FAD2230 Test Questions with Correct
Answers
Samuel was sexually abused by an uncle when he was a child. Maggie was assaulted
by her husband. Carmen was neglected by her parents. These acts are called ______ -
Answer-violence or abuse
Marcus is a gerontologist who is studying the degree of impairment that elders face in
things such as dressing, eating, walking, and bathing. He is using a common set of
measures known as ________ - Answer-Activities of Daily Living (ADLs)
Why do custodial fathers receive a broader range of support from extended kin than do
custodial mothers? - Answer-Closer and more frequent contact
Gender bias: people assume men need more help than women do with respect to
parenting and other domestic tasks, and therefore are more likely to offer it
The most common type of child abuse is _______ - Answer-Neglect
What are the three phases of General Adaption Syndrome (GAS)? - Answer-Alarm
reaction, resistance, and exhaustion
It's been 10 years since Everett's divorce, and he is remarried. If you were a betting
person, what demographics would you guess best describes Everett? - Answer-White,
wealthy, educated
Ruby is trying to juggle work and family as a single mom. She goes to work early so she
can pick her daughters up from school in the afternoon. This is known as ________ -
Answer-Flextime
Conflicts Tactics Scale: - Answer-Asks people how they deal with disagreements in
relationships
Includes non-aggressive responses, psychological aggressive responses, and
physically aggressive responses
Says men are more likely to be victims of physical aggression than are women
CTS contains flaws:
Men are less likely than women to remember their own acts of violence, and they may
not perceive their own acts as abusive
Since respondents are asked how they responded to the conflict, violence can take
place without preceding disagreement, and CTS may underreport some violence
Women are more likely to experience the most extreme forms of violence, which CTS
doesn't list
, Your Mom and Dad are approaching retirement age. What would you tell them about
sex differences in retirement? - Answer-Men begin planning for retirement at an earlier
age than women (49-54), although they retire at a similar age
Process of retiring is associated with a decrease of marital quality for both men and
women
Alzheimer's Disease - Answer-Is the most common form of dementia
Affects about 5.3 million persons
Fifth leading cause of death among persons ages 65 and over
Starts subtly, forgetting a name or recent event, but progresses over the course of years
Later symptoms include impaired judgment, disorientation, confusion, behavior
changes, lack of recognition of loved ones, inability to walk speak and swallow
Ultimately fatal
Were likely to see a large increase in the number of people with Alzheimer's , 10 million
baby boomers are expected to eventually develop the disease
There is no treatment to stop the deterioration of brain cells
Emma's research on middle age uses the life-stage perspective. What best describes
this perspective? - Answer-Contends that development proceeds through a fairly set
pattern of sequential stages that most people experience
Considered to be nearly universal and age-linked
Transition from one stage to the next depends upon how successful a person was in the
earlier stage
Women report more marital problems than do their husbands. Although interestingly,
women tend to blame themselves form many of these problems. Why is this? - Answer-
Because of women's subordinate position in many marriages
They monitor and interpret their marriage more than men
Lila is a single mother of three children, between the ages of two and seven.
Nonetheless, she wanted to go out with her friends one afternoon, locking the kids in
the house, claiming she would be back before dinner. She lost tracked and got home
around 9pm. The children hadn't eaten, and her youngest child was wearing an old
diaper. This is an example of what type of child abuse? - Answer-Neglect
Child Support: - Answer-Federal government has stepped up its efforts to improve the
collection of child support payments.
OR
Custodial parents who received the full payments due were likely to be older, highly
educated, and divorced
Answers
Samuel was sexually abused by an uncle when he was a child. Maggie was assaulted
by her husband. Carmen was neglected by her parents. These acts are called ______ -
Answer-violence or abuse
Marcus is a gerontologist who is studying the degree of impairment that elders face in
things such as dressing, eating, walking, and bathing. He is using a common set of
measures known as ________ - Answer-Activities of Daily Living (ADLs)
Why do custodial fathers receive a broader range of support from extended kin than do
custodial mothers? - Answer-Closer and more frequent contact
Gender bias: people assume men need more help than women do with respect to
parenting and other domestic tasks, and therefore are more likely to offer it
The most common type of child abuse is _______ - Answer-Neglect
What are the three phases of General Adaption Syndrome (GAS)? - Answer-Alarm
reaction, resistance, and exhaustion
It's been 10 years since Everett's divorce, and he is remarried. If you were a betting
person, what demographics would you guess best describes Everett? - Answer-White,
wealthy, educated
Ruby is trying to juggle work and family as a single mom. She goes to work early so she
can pick her daughters up from school in the afternoon. This is known as ________ -
Answer-Flextime
Conflicts Tactics Scale: - Answer-Asks people how they deal with disagreements in
relationships
Includes non-aggressive responses, psychological aggressive responses, and
physically aggressive responses
Says men are more likely to be victims of physical aggression than are women
CTS contains flaws:
Men are less likely than women to remember their own acts of violence, and they may
not perceive their own acts as abusive
Since respondents are asked how they responded to the conflict, violence can take
place without preceding disagreement, and CTS may underreport some violence
Women are more likely to experience the most extreme forms of violence, which CTS
doesn't list
, Your Mom and Dad are approaching retirement age. What would you tell them about
sex differences in retirement? - Answer-Men begin planning for retirement at an earlier
age than women (49-54), although they retire at a similar age
Process of retiring is associated with a decrease of marital quality for both men and
women
Alzheimer's Disease - Answer-Is the most common form of dementia
Affects about 5.3 million persons
Fifth leading cause of death among persons ages 65 and over
Starts subtly, forgetting a name or recent event, but progresses over the course of years
Later symptoms include impaired judgment, disorientation, confusion, behavior
changes, lack of recognition of loved ones, inability to walk speak and swallow
Ultimately fatal
Were likely to see a large increase in the number of people with Alzheimer's , 10 million
baby boomers are expected to eventually develop the disease
There is no treatment to stop the deterioration of brain cells
Emma's research on middle age uses the life-stage perspective. What best describes
this perspective? - Answer-Contends that development proceeds through a fairly set
pattern of sequential stages that most people experience
Considered to be nearly universal and age-linked
Transition from one stage to the next depends upon how successful a person was in the
earlier stage
Women report more marital problems than do their husbands. Although interestingly,
women tend to blame themselves form many of these problems. Why is this? - Answer-
Because of women's subordinate position in many marriages
They monitor and interpret their marriage more than men
Lila is a single mother of three children, between the ages of two and seven.
Nonetheless, she wanted to go out with her friends one afternoon, locking the kids in
the house, claiming she would be back before dinner. She lost tracked and got home
around 9pm. The children hadn't eaten, and her youngest child was wearing an old
diaper. This is an example of what type of child abuse? - Answer-Neglect
Child Support: - Answer-Federal government has stepped up its efforts to improve the
collection of child support payments.
OR
Custodial parents who received the full payments due were likely to be older, highly
educated, and divorced
