives should work at least part-time.
D)that men and children would both benefit from closer connections between fathers and their children.
Q3) Describe how gender socialization continues in adulthood.
Q4) _____ refer to the beliefs we have of ourselves and others regarding appropriate male and female personality traits and activities.
A)Gender roles
B)Gender-role stereotypes
C)Gender-role attitudes
D)Gender-role behaviors
Q5) How is the belief in gender differences more significant than actual differences?
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Chapter 5: Intimacy, Friendship, and Love
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Q1) Unrequited love is most likely to be experienced by people with _____ attachment style.
A)insecure
B)secure
C)avoidant
D)anxious/ambivalent
Q2) Intimate relationships provide us with all of the following benefits EXCEPT
A)preventing depression.
B)buffering us against loneliness.
C)enhancing our self-esteem.
D)providing us with positive feelings about others.
Q3) Our commitment to a relationship will remain high as long as we judge the relationship to be successful.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The desire to be in love for its own sake is called the Cyrano style of unrequited love.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Discuss how friendships are similar and different from love relationships.
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Chapter 6: Understanding Sex and Sexualities
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Q1) Discuss ways to enhance sexual experiences.
Q2) Characterize antigay prejudice and discrimination and discuss the impact it has on gay men, lesbians, bisexuals, and heterosexuals.
Q3) The actual percentage of the population that is lesbian, gay, or bisexual is A)not known.
B)1%
C)3%
D)13% for males; 15% percent for females.
Q4) All of the following are themes for making sense of lost virginity identified by Laura Carpenter EXCEPT
A)virginity as a gift.
B)virginity as a stigma.
C)virginity loss as part of growing up.
D)virginity as a curse.
Q5) Bisexuals are sometimes stigmatized by gay men and lesbians. A)True
B)False
Q6) Americans are in the middle of the worst STD epidemic of our history.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 7: Communication, Power, and Conflict
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Q1) More of the relationship part of a message is expressed A)verbally.
B)nonverbally.
C)both verbally and nonverbally.
D)neither verbally nor nonverbally.
Q2) Jenny believes in the reliability and integrity of John.This illustrates A)love.
B)trust.
C)commitment.
D)security.
Q3) When one partner says, "I work so hard to come home to this!" and the other says, "This is the best I can do with no help!" it is an example of A)clarification.
B)confrontation and defensiveness.
C)complaining and defensiveness.
D)attacking and defensiveness.
Q4) Couples with the greatest degree of agreement have the greatest eye contact with each other.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 8: Marriages in Societal and Individual Perspective
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Q1) Endogamy is
A)the tendency of people to marry outside their particular group.
B)related to the distrust of outsiders.
C)enforced by deep taboos.
D)the tendency to choose a mate with similar personal characteristics.
Q2) Discuss the functions of engagement.
Q3) _____ of high school dropouts disapproved or strongly disapproved of living together with no intention to marry.
A)One-third
B)Two-thirds
C)One-fourth
D)Half
Q4) The likelihood of marriage
A)has declined among college educated white women.
B)has declined among women without a high school diploma.
C)has declined for men with a college education.
D)is the same for men regardless of their college education.
Q5) Discuss enduring marriages.
Q6) How does parenthood affect marital success?
Q7) Define and describe the "marriage debate."
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Chapter 9: Unmarried Lives: Singlehood and Cohabitation
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Q1) Among the unmarried population, there is a ratio of _____ men to every 100 women.
A)50
B)63
C)82
D)90
Q2) The percentage of the population that was unmarried has _____ in the last four decades.
A)been increasing
B)been decreasing
C)remained consistent
D)quadrupled
Q3) Compare and contrast common-law marriage, domestic partnership, and civil unions.
Q4) Discuss singlism and matrimania giving examples of each.
Q5) Cohabitation is
A)more likely among those with less education.
B)less likely among those whose parents divorced.
C)more likely among men who have full-time, year-round employment.
D)most prevalent among whites.
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Chapter 10: Becoming Parents and Experiencing Parenthood
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Q1) An episiotomy is a
A)drug given to a woman to decrease labor pains.
B)procedure rarely performed in hospital births today.
C)form of prepared childbirth.
D)surgical procedure to enlarge the vagina opening by cutting through the perineum toward the anus.
Q2) Personal development continues to be an important need for parents after the arrival of children.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Compare and contrast styles of grandparenting and issues facing contemporary grandparents.
Q4) The _____ or so following childbirth constitutes the postpartum period.
A)month
B)two months
C)three months
D)first year
Q5) Kinkeepers are typically male.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 11: Marriage, Work, and Economics
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Q1) The division of family roles along stereotypical gender lines does not vary by race or class.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Every $7,500 in married women's incomes is associated with one less hour of household work.
A)True B)False
Q3) About a third of children between 11 and 12 years of age are in self-care.
A)True
B)False
Q4) What is the primary daycare solution for most employed mothers with children 5 to 14 years old?
A)in-home daycare
B)family members
C)licensed daycare programs
D)school attendance
Q5) Couples who engage in shift work are more likely to divorce. A)True
B)False
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Chapter 12: Intimate Violence and Sexual Abuse
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Q1) According to the text, an act carried out with the intention or perceived intention of causing physical pain or injury to another person is known as A)neglect.
B)violence.
C)provocation.
D)pedophilia.
Q2) When comparing victimization rates and annual household income, we find that A)higher incomes are associated with lower rates of victimization.
B)females in all income groups are more likely to be victimized than are males.
C)victimization occurs within all income levels.
D)all of the above
Q3) Learned helplessness is characterized by all of the following EXCEPT
A)a low self-concept.
B)feeling that she cannot control the abuse.
C)feeling that the perpetrator really loves her but has learned he is helpless against hurting her.
D)a process of behavioral reinforcement in which she "learns" to be helpless.
Q4) Discuss rape in marriage and how historical attitudes influence protection for wives.
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Chapter 13: Coming Apart: Separation and Divorce
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Q1) All of the following are true of no-fault divorce EXCEPT
A)no-fault divorce requires that a person prove they are not at fault in bringing about a divorce.
B)no-fault divorce is allowed in all states.
C)no-fault divorce allows the couple to divorce without having to accuse the other or prove the other responsible for the failure of their marriage.
D)no-fault divorce is permitted in more states than fault-based divorce.
Q2) All of the following are factors affecting divorce EXCEPT
A)collectivistic cultural values.
B)changed nature of the family.
C)employment status.
D)educational level.
Q3) Describe the process of "uncoupling."
Q4) Goals of mediation include all of the following EXCEPT
A)to encourage divorcing parents to see shared parenting as a viable alternative.
B)to save the marriage if possible.
C)to reduce anxiety about shared parenting.
D)to see that couples exit the marriage with less conflict.
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Chapter 14: New Beginnings: Single-Parent Families, Remarriages,
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Q1) In which stage of the stepfamily development system is the stepfamily solid?
A)mobilization
B)action
C)contact
D)resolution
Q2) Which of the following has been identified as strengths associated with successful single-parenting?
A)communication
B)family management
C)financial support
D)all of the above
Q3) Research from the 1987-1988 National Survey of Families and Households showed that _____ of stepfathers found it somewhat or definitely true that having stepchildren was just as satisfying as having their own children.
A)43%
B)55%
C)67%
D)72%
Q4) Discuss some ways in which stepfamilies offer children some bonuses.
Q5) Describe the characteristics of successful single parents.
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