Chapter 8: Interpersonal Relationships: Our Personal Network of Support

Test Bank

Multiple Choice

1. What is another term for an interpersonal support system termed by Kahn and Antonucci?

A. psychological buffer

B. social convoy

C. exosystem

D. relational dynamic

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Interpersonal Relationships: Our Personal Network of Support

Difficulty Level: Easy

2. Which relationship might be included in one’s intermediate layer of the social convoy?

A. coworker

B. spouse

C. sibling

D. parent

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Interpersonal Relationships: Our Personal Network of Support

Difficulty Level: Easy

3. In general, convoys of older adults are ______ compared to younger adults.

A. more dense

B. smaller

C. heterogenous

D. bigger

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Aging and Convoy Membership

Difficulty Level: Easy

4. Arjun provides support to his friends from his volunteer group, and when he had a problem with his health, they assisted with providing him rides to and from appointments. This is best highlights the idea that support is ______.

A. bidirectional

B. always helpful

C. intimate

D. stable

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Aging and Convoy Membership

Difficulty Level: Hard

5. Social convoys can provide us with all of the following EXCEPT ______.

A. emotional support

B. material resources

C. social support

D. a healthy diet

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Functions of Social Convoys

Difficulty Level: Easy

6. Rozita’s neighbor brings her coffee and makes sure that she has a stocked refrigerator on a regular basis. This is an example of ______ support.

A. instrumental

B. social

C. emotional

D. informational

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Functions of Social Convoys

Difficulty Level: Hard

7. Among a sample of older adults, Sorkin and Rook (2006) found that ______ was the most common negative interpersonal interactions.

A. neglect

B. rejection

C. failure to receive needed help

D. unwanted advice

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Negative Interpersonal Interactions

Difficulty Level: Easy

8. Compared to physical abuse, people ______.

A. find psychological abuse more damaging

B. are less likely to recognize psychological abuse

C. might experience psychological abuse like force-feeding

D. experience psychological abuse 7× more often

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Elder Abuse

Difficulty Level: Medium

9. Which of the following is an example of psychological abuse?

A. pushing

B. improper use of resources

C. overuse of medications

D. isolating the person from family

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Elder Abuse

Difficulty Level: Easy

10. Neglect refers to ______.

A. the lack of services necessary to maintain mental and physical health

B. conduct that causes mental anguish

C. acts of violence that may result in impairment

D. behaviors that are always conducted privately

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Elder Abuse

Difficulty Level: Easy

11. Mr. Kapucinski has a caregiver who will often deny him his hearing aids and provided him excessive sedating medications. This is an example of ______.

A. psychological abuse and neglect

B. psychological and physical abuse

C. physical abuse and neglect

D. nonabusive behavior

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Elder Abuse

Difficulty Level: Hard

12. Aging adults who care for children with chronic problems report ______.

A. caring for mental illness is more difficult than a developmental disability

B. low levels of affectional solidarity

C. low levels of functional solidarity

D. they generally abandon the task into adulthood

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Grandparents as Caregivers

Difficulty Level: Easy

13. Gender differences in social support are believed to originate from ______.

A. a cumulative effect of ancestry

B. a mixture of biological and environmental cues

C. innate caregiving abilities that are inherent in females

D. differences in socialization that persist through adulthood

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Gender Differences in Social Support

Difficulty Level: Easy

14. All of the following are effects of social support for older adults EXCEPT ______.

A. psychological well-being

B. better physical health

C. increased mortality

D. emotional support

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Friendships

Difficulty Level: Easy

15. Mutuality is ______.

A. the presence of a mutually beneficial social exchange

B. an element of reciprocity between friends

C. the mutual self-disclosure, expectations, and commitment in a relationship

D. an ability to distinguish between categories of different friends

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Friendships

Difficulty Level: Easy

16. On average most people report a personal network of ______ members.

A. 8–11

B. 15–20

C. 25–30

D. 35–50

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Interest-Related and Deep Friendships

Difficulty Level: Easy

17. By age 75, ______ of women have been widowed.

A. 67%

B. 50%

C. 43%

D. 28%

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Widowhood

Difficulty Level: Easy

18. Grandparents who raise their grandchildren have been referred to as ______.

A. skipped generation

B. custodial grandparents

C. co-parenting grandfamilies

D. grand-guardians

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Grandparents Raising Their Grandchildren

Difficulty Level: Easy

19. Common situations linked to the establishment of grandfamilies include ______.

A. social supports and abandonment

B. incarceration, divorce, and professional achievements

C. drug use, incarceration, or death of the adult child

D. numerous social contacts and financial resources

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Grandparents Raising Their Grandchildren

Difficulty Level: Easy

20. ______ is the strongest predictor of grandparent–grandchild contact.

A. Positive family dynamic

B. Emotional connection

C. Geographic distance

D. Access to electronic communication

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Grandparents and Grandchildren Influence One Another

Difficulty Level: Easy

True/False

1. Research among older adults has suggested that 33% of the time, the negative interaction they had was with an adult son or daughter.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Negative Interpersonal Interactions

Difficulty Level: Easy

2. A family that is verticalized has more generations than individuals within a given generation.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Intergenerational Relationships: A Key Dimension of Our Convoy of Support

Difficulty Level: Easy

3. Children are often influenced by older family members, in a variety of ways.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Intergenerational Exchanges of Help and Assistance: Parents and Adult Children

Difficulty Level: Easy

4. Older men often play the role of kinkeeper.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Intergenerational Exchanges of Help and Assistance: Parents and Adult Children

Difficulty Level: Easy

5. Filial responsibility is the perceived obligation that children should provide various types of support for their older parents.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Intergenerational Exchanges of Help and Assistance: Parents and Adult Children

Difficulty Level: Easy

6. The solidarity model primarily examines intergenerational relations in terms of structural and affectional solidarity.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Intergenerational Exchanges of Help and Assistance: Parents and Adult Children

Difficulty Level: Medium

7. Given increased longevity caring for an older family member is now common, and most often experienced by middle-aged women.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Caregiving in an Intergenerational Context

Difficulty Level: Easy

8. Physical abuse is the most common form of elder abuse.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Elder Abuse

Difficulty Level: Easy

9. Mothers of adults with chronic problems report high levels of caregiving burden but also have high levels of affectional and functional solidarity.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Grandparents as Caregivers

Difficulty Level: Easy

10. Younger children in the family do not have any impact on a grandparent’s desire to return to school or engage in continuing education.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Educational Implications of Intergenerational Relationships

Difficulty Level: Medium

Short Answer

1. What are two forms that social support might take?

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Functions of Social Convoys

Difficulty Level: Easy

2. What are two reasons that a parent might provide care for a child when they are an older adult?

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Grandparents as Caregivers

Difficulty Level: Easy

3. What is the difference between interest-related or deep friendships?

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Interest-Related and Deep Friendships

Difficulty Level: Medium

4. Describe one major influence on grandparent–grandchild relationships.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Box 8.4: Influences on Grandparent-Grandchild Relationships

Difficulty Level: Medium

5. What does it mean for grandparent caregiving to exist within a skipped generation?

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Grandparents Raising Their Grandchildren

Difficulty Level: Hard

Essay

1. Explain the Socioemotional Selectivity Theory.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Functions of Social Convoys

Difficulty Level: Medium

2. Compare normative and affectional solidarity.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Intergenerational Exchanges of Help and Assistance: Parents and Adult Children

Difficulty Level: Medium

3. Imagine that you had to design an intervention for caregivers of older adults. What specific aspects might you consider in your intervention?

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Caregiving in Adulthood

Difficulty Level: Hard

4. Compare and contrast some of the primary grandparenting styles.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Box 8.4: Influences on Grandparent-Grandchild Relationships

Difficulty Level: Medium

5. What are some of the major consequences to grandparents who raise their grandchildren? Provide examples.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Grandparents Raising Their Grandchildren

Difficulty Level: Hard