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Chapter 13: Dynamics of Family Structure and Transactions

Multiple Choice

1. What was one of the major findings of the Adverse Childhood Experience (ACE) Study?

a. Early trauma is mitigated by later developmental milestones with no residual effects.

b. Early childhood trauma and family system dysfunction influence physical and emotional well-being throughout an individual’s lifespan.

c. Grandparents are vital in the emotional development of children.

d. Sibling relationships play a major role in the long-term health of each sibling.

Learning Objective: 13.1: Discuss how adverse influences affect and present in individual families.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Individual Families

Difficulty Level: Medium

2. Which family form is the result of extended lifespan or adolescent pregnancy?

a. single parents

b. blended families

c. multigenerational families

d. incarcerated families

Learning Objective: 13.2: Explain why the dynamics of intergenerational relationships are best understood in a systemic context.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Intergenerational Relationships

Difficulty Level: Medium

3. The Family Acceptance Project has done exemplary work in ______ in the context of ______.

a. childhood sexual abuse awareness; single parent households

b. addiction treatment; grandparents raising their grandchildren

c. suicide prevention; LGBT youth

d. opioid addiction; incarcerated parents

Learning Objective: 13.1: Discuss how adverse influences affect and present in individual families.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Individual Families

Difficulty Level: Medium

4. Salvador Minuchin and Murray Bowen are family systems theorists who focused on ______ as major aspects of family functioning.

a. family subsystems and family roles

b. parenting styles and discipline

c. conflict resolution and negotiation

d. family narratives and legacies

Learning Objective: 13.1: Discuss how adverse influences affect and present in individual families.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Family Systems and Structures

Difficulty Level: Medium

5. What is a challenge of the middle generation members of a multigenerational family?

a. They are raising very young children.

b. They have responsibilities in caring for their children and their aging parents.

c. They are experiencing physical problems associated with aging.

d. They have many financial opportunities

Learning Objective: 13.2: Explain why the dynamics of intergenerational relationships are best understood in a systemic context.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Intergenerational Relationships

Difficulty Level: Medium

6. Dyads, hierarchies, and triangles are examples of which of the following?

a. communication styles

b. parenting styles

c. intergenerational transmissions

d. family structures and substructures

Learning Objective: 13.1: Discuss how adverse influences affect and present in individual families.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Family Systems and Structures

Difficulty Level: Easy

7. Which of the following increases social capital?

a. new businesses in a community providing new jobs

b. intergenerational teaching and learning of knowledge, skills, norms, and values

c. older generations’ parenting styles of discipline

d. mental health facilities offering a variety of social services

Learning Objective: 13.2: Explain why the dynamics of intergenerational relationships are best understood in a systemic context.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Intergenerational Relationships

Difficulty Level: Medium

8. Which family dyad reports the closest bonds?

a. grandfathers and granddaughters

b. grandfathers and their grandsons

c. grandmothers and granddaughters

d. fathers and sons

Learning Objective: 13.2: Explain why the dynamics of intergenerational relationships are best understood in a systemic context.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Intergenerational Relationships

Difficulty Level: Easy

9. Parents more likely to have more than one child in which type of countries?

a. developing countries where there is high childhood mortality and economic challenges

b. western European countries with dual career families

c. the United States and Canada, since more are women attaining college degrees

d. Asian countries with high populations

Learning Objective: 13.3: Describe the unique challenges of the single-child family system.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: The Single-Child Family System

Difficulty Level: Medium

10. What does the term “boomerang kids” refer to?

a. adolescents who have several roles to fill in their families

b. young adults who have never left their parents’ home to live independently

c. middle aged parents who live in the homes of their young adult children

d. young adults who have returned to live with parents after living independently

Learning Objective: 13.4: Reflect on how variations in family structure influence family functioning and dynamics.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Renesting Children

Difficulty Level: Easy

11. Research on only children has consistently shown which of the following results?

a. Only children are spoiled and overindulged.

b. Only children are more likely to have permissive neglectful parents.

c. Being an only child is likened to being a disease.

d. Being an only child does not account for any major differences from children who have siblings.

Learning Objective: 13.3: Describe the unique challenges of the single-child family system.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: The Single-Child Family System

Difficulty Level: Medium

12. Marta and Matt are divorced and are concerned about the well-being of their 3 elementary age children. They want to have a good post partnership arrangement. What should they do to achieve these goals?

a. Marta should have sole custody of the children with Matt minimally involved in decisions.

b. They need to collaborate on care and decisions for the sake of the children.

c. Matt needs to be the main decision maker since he is the father.

d. They can continue to care for their children in their own way without consulting each other.

Learning Objective: 13.4: Reflect on how variations in family structure influence family functioning and dynamics.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Renesting Children

Difficulty Level: Medium

13. Which of the following statements best represents Alfred Adler’s and G. Stanley Hall’s thinking regarding only children?

a. Being an only child benefitted the child’s intellect and pro-social behavior due to most time with adults

b. Having siblings contributes to bonding opportunities and prevented negative outcomes.

c. Older siblings tend to mistreat the younger and most vulnerable siblings

d. There is no different outcomes for only children as compared to those with siblings

Learning Objective: 13.3: Describe the unique challenges of the single-child family system.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: The Only Child: Historical Insights

Difficulty Level: Medium

14. Which of the following factors has contributed to more people in developed countries deciding to remain single?

a. gender equality and ability to independently earn a living

b. increased use of birth control

c. limited selection of appropriate mates of either sex

d. need to provide care for aging parents

Learning Objective: 13.4: Reflect on how variations in family structure influence family functioning and dynamics.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Renesting Children

Difficulty Level: Easy

15. Blended family members grapple with several overlying dynamics. Which ones command the most attention, according to the text?

a. birth order of siblings

b. resentments and recollections about previous partnerships

c. how to discipline children in this new family system

d. the ease at which children are able to get along with each other

Learning Objective: 13.5: Assess the strengths of blended families, while also considering their challenges.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Blended Families

Difficulty Level: Medium

16. Which characteristic of healthy families also contributes to resiliency?

a. rugged individualism

b. spending plenty of time outside of the family unit

c. loyalty to each other with family cohesiveness

d. refraining from social involvement in their new community

Learning Objective: 13.6: Consider how and why family transitions can lead to varying outcomes, ranging from destructive to constructive and improved functioning.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Healthy Families

Difficulty Level: Medium

17. Much of the research on cross cultural resilience in healthy families has found that it is related to ______.

a. individual intrapsychic processes and personality dynamics

b. behaviors that are reinforced in the form of desired outcomes

c. what happens in society at large

d. families that create an environment that fosters nurturing, support, and good functioning

Learning Objective: 13.5: Assess the strengths of blended families, while also considering their challenges.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Healthy Families

Difficulty Level: Medium

18. Attachment, family systems, and ecological theories have developed from the cultural context, values, and family dynamics of ______.

a. under-developed countries

b. developed or industrial countries

c. a diversity of global perspectives

d. Western countries

Learning Objective: 13.6: Consider how and why family transitions can lead to varying outcomes, ranging from destructive to constructive and improved functioning.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Spotlight on Theories: Approaches Addressing Family Transitions

Difficulty Level: Medium

19. Which situation best demonstrates the aspects of the extreme environmental stress model?

a. Jose and Rita have recently arrived in El Paso and are concerned about their children being taken away from them because they are in the U.S. illegally.

b. Even though Jeff and Melissa live in a gated neighborhood, their home has been vandalized.

c. Warren and Felicia are both looking for new jobs and this has created strain on their marriage.

d. Joshua and Brent, with the blessings of their respective families of origin, have adopted a biracial infant.

Learning Objective: 13.6: Consider how and why family transitions can lead to varying outcomes, ranging from destructive to constructive and improved functioning.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Spotlight on Theories: Approaches Addressing Family Transitions

Difficulty Level: Medium

20. Which scenario exemplifies the double ABC-X model?

a. Manisha and Harold are reassured that there are no associated health risks after being exposed to some toxic substances.

b. The Ramirez family celebrates Christmas together after finally finding a secure employment.

c. After losing their home in the fire, the Stewart family struggles through the challenges of rebuilding their home and family life.

d. Natasha’s parents help her pay for a new car after her car is seriously damaged in the flooding.

Learning Objective: 13.6: Consider how and why family transitions can lead to varying outcomes, ranging from destructive to constructive and improved functioning.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Spotlight on Theories: Approaches Addressing Family Transitions

Difficulty Level: Medium

True/False

1. Even though Thea lives 1000 miles away from her 12-year-old granddaughter, they Skype with each other a few times a week. With this frequent contact they can be emotionally close despite the distance.

Learning Objective: 13.2: Explain why the dynamics of intergenerational relationships are best understood in a systemic context.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Intergenerational Relationships

Difficulty Level: Medium

2. Single-child families are uncommon in countries where there is a healthy economy and dual income wage earning parents.

Learning Objective: 13.3: Describe the unique challenges of the single-child family system.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: The Single-Child Family System

Difficulty Level: Easy

3. Boomerang children usually reject their parents’ explicit and implicit rules when they return to their parents’ home

Learning Objective: 13.4: Reflect on how variations in family structure influence family functioning and dynamics.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Renesting Children

Difficulty Level: Easy

4. Research on the components and characteristics of resilience shows that protective factors and coping capacity are important in managing a crises.

Learning Objective: 13.6: Consider how and why family transitions can lead to varying outcomes, ranging from destructive to constructive and improved functioning.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Spotlight on Theories: Approaches Addressing Family Transitions

Difficulty Level: Easy

Short Answer

1. Describe the reciprocal benefits of grandparents raising their grandchildren for both the children and the grandparents.

Learning Objective: 13.2: Explain why the dynamics of intergenerational relationships are best understood in a systemic context.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Intergenerational Relationships

Difficulty Level: Medium