Deck 8: Family Relationships and Social Support Systems

Question 1

The nature of sibling relationships is partly determined by the _____ and gender composition of the sibling group.

A) health
B) income
C) age
D) size

Answer 1

D

Question 2

In the context of marital quality and health, compared with single adults, married people have:

A) higher mortality rates.
B) fewer sources of social support.
C) fewer chronic conditions.
D) more mobility loss.

Answer 2

C

Question 3

What changes have occurred in family support systems and family structures since the beginning of the twentieth century?

A) Older people are now less likely to have a living sibling.
B) Older women have little chance of having a surviving husband.
C) Marriages that end in a divorce have increased.
D) Individuals now are having more than three siblings.

Answer 3

C

Question 4

One reason that parent-child relationships often suffer is because the child does not pursue the _____ course of adult development.

A) prescribed
B) normative
C) adaptive
D) relative

Question 5

Which of the following statements is a consistent finding about the frequency of sexual activity for men and women?

A) It increases with age.
B) It declines with age.
C) It stops with age.
D) It provides little satisfaction with age.

Question 6

Elderly parents, grandparents, or spouses may be abused for a number of reasons. Which theory notes that an abuser might have been a victim of abuse in the past and later became the abuser?

A) learned violence hypothesis
B) socialization theory
C) stressed caregiver hypothesis
D) dependency hypothesis

Question 7

The _____ provides exchanges over a lifetime.

A) social support system
B) convoy
C) support bank
D) support network

Question 8

Studies have found that children whose parents have divorced have _____ a sense of obligation to parents than do children from intact families.

A) more of
B) less of
C) a higher degree of
D) no

Question 9

Which of the following statements regarding the parent-child relationship is NOT true?

A) Positive parent-child relationships increase well-being.
B) Older parents who have close relations with their adult children are less likely to be depressed.
C) Conflict between parents and their adult children is rare.
D) A source of conflict between parents and their adult children is the differences in lifestyles and personal habits between them.

Question 10

The convoy model of social relations refers to:

A) the way in which one thinks about how social support systems operate over the life course.
B) a transportation system developed to help older people get around when they can no longer drive.
C) a system of exchange between older people and their families.
D) the network of friends, relatives and organizations that provide social support.

Question 11

Identify an accurate statement about divorce.

A) Divorce rates among older couples have declined rapidly since the last two decades.
B) Older couples divorce primarily because of absence of sexual activity.
C) Older divorced women are significantly more likely to live with a partner than widows.
D) Divorce rates are lowest among baby boomers.

Question 12

People now are more likely than ever to grow older in a four- or even five-generation families. This phenomenon is termed as:

A) verticalization.
B) family life cycle.
C) extended family.
D) bean pole family.

Question 13

In the context of elderly abuse, the _____ states that an abuser is most likely to be an overworked and underappreciated family member who has major responsibility for the care of an older person.

A) stressed caregiver hypothesis
B) victimization hypothesis
C) learned violence hypothesis
D) dependency hypothesis

Question 14

Quirouette and Gold's study found that the most important factor in a wife's well-being was her:

A) perception of the marriage.
B) husband's perception of the marriage.
C) in-laws' perception of the marriage.
D) children's perception of the marriage.

Question 15

Among older adults, studies have found that family members provide more:

A) emotional support.
B) financial support.
C) instrumental support.
D) daily support.

Question 16

In the context of support network for the elderly, who among the following has a relatively smaller network support system in the United States?

A) native Americans
B) Asian Americans
C) African Americans
D) white Americans

Question 17

In the context of social support systems, compared to men, women:

A) have more people in their support networks.
B) have more simple relationships with their network members.
C) are less likely to maintain social networks.
D) are less likely to have frequent contact with their network members.

Question 18

The most common reason for remarrying among older widowed people is:

A) income.
B) to have a travel partner.
C) companionship.
D) to provide a social network for grandchildren.

Question 19

Families now are smaller. The average person now has:

A) one sibling.
B) two siblings.
C) three siblings.
D) no siblings.

Question 20

Studies have found that the vast majority of men and women continue to have sexual intercourse well into their:

A) 60s.
B) 70s.
C) 80s.
D) 90s.

Question 21

One researcher found that grandchildren felt closer to grandmothers, especially on the _____ side than grandfathers.

A) maternal
B) paternal
C) step-maternal
D) step-paternal

Question 22

At all ages, women marry men older than themselves, but men seldom marry older women.

Question 23

Which of the following statements is true of grandparents who use a companionate style of grandparenting?

A) They are interested solely in maintaining a ritualistic relationship with both their children and grandchildren.
B) They focus on satisfying the emotional aspects of their relationship with their grandchildren.
C) They interfere regularly with the lives of their married children.
D) They have a great sense of authority over their grandchildren and are easily able to demand access to them.

Question 24

Middle-aged parents who interact regularly with their own parents provide a source of:

A) socialization for the children.
B) role models for the children.
C) social identity for the children.
D) well-being for the children.

Question 25

Overall, grandparents caring for their grandchildren do NOT experience:

A) companionship.
B) health disadvantages.
C) love.
D) closeness.

Question 26

Which of the following is true regarding grandfathers raising grandchildren?

A) Grandfathers are about 50 percent of all grandparent caregivers.
B) Grandfather caregivers are especially vulnerable to poverty.
C) Latinos/Hispanics grandfathers are least likely to be poor.
D) Grandfathers raising grandchildren are less likely to be poor than grandmothers raising grandchildren.

Question 27

Pruchno's study found that the primary reason grandparents began caring for their grandchildren was due to:

A) economic crises.
B) spouse abuse.
C) drug or alcohol addition.
D) mental illness.

Question 28

The social support system can consist of one's professional organizations.

Question 29

The term "verticalization" refers to the increase in links (vertical ties) between preceding and subsequent generations.

Question 30

There is a life course pattern to the grandparent-grandchild relationship. It is called:

A) grandparent career.
B) grandparent role.
C) grandparent norm.
D) grandparent commitment.

Question 31

One example of intergenerational solidarity is running an errand for parents.

Question 32

In the context of attitudes toward grandparenting in different cultures, identify the region where grandparents are most likely to be depressed.

A) The United States
B) Chile
C) China
D) Taiwan

Question 33

The style of grandparenting in which grandparents had a ritualistic and symbolic relationship with grandchildren is:

A) remote.
B) companionate.
C) involved.
D) weak.

Question 34

Over the life course, men are more likely than women to maintain social networks.

Question 35

Gay men and women plan for aging by creating a:

A) family.
B) sound retirement.
C) support system.
D) health system.

Question 36

Researchers make a distinction between the quality and quantity of social support.

Question 37

Couples who remain engaged in sexually pleasurable activities have higher levels of marital satisfaction and more positive interactions.

Question 38

Researchers have identified several patterns between parents and their divorcing children. Which of the following is not a pattern?

A) Increase in bond between parents, the adult child, and grandchildren.
B) Children strike out alone and retain a separate, private life.
C) There is a blurring of relatives by blood, marriage, divorce, and remarriage.
D) There is no contact at all between grandparents and children.

Question 39

The happiest couples are those who share their lives and have compatible interests and values.

Question 40

In Cooney and Smith's study, one of the findings was young adults from divorced families were _____ likely to initiate visits with their grandparents than those from intact families.

A) more
B) less
C) equally
D) somewhat

Question 41

What best describes your relationship to your grandparents?

Question 42

When parents reach age 75 or over, adult children tend to give more help than they receive.

Question 43

In 2000, about 90% of all 20 year olds had one living grandparent.

Question 44

People dating in later life are most likely to meet a dating partner through a friend.

Question 45

Who are the members of your support system? What does your support system do for you? What benefits do you provide to them?

Question 46

Erectile Dysfunction in men does not have an effect on their female partners.

Question 47

Companionship is the most frequently mentioned reason for dating in later life.

Question 48

More than half of black grandparents are primary caregivers.

Question 49

Contact between grandparents and grandchildren is weakest during the adulthood stage of grandchildren.

Question 50

Has anyone close to you been divorced? How does divorce affect all family relationships?

Question 51

In the United States, nearly half of the single, childless elderly people belong to a social support network.

Question 52

It is estimated that between 1 and 11 percent of the population over age 65 has been the victim of elder abuse or neglect.