Deck 12: Family Problems

Question 1

A(n) _____ is a group united by marriage, blood, or adoption in order to satisfy intimacy needs and bear and socialize children.

Answer 1

family

Question 2

A family that consists of a husband, a wife, and their children is called _____.

Answer 2

a nuclear family

Question 3

Living together without getting married is called _____.

Answer 3

cohabitation

Question 4

_____ is typically described as the number of divorces per 1,000 marriages.

Question 5

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, approximately _____ couples were cohabiting in 2015.

Question 6

From 1970 to 2015, the proportion of people who were never married increased from 18.9 percent to _____ of adult males.

Question 7

The alternative to marriage in which each partner has the right to sexual and compassionate relationships with someone other than the spouse is _____.

Question 8

The Western nation with the highest divorce rate is _____.

Question 9

According to the text, married people are _____ than unmarried people.

Question 10

Approximately _____ percent of people who divorce eventually remarry.

Question 11

A family formed by marriage that includes one or more children from a previous family is called a(n) _____.

Question 12

_____ is defined as poor adjustment to one's social environment.

Question 13

The racial group with the highest rate of children being raised by two parents is _____.

Question 14

For adults, adjustment to divorce has striking similarities to the _____ process.

Question 15

The practice of marriage between individuals with similar values and backgrounds is called _____.

Question 16

The practice of marriage between individuals with diverse values and backgrounds is called _____.

Question 17

_____ out of ten children are born to unmarried mothers.

Question 18

A _____ is a group united by marriage, blood, and/or adoption in order to satisfy intimacy needs and/or to bear and socialize children.

A) family
B) nuclear family
C) cohabiter
D) clan

Question 19

A family that consists of a husband, a wife, and their children is called a _____.

A) family
B) nuclear family
C) cohabiters
D) clan

Question 20

The evidence used to support the notion that the nuclear family is dying usually includes factors such as _____.

A) the economic condition of the nation
B) the fact that people are getting married earlier in life
C) divorce rates
D) the fact that people are living longer

Question 21

Living together without getting married is called _____.

A) cohabitation
B) family life
C) living in sin
D) saving rent

Question 22

Approximately how many couples were cohabiting in 2015?

A) 2.5 million
B) 3.5 million
C) 5.5 million
D) 8.4 million

Question 23

Compared to married couples, cohabiting couples have _____.

A) higher rates of happiness
B) no children
C) higher rates of violence and abuse
D) higher rates of commitment

Question 24

From 1970 to 2015, the proportion of people who were never married increased from 18.9 percent to _____ of adult males.

A) 13.7 percent
B) 23.6 percent
C) 34.8 percent
D) 40.3 percent

Question 25

In 2015, the proportion of females who were never married was _____.

A) 28.4 percent
B) 13.7 percent
C) 30.4 percent
D) 4.7 percent

Question 26

Which of the following has been tried as an alternative to the traditional nuclear family?

A) group marriage
B) open marriage
C) trial marriage
D) All of these answers are correct.
E) None of these answers is correct.

Question 27

The fact that alternative forms of family life, including cohabitation, have proliferated suggests that _____.

A) the family is essential
B) these alternatives are more satisfying
C) intimate relations must and will continue
D) trial marriage should be instituted

Question 28

The group with whom one has intimate, face-to-face interaction on a recurring basis, such as parents, spouse, children, and close friends, is called the _____.

A) secondary group
B) primary group
C) important group
D) family group

Question 29

The alternative to marriage in which each partner has the right to sexual and compassionate relationships with someone other than the spouse is _____.

A) restricted marriage
B) group marriage
C) trial marriage
D) open marriage

Question 30

Compared to those who are married, cohabitors have _____.

A) lower rates of relationship happiness
B) higher levels of emotional and behavioral well-being of children living with them
C) higher levels of commitment to the relationship
D) lower rates of depression

Question 31

A(n) _____ is an alternative form of the family in which all males and females have access to each other for sex and companionship.

A) trial marriage
B) group marriage
C) open marriage
D) arranged marriage

Question 32

Marriages with renewable contracts for specified periods of time are referred to as _____.

A) arranged marriages
B) open marriages
C) trial marriages
D) group marriages

Question 33

According to the text, which of the following is true about married people when compared to unmarried people?

A) They are more depressed.
B) They are happier and less stressed.
C) They are more satisfied.
D) They are angrier.

Question 34

The proportion of young adults remaining single in American families has _____.

A) decreased
B) increased
C) stayed the same
D) consistently fluctuated

Question 35

An important function of the family is to provide individuals with a _____ group.

A) reference
B) primary
C) secondary
D) productive

Question 36

The Western nation with the highest divorce rate is _____.

A) Sweden
B) the United States
C) Denmark
D) Canada

Question 37

According to the text, divorce rates in the United States _____.

A) declined drastically in 1965
B) were higher by the mid-1970s than in any other Western nation
C) were lower in 2000 than at any other time since the early 1970s
D) all of these answers are correct
E) none of these answers is correct

Question 38

The American ideal is that a family should be _____.

A) structurally balanced
B) structurally secured
C) structurally leveled
D) structurally complete

Question 39

The number of single-parent families has increased strikingly because of _____.

A) divorce
B) death, separation, or abandonment by a parent
C) children being born to unmarried mothers
D) all of these answers are correct
E) none of these answers is correct

Question 40

A family formed by marriage that includes one or more children from a previous family is called _____.

A) the Brady Bunch syndrome
B) a united family
C) a stepfamily
D) an abnormal family

Question 41

Which of the following has the highest divorce rates?

A) first marriage
B) second marriage
C) Both types of marriages have the same divorce rate.
D) people who get married in their 30s

Question 42

Which of the following groups has the highest rate of children being raised by two parents?

A) Asian
B) White
C) Black
D) Latino

Question 43

Which of the following groups has the lowest rate of children being raised by two parents?

A) Asian
B) White
C) Black
D) Latino

Question 44

The emotional experience of divorce is most similar to the experience of _____.

A) desertion
B) bereavement
C) childlessness
D) unemployment

Question 45

Which of the following statements is true about children from divorced families?

A) They tend to be anxious, depressed, and withdrawn.
B) They tend to rate themselves lower in social competence.
C) They tend to receive less maternal warmth.
D) All of these answers are correct.

Question 46

Identify a true statement about children in divorced families.

A) They have less negative attitudes about marriage.
B) They have a low probability of divorce when they become adults and marry.
C) They have high levels of emotional well-being when they become adults.
D) They are likely to have behavior problems and sleep disorders.

Question 47

Compared to those in two-parent families, children in single-parent families:

A) are more likely to get involved in early sexual activity and adolescent pregnancy.
B) have lower rates of antisocial behavior, aggression, anxiety, depression, and school problems.
C) are less likely to use illicit drugs.
D) are unlikely to have poorer mental and physical health.

Question 48

Which of the following statements is true about children in divorced families?

A) They are likely to have good interpersonal skills.
B) They are likely to have aggressive tendencies.
C) They are unlikely to pursue a life style that tends to result in various health problems.
D) They are less likely to have a fear of abandonment.

Question 49

How does the rate of poverty among families headed by a female with no husband present compare to that of the general population?

A) the same as that of the general population
B) twice as much as that of the general population
C) three times greater than that of the general population
D) four times greater than that of the general population

Question 50

Divorce is more likely if couples marry _____.

A) at a young age
B) after a lengthy engagement period
C) without first cohabiting
D) all of these answers are correct
E) none of these answers is correct

Question 51

An important factor in the divorce rate is that divorce is more _____ now than it was in the past.

A) respectable
B) criticized
C) common
D) legal

Question 52

The practice of marriage between individuals with similar values and backgrounds is called _____.

A) exogamy
B) hypogamy
C) heterogamy
D) homogamy

Question 53

Women who become stepmothers tend to expect themselves to _____.

A) somehow compensate the stepchildren for the distress caused by divorce
B) treat their stepchildren very differently than their own natural children
C) be unhappy
D) demonstrate that the notion of the wicked stepmother is true

Question 54

The practice of marriage between individuals with diverse values and backgrounds is called _____.

A) exogamy
B) hypogamy
C) heterogamy
D) homogamy

Question 55

The _____ is the argument that a battered woman in a marriage has done something to deserve the violence.

A) fallacy of dramatic instance
B) fallacy of misplaced concreteness
C) fallacy of personal attack
D) fallacy of composition

Question 56

According to Ferraro and Johnson (1983), some battered women who opted to remain in their relationships justified their decision by using the _____, claiming that a "higher loyalty"-such as a religious faith or a commitment to a stable family-motivated them.

A) fallacy of composition
B) fallacy of circular reasoning
C) fallacy of appeal to prejudice
D) fallacy of an appeal to authority

Question 57

Child abuse is more likely when one of the natural parents is missing.

Question 58

Parents who stay together "for the children's sake" may actually harm the children more than if they were to separate.

Question 59

In both death and divorce, a primary relationship has been disrupted, and the disruption of a primary relationship is always traumatic.

Question 60

Adolescents from divorced homes are unlikely to engage in delinquent behavior and use alcohol and illegal drugs.

Question 61

Children from divorce-disrupted families have lower rates of depression and withdrawal than others.

Question 62

The battered child of today is likely to become the battering parent of tomorrow, perpetuating the problem of family violence.

Question 63

Heterogamy is the marriage between partners with similar values and backgrounds.

Question 64

Homogamy is the marriage between partners with diverse values and backgrounds.

Question 65

The number of people who were never married has continued to increase.

Question 66

By the mid-1970s, the United States had the lowest divorce rate in the Western world.

Question 67

Adults as well as children suffer physical and emotional harm from both psychological and physical abuse.

Question 68

Because most single-parent families have a female head, they have a lower probability of being in poverty than do other households.