Family Dynamics
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Course Introduction
Family Dynamics explores the intricate relationships, roles, and patterns of interaction within families, examining how these elements shape individual behaviors, emotional well-being, and societal functioning. The course delves into various family structures, life cycle stages, communication styles, and the impact of factors such as culture, economics, and stress. Through analysis of theories and current research, students gain a deeper understanding of conflict resolution, the influence of external systems, and strategies to support healthy family development and adaptation to change.
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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) In 1967, the U.S.Supreme court ruled in the case of Loving v.Virginia and decided that it was unconstitutional for states to
A)prohibit interracial marriage.
B)determine age restrictions for marriage.
C)prohibit same-sex marriage.
D)deny the right of cousins to marry.
Answer: A
Q2) Consanguineous relationships include those of grandparents and grandchildren.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) Anthropologists all agree that the father is necessary in the family unit.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q4) A person may only occupy one position at a time in the basic kinship system in American society.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 2: Studying Marriage and the Family
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Q1) In the hypothesis, "marital status is influenced by race," marital status is the
A)independent variable.
B)dependent variable.
C)intervening variable.
D)dummy variable.
Answer: B
Q2) Mistaken beliefs that everyone has the same experiences and values as oneself and therefore should think the same way one does are called
A)ethnocentric fallacies.
B)egocentric fallacies.
C)egotistical fallacies.
D)ethnologic fallacies.
Answer: B
Q3) What method of research deals with large amounts of information?
A)qualitative
B)comparative
C)quantitative
D)meta-study
Answer: C
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Chapter 3: Variations in American Family Life
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Q1) American marriages and families are dynamic and must be understood as the products of wider _____ developments.
A)cultural
B)demographic
C)technological
D)all of the above
Answer: C
Q2) Industrialization had little impact upon American family life.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) A group of people distinct from other groups because of cultural characteristics, such as language, religion, and customs that are transmitted from one generation to another, is known as a(n)
A)racial group.
B)ethnic group.
C)minority group.
D)phenotype.
Answer: B
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Chapter 4: Gender and Family
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Q1) Men and women are more alike than different, but our culture has encouraged us to look for differences and to exaggerate their degree and significance.
A)True
B)False
Q2) _____ 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
Q3) Paid work in female-dominated occupations tends to increase a woman's self-esteem.
A)True
B)False
Q4) In order to be accepted by their peers children must A)model the behaviors of their teachers.
B)provide intimate relationships.
C)own the latest video games.
D)adopt similar gender role attitudes, behaviors and beliefs as their friends.
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Chapter 5: Intimacy, Friendship, and Love
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Q1) Kate decided to leave her husband because she believed she was putting much more into the relationship than she was getting out of it.Kate's decision to leave was affected by
A)the balance of costs and benefits.
B)normative inputs.
C)structural constraints.
D)obsessing over the relationship.
Q2) Compare and contrast Lee's Love Styles with Sternberg's Triangular Theory of Love.
Q3) Meg tends to anticipate and overreact to rejection.Meg's behavior is an example of A)rejection sensitivity.
B)anticipatory rejection.
C)overreaction syndrome.
D)preemptive rejection.
Q4) Men expect more sexual intimacy on dates initiated by women.
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) Characterize antigay prejudice and discrimination and discuss the impact it has on gay men, lesbians, bisexuals, and heterosexuals.
Q2) Americans are in the middle of the worst STD epidemic of our history.
A)True
B)False
Q3) According to a 1999 study of young, heterosexual women, a sexual double standard A)still exists.
B)has decreased dramatically in the last few years.
C)no longer exists.
D)exists only in parts of the United States.
Q4) Married couples report engaging in sexual relations about two or three times a month.
A)True
B)False
Q5) According to the text, online sexual communication and sexual information is increased by A)chat rooms
B)blogs
C)email
D)instant messaging
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Chapter 7: Communication, Power, and Conflict
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Q1) One of the problems with nonverbal communication is the imprecision of its message.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Describe five of the characteristics that researchers have found to be common to those in satisfied marriages.
Q3) "Alright, let's go eat Mexican food if that's what you want!" grins Jack.His wife, Alexis has just benefitted from which type of conflict resolution?
A)coexistence
B)forgiveness
C)bargaining
D)agreeing as a gift
Q4) Marriage counselors
A)tend to have graduate education from accredited programs.
B)include psychiatrists, social workers, and pastoral counselors.
C)who hold licensures are subject to recourse if engaging in unethical practices.
D)all of the above
Q5) Identify and explain five ways of resolving conflict.
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Chapter 8: Marriages in Societal and Individual Perspective
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Q1) Men tend to marry women who are
A)more educated.
B)the same age.
C)below them in age and education.
D)above them in age and education.
Q2) _____ 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
Q3) The stimulus-value-role theory explains
A)desirability of partners.
B)the development of romantic relationships.
C)basic values of love.
D)degree of intermarriage.
Q4) More than half of first marriages result from cohabitation.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Discuss relationship factors that predict marital success.
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Chapter 9: Unmarried Lives: Singlehood and Cohabitation
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Q1) Identify and describe the types of cohabitation identified by Heuveline and Timberlake.
Q2) Singlism leads to all EXCEPT which of the following?
A)A glorification of married couples.
B)Receiving discounts on vacation packages because of being single.
C)An inability to pass on Social Security benefits to someone after death.
D)Being asked to stay late at work or to work on holidays.
Q3) In the United States, cohabiting couples lack most of the rights that married couples enjoy.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Regretfuls choose to remain unmarried.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Describe gay and lesbian cohabitation.
Q6) Discuss singlism and matrimania giving examples of each.
Q7) Singlism refers to the tendency to see singlehood as superior to marriage.
A)True
B)False
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Q8) Discuss the differences between ambivalents, wishfuls, resolveds, and regretful.
Chapter 10: Becoming Parents and Experiencing Parenthood
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Q1) Adoption laws vary widely from state to state.
A)True
B)False
Q2) All of the following appear to increase the chance of sudden infant death syndrome EXCEPT
A)a soft, fluffy mattress.
B)the baby being wrapped in a blanket.
C)allowing the baby to become too cold.
D)the baby having a cold or other minor illness.
Q3) Teen mothers
A)are more at risk of anemia than mothers who have their first child between ages 30-35.
B)are more likely to give birth to twins than are mothers between ages 30-35.
C)are more numerous today than ever before in history.
D)are most likely to be Mexican-American.
Q4) In regards to education, fertility rates are lowest among women with graduate degrees.
A)True
B)False
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Q5) Distinguish between the culture of fatherhood and the conduct of fatherhood.
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Chapter 11: Marriage, Work, and Economics
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Q1) Students very often feel overwhelmed when exams in several courses are scheduled for the same day.Having too much to do within a given role is referred to as A)role strain.
B)role conflict.
C)crossover.
D)spillover.
Q2) Discuss the factors, identified in the text, that appear to influence men's involvement in housework.
Q3) Between 2007 and 2009, the overall unemployment rate in the United States
A)doubled.
B)increased by 10 percent.
C)tripled.
D)remained relatively unchanged.
Q4) Not having enough time is more distressing for women than for men.
A)True B)False
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) This group of women is most at risk of nonlethal violence:
A)white women
B)black women
C)Asian women
D)Hispanic women
Q2) Most research on intimate and family violence
A)comes from domestic violence shelters.
B)comes from the Uniform Crime Reports.
C)comes from emergency room data.
D)comes from survey data.
Q3) Rates of abuse in gay and lesbian relationships
A)are far lower than it is for heterosexual couples.
B)are about the same as for heterosexual couples.
C)are much higher than for heterosexual couples.
D)are higher among lesbian couples than for heterosexual couples.
Q4) Common or situational partner violence
A)is violence that erupts during the heat of an argument.
B)occurs when one partner tries to dominate the other.
C)is typically "self-defensive."
D)occurs when both partners are trying to control one another.
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Chapter 13: Coming Apart: Separation and Divorce
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Q1) The emotional divorce begins after the legal divorce.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Scholars suggest that divorce does not represent a devaluation of marriage but
A)an idealization of marriage.
B)an obsession with marriage.
C)a misunderstanding of marriage.
D)all of the above
Q3) A person goes through two distinct phases in establishing a new identity following marital separation: transition and recovery.
A)True
B)False
Q4) According to the text, many unresolved issues of the _____ divorce may be acted out during the _____ divorce.
A)psychic, coparental
B)emotional, legal
C)psychic, community
D)emotional, community
Q5) Describe the process of "uncoupling."
Q6) Identify and describe the stations of the divorce process.
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Chapter 14: New Beginnings: Single-Parent Families, Remarriages,
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Q1) Which of the following are least likely to remarry after divorce?
A)African American women
B)Caucasian women
C)Hispanic women
D)None of the above; they are all equally likely to remarry.
Q2) A mother's authority role stays the same after divorce.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Although single-parents may suffer depression, it does not affect their ability to parent effectively.
A)True
B)False
Q4) During which stage of stepfamily development do stepfamily members make intimate contact with each other and their relationship becomes genuine?
A)mobilization
B)action
C)contact
D)resolution
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Q5) Discuss some ways in which stepfamilies offer children some bonuses.
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