FAD2230 Chapter 15 Exam Questions
with Answers
Remarriage commonality? - Answer--always common in US
-more frequent now than they were decades ago
Diversity among step families result from? - Answer--growing rate of non-martial child
bearing and cohabitation
-increasing involvement of noncustodial parents w/ kids
-aging of the population
-growing racial and ethnic diversity
-increasing societal support of same-sex couples
Are remarriages as happy as 1st marriage? as stable? - Answer--about as happy
-less stable
Instability in remarriage comes from? - Answer-lack of widely recognized cultural scripts
for living in remarriages or stepfamilies
stepparents strained by? - Answer--financial status
-role ambiguity
-stepchild's hostility
step parents and children raised in stepfamilies have lower or higher financial resources
and socio-emotional well being? - Answer-lower
martial happiness and stability in remarried families greatest when? - Answer--couple
has strong social support
-positive attitude about remarriage
-good communication
-low role ambiguity
-little belief in negative sterotypes
-myth about remarriage or stepfam
remarriages make up __% of all marriages? - Answer-50%; about half
the majority of remarriages are 2nd, 3rd, or 4th marriages? - Answer-2nd
__% of divorce women remarry w/in 10 years? __% after 15 years? - Answer--75%= 10
years
-83%= 15 years
, the average divorced person who remarries does so w/in ___ years after divorce? -
Answer-4 years
__% remarry within 1 year? - Answer-30%
remarriage - Answer-marriage in which at least one partner had previously been
divorced or widowed
the shorter/longer the time since a divorce, the more likely women are to cohabit? -
Answer-the longer the time=more likely to cohabit
difference in courtship before remarriage? - Answer--proceed much *more rapidly*:
adults believe relationship can advance much more quickly
boundary ambiguiety - Answer-state when family members are uncertain in their
perception of who is in or out of the family or who is performing what roles and task w/in
the family system
common in stepfamilies
common-pot system - Answer-economic resources are pooled and distributed according
to need regardless of biological relatedness
cultural script - Answer-socially prescribed and understood guidelines for defining
responsibilities and obligations and hence for relating to each other
none for stepfamilies
dripolator effects - Answer-the "bottom up" effect operation of a step family (from
children to parents)
incomplete institution - Answer-remarried family called this; lack social norms to guide
behavior so remarried couples do not have tools to fix problems
intimate outsider role - Answer-intimate enough to be a confidante, and outside enough
to provide support and mentoring in areas too threatening to share w/ biological parents:
sex, career choices, drugs, relationship, remaining distress about divorce
nuclear-family model monopoly - Answer-first marriage family is perceived we "real
standard" for family living with all other forms seen as deficient alternative
paternal claiming - Answer-extent to which a stepfather see their stepkids as biological
kids
percolator effects - Answer-the "bottom up" operation of a step family
with Answers
Remarriage commonality? - Answer--always common in US
-more frequent now than they were decades ago
Diversity among step families result from? - Answer--growing rate of non-martial child
bearing and cohabitation
-increasing involvement of noncustodial parents w/ kids
-aging of the population
-growing racial and ethnic diversity
-increasing societal support of same-sex couples
Are remarriages as happy as 1st marriage? as stable? - Answer--about as happy
-less stable
Instability in remarriage comes from? - Answer-lack of widely recognized cultural scripts
for living in remarriages or stepfamilies
stepparents strained by? - Answer--financial status
-role ambiguity
-stepchild's hostility
step parents and children raised in stepfamilies have lower or higher financial resources
and socio-emotional well being? - Answer-lower
martial happiness and stability in remarried families greatest when? - Answer--couple
has strong social support
-positive attitude about remarriage
-good communication
-low role ambiguity
-little belief in negative sterotypes
-myth about remarriage or stepfam
remarriages make up __% of all marriages? - Answer-50%; about half
the majority of remarriages are 2nd, 3rd, or 4th marriages? - Answer-2nd
__% of divorce women remarry w/in 10 years? __% after 15 years? - Answer--75%= 10
years
-83%= 15 years
, the average divorced person who remarries does so w/in ___ years after divorce? -
Answer-4 years
__% remarry within 1 year? - Answer-30%
remarriage - Answer-marriage in which at least one partner had previously been
divorced or widowed
the shorter/longer the time since a divorce, the more likely women are to cohabit? -
Answer-the longer the time=more likely to cohabit
difference in courtship before remarriage? - Answer--proceed much *more rapidly*:
adults believe relationship can advance much more quickly
boundary ambiguiety - Answer-state when family members are uncertain in their
perception of who is in or out of the family or who is performing what roles and task w/in
the family system
common in stepfamilies
common-pot system - Answer-economic resources are pooled and distributed according
to need regardless of biological relatedness
cultural script - Answer-socially prescribed and understood guidelines for defining
responsibilities and obligations and hence for relating to each other
none for stepfamilies
dripolator effects - Answer-the "bottom up" effect operation of a step family (from
children to parents)
incomplete institution - Answer-remarried family called this; lack social norms to guide
behavior so remarried couples do not have tools to fix problems
intimate outsider role - Answer-intimate enough to be a confidante, and outside enough
to provide support and mentoring in areas too threatening to share w/ biological parents:
sex, career choices, drugs, relationship, remaining distress about divorce
nuclear-family model monopoly - Answer-first marriage family is perceived we "real
standard" for family living with all other forms seen as deficient alternative
paternal claiming - Answer-extent to which a stepfather see their stepkids as biological
kids
percolator effects - Answer-the "bottom up" operation of a step family
