Human Development and Family Science
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Course Introduction
Human Development and Family Science explores the physical, cognitive, social, and emotional growth of individuals across the lifespan within the context of family and society. This course examines major theories and research findings related to human development from infancy through old age, emphasizing the dynamic interactions between individuals, families, and broader social systems. Students will analyze factors influencing development, such as culture, gender, socioeconomic status, and family structure, while also considering contemporary issues affecting families. The course prepares students for careers in human services, education, counseling, and related fields by fostering a deep understanding of human behavior and family dynamics.
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Choices in Relationships An Introduction to Marriage and the Family 11th Edition by David Knox
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Chapter 1: Choices in Relationships: an Introduction
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Q1) What is the primary reason wives in polygamous societies allow co-wives?
A)Their husbands demand it.
B)They need help with childcare.
C)Co-wives spread the work of the family.
D)Infertility is an issue.
Answer: D
Q2) If your child needs to go to the doctor and you have a final exam, you are experiencing:
A)family dysfunction
B)status conflict
C)primary group conflict
D)role conflict
Answer: D
Q3) Two central elements of culture include:
A)roles and statuses
B)beliefs and values
C)primary and secondary groups
D)functions and institutions
Answer: B
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Chapter 2: Gender
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Q1) What is the most enduring of all relationships?
A)the relationship with one's parents
B)the relationship with one's spouse
C)the relationship between two brothers
D)the relationship between two sisters
Answer: D
Q2) When ninth grade children watch "romantic" TV (e.g., soaps, Lifetime movies), they are:
A)more likely to develop egalitarian gender role attitudes
B)more likely to develop traditional gender role attitudes
C)more likely to develop tolerance for transgender people
D)more likely to develop a blend of matriarchal and patriarchal attitudes
Answer: B
Q3) Religion influences gender roles in that religion promotes:
A)a patriarchal system of dominance of men over women
B)a cooperative pattern of traditional equality in the male-female relationship
C)a matriarchal system modeled after the Mother of Jesus
D)progressive equality as God intended for men and women
Answer: A
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Chapter 3: Love
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Q1) Jealousy is more likely to occur in new (less than a year old) relationships than older (more than a year old) relationships.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) The more in love or committed individuals are, the less likely they are to use a condom.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) Algoe et al. (2010) found that ____ was associated with feelings of relationship connection and satisfaction.
A)gratitude
B)physical chemistry
C)humility
D)contriteness
Answer: A
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Chapter 4: Communication
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Q1) Reporting HIV infection and AIDS is mandatory in most states.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which of the following is not identified in your text as a function of texting?
A)commencing a relationship
B)advancing a relationship
C)ending a relationship
D)maintaining a relationship
Q3) Most communication is:
A)nonverbal
B)verbal
C)direct
D)indirect
Q4) "Branching" refers to which of the following?
A)a technique for generating solutions to a conflict
B)applying one solution to several problems
C)admitting that you are at fault
D)not staying focused on an issue
Q5) Identify and discuss 15 principles and techniques of effective communication.
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Q6) Compare how women and men differ in their communication patterns.
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Chapter 5: Singlehood, Hanging Out, Hooking Up, and Cohabitation
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Q1) What living arrangement is associated with a low suicide rate?
A)being married and having children
B)living together with a partner over two years
C)living in a commune with 20 or more people
D)living with a close sibling
Q2) Single men who have a dog seem to profit more in terms of well-being than single women.
A)True
B)False
Q3) In what state listed below would you find the most benefits for your domestic partner?
A)Mississippi
B)New York
C)Nevada
D)New Jersey
Q4) What is meant by "The End of Men"?
Q5) What are the most frequent sexual behaviors of those who "hook up"?
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Q6) What is the mission of the Alternatives to Marriage project?
Q7) What do you tell your roommate about how to keep a long distance relationship intact?
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Chapter 6: Selecting a Partner
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Q1) Brumbaugh and Fraley (2010) found that unattached, insecure individuals attract partners by:
A)getting enough alcohol in them to be sociable
B)hiding their flaws and using touch
C)taking Zoloft to reduce their anxiety
D)being open about their insecurities
Q2) Which of the following is true of high relationship quality and religion?
A)Moderate wine use at ritual religious occasions leads to higher relationship quality.
B)There is no correlation between relationship quality and religion.
C)Shared religious beliefs contribute to high relationship quality.
D)Only "born agains" will they have higher relationship quality.
Q3) How do undergraduates assess social class?
A)based on someone's possessions
B)based on where someone lives
C)based on someone's major
D)based on the way someone speaks
Q4) Explain and criticize the sociobiological theory of mate selection.
Q5) Identify five "wrong" reasons for getting married.
Q6) Use the five concepts of exchange theory and evaluate the last person you dated.
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Chapter 7: Marriage Relationships
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Q1) Which of the following is not true of newlyweds across the first four years?
A)A negative personality was associated with steeper declines in marital satisfaction.
B)Chronic stress was associated with steeper declines in marital satisfaction.
C)Marital satisfaction was stable across the first four years.
D)Aggression was associated with steeper declines in marital satisfaction.
Q2) Identify and discuss the various factors associated with a successful marriage.
Q3) When one partner in a relationship changes his or her commitment, the other partner:
A)tends to mirror the change
B)changes in the opposite direction
C)becomes steadfast in his or her commitment
D)demonstrates a roller coaster pattern of first less then more commitment
Q4) Catherine Zeta Jones and Michael Douglas have what type of marriage?
A)December-December
B)May-December
C)May-May
D)Winter-Spring
Q5) Discuss how black and white fraternity men treat women.
Q6) Discuss the various patterns of marital satisfaction across time.
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Chapter 8: Same-Sex Couples and Families
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Q1) Why is it difficult to identify the prevalence of the gay population?
Q2) Modern homonegativity refers to stalking a gay person on Facebook.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Explain why some homosexuals are prejudiced against bisexuals.
Q4) Professional organizations such as the American Psychological Association agree:
A)that homosexuality is a result of personal weakness than can be remedied
B)that homosexuality causes personal damage and should be reversed
C)that homosexuality is not a mental disorder and does not need to be "cured"
D)that homosexuality causes social damage and should be reversed
Q5) Heterosexuals are more likely to keep a secret in a romantic relationship than gays. A)True
B)False
Q6) With regard to the ratio of lesbian couples and gay male couples:
A)the ratio is about equal
B) there are significantly more lesbian couples
C)there are significantly more gay male couples
D)the ratio is variable: before 2008 there were more lesbian couples; post 2008 there were more gay male couples
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Chapter 9: Sexuality in Relationships
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Q1) Fathers promise all of the following at the "Father-Daughter Purity Ball" except for the vow to:
A)shun pornography
B)not have an affair
C)protect their daughters
D)join the church
Q2) Which of the following is more likely to meet a partner for sex online?
A)bisexual female
B)gay female
C)heterosexual female
D)young gay female and older heterosexual female
Q3) Compare the emotional and sexual satisfaction of singles, cohabitants, and marrieds.
Q4) Who of the following are more likely to be hedonistic?
A)casual daters
B)those who have experienced a friends with benefits relationship
C)those open to cohabitation
D)all of the above
Q5) Discuss the sexual behavior of persons who have signed the "True Love Waits" pledge.
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Chapter 10: Planning for Children
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Q1) According to Katz et al. (2011), what is the cost to an infertile woman who uses in vitro fertilization to get pregnant and actually have a baby?
A)$61,000
B)$6,100
C)$16,000
D)$21,000
Q2) What percent of Americans view having one child as an ideal family size?
A)slightly under a third
B)23 percent
C)13 percent
D)3 percent
Q3) Discuss the lifestyle changes/financial costs associated with having/rearing children.
Q4) When couples cannot get pregnant, what percentage of the infertility is due to the man?
A)10%
B)20%
C)30%
D)40%
Q5) Identify the motivations to remain childfree.
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Chapter 11: Parenting
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Q1) Fathers do just as much "emotional work" with children as do mothers.
A)True
B)False
Q2) How do children affect marital stability?
Q3) The primary reason adult children live with their parents is:
A)to enjoy family ties and to maintain them
B)because they prefer to live at home over any alternative
C)to save money
D)help siblings who are not ready to move out
Q4) The firm behavioral control of parents tends to halt their children's influence from deviant peers.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Max and Ashley are focused on their careers and low in responsiveness and demandingness. Their parenting style is:
A)permissive
B)authoritative
C)authoritarian
D)uninvolved
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Chapter 12: Work and Family Life
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Q1) Compare and evaluate the following strategies for coping with the demands of employment and family: superperson strategy, cognitive restructuring, delegation of responsibility, and planning and time management.
Q2) The passage of the Health Care Act of 2010 included all of the following except that:
A)the policy cannot be canceled
B)there is no cap on the coverage
C)policy can be canceled if preexisting conditions are found
D)a person can benefit from parents policy till age 26
Q3) Loving, attentive, and sensitive parents can offset the damage of low quality day care.
A)True
B)False
Q4) What is/are the term(s) for children who are left alone while their parents are working?
A)self-care children
B)latchkey children
C)independence in training children
D)both self-care and latchkey children
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Chapter 13: Violence and Abuse in Relationships
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Q1) Identify the effects of child sexual abuse.
Q2) Most women do not report violence by their partners to the police. Why?
A)They feel that the police cannot or will not help.
B)They have been threatened by their partner not to do so.
C)They don't want to see their partner go to jail.
D)They feel that the relationship with their partner will improve.
Q3) The most frequent form of abuse in the family is:
A)child abuse
B)elder abuse
C)abuse between the spouses
D)sibling abuse
Q4) In most cases, a woman who experiences abuse by an intimate partner:
A)experiences it only once
B)may experience it twice
C)puts the partner on alert the third time to stop the abuse or she will leave
D)is victimized multiple times
Q5) What is the scenario of the person most likely to stay in an abusive relationship? To leave an abusive relationship?
Q6) Give examples of spiritual abuse.
Q7) What is the typical profile of the person who is emotionally abused?
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Chapter 14: Stress and Crisis in Relationships
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Q1) The stress in our daily lives is most associated with the:
A)increase in productivity at home and work
B)decrease in number of friendships and work relationships
C)decrease in relationship satisfaction and lower levels of sexual activity
D)increase in relationship satisfaction and lower levels of relationship conflict
Q2) What did female partners of males involved in cybersex relationships and pornographic Web sites report?
A)low self-esteem
B)regret
C)they are comfortable with the behavior
D)distress and feelings of ambivalent loss
Q3) ____ is the term for health care that is focused on relieving pain and suffering.
A)Mednow care
B)Medrelief care
C)Palliative care
D)Needsnow care
Q4) Discuss the availability, cost, and outcome of marriage and family therapy.
Q5) Discuss how marriage therapy might make a couple worse.
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Chapter 15: Divorce and Remarriage
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Q1) Discuss how the micro factors of divorce only become factors in divorce if macro factors are operative.
Q2) The overall negative effects for children of divorce are minimized when income is held constant.
A)True
B)False
Q3) How vulnerable to divorce is a couple who falls out of love?
Q4) The divorced who are able to forgive are:
A)more likely to think that they made a mistake and want to get back in the marriage
B)taken advantage of by their ex-partner in the division of property
C)vulnerable to a new relationship where they are exploited
D)less angry and less depressed
Q5) Which of the following is associated with marital happiness?
A)having intimacy and doing thing together
B)complete honesty in all topics, all the time
C)trust and no history of cheating
D)being childhood sweethearts and being each other's "first"
Q6) Define and give ten specific examples of parental alienation syndrome.
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Chapter 16: Relationships in the Later Years
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Q1) Social Security benefits amount to about what percentage of worker's preretirement wages?
A)30
B)40
C)50
D)60
Q2) In the Landmark Harvard Study on Adult Development, ____ was identified as the single most significant factor in terms of health.
A)not smoking
B)exercise
C)being active in one's church d .eating low levels of trans fat foods and cutting salt intake to avoid high blood pressure
Q3) Compare the effects of aging on the sexuality of women and men.
Q4) Which of the following is not an effect of caring for one's elderly parents and children?
A)time problems
B)stress problems
C)missing days at work
D)increased substance abuse
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