Deck 10: Planning for Children

Question 1

Which of the following for women is not associated with being sterilized?

A)sexual dissatisfaction
B)relationship dissatisfaction
C)sexual pleasure
D)sexual and relationship dissatisfaction

Answer 1

D

Question 2

With regard to genetic testing, researchers in your text recommend that:

A)it should be a collective decision: one's partner and parents should be consulted
B)it should be a private decision and efforts to intrude on one's privacy should be rebuffed
C)only a genetic specialist should be consulted to recommend genetic testing
D)genetic testing might best be avoided, since it only invites unnecessary worry

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Which is not a primary reason that persons about to get an abortion gave for not using contraception?

A)alcohol
B)"in the moment"?- not wanting to break the mood
C)lack of knowledge about effective contraception
D)pressure from the man not to use a condom

Answer 3

C

Question 4

The fact that there is no "Childfree Day" (although there is a Mother's Day) reflects:

A)pronatalism
B)antinatalism
C)nepotism
D)homogamy

Question 5

To what degree are undergraduate women aware of the steep rate of fertility decline with age?

A)They are unaware.
B)They are acutely aware.
C)They think they are aware but there are gaps in their thinking.
D)This depends on the age: freshmen know nothing; seniors are about 75% accurate

Question 6

What percent of women between the age of 18 and 44 have adopted a child?

A)1%
B)12%
C)22%
D)just under a third

Question 7

Pronatalism refers to which of the following?

A)the cultural preference for male children over female children
B)the social norm that women are the primary child caregivers
C)the social norm that expects women to be married before giving birth
D)the cultural attitude that encourages childbearing and rearing

Question 8

Which of the following is an example of birth control sabotage?

A)The man hides the birth control pills so the woman doesn't take them.
B)The woman stops taking the birth control pill and does not let her partner know.
C)The man pressures the woman to have sex without a condom.
D)The couple get drunk and don't use a condom as they normally would.

Question 9

New research suggests that which of the following is best for female sterilization?

A)transcervical (has fewer complications)
B)abdominal (has fewer complications)
C)depends on the age of the woman
D)depends on how many children she has had

Question 10

Which group has the highest fertility level?

A)Hispanics
B)African Americans
C)Non-Hispanic whites
D)Muslims

Question 11

What does research about adopting a baby over the Internet recommend?

A)Success over the Internet is as good as through a private agency.
B)Success over the Internet is as good as through a state agency.
C)Couples should proceed with great caution.
D)Internet adoptions have been wrongly stigmatized.

Question 12

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

Question 13

The term that describes the male partner pressuring the female partner to become pregnant is:

A)rape
B)cognitive manipulation
C)subtle aggression to avoid condom use
D)pregnancy coercion

Question 14

Which country is soon to adopt a one child policy?

A)Egypt (part of the revolutionary takeover)
B)Tunisia
C)India
D)Mexico

Question 15

A man who is infertile has an increased risk of:

A)diabetes
B)prostate cancer
C)heart problems
D)there is no association with other health conditions

Question 16

About what percent of American women never bear a child?

A)5%
B)20%
C)about a third
D)close to a half, beginning with the current generation

Question 17

According to Wildsmith et al. (2010), which of the following is true?

A)worldwide, there are 10 million unintended pregnancies each year
B)about 5 percent of all pregnancies are unintended
C)worldwide, there are 12 million induced abortions
D)about 40 percent of all pregnancies are unintended

Question 18

Which parents of children in foster care are most likely to have their rights terminated?

A)gay parents
B)abusive parents
C)chronic drug abusing parents
D)parents who are in jail and are mentally ill

Question 19

What percent of all births are to unmarried women?

A)less than five percent
B)15%
C)40%
D)65%

Question 20

If an individual is sterilized, what is the chance of pregnancy?

A)less than 1 percent
B)ten percent
C)twenty percent
D)one third

Question 21

The goal of the foster parenting program is to:

A)ultimately return the child to his or her biological parents
B)keep the child with foster parents till an adoptive home can be found
C)get the foster parents to legally adopt the child
D)keep the child with foster parents temporarily and return them to biological parents when the situation with the biological parents improves

Question 22

____ is also known as tubal ligation, or tying the tubes.

A)Oophorectomy
B)Hysterectomy
C)Salpingectomy
D)Vasectomy

Question 23

The percent of 18-44 year old women who have adopted a child is:

A)one percent
B)ten percent
C)fifteen percent
D)just under twenty-five percent

Question 24

Which of the following is not a technological innovation that helps an infertile couple get pregnant?

A)reproductive scanning
B)fertility drugs
C)in vitro fertilization
D)artificial insemination by donor

Question 25

When couples cannot get pregnant, what percentage of the infertility is due to the woman?

A)10%
B)20%
C)30%
D)40%

Question 26

When couples cannot get pregnant, what percentage of the infertility is due to the man?

A)10%
B)20%
C)30%
D)40%

Question 27

The cost of one teenager in the home is about ____ annually.

A)$1,000
B)$5,000
C)$14,000
D)$20,000

Question 28

____ is a risk associated with taking fertility drugs.

A)Getting migraine headaches
B)Having multiple births (e.g., twins, triplets, etc.)
C)Weight gain
D)Hair loss

Question 29

The primary developmental advantage for the child of retirement-aged parents is that:

A)the attention the parents can devote to the child
B)the stable income of the parents
C)the connections the parents have established by this age for institutional profit
D)the role model as a happy couple

Question 30

The most successful reproductive technology clinics produce live births for what percentage of the infertile couples who come to them for help?

A)30%
B)70%
C)80%
D)90%

Question 31

Romkens et al. reviewed the medical/psychological literature on age of fathers and found:

A)that men over 50 should not have a child
B)that men over the age of 60 should not have children
C)no studies to suggest an age cutoff as to when a male can father a child
D)that men age 60 who work out and take Testagain are as healthy as 40-year-olds

Question 32

Dan is married, has three children, and does not want additional children. Dan may consider having a(n):

A)oophorectomy
B)vasectomy
C)salpingectomy
D)laparoscopy

Question 33

A less expensive and quicker form of ____ is ____.

A)hysterectomy; oophorectomy
B)hysterectomy; salpingectomy
C)salpingectomy; laparoscopy
D)laparoscopy; oophorectomy

Question 34

Molly previously conceived but is currently unable to do so even though she has had regular sexual relations for the past twelve months. Her situation is known as:

A)primary infertility
B)pregnancy wastage
C)secondary infertility
D)postconception syndrome

Question 35

All of the following are true of teenage mothers except that they typically have:

A)higher poverty levels
B)poorer health habits
C)lower birth-weight babies
D)higher academic achievements

Question 36

Salpingectomy is ____ than a vasectomy.

A)easier
B)safer
C)more costly
D)neither easier nor safer

Question 37

Cryopreservation refers to:

A)freezing eggs and implanting them at a later time
B)taking eggs by C-section
C)manipulating sperm to produce the desired sex baby
D)implanting a zygote in a surrogate mother

Question 38

The National Association of Black Social Workers ____ transracial adoption.

A)is in support of
B)is undecided regarding
C)is against
D)has reversed their policy twice regarding

Question 39

The primary disadvantage of having a child in the later years is that:

A)the parents have low income
B)the parents are likely to die around the time the child reaches adulthood
C)the medical costs are too high to maintain a pregnancy
D)the child faces the stigma of having "old" parents

Question 40

Most adoptive parents are ____ their child finding out about the birth parents.

A)for keeping the books closed and against
B)ambivalent about
C)split about (the mother is for keeping the books closed; the dad for open disclosure)
D)for making information available and supporting

Question 41

"I can't afford a baby" is the primary reason a woman gives for wanting an abortion.

Question 42

Parental notification means getting permission of parents for an abortion.

Question 43

About what percent of women 40-44 have never had a child?

A)10 percent
B)20 percent
C)30 percent
D)40 percent

Question 44

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

Question 45

Another term for miscarriage is:

A)spontaneous abortion
B)induced abortion
C)salpingectomy
D)laparoscopy

Question 46

A woman generally needs her parents' consent for an abortion if she is under which of the following ages?

A)18
B)19
C)20
D)21

Question 47

When children who are adopted are compared with children who are not adopted, all of the following are true except that:

A)physical growth improves in those who are adopted
B)behavioral problems decrease in those who are adopted
C)school achievement improves in those who are adopted
D)adopted and not-adopted children are the same

Question 48

Laura Scott observed that, in the future, having children will change from an assumption:

A)to utter confusion
B)to a quandary
C)to a decision
D)to an imperative

Question 49

What did Krishnaswamy et al. (2011) find among Malaysian children born to fathers aged 50 or above when compared to children who were fathered by young men?

A)There was an increased chance that the children had superior intelligence.
B)There was no difference between the two sets of children.
C)The risk of autism was higher if the child's father was older.
D)There was an increased risk of having CMD (common mental disorder) if the child's father was older.

Question 50

With regard to wanting children and the value of parenthood, which of the following statements is true?

A)About three-fourths of youths want children and value the parental role over the role of spouse.
B)Less than half of youths want children and value the role of spouse over the role of parent.
C)95 percent of youths want children but only after they establish a successful marriage.
D)The desire for children has dropped to less than a quarter of youth-they are just too expensive.

Question 51

The contraceptive method of "Double Dutch" in the Netherlands means:

A)using both the pill and the condom
B)using both the condom and restricting one's alcohol use
C)using both the diaphragm and the condom
D)using both the "patch" and the "ring"

Question 52

A therapeutic abortion is performed to:

A)protect the life of the baby
B)protect the health of the baby
C)protect the health or life of the mother
D)protect the occurrence of post-traumatic stress disorder

Question 53

The use of drugs is typically related to an unintended pregnancy and the request for an abortion.

Question 54

With regard to women who have abortions, all of the following are true except that:

A)the majority of the men with whom they got pregnant did not know about the abortion
B)the majority of the male partners were supportive
C)male partners with whom the women were cohabiting were particularly supportive
D)most women were able to rely on their male partners for support

Question 55

After an abortion, what can a woman expect for at least a couple of weeks?

A)guilt
B)bleeding
C)regret
D)anxiety

Question 56

Which of the following demographics is not associated with a "pro-life" philosophy?

A)young
B)Catholic
C)married to white-collar worker
D)mother of three or more children

Question 57

Teen mothers have poorer general health, are more depressed, and have lower self- esteem than women who did not have a child as a teen, who attended college, and who are employed full-time. What is a benefit of being a teen mother?

A)making higher grades
B)having a higher income
C)drinking less alcohol
D)having a stable boyfriend

Question 58

Persons who have a first pregnancy abortion generally have:

A)higher rates of anxiety disorder
B)higher rates of social anxiety
C)higher rates of post-traumatic stress disorder
D)no negative consequences such as anxiety or stress

Question 59

Research on men whose partners have an abortion suggests that they tend to:

A)be depressed about the decision
B)be ambivalent about the decision
C)be angry about the decision
D)be happy about the decision

Question 60

After having a vasectomy, what do most men experience?

A)decreased desire for sex
B)decreased ability to have an erection
C)decreased amount of ejaculate
D)no longer being able to impregnate a female

Question 61

Miscarriage is another term for spontaneous abortion.

Question 62

Discuss the lifestyle changes/financial costs associated with having/rearing children.

Question 63

The National Association of Black Social Workers is against a white family adopting a
black child.

Question 64

Compare the types and causes of infertility as well as six assisted reproductive technologies available to help a couple have a baby.

Question 65

The most common reason for not using contraception and getting pregnant is alcohol.

Question 66

A vasectomy takes about two hours of major surgery (the man is put to sleep).

Question 67

When a woman can't get pregnant, what are some probable causes?

Question 68

The abortion rate has soared since 2000.

Question 69

Explain the various reasons for an unintended pregnancy.

Question 70

Identify the motivations to remain childfree.

Question 71

What issues are involved in transracial adoptions?

Question 72

Regarding infertility, what percent of the time is something wrong with both partners?

Question 73

What is the position of The National Association of Black Social Workers with regard
to a white family adopting a black child?

Question 74

A vasectomy takes about 15 minutes under a local pain killer.

Question 75

What are the financial and psychological costs of adopting a child via the foster care
system?

Question 76

Twenty percent of parents in the U.S. adopt children.

Question 77

Discuss the issues involved in other-race adoptions, and identify the differences between
"open" and "closed" adoptions.

Question 78

Discuss social influences on having children and why people do not feel "free" to remain childfree.

Question 79

When a couple can't get pregnant, it is usually a problem with the woman's ovaries.

Question 80

Childfree Day, like Mother's/Father's Day, is now a part of our national celebrations.