LSU SOCL 2505: Marriage and Family Final Exam
Questions With Complete Solutions
________ parenting combines warm emotional support for
children with a demand for significant respect for parents and
other authority figures, including older extended family
members.
A. Laissez-faire
B. Hierarchical
C. Authoritative
D. Authoritatrian Correct Answers B. Hierarchical
___________ custody refers to who has the right to make
decisions with respect to a child's upbringing.
A. Physical
B. Power
C. Legal
D. Joint Correct Answers C. Legal
_______________ involves overt acts of aggression against an
aging person.
A. Domestic abuse
B. Family violence
C. Elder abuse
D. Elder neglect Correct Answers C. Elder abuse
About _____ percent of all children (5.3 million) are living in a
married stepfamily with one biological parent and one
stepparent.
A. 60
B. 10
,C. 40
D. 25 Correct Answers B. 10
About ________ of all first marriages in the United States are
likely to end in divorce.
A. two-thirds
B. one-third
C. one-quarter
D. one-half Correct Answers D. one-half
According to classification by researchers Huston and Metz,
which type of marriage is high on showing signs of love and
affection while low on antagonism?
A. hostile, or distressed
B. warm, or friendly
C. bland, or empty shell
D. tempestuous, or stormy Correct Answers B. warm, or
friendly
According to family sociologist and demographer Andrew
Cherlin, the family's "__________ face" provides individuals
with intimacy, emotional support, and love.
A. fictive
B. latent
C. public
D. private Correct Answers D. private
According to John Gottman and his colleagues, anger, sadness,
and whining are examples of what?
A. positive affect
B. low-intensity negative affect
, C. high-intensity negative affect
D. refusing-to-accept influence Correct Answers B. low-
intensity negative affect
According to the latest government statistics available,
remarriages have been less ______ than first marriages.
A. heterogamous
B. homogamous
C. exogamous
D. endogamous Correct Answers B. homogamous
According to the textbook, elder abuse in families often,
although not always, results from:
A. a lack of intimacy
B. caregiver stress
C. physical limitations
D. emotional limitations. Correct Answers B. caregiver stress
Alice Rossi has observed that the transition to parenthood is
more difficult than the transition to other adult roles for several
reasons. Which of the following is not one of these?
A. Adjusting to parenthood necessitates changes in the couple's
emotional and sexual relationship
B. Most first parents approach parenting with little or no
previous experience in child care
C. Parents are more likely than in the past to be geographically
distant from relatives
D. Unlike other adult roles, the transition to parenthood is
extremely gradual Correct Answers D. Unlike other adult roles,
the transition to parenthood to parenthood is extremely gradual
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