Human Development and Family Science
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Course Introduction
Human Development and Family Science explores the dynamic processes of growth, change, and stability in individuals and families across the lifespan. This course examines major theoretical perspectives and current research on physical, cognitive, emotional, and social development from infancy through old age, highlighting the complex interactions between individuals and their family, cultural, and societal contexts. Students will analyze diverse family structures, relationships, and the impact of external influences such as policy, media, and community. Emphasis is placed on understanding developmental milestones, risk and resilience factors, and applications for supporting healthy family functioning and individual well-being.
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Marriages Families and Intimate Relationships 3rd Edition by Brian K. Williams
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Chapter 1: Seeking: Finding Happiness in Relationships in a Complex World
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Q1) The swelling number of Americans between the ages of 48 and 66 is due to A)suburbanization.
B)the child-centered culture..
C)the Baby Boom.
D)globalization..
Answer: C
Q2) Twenty-five percent of college students stated they would marry for reasons other than love.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) Which of the following are characteristics of individualism?
A)Families increased their self-sufficiency as a group.
B)Values for self-fulfillment became important.
C)Family collective goals became increasingly more important.
D)Work became more group-focused.
Answer: B
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Chapter 2: Understanding: Learning About Intimate
Behavior
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Q1) Discuss the ethical concerns surrounding observational research. How often is the observation method used? Should this method be used more or less often? Why?
Answer: The student should discuss ethical concerns as listed in the text, citing that the observation method is not often used, accounting for fewer than 5% of research articles, according to one study. The student should also give his/her opinion concerning how often the observation method should be used and why he/she feels this is so.
Q2) Clinical research is useful in obtaining intimate data from patients and then using that information to generalize across the population.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) According to Ellen J. Langer, one should approach any new information as if there are alternative explanations.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 3: Gender: the Meanings of Masculinity Femininity
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Q1) Discuss how social learning theory explains gender role development. Cite examples.
Answer: The student should indicate that according to social learning theory, learning takes place through our interactions with others. Two processes affect learning: reinforcement and modeling. Discussion should include examples of each kind.
Q2) Social learning theory states learning is the result of adapting to our biological influences.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) A person's sex role identity is their psychological sense of their maleness or femaleness.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q4) ________ __________ theory asserts that learning takes place through reinforcement and modeling.
Answer: Social learning
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Chapter 4: Involvement: Dating, Pairing, Courtship
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Q1) The term used to indicate dating someone who lives in close geographical proximity is homogamy.
A)True
B)False
Q2) A passive but constructive response to a deteriorating relationship is
A)the voice response.
B)the exit response.
C)the neglect response.
D)the loyalty response.
Q3) According to Panel 4.1 on page 121, "Finding a Partner: The Likely Eligibles," which characteristic demonstrates that Americans have the most homogamy?
A)About 50% of Catholics marry outside their faith.
B)Interracial marriages are increasing.
C)Americans tend to marry partners within their age range.
D)Women sometimes "marry up," and men sometimes "marry down."
Q4) The divorce rate for interreligious couples is significantly higher than for same-faith married couples.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 5: Love: the Many Faces
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Q1) Discuss the history and reasons for arranged marriages. Why did they decline in practice?
Q2) Discuss researchers' attempts and findings in trying to quantify love.
Q3) The biochemical theory states
A)an evolutionary argument to love and attraction.
B)brain chemicals and hormones cause attraction.
C)the levels of intensity caused by hormones and brain chemicals are not long lasting.
D)All of the above
Q4) In Panel 5.3, which part of the triangular theory of love allows couples to bond and give emotional support?
A)decision
B)commitment
C)passion
D)intimacy
Q5) Arranged marriages
A)are negotiated by local governmental authorities.
B)are negotiated by families of the bride and groom.
C)have not been the norm throughout most of human history.
D)were once based on the Greek concept of eros.
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Chapter 6: Communication: Realizing Effective Intimacy
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Q1) Power that stems from the belief your partner has more knowledge is called
A)coercive power.
B)reward power.
C)expert power.
D)legitimate power.
Q2) Examples of gaslighting include
A)using sarcasm.
B)diminishing the partner's self-esteem.
C)denying the other's self-worth.
D)All of the above
Q3) Arlie Hochschild's research found working wives work a ________ ________ at home.
Q4) Gaslighting occurs when one partner gives the other the silent treatment to express anger.
A)True
B)False
Q5) ________ is telling another person deep personal information and feelings about yourself.
Q6) The primary topics men talk about are ________, ________, and ________.
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Q7) ________ is the blaming of one family member for what goes wrong in the family.
Chapter 7: Sexuality: Interpersonal Sexuality, Sexual Values, and Behaviors
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Q1) In the age of AIDS and HIV, people tend to be very careful and practice safe sex to avoid exposure to STDs.
A)True
B)False
Q2) According to sexual conservatives,
A)sex is sacred.
B)sex is legitimate only in marriage.
C)abstinence-only education is the best approach.
D)All of the above
Q3) According to research, ________ mothers of sexually active teens mistakenly believe that their children are still virgins.
A)one out of every three
B)five out of every ten
C)three out of every four
D)four out of every five
Q4) A person can be HIV positive for as long as ________ years before AIDS symptoms usually start to appear.
Q5) Contrast the two macro views on human sexuality. Which view do you find more useful? Support your answer.
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Chapter 8: Marriage: The Ultimate Commitment
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Q1) ________ passed the first covenant marriage law.
A)Louisiana
B)Arizona
C)Arkansas
D)Virginia
Q2) The start of a marriage involves
A)an increase in partners' independence.
B)identity bargaining.
C)less marital satisfaction.
D)a loss of status.
Q3) Discuss Cubor and Haroff's two kinds of enduring marriages.
Q4) For the purposes of this chapter, marriage is defined in North America as a
A)legal union between a man and woman in any state.
B)socially approved mating relationship in any state.
C)civil union between any two consenting adults in any state.
D)All of the above
Q5) Increasingly, more American women are using hyphenated names after marriage.
A)True
B)False
Q6) ________ laws ban interracial marriage.
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Chapter 9: Variations: Nonmarital Families and Households
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Q1) Gay male couples are ________ as likely as heterosexual couples to report the highest levels of closeness.
Q2) Which of the following stages of living together comes first?
A)nesting
B)blending
C)maintaining
D)convening
Q3) Another name for dual-career couples living apart is
A)living-apart-together couples.
B)commuter marriages.
C)transnational marriages.
D)skipped-generation households.
Q4) A University of Michigan study found that in 2006, ________ of college students planned to move back to their parents' homes after graduation.
A)20%
B)34%
C)48%
D)60%
Q5) Define and discuss the "gayby boom."
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Chapter 10: Reproduction: Decisions About Having or Not
Having Children
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Q1) An "enjoined" abortion law means the law
A)encourages abortion.
B)discourages abortion.
C)is neutral on abortion.
D)is prohibited by the state court.
Q2) Three methods that are not considered effective birth control are no ________, ________ ________, and ________.
Q3) Identify and discuss causes of infertility in men and women.
Q4) Laws that allow a person to anonymously leave a newborn at a hospital, police station or other designated place without fear of prosecution are called A)neonatal laws.
B) neonaticide laws.
C)safe haven laws.
D)All of the above
Q5) What impact does television have on attitudes toward reproduction? Give specific examples. How do you think media portrayals will continue to affect attitudes toward sex and reproduction?
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Q6) Artificial insemination is of two types: insemination by ________ and insemination by ________.
Chapter 11: Children, Families, and Generations
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Q1) The American Academy of Pediatricians suggests that
A)children over two watch no more than one to two hours of television per day.
B)babies are not affected by television viewing.
C)children under the age of four should not watch any television.
D)children ages two to six can safely view up to four hours of television per day.
Q2) The fastest-growing category of single parents are white women.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The criterion used for identifying low infant birth weight is approximately ________ pounds.
A)5.5
B)6.5
C)7.5
D)8.5
Q4) Moderate negative emotional feelings experienced after childbirth are called
A)postpartum blues.
B)postpartum depression.
C)couvade.
D)bonding.
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Chapter 12: Work: Economics, Jobs, and Balancing Family Demands
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Q1) The two-tier labor market arose in a __________ __________.
Q2) Fulltime homemaking is________ for many women.
A)monotonous.
B)autonomous.
C)satisfying.
D)All of the above
Q3) Discuss how industrialization changed the role of work and family in the U.S. What happened during the Great Depression?
Q4) The poor
A)have greater exposure to environmental pollutants.
B)consume high fat, low vegetable diets.
C)have higher rates of smoking and alcohol use.
D)All of the above
Q5) Many couples marry believing money matters are not important.
A)True
B)False
Q6) ________ percent of working women work part-time.
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Q7) A ________ daycare home is a private home offering daycare where two or more adults provide care for children.
Q8) In the U.S., the wealthiest one percent controls ________ percent of the wealth.
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Chapter 13: Crises: Managing Stress, Disaster, Violence, and Abuse
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Q1) Distinguish between internal and external stressors. Cite three examples of each kind that you have experienced in your own life.
Q2) Distinguish between adaptation to stress versus coping with stress. List and discuss five coping strategies to reduce stress.
Q3) Which of the following are reasons women cite for not leaving their abusive partners?
A)They fear continued violence.
B)They fear being alone.
C)They still love their partners.
D)All of the above
Q4) Discuss the typical responses of a victimized spouse upon discovery of their partner's affair.
Q5) The Social Readjustment Scale
A)identifies positive stressors.
B)identifies negative stressors.
C)gave suggestions on how to reduce stress.
D)Both A and B are correct.
Q6) Identify the three phases of intimate violence. What occurs at each phase?
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Q7) Young ________ makeup 94-95% of those who suffer from anorexia nervosa.
Chapter 14: Uncoupling: Separation and Divorce
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Q1) Which criterion is allowed in order to seek an annulment?
A)fraud
B)being under age
C)impotency
D)All of the above
Q2) When divorced parents live at geographical distances from one another, child visitation can be handled by A)birdnesting.
B)sole custody.
C)third-party custody.
D)virtual visitation.
Q3) Couples who cohabitate before marriage have a slightly lower divorce rate as compared to those do not cohabitate before marriage.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Divorced couples can utilize the internet to allow for visitation for an out of state non-custodial parent through virtual visitation.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 15: Remarriage: Reinvented, Renewed, and
Blended Families
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Q1) The factor that is liked the least about being single is a lack of A)intimacy.
B)sex.
C)companionship.
D)All of the above
Q2) Cite the reasons for higher divorce rates for remarriages.
Q3) Discuss Jennifer Green and Susan Wisdom's three suggestions for establishing strong bonds in a new stepfamily. Which of the three suggestions do you think is most important? Why
Q4) Previously married couples spend a shorter time dating before marrying a second time. This period of dating is referred to as an ________ courtship.
Q5) Children in stepfamilies who define only their biological parents as "real family" fit in which of the following categories?
A)reduction definition
B)retention definition
C)augmentation definition
D)substitution definition
Q6) Identify the three types of blended families. Describe each type.
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Q7) List and discuss the nine steps for building a successful stepfamily.
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