Psychology of Marriage and Family Final Test Solutions
Course Introduction
Psychology of Marriage and Family explores the psychological foundations of intimate relationships, marriage, and family systems. The course examines theories and research on attraction, attachment, communication, and conflict resolution within partnerships and families. Students will analyze the effects of cultural, social, and developmental factors on family dynamics, parenting, and marital satisfaction. Common challenges such as divorce, blended families, and life transitions are discussed, along with evidence-based approaches to fostering healthy relationships and well-being in diverse family structures.
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Marriages and Families 8th Edition by Nijole
V. Benokraitis
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Chapter 1: he Changing Family
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Q1) The family a person forms by marrying and having or adopting children is referred to as the ________.
A) nuclear family
B) extended family
C) family of procreation
D) family of orientation
Answer: C
Q2) Since the early 1990s, the tendency for young married adults to live with the parents of either the wife or husband, or sometimes with the grandparents of one of the partners has increased.Which of the following is an accurate reason for this?
A) Children are now most likely to be staying in two-parent households as divorce rates have declined.
B) At least half of all young couples can't afford a medium-priced house.
C) Most families are now self-sufficient as most couples are employed.
D) Most young adults now do not like staying in multigenerational households.
Answer: B
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Chapter 2: Studying the Family
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Q1) Anthony, a sociologist, believes that feminist theories that focus on diversity are generally flawed.Which of the following statements is an accurate statement that strengthens his view?
A) Feminists overlook commonalities in families that make them more similar than different.
B) Feminists advocate that women should be given more rights and privileges than men.
C) Feminists that focus on diversity often include various forms of oppression such as those based on age and disability.
D) Feminists focus on wage inequality but ignore personal issues.
Answer: A
Q2) Which of the following is an example of secondary data?
A) documenting interactions between couples
B) diaries
C) observing the behavior of children
D) group interviews
Answer: B
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Chapter 3: The Family in Historical Perspective
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Q1) A woman who believes in the cult of domesticity is also likely to believe that
A) a wife's employment must be essential to a family's economic advancement
B) the responsibility of a family's financial survival solely rests on the husband
C) children born out of nonmarital relations should be allowed to stay with the mother
D) a woman should be given a divorce if she falls out of love with her husband
Answer: B
Q2) Roberto was a Mexican immigrant in 19?? century America.He lived in a nuclear family with his brother, Juan.His family had a very close relationship with Augusto and Alicia, two other immigrants, who acted as godparents to Roberto and Juan.Augusto and Alicia were always very warm and affectionate toward Roberto, who in turn, respected and loved them.In this scenario, which of the following were acting as compadre(s)to Roberto?
A) Roberto's parents and Juan
B) Roberto's parents
C) Augusto and Alicia
D) only Juan
Answer: C
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Chapter 4: Racial and Ethnic Families: Strengths and Stresses
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Q1) List four reasons why racial-ethnic intermarriage has increased.
Q2) What reason do American Indian tribal leaders give for the high alcoholism and suicide rates among their youth?
A) the gradual erosion of American Indian culture
B) the oppression imposed on the youth by native cultural practices
C) the remigration of youth back to rural areas
D) the poverty and poor access to services in the reservations
Q3) Which of the following is the best definition of a racial group?
A) It refers to any physically or culturally distinctive group that has the most economic and political power, the greatest privileges, and the highest social status.
B) It refers to a category of people who share physical characteristics, such as skin color, that members of a society consider socially important.
C) It refers to a group of people who may be treated differently or unequally because of their physical or cultural characteristics, such as gender, sexual orientation, religion, or skin color.
D) It refers to a category of people who identify with a common national origin or cultural heritage.
Q4) Discuss the strengths of American Indian families.
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Chapter 5: Socialization and Gender Roles
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Q1) Sexual harassment includes verbal behavior, nonverbal behavior, and physical contact.Which of the following is an example of verbal behavior?
A) demands for sexual favors in return for promotions
B) indecent gestures
C) sharing posters, photos, or drawings of a sexual nature
D) touching inappropriately
Q2) The person, usually the mother or a daughter, who spends a lot of time emailing family members, visiting friends and families, and organizing family gatherings during special events like birthdays and anniversaries is called a(n)________.
A) kin-keeper
B) protector
C) instrumental role player
D) breadwinner
Q3) Which of the following is true of sex?
A) It does not determine how we act.
B) It defines how people think.
C) It determines how people feel.
D) It does not influence people's behavior.
Q4) What benefits do men have over women with reference to traditional gender roles?
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Chapter 6: Love and Loving Relationships
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Q1) How do gestures differ in romantic love in comparison with long-term love?
Q2) Bryan, a psychologist, criticizes the wheel theory of love, saying that it is an unrealistic explanation of how relationships work.Which of the following supports Bryan's argument?
A) The different stages in the wheel theory of love may occur several times during the course of the relationship.
B) The theory assumes that in the second stage, partners support each other's ambitions which increase the intensity of feelings for each other.
C) The theory states that the stages occur in a fixed, chronological order.
D) People may love each other, but the intensity of their feelings may be high on one dimension and low on another.
Q3) Briefly describe a characteristic of love.
Q4) ________ is an altruistic, self-sacrificing love that is directed toward all humankind.
A) Storge
B) Agape
C) Mania
D) Ludus
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Chapter 7: Sexuality and Sexual Expression throughout Life
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Q1) A micro explanation for extramarital sex is ________.
A) economic problems
B) a longer life
C) technological advances
D) excitement
Q2) Which of the following is true of sexual scripts?
A) They eliminate sexual double standards.
B) They remain constant over time.
C) They increase women's hypersexualization.
D) They are universal across groups.
Q3) ________ specifies the formal or informal norms for acceptable or unacceptable sexual activity, including which individuals are eligible sexual partners, and the boundaries of sexual behavior.
A) Gender role
B) Sexual orientation
C) Sexual script
D) Sexual identity
Q4) Describe briefly, the factors that influence the frequency of sex among singles.Provide examples to explain these factors.
Q5) Discuss emotional infidelity.
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Chapter 8: Choosing Others: Dating and Mate Selection
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Q1) During a debate about dating, Walter states that dating is less complicated among adults than teenagers.However, Juan disagrees and argues that dating is likely to be more complicated among adults.Which of the following statements, if true, is likely to support Juan's view?
A) According to studies, dating after being widowed can be therapeutic for the individual.
B) Research indicates that most teenagers are interested primarily in hooking up and dating for them is not a priority.
C) Adults who have been recently divorced are likely to be bitter toward the opposite sex.
D) Unlike adults, teenagers engage in stayovers that help the couple know each other better.
Q2) Which of the following is true of heterogamy?
A) It ensures that people marry within their social class so that they can pass down their wealth to a kin group.
B) It encourages racism among people.
C) It is thriving because people do not have potential marriage mates in their own social group.
D) It involves marriage between cousins.
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Chapter 9: Singlehood, Cohabitation, Civil Unions, and Other Options
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Q1) Same-sex couples have gained greater acceptance in six states with marriage alternatives such as ________.
A) voidable marriages
B) civil unions
C) unregistered unions
D) common-law marriages
Q2) Of all those living alone, the vast majority are ________.
A) male students
B) female students
C) older men
D) older women
Q3) Steve has lived with four different women over a period of two years.However, while he was dating these women, he was unable to make a commitment to any of them, and all of them moved out of his house.This situation is an example of ________.
A) accommodation
B) serial cohabitation
C) dating cohabitation
D) trial marriage cohabitation
Q4) Briefly explain why singles are postponing marriage.
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Chapter 10: Marriage and Communication in Intimate Relationships
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Q1) Briefly describe a passive-congenial marriage.
Q2) The process by which newly married partners modify their idealized expectations and deal with the realities of living together is called ________.
A) identity bargaining
B) cognitive bias
C) cognitive dissonance
D) role conflict
Q3) Which of the following is true of using a wedding ceremony?
A) It is used to provide authenticity to the engagement ceremony.
B) It legalizes the couple's ability to adopt children.
C) It is used to justify the bridal shower.
D) It reinforces the idea that the marriage is a permanent bond.
Q4) In ________, partners negotiate adjustments to their new married roles.
A) identity bargaining
B) role dictation
C) role identifying
D) marital generalization
Q5) Explain the self-disclosure concept.
Q6) Describe the functions of an engagement.
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Q1) Nelly, an unmarried woman, found out that she was pregnant.However, she did not want go through with the pregnancy and decided to have an abortion.In this scenario, Nelly should go for a ________.
A) miscarriage
B) induced abortion
C) surrogate abortion
D) spontaneous abortion
Q2) Which of the following is an accurate statement concerning how micro-level factors lead to postponed parenthood?
A) Daunting jobs and careers make it more difficult to meet prospective mates.
B) A number of national studies show that the higher a woman's education level, the more likely she is to delay childbearing.
C) Many young adults are delaying marriage and having children because they have high college and credit card debts.
D) Disturbed by high divorce rates, some young couples delay parenthood until they feel confident that their marriage will work.
Q3) Briefly explain teen pregnancy and contraceptive usage in America.
Q4) Explain three micro-level factors that contribute to postponed marriages.
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Chapter 12: Raising Children: Promises and Pitfalls
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Q1) The myth that mothering comes naturally creates several problems.One of the problems is that it ________.
A) assumes that a good mother cannot be perfect if she only follows her instincts
B) implies that there's something wrong with mothers who don't devote all their time to child rearing
C) encourages the involvement of the father of the baby in all child rearing activities
D) expects mothers to seek help from her parents and relatives in rearing children effectively
Q2) Illustrate a scenario that explains the concept of role overload.
Q3) How does helicopter parenting impact children?
Q4) Tiffany, who is four years old, pulled her sister's hair and made her cry.Knowing that she has done wrong, Tiffany begins to cry as well.According to the psychosocial theory of human development, in which of the following stages is Tiffany?
A) identity vs.identity confusion stage
B) preoperational stage
C) sensorimotor stage
D) initiative vs.guilt stage
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Chapter 13: The Economy and Family Life
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Q1) Which of the following is true of deindustrialization?
A) It refers to an increase in manufacturing activities.
B) It is also known as inshoring.
C) It refers to companies spending more on people than on machines.
D) It has been accelerated by globalization.
Q2) Which of the following is a primary reason why women are increasingly working outside the home?
A) Women have lesser educational qualifications than men.
B) The role of a homemaker today is considered more fulfilling than a professional career.
C) Traditional gender roles are reinforced by the society.
D) Women experience personal satisfaction by pursuing a career.
Q3) Which of the following constitutes corporate welfare?
A) flextime
B) pension
C) tax breaks
D) health insurance
Q4) Lloyd and Martin Inc.is an advertising firm.The company's management has decided to provide the option of telecommuting to its employees.How would implementing such a work arrangement be beneficial for the company?
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Chapter 14: Domestic Violence and Other Family Health
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Q1) Which of the following is true of IPV among African American couples?
A) They are less likely than white couples to be mutually abusive.
B) They are generally more mutually abusive if they are married.
C) They are less likely to suffer from mutual IPV than interracial couples.
D) They are more likely to commit mutual IPV due to racial stress.
Q2) Sophia, a home-maker, has an abusive husband.However, despite the abuse, Sophia continues to stay with him as she believes that the financial rewards outweigh a "few beatings." This scenario is an illustration of the ________ theory.
A) social exchange
B) learning
C) feminist
D) supply
Q3) Which of the following is typically found to be a cause for elder abuse?
A) low dependence on the caregiver
B) presence of a strong social network of kin, friends, and neighbors
C) low alcohol consumption among caregivers
D) shared living situation with a caregiver
Q4) Briefly describe the key concepts of resource theory.
Q5) Briefly describe child maltreatment.
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Q6) Briefly describe the terms "bulimia" and "anorexia nervosa."
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Chapter 15: Separation, Divorce, Remarriage, and Stepfamilies
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Q1) A ________ is when neither partner has to establish the guilt or wrongdoing of the other.
A) psychic divorce
B) nullified divorce
C) no-fault divorce
D) voidable divorce
Q2) Stepfamilies differ from nuclear families in that stepfamilies typically ________.
A) have simpler structures
B) tend to create new roles in the family structure
C) experience lesser stress and conflict
D) have quicker integration periods between family members
Q3) According to ________ theories, children in stepfamily households have more problems than children in nuclear families because the stepparents often invest less time and energy in raising their children.
A) risk and resilience
B) family stress
C) social capital
D) cumulative effects
Q4) List out five micro-level reasons for divorce.
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Chapter 16: Families in Later Life
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Q1) Max's grandparents live far apart from him, but they send him a birthday card on his birthday with a $10 note in it.Every summer Max goes to his grandparent's house and spends two days with them.Max's grandparents show an example of a(n)________ grandparenting style.
A) companionate and supportive
B) formal
C) decentralized
D) remote
Q2) Peyton calls her sister Sanchez on special occasions, but she keeps the conversation brief as she isn't interested in her sister's affairs and knows that the feeling is mutual.Peyton and Sanchez are an example of ________ siblings.
A) hostile
B) intimate
C) congenial
D) apathetic
Q3) Give a suitable answer that would be an example of a backup sibling.
Q4) Give a suitable answer that would serve as an example of apathetic siblings.
Q5) List three reasons why older Americans work full time or part time past the age of 65.
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