Deck 14: New Beginnings: Single-Parent Families, Remarriages, and Blended Families

Question 1

During which stage of stepfamily development do family members recognize differences, conflict becomes more open, and stepparents begin to take a stand?

A) Mobilization
B) Action
C) Contact
D) Resolution

Answer 1

A

Question 2

During which stage of stepfamily development do biological parents expect their children to love the new parent as much as they do?

A) Awareness
B) Immersion
C) Fantasy
D) Mobilization

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Remarriage courtships

A) have well-defined rules.
B) are short, unless preceded by cohabitation.
C) involve unrealistic expectations.
D) rarely involve cohabitation prior to marriage.

Answer 3

B

Question 4

The "broken home" stereotype of single-parent families

A) assumes single mothers are responsible.
B) is based on empirical evidence.
C) is occasionally mixed with racism.
D) also assumes that "intact families" are inadequate.

Question 5

The number of children who live in single-parent families headed by fathers is about 3.9%.

Question 6

Conflict in stepfamilies distinguished from conflict in traditional nuclear families is likely to center on which issue?

A) Favoritism
B) Personal conflicts
C) Unified loyalty
D) Objectivity

Question 7

Our culture is still ambivalent about divorce and tends to consider divorce-induced, single-parent families as somewhat deviant.

Question 8

Which statement regarding women and men in stepfamilies is false?

A) Most people go into stepfamily relationships expecting to recreate the traditional nuclear family.
B) Stepmother-stepdaughter relationships are the most problematic.
C) Stepparents tend to view themselves as more effective than natural fathers view themselves.
D) Disciplining often elicits a child's testing response.

Question 9

In more than _____ of current marriages, one or both spouses are remarrying.

A) 40%
B) 55%
C) 70%
D) 85%

Question 10

Which of the following is a developmental stage of the stepfamily?

A) Planning
B) Distraction
C) Unconsciousness
D) Action

Question 11

The stereotype of single-parent families as "broken homes" assumes that

A) the single parent will not be satisfied until she or he has remarried.
B) intact families are "happy," and single-parent families are unhappy.
C) all are poor and have houses that are in grave disrepair.
D) members of single-parent families break down society through their involvement in crime and delinquency.

Question 12

In Marsiglio's study (2004), he identified properties of the claiming process for stepfathers. Which of the following is a property of this process?

A) The degree of deliberativeness
B) The degree to which they have and use opportunities to be involved across a range of parental behaviors
C) The degree to which they find themselves thinking about, mindful of, or daydreaming about their stepchildren in ways that biological fathers do
D) All of the answers are correct.

Question 13

Which of the following are least likely to remarry after divorce?

A) African American women
B) Caucasian women
C) Mexican American women
D) Puerto Rican women

Question 14

Successful single parents have which theme running through their lives?

A) Dedication to spontaneity
B) Fostered conformity
C) Recognition of the need for self -nurturance
D) The weakest social support systems

Question 15

The effects of divorced single-parent households on children may include a lack of economic resources, money, attention, and guidance, and social connections that a father can provide; this is referred to as

A) social fatherhood.
B) family capital.
C) social capital.
D) community cohesion.

Question 16

Stepfamilies differ from traditional first-marriage families in all of the following ways, except

A) the relationship between parent and child predates the relationship between the new partners.
B) stepparents roles are ill defined.
C) members have typically lost an important primary relationship.
D) stepchildren typically no longer have grandparents.

Question 17

Never-married mothers tend to receive less social support than do widows.

Question 18

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

Question 19

Stepsibling issues

A) include sharing one's parent with new step-siblings.
B) do not affect children who have already grown and left home.
C) are typically easier to work through than learning to share one's parent with a new stepparent.
D) None of the answers are correct.

Question 20

Courtship for remarriage may resemble courtship before the first marriage if

A) the children are over age 12.
B) neither partner has children.
C) the couple is really in love.
D) both partners are under age 30.

Question 21

Describe the characteristics of single parent families in the United States today.

Question 22

Stereotypes of single-parent families

A) do not address issues facing single fathers.
B) overemphasize that most births to single mothers are to women over age 20.
C) are often objective.
D) are completely adequate understandings of family life.

Question 23

During the awareness stage of stepfamily development, stepparents begin to take a stand.

Question 24

Which of the following is true about lesbian and gay single parents?

A) They most often became single parents as a result of widowhood.
B) Some got married with the hope of "fitting in" and denying their homosexuality.
C) The majority were not married before they became aware of their sexual orientation.
D) There may be as many as 60 million lesbian and gay single parents in the United States today.

Question 25

For many single women in their 30s and 40s, single parenting has become

A) more intentional.
B) less prevalent.
C) more likely to lead to divorce.
D) less accepted.

Question 26

Describe the ways in which single-parent families have been stereotyped, and give an accurate description of these families.

Question 27

A major disappointment for many new single parents is the discovery that they are still lonely.

Question 28

Many single-parent households contain two adults.

Question 29

Describe the characteristics of successful single parents.

Question 30

The type of single-parent family that receives the most social support is

A) divorced.
B) unmarried mothers.
C) unmarried fathers.
D) widowed.

Question 31

A mother's authority role stays the same after divorce.

Question 32

How many divorced single parents found that single parenting grows easier over time?

A) Relatively few
B) About half
C) Almost two-thirds
D) All of them

Question 33

Because children of single parents tend to have more power than children of two-parent families, they typically do not learn the importance of cooperation.

Question 34

How many children live in single-parent households?

A) 5 million
B) 20 million
C) 40 million
D) 45 million

Question 35

Discuss the subsystems of the binuclear family.

Question 36

Remarried couples are more likely to divorce.

Question 37

Label and describe each of developmental stage of stepfamilies.

Question 38

Between 1970 and 2014, the percentage of children living in single-parent families

A) increased slightly.
B) doubled.
C) nearly tripled.
D) remained stable.

Question 39

A binuclear family is a postdivorce family system with children.

Question 40

A ______ father is a male relative, family associate, or mother's partner who demonstrates parental behaviors and is like a father to the child.

A) pseudo
B) quasi
C) social
D) fill-in