Deck 14: Stress and Crisis in Relationships

Question 1

Of married couples with children under 18, what percentage of husbands/wives were unemployed in 2009?

A)6%/4%
B)10%/8%
C)20%/18%
D)30%/28%

Answer 1

A

Question 2

What did female partners of males involved in cybersex relationships and pornographic Web sites report?

A)low self-esteem
B)regret
C)they are comfortable with the behavior
D)distress and feelings of ambivalent loss

Answer 2

D

Question 3

In a study of husbands who had prostate surgery and then met a sex therapist with their partner, which husbands reported an improved sex life?

A)husbands who experienced their ED was resolved
B)husbands whose wives reported an improved sex life
C)all husbands who met with a sex therapist
D)none of the husbands

Answer 3

C

Question 4

What percent of undergraduate males/females agreed with the statement "If you love someone enough, you will be able to resolve your problems with that person"?

A)25%/15%
B)45%/39%
C)64%/59%
D)85%/73%

Question 5

What percent of adults/families experience mental illness?

A)1 in 4 adults and 1 in 5 families
B)1 in 5 adults and 1 in 7 families
C)1 in 3 adults and 1 in 4 families
D)1 in 2 adults and 1 in 3 families

Question 6

The stress in our daily lives is most associated with the:

A)increase in productivity at home and work
B)decrease in number of friendships and work relationships
C)decrease in relationship satisfaction and lower levels of sexual activity
D)increase in relationship satisfaction and lower levels of relationship conflict

Question 7

Which of the following is recommended for the unemployed?

A)starting your own business
B)volunteering
C)attending church
D)having a large support system

Question 8

What percentage of all adults 20 and over who report being depressed also report smoking?

A)22%
B)43%
C)59%
D)63%

Question 9

Which of the following was not a reaction that was reported by spouses who were caring for a partner with multiple sclerosis after 20 years of marriage?

A)sense of duty
B)losing their sense of identity as a spouse
C)guilt for wanting independence
D)sense of satisfaction at being able to provide the care

Question 10

In general, what has happened to alcohol consumption patterns on campus?

A)They have increased.
B)They have decreased.
C)They have increased for males.
D)They have remained stable.

Question 11

What is most associated with having a partner involved with someone outside the marital dyad?

A)negative thoughts and emotional reactions to sex
B)increased self-esteem
C)thoughts of murder
D)increased prayer

Question 12

What percentage of undergraduates reported that they would "divorce a spouse who had an affair?"

A)27%
B)33%
C)54%
D)69%

Question 13

What percentage of undergraduates report having a problem with alcohol?

A)7%
B)19%
C)43%
D)79%

Question 14

What percentage of undergraduates reported that they have cheated/been cheated on?

A)10%/15%
B)24%/41%
C)37%/44%
D)41%/32%

Question 15

What, as identified in your text, is a positive coping mechanism for anxiety?

A)humor
B)sitting quietly
C)drawing
D)talking on the phone

Question 16

Child maltreatment is associated with which of the following?

A)higher education for the parents
B)higher parental income
C)unemployment
D)male children

Question 17

What is the typical reaction to a husband's unemployment?

A)The wife seeks employment.
B)Children are asked to cut back their expectations at Christmas.
C)Children are aware of the strain.
D)Children of working age are asked to seek employment.

Question 18

What percentage of a group of married men who violated monogamy rules with their wives and then went to a "sex addiction clinic" would most likely be described as having a sexual addiction?

A)3%
B)9%
C)17%
D)25%

Question 19

Which of the following is associated with adaptive cognitive functioning?

A)exercise
B)sleep
C)education
D)laughter

Question 20

What stress reducing strategy is more likely to be evidenced by men in dual-earner families?

A)restructuring family roles
B)scaling back
C)delegate responsibilities
D)exercise

Question 21

How do children cope with the mental illness of their parents?

A)They inadvertently become mentally ill themselves through modeling.
B)They begin to use drugs at a young age.
C)They develop a rich fantasy life-most have imaginary friends.
D)They create and keep a safe distance from their parents so as not be engulfed by it.

Question 22

Which of the following is not a reason that mental illness is expensive for U.S. society?

A)Additional emergency room care is needed for suicides.
B)Persons who are mentally ill smoke a lot, which increases medical care.
C)The mentally ill die earlier.
D)The mentally ill have high crime rates.

Question 23

Which of the following is most related to a spouse being depressed?

A)children being unhappy
B)the couple being unhappy
C)increased risk of suicide for the partner of the spouse
D)increased drug use for the partner of the spouse

Question 24

With regard to whether being in love helps a couple to resolve problems:

A)undergraduate males believe this more than undergraduate females
B)undergraduate females believe this more than undergraduate males
C)there is no difference in males and females on this issue
D)there has been no research on this issue

Question 25

Which of the following is not associated with the successful adjustment to a crisis?
a.sense of humor
b.network of friendships
c.exercise
d.watching old reruns on TV while relaxing/taking a nap

Question 26

What are online computerized therapeutic interventions designed to treat?

A)addictions
B)interpersonal conflicts
C)eating disorders
D)depression and anxiety

Question 27

Destructive behaviors (e.g., yelling, insulting, bringing up old issues, having the last word) in which year of marriage are associated with subsequent divorce?

A)first year
B)second year
C)fifth year
D)tenth year

Question 28

What percentage of undergraduate females/males agreed that they would be willing to see a marriage counselor before getting a divorce?

A)15%/5%
B)42%/21%
C)66%/53%
D)93%/82%

Question 29

According to the ABCX model of family stress, how a family responds to stress depends on all of the following except:

A)the nature of the crisis event
B)the family's coping skills
C)the family's perception of the event
D)the availability of mental health facilities in the community

Question 30

With regard to involving children who have experienced a hurricane in counseling:

A)research says that such counseling is beneficial
B)research says that such counseling is harmful since it re-traumatizes the child
C)research says that such counseling is harmful since they are often seen alone
D)research says that such counseling is harmful since most counselors have poor training

Question 31

In addition to disulfiram, how many alcohol-use disorder medications has the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved?

A)0
B)1
C)2
D)3

Question 32

The Red Hat Society:

A)marks cancer survivors who wear the red hat after five years of survival
B)marks alcohol abstinence-individuals who wear the red hat have been sober five years
C)marks greeting middle age with verve and humor
D)consist of a group of Irish men who put on their green kilts and red hats at widowhood

Question 33

What was found to be effective in reducing the amount of alcohol freshmen drink?

A)classroom-based alcohol prevention
B)school policies banning alcohol on campus
C)web-based alcohol prevention
D)parental discussions about abusing alcohol

Question 34

Advice guru Ann Landers said the single bit of advice most people might profit from is to:

A)develop a strong religious faith to help you cope with any crisis
B)expect trouble as a part of life and rise above it
C)avoid the use of alcohol or drugs to cope with a difficulty
D)escape, such as divorce in the case of a bad marriage

Question 35

When are spouses most happy?

A)when they perceive their spouse as happy
B)when there is a high frequency of positives and low frequency of negatives
C)when there is an equal number of positives and negatives to balance each other
D)when there is a high frequency of negatives and low frequency of positives

Question 36

What is needed to practice marriage and family therapy?

A)an associate's degree
B)a bachelor's degree
C)a master's degree
D)a doctoral degree

Question 37

According to the ABCX model, how well a family reacts to a crisis event depends most on:

A)the perception of the event
B)the resources to cope with the event
C)both the perception and resources
D)the age of the spouses/parents

Question 38

The most helpful strategy in responding to a crisis event is:

A)to change one's basic values
B)use the power of religion
C)get alcohol and any substance abuse under control immediately
D)get the extended family involved

Question 39

Families that are able to bounce back from a crisis are said to be:

A)resilient
B)muster families
C)families with religious faith
D)families of providence

Question 40

The benefits of exercise include all but:

A)a lower suicide rate
B)an improved sense of well being
C)cognitive benefits
D)the ability to function in social networking groups

Question 41

How many states recognize "alienation of affection" lawsuits?

A)seven
B)twenty-seven
C)forty-seven
D)all states and the District of Columbia

Question 42

____ is the term for health care that is focused on relieving pain and suffering.

A)Mednow care
B)Medrelief care
C)Palliative care
D)Needsnow care

Question 43

Having an animal is associated with which of the following?

A)increased blood pressure (due to concerns about the animal)
B)increased stress (worry about paying vet bills)
C)increased heart disease (since their death is traumatic)
D)reduced blood pressure, stress, depression, and heart disease

Question 44

Most men who have sex with prostitutes are married. The reason for this is that:

A)they want companionship
B)they have more money than single males
C)have lost their way morally
C)they have sexual fetishes their wives will not satisfy

Question 45

Prostate patients who met with a sex therapist reported an improved sex life.

Question 46

A ten year study of 8,000 adults on "midlife crisis" revealed that:

A)over 80 percent reported a crisis b less than a quarter reported any crisis at all
C)infidelity was the midlife crisis reported by over half the respondents
D)drug abuse was the midlife crisis reported by over half the respondents

Question 47

People who identify themselves as religious report being more happy and healthy.

Question 48

One alternative for prostate cancer is cryotherapy whereby:

A)liquid nitrogen is used to freeze and kill prostate cancer cells
B)a needle is used to extract the cancer cells
C)radioactive seeds are put in the prostate
D)the cancer is excised via noninvasive surgery-the gold standard

Question 49

The Coolidge Effect is about:

A)the aftermath of an affair
B)the physiological effects of love
C)the same as the mating gradient
D)the effect of variety on sexual arousal

Question 50

According to Dr. Robert Sammons, spouses:

A)often try to undermine each other and present themselves in a positive light
B)never see that the cost of marriage therapy is much less than the cost of a divorce
C)always come with a secret-one of them is usually having an affair
D)should focus on what is missing in their relationship rather than what they have

Question 51

Dual-earner families reduce stress by scaling back and restructuring family roles.

Question 52

All of the following are associated with males having an affair except being:

A)unemployed
B)from an urban area
C)black
D)all of the above are associated with having an affair for males

Question 53

Males are more likely than females to believe that if you love someone enough you can
resolve your problems with that person.

Question 54

Which of the following is/are true?

A)Women become upset when their man becomes emotionally involved with another.
B)Men become upset when their woman becomes emotionally involved with another.
C)Men and women have similar reactions to infidelity.
D)Feminism has made the double standard of infidelity untenable.

Question 55

All of the following refer to having an affair except:

A)"pinching the cat in the dark"
B)"a man standing in two boats"
C)"playing offsides"
D)"catching the side train"

Question 56

Which of the following is true?

A)Men are more upset if their wife has a heterosexual than homosexual affair.
B)Men are more upset if their wife has a homosexual than heterosexual affair.
C)Women are twice as upset if their spouse has a gay rather than a straight affair.
D)Women are twice as upset if their spouse has a straight rather than a gay affair.

Question 57

In a recent study, what was the effect of stressful life events on marital satisfaction?

A)no effect on marital satisfaction
B)increases marital satisfaction
C)decreases marital satisfaction
D)the findings were inconclusive

Question 58

What is the current status of the licensing requirements for marriage counselors?

A)No license is required in any state to be a "marriage counselor."
B)All states now require a license to be a "marriage counselor."
C)As of the end of 2009 just over half the states required a license.
D)All but two states require a license.

Question 59

Women who caught their partner having an online cybersex affair said that:

A)it was just as painful as if he had been having an offline affair
B)it was not as painful as if he had been having an offline affair
C)it was no big deal
D)they were glad it was online which meant that there was no actual touching

Question 60

Monogamy among mammals is: a: extensive (85 to 90 percent)
B)rare (between 3 and 10 percent)
C)has never been studied
D)decreasing

Question 61

Compare adjusting to the death of a child with the death of a parent.

Question 62

Discuss the various programs for reducing alcohol problems on campus.

Question 63

Discuss the qualities that make for "resilient" families.

Question 64

Discuss the cultural beliefs and the data of "middle age crazy."

Question 65

Discuss the availability, cost, and outcome of marriage and family therapy.

Question 66

Explain the exchange in forgiveness with a partner who has an affair.

Question 67

Sexual satisfaction between spouses actually increases when one has an affair.

Question 68

To what degree is a "midlife crisis" a myth?

Question 69

Discuss seven explanations for why spouses become involved in extramarital sex.

Question 70

What strategies are being suggested to reduce alcohol abuse on campus?

Question 71

Discuss how marriage therapy might make a couple worse.

Question 72

Compare a couple who will get a divorce if one of the partners has an affair with a couple
who will stay together.

Question 73

Discuss strategies that are and are not helpful in responding to family crisis events.

Question 74

Most husbands who view pornography can be regarded as "sex addicts."

Question 75

Compare families who can be predicted to adapt moderately well to a crisis event with
those who will have a difficult adjustment.

Question 76

To combat alcohol abuse on university campuses, a nationwide policy was adopted in 2012
by over half of all state universities who receive federal money that three offenses of alcohol
abuse will result in suspension of the student.

Question 77

Women get more upset if their male partner is emotionally involved with someone else than if he is sexually involved.
with someone else.

Question 78

Compare men and women with regard to romantic involvement in an extramarital affair.

Question 79

What are alienation of affection lawsuits?

Question 80

Husbands with high levels of depression tend to have wives with low depressive levels.