Deck 12: The Process of Divorce

Question 1

Which is NOT one of the macro-level factors associated with divorce?

A)level of socioeconomic development
B)dominant religion that is practiced
C)amount of research conducted on divorce
D)women's status, employment, and patriarchy
E)cultural attitudes toward divorce

Answer 1

C?

Question 2

The most precise way to measure divorce is the:

A)ratio of divorces per marriages.
B)number tabulation.
C)refined rate.
D)crude rate.
E)case-sensitive ratio.

Answer 2

C

Question 3

The pattern of divorce in Egypt generally reflects:

A)macro-level factors associated with divorce.
B)micro-level factors associated with divorce.
C)an integration of micro- and macro-level factors associated with divorce.

Answer 3

A?

Question 4

Constance and Jerry are at the "pre-separation" phase of the divorce process. Which is NOT likely to be one of the things associated with this phase?

A)One or both partners begin to think about the benefits of a separation.
B)Couples may not fully reveal their intention to separate to friends and family.
C)Couples face a series of issues such as who will be the one to move out, and how they will work out financial matters.
D)They fantasize about leaving and being free of the responsibilities associated with marriage.
E)When couples think about the logistics, people considering separation commonly experience anxiety, sadness, fear, anger, and loneliness at the same
Time.

Question 5

What are the two points in history in which the divorce rate peaked?

A)industrialization in the 1890s; the Great Depression in the 1920s
B)after WWII in the late 1940s; the 1980s
C)the Great Depression in the 1930s; the 1980s
D)the Roaring Twenties around 1925; today
E)industrialization in the 1890s; today

Question 6

The crude divorce rate in the U.S. is approximately ________ per 1,000 people.

A)3)6
B)19.1
C)50.3
D)128.5
E)499

Question 7

Which of the following is TRUE?

A)Mothers who have at least one son are more likely to divorce.
B)People with higher income are more likely to divorce because they have more alternatives.
C)Spouses who share religious beliefs are more likely to divorce.
D)The divorce status of your parents is not related to your likelihood of divorcing.
E)The childfree are more likely to divorce than are parents.

Question 8

There are several reasons for the negative financial consequences of divorce for women. Which is NOT one of these reasons?

A)Most women do not work the first year after a divorce.
B)Women generally retain custody of the children.
C)Many women have intermittent work histories.
D)Many custodial parents do not pay child support.
E)Women earn lower wages on average than do men.

Question 9

Early feminists such as Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Amelia Bloomer spoke out:

A)in favor of alimony.
B)in favor of child support.
C)against alimony.
D)in favor of banning divorce.
E)in favor of making divorce more available to women.

Question 10

Miguel is regaining autonomy and beginning to feel whole and complete again as a single person after his divorce. This is referred to as the __________ station of divorce.

A)emotional
B)co-parental
C)community
D)mediating
E)psychic

Question 11

Women report more marital problems than do their husbands, although interestingly, women tend to blame themselves for many of these problems. Why is this, according to the text?

A)Women often have a subordinate position in marriage, and as a result, wives monitor and interpret their marriages more often than do husbands.
B)Wives are more easily frustrated by money problems since they tend to pay the bills.
C)Wives are more likely to want larger families than are their husbands.
D)Husbands are more likely to get their feelings hurt, but they try to hide it.
E)Wives are far more likely to get angry or jealous or become domineering, critical, moody, and untalkative, and then feel guilty afterwards.

Question 12

In the opening vignette, Melanie:

A)describes the effect of her divorce on her children.
B)describes the effect that her parents' divorce had on her.
C)describes the way her divorce affected her financially.
D)is a mediator, and describes sex differences in the divorce experience.
E)is a judge, and describes several divorce cases she was involved with.

Question 13

__________ is a non-adversarial means of resolution in which the divorcing couple, along with a third party such as a therapist or trained mediator, negotiate the terms of their financial, custody, and visitation settlement.

A)Community divorce
B)Mediation
C)Psychic divorce
D)No-fault divorce
E)Alimony

Question 14

The intergenerational transmission of divorce:

A)has been discredited by research conducted over the past decade.
B)refers to the age at which people marry.
C)is a micro-level factor associated with divorce.
D)refers to the similarity between spouses.
E)integrates micro- and macro-level factors associated with divorce.

Question 15

Carol and Jay were married for six years. During this time, Carol worked as a bank teller to support her husband through graduate school so that he could become a tax attorney. After the divorce she asked for money so that she could go to college as well. This post-divorce support is called:

A)family allowance.
B)post-divorce financial support.
C)displaced homemaker settlement.
D)mediation.
E)alimony.

Question 16

The refined divorce rate is:

A)The ratio of divorces to marriages in a given year.
B)About 50 per 100 married couples.
C)The number of people who divorced in a given year.
D)The number of divorces that occur in a given year for every 1,000 married women.
E)About 220 per 1,000 adults age 15 and over.

Question 17

Legal custody refers to:

A)where the child/children reside.
B)who has the legal authority to make important decisions concerning the child/children.
C)who is at fault for the divorce.
D)stepfamily living arrangements.
E)living with both parents about an equal amount of time.

Question 18

Which of the following represents a micro-level factor associated with divorce?

A)level of socioeconomic development
B)dominant religion that is practiced
C)amount of research conducted on divorce
D)level of patriarchy
E)whether your parents divorced

Question 19

Since around 1980, the divorce rate has:

A)increased slightly.
B)increased significantly.
C)remained about the same.
D)declined.
E)fluctuated.

Question 20

The number of divorces per 1,000 population is called the:

A)crude divorce rate.
B)divorce ratio.
C)no-fault divorce rate.
D)stations of divorce.
E)refined divorce rate.

Question 21

A study was conducted with a large group of unhappily married people who were interviewed twice over five years. The research asked, "Are those who divorced during this five-year period happier than those who stayed married?" Some people who didn't divorce said their marriage improved because they actively worked to solve problems, change their behavior, and improve their communication. This is called:

A)the personal happiness ethic.
B)the marital work ethic.
C)the no-fault ethic.
D)the marital endurance ethic.
E)the tangled web ethic.

Question 22

The term ___________ describes divorced parents who live in two households, but remain one family in spirit because of their children.

A)open-door family
B)fluid family
C)extended family
D)post-divorce family
E)binuclear family

Question 23

Researchers believe that it may be the ___________ rather than the divorce itself that become problematic for children.

A)reduced standard of living
B)conflict with grandparents
C)stigma
D)transitions
E)father's health

Question 24

Which of the following statements best characterizes the effects of divorce on children?

A)There are short-term negative effects, which mostly disappear after 2-3 years.
B)There are short-term negative effects, which mostly disappear after 5-7 years.
C)Children whose parents divorce are more likely to become pregnant or impregnate others; and are more likely to drop out of school, use alcohol or
Drugs, and suffer from depression.
D)Almost all negative outcomes associated with divorce disappear once you take mother's level of education, race, and ethnicity into account.
E)Marital conflict tends to erode children's emotional bonds with their fathers, whereas divorce erodes their emotional bonds with their mothers.

Question 25

A study was conducted with a large group of unhappily married people who were interviewed twice over five years. The researchers asked, "Are those who divorced during this five-year period happier than those who stayed married?" They found:

A)on average, the people in the divorced group were no happier than those who remained married.
B)women who divorced were happier, but men who divorced were not.
C)that one-quarter of those who stayed married over the five years reported that their marriages had improved.
D)those people who were among the "happier" of the unhappy marriages at the time of the first interview reported the most dramatic turnaround.
E)divorce greatly improved stress levels.

Question 26

Michelle and Joe have a "good divorce," which means:

A)they got a divorce before they had children.
B)they used a mediator to help solve disputes before they arose.
C)after they divorced they remained amicable toward one another and now work diligently to preserve family ties.
D)Joe pays child support on a regular basis and pays the full amount owed.
E)Michelle and Joe refused to divorce for the sake of their children.

Question 27

A nonadversarial means of resolution, in which the divorcing couple, along with a third party such as a therapist or trained mediator, negotiate the terms of their financial, custody, and visitation settlement, is known as divorce mediation.

Question 28

You are writing a term paper about the consequences of divorce for children. You learned that during the initial crisis period after the divorce, children must cope with many different situations. Which is NOT one of these, according to the text?

A)conflict with grandparents
B)loss of a parent
C)handling parental conflict
D)coping with a reduced standard of living
E)adjusting to many transitions

Question 29

"Stations of divorce" refer to the termination of the marriage contract by a state court order.

Question 30

A measure of divorce based on the number of divorces that occur out of every 1,000 married women is called the crude divorce rate.

Question 31

With respect to child support:

A)Almost one-third of families do not receive the full child support that is owed to them.
B)The average amount of child support due is about $5,300 a year, but the average amount received is only about $4,800 a year.
C)Custodial parents who received the full payments due were likely to be older, highly educated, and divorced, rather than never married.
D)About 90 percent of custodial parents have some sort of agreement or court award for child support.
E)The federal government has stepped up efforts to enforce child support, and its efforts have paid off significantly.

Question 32

The United States has one of the highest rates of divorce in the world.

Question 33

Generally speaking, are children better off when their unhappily married parents remain married or get divorced?

A)remain married
B)get divorced
C)there is no way to know
D)get divorced for sons, but remain married for daughters
E)remain married in low-conflict marriages, but get divorced in high conflict marriages.

Question 34

People who marry young tend to have a higher risk of divorce than those who marry when older.

Question 35

A child custody arrangement in which the child legally lives with one parents and "visits" the other parent is known as joint physical custody.

Question 36

The intergenerational transmission of divorce is a pattern noted by researchers that people whose parents divorced are also more likely to divorce.

Question 37

Payment by one partner to the other in order to support the more dependent spouse for a period of time is called alimony.

Question 38

Gwen is a single mother of two, and has a legal document delineating the amount and circumstances of the financial support that the noncustodial parent should pay. This document is called a(n):

A)divorce decree.
B)alimony schedule.
C)child support order.
D)child paternity schedule.
E)dependent decree.

Question 39

The divorce rate is now at its all-time high.

Question 40

Women's status and employment opportunities are an example of macro-level factor associated with divorce.

Question 41

In the crisis period following a divorce, children generally face a number of situations that they must learn to cope with. List three of these.

Question 42

Give two reasons why we should be cautious in interpreting that divorce causes negative child outcomes.

Question 43

The likelihood of a custodial parent receiving child support has increased greatly since federal involvement in enforcement stepped up in the 1990s.

Question 44

A social movement designed to promote and protect traditional marriage is called:

Question 45

The __________ is the number of divorces that occur out of every 1,000 married women.

Question 46

A binuclear family is a social movement designed to promote and protect traditional marriage.

Question 47

List the four phases of a separation.

Question 48

Binuclear families are:

Question 49

Children tend to be better off by their parents' divorce if there is tremendous conflict in the home.

Question 50

When parents are unhappily married, what would be best for their children, to divorce or to stay married?

Question 51

People whose parents have divorced are also more likely to divorce themselves. This pattern is known as the __________.

Question 52

List the five macro-level factors that influence the divorce rate, according to the text.

Question 53

An average married couple has an annual income of around __________, compared to __________ for a single male-headed family (no wife present)and only __________ for a single female-headed family (no husband present).

Question 54

A study of unhappily married couples found that those who eventually divorced were no happier than those who stayed married.

Question 55

The two peaks in the divorce rate over the past hundred years occurred:

Question 56

The __________ is the number of divorces that occur out of 1,000 people.

Question 57

List five micro-level factors from the text associated with divorce.

Question 58

Research shows that while many children have emotional difficulties in the short term after their parents' divorce, few children face long-term difficulties.

Question 59

When noncustodial parents retain their legal rights to their children, this is called:

Question 60

About what percent of families who are awarded child support from a noncustodial parent receive the full amount?

Question 61

List and discuss the macro-level factors that contribute to the divorce rate.

Question 62

Compare and contrast the different ways to calculate the divorce rate. What is the rate in each method? Which method do you think is best and why?

Question 63

Is it better for children when their unhappy parents divorce or stay married? Defend your answer.

Question 64

Describe a "good divorce."

Question 65

List the stations of divorce. Choose one to discuss in depth.