Gender and Family Relations Test Questions
Course Introduction
This course explores the complex interplay between gender and family dynamics across various cultural, social, and historical contexts. Students examine how gender roles influence family structures, responsibilities, and power relationships, as well as the ways in which family life shapes individuals experiences of gender. Topics include changing definitions of family, work-life balance, caregiving, parenting, and the impact of public policies on family and gender relations. By engaging with contemporary debates and sociological theories, students develop a critical understanding of the diversity of gendered family experiences and the social forces that shape them.
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The Family Dynamic A Canadian Perspective 5th Edition by Margaret Ward
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Chapter 1: What Is a Family
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Q1) According to the text,which of the following is one criticism of family systems theory?
A) It does not account for the influence of one family member on the entire family.
B) It overemphasizes the varied experience of individual family members.
C) It makes little or no reference to important social influences.
D) It does not explain why behaviour continues in destructive patterns.
Answer: C
Q2) Which form of research presents information in the form of numbers?
A) qualitative research
B) survey research
C) quantitative research
D) longitudinal research
Answer: C
Q3) What does "morphogenesis" refer to?
A) negative feedback and vicious cycles
B) the development of new forms of behaviour
C) boundaries of systems and subsystems
D) changes in explicit and implicit rules
Answer: B
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Chapter 2: Being Different
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Q1) Many children have a variety of parent figures.When can this cause problems?
A) when creating family tree assignments at school
B) when parental consent is needed for school trips
C) when allocating seats at school plays
D) when making decisions about curriculum for special needs children
Answer: A
Q2) Shondra is intellectually challenged.She wants to marry and raise a family; however,others do not think she would be able to cope with the responsibility.Which attitude does this opinion reflect?
A) Intellectually challenged people are mainstreamed.
B) Intellectually challenged people are inferior.
C) Intellectually challenged people are prejudiced.
D) Intellectually challenged people are dangerous.
Answer: B
Q3) In much of Canada,social acceptability relies on values that have come from our ____________ heritage.
Answer: British
Q4) There may be a(n)____________ if the majority feels endangered by human rights activism.
Answer: backlash
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Chapter 3: Getting Together
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Q1) Dating serves four functions: adding status,socialization,recreation,and
Answer: courtship
Q2) According to the text,which approach do young men and women appear to be moving toward with regard to their relationships?
A) a more egalitarian approach
B) a more selfish approach
C) a more pleasure-focused approach
D) a more conventional approach
Answer: A
Q3) In the early years of settlement in Canada,what did explorers who came from Europe often do for companionship?
A) They formed unions with Aboriginal women.
B) They brought wives over from France and England.
C) They brought animals into their homes as pets.
D) They developed a "society of bachelors."
Answer: A
Q4) The tendency to marry someone similar to oneself is called ____________________.
Answer: homogamy
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Chapter 4: Wedding Bells and After
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Q1) According to the text,why is communication in marriage important?
A) Spending a lot of time talking is a key to marital happiness.
B) It is more important than reading a partner's nonverbal messages.
C) It directly affects the way in which couples solve problems.
D) You can make your partner come around to your point of view.
Q2) A(n)____________________ may be drawn up by common-law spouses outlining partners' rights and responsibilities.
Q3) According to the text,where does the idea that marriage helps look after the emotional needs of the partners arise from?
A) cooperation to ensure physical survival
B) use of contraceptives to free up sexual activity
C) the implied enforceable trust
D) the idea of romantic love
Q4) In Aboriginal societies worldwide,who usually provided the most calories for the family and controlled the actual sharing of food?
A) women
B) men
C) a council of elders
D) grandfathers
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Chapter 5: Children Yes or No
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Q1) According to the text,what was one problem with many of the foster families where children were placed in the past?
A) the failure of parents to teach children good work habits
B) the demand for girls, which made it hard to find homes for boys
C) the desire of parents to have a baby who would be like their own
D) the lack of screening and supervision to ensure children were not abused
Q2) After Annika and Ben underwent fertility tests,they learned that Ben is infertile.According to the text,what is likely to happen?
A) Ben is likely to feel a lower sense of self-worth.
B) Their sex life will improve because they don't have to worry about pregnancy.
C) They will plan intercourse when Annika is most fertile.
D) They will probably use a surrogate mother.
Q3) According to the text,what happens when women have an unwanted pregnancy nowadays?
A) They are stigmatized by society for illegitimacy.
B) They usually place their babies for adoption.
C) They have more options now because of changing attitudes.
D) They have fewer choices because of changes in the law.
Q4) Give four reasons some couples choose to remain childless.
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Chapter 6: Bringing up Baby
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Q1) According to the text,how do family stories help socialize children?
A) by emphasizing family values
B) by putting down family traditions
C) by discouraging family identity
D) by weaving families and kin together
Q2) Once children start daycare or school,the ____________________ increases in importance.
Q3) Suggest three benefits children gain from using the Internet.
Q4) Identify and describe influences on children's gender-role socialization.
Q5) Which of the following is true of socialization among the baby-boom generation?
A) Respect for institutions increased dependence on authority.
B) Teamwork and social skills were emphasized.
C) Parents' reliance on Dr. Spock resulted in more rigid child-rearing methods.
D) Family living meant living in small towns rather than cities.
Q6) Briefly describe the importance of extended family members for the socialization of children.
Q7) Explain the statement that parents are the single most powerful influence in the socialization of their children.
Q8) At its worst,____________________ can escalate into child abuse.
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Q1) Name three problems that may result from the revolving door.
Q2) When young people repeatedly move in and out of their parents' home,the situation is described as a ___________________.
Q3) Compared to young people of the same age in the past,what do emerging adults today have more of?
A) freedom and choices
B) responsibilities and stressors
C) money and status
D) friends and romantic partners
Q4) Which years does emerging adulthood roughly span?
A) 17 to 25
B) 18 to 35
C) 16 to 24
D) 18 to 25
Q5) One characteristic common to the middle years is the ____________________ by the individual of his or her life course and family relationships.
Q6) The ____________________ refers to the depression and sense of uselessness some women experience when the last child leaves home.
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Chapter 8: Grey Power and the Sunset Years
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Q1) Explain why it is artificial to divide older people into categories by age.
Q2) According to the text,which of the following BEST describes older women's finances compared with older men's?
A) Fewer older women depend only on the Old Age Security Pension.
B) Fewer older women survive long enough to qualify for a pension.
C) More older women receive smaller pensions because they have worked fewer years.
D) More older women have contributed to the Canada Pension Plan.
Q3) According to the text,what is an important economic factor for older people?
A) the removal of 65 as retirement age
B) the increased availability of pensions
C) the ability to rely on their children for support
D) the reduced reliance on registered retirement plans
Q4) According to the text,what is the key developmental task for older people?
A) helping their employed children to raise their grandchildren
B) allowing their children to take over their daily living tasks
C) providing guidance to others through criticism of their performance
D) allowing the next generation to take over leadership
Q5) A ____________________ is the occasion for formal leave taking of the person who has died.
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Chapter 9: The Lone-Parent Familythe Future Majority
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Q1) What is the level of income below which an individual or family is considered to be living in poverty?
A) the standard of living
B) welfare
C) the level of necessities
D) the poverty line
Q2) Compare stereotypes with the reality about children who grow up in lone-parent families.
Q3) According to the text,how was the lone-parent family needing financial aid regarded early in the 20th century?
A) as being eligible for help only if it included a deserted unwed mother
B) as having personal rather than general economic problems
C) as requiring sympathy and understanding rather than condemnation
D) as needing financial help rather than suspicion from officials
Q4) According to the text,which of the following BEST describes older single women who have babies?
A) They usually think they have found "Mr. Right."
B) They tend to have high ideals for marriage.
C) They always have accidental pregnancies.
D) They are rarely able to support a child.
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Chapter 10: Coming Apartthe Divorce Experience
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Q1) All the following EXCEPT which one are reasons parents do not comply with support orders?
A) dissatisfaction with the custody order
B) a wish to garnishee one's wages
C) a desire to harass the ex-spouse
D) a wish to control decisions affecting the children
Q2) According to the text,what is an important aspect of separation?
A) deciding custody arrangements for children
B) slowing down the divorce cascade
C) taking advantage of sleeper effects
D) working out how to separate from the ex-spouse's extended family
Q3) Discuss the impact of divorce on children.
Q4) Which of the following was one change in the 1985 divorce law?
A) Divorcing couples needed to show who was at fault for the marriage breakdown.
B) The waiting period for divorce on the grounds of marriage breakdown was reduced.
C) The person seeking a divorce had to prove both adultery and cruelty.
D) Divorces became more difficult if the couple had young children.
Q5) A problem that emerges only long after an event such as divorce is referred to as a
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Chapter 11: The Second Time Around
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Q1) Myths about stepfamilies may interfere with the development of healthy relationships.Describe common myths and explain why they are harmful.
Q2) According to the text,what happens if stepfamilies respond to boundary ambiguity by trying to become as much like a first-marriage family as possible?
A) They are realistically trying to follow social scripts.
B) They are using the most workable solution to visiting.
C) Children will feel less confusion about their roles.
D) It may throw children into a conflict of loyalties.
Q3) Another name for a remarriage family or stepfamily is a(n)____________________ family.
Q4) According to the text,which of the following is LEAST likely to account for difficulties stepchildren experience?
A) Stepchildren have undergone several family transitions.
B) Stepparents use an authoritative parenting style.
C) Stepfathers show less affection and supervise children less.
D) The problems may reach back before the formation of a stepfamily.
Q5) Family boundaries that allow members to move through them are called ____________________ boundaries.
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Chapter 12: The Family and the World of Work
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Q1) Several studies have found that the more ____________________ the workplace was,the less strain there was in juggling work and family roles.
Q2) According to the text,how does formal childcare differ from informal arrangements?
A) Formal childcare is paid care.
B) Formal childcare is subject to government regulation.
C) Formal childcare occurs outside the child's home.
D) Formal childcare is always better.
Q3) Which workers are LEAST likely to experience work-family interference?
A) single parents
B) mothers of children under 12
C) fathers of teenagers
D) parents of babies
Q4) How was work affected for men in unhappy marriages,according to one study?
A) They spent an additional six hours a week at work.
B) They had about the same level of productivity as other men.
C) They lost about 38 days a year of work time.
D) They lost less work time than women in unhappy marriages.
Q5) What are common reactions to job loss?
Q6) Define "burnout" and discuss its effect on families.
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Chapter 13: The Family Beleaguered When Problems Come
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Q1) Functional coping occurs when a family member is chronically ill.It includes all the following EXCEPT which one?
A) working at keeping the family together
B) trying to understand the medical situation
C) bringing in only the immediate family to limit stressors on the ill person
D) accepting any social support that is available
Q2) According to the text,what are some snag points related to?
A) the resources available to the family
B) the family's definition of the situation
C) acceptance of the reality of the problem
D) failure to minimize the tasks
Q3) Some families have ____________________,or areas of difficulty that interfere with constructive efforts to cope with problems.
Q4) When might a family face a crisis if the onset of a chronic disorder is gradual?
A) after a period of about six months
B) when they realize something is wrong
C) after a period of about a year
D) when the disorder is diagnosed
Q5) ____________________ changes are ones expected as part of the family life cycle.
Q6) Briefly explain the part an "enabler" plays in an alcoholic family.
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Chapter 14: Home Dangerous Home: Abuse and Violence in the Family
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Q1) According to the text,which of the following BEST describes neglectful mothers?
A) They often are isolated individuals.
B) They often have smaller families.
C) They often live low-stress lives.
D) They often spend all their time partying.
Q2) Which of the following did NOT happen as an example of child sexual exploitation in the past?
A) child marriages consummated before the bride reached puberty
B) fathers marrying their daughters when wives passed away
C) boys used for sexual pleasure
D) adult lovers trained boys to be soldiers
Q3) Briefly describe contradictory pressures on child welfare agencies as they handle child abuse cases.
Q4) Which of the following BEST describes violence against women?
A) For centuries it has been a major public health concern.
B) For centuries it occurred only rarely because of family values.
C) For centuries it was considered a private family matter.
D) For centuries it occurred only among cohabiting couples.
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Q5) Name three groups of women who are particularly at risk when they are abused and state why they experience increased risk.
Chapter 15: Poverty and the Family
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Q1) Many members of the deaf community have problems finding jobs because they are ________________.
Q2) The ability of poor families to survive financially and actual homelessness are both closely tied to the cost of housing.Show why this is true.
Q3) Which of the following is LEAST likely to be given as a reason for the increase in homelessness?
A) changes in eligibility for welfare
B) drug and alcohol abuse
C) sharp increases in costs of food and other essentials
D) shortages in affordable housing
Q4) Following a fire that destroyed their apartment and all their possessions,John and his family are homeless.How can they be described?
A) chronically homeless
B) cyclically homeless
C) temporarily homeless
D) discreditably homeless
Q5) It has generally been felt that ____________________ should be at a lower level than the money earned by the most poorly paid labourer.
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Chapter 16: The Crystal Ballpredicting the Future of the Family
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Q1) According to the text,what has happened as a result of changes in marriage and childbearing patterns in recent years?
A) More children live in two-parent families than before.
B) Married couples are younger when they have children.
C) There is a decrease in the use of contraceptives and an increase in abortions.
D) More children live in stepfamilies than before.
Q2) According to the text,what will probably happen to the socialization of children in the coming years?
A) It will be managed more firmly by parents.
B) It will be left almost entirely to the media.
C) It will be less strongly under parents' control,
D) It will be more reliant on grandparents and other kin.
Q3) The increase in the cost of living and high levels of unemployment call for at least two ____________________ if the family is to avoid poverty.
Q4) Briefly explain why it is difficult to predict the future of the family.
Q5) Will the family survive? Give your opinion and provide a rationale to support your position.
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Q6) Briefly state how communications technology will probably affect family life.
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