Complete Test Bank Chapter 10 Families - Human Behavior Person & Environment 6e Answer Key + Test Bank by Elizabeth D. Hutchison. DOCX document preview.

Complete Test Bank Chapter 10 Families

Chapter 10: Families

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Multiple Choice

1. Social workers who approach family problems from a psychodynamic perspective assume that current personal and interpersonal problems are the result of unresolved problems in the ______: the family into which we were born and in which we were raised.

a. extended family

b. family of origin

c. extended family network

d. blended family

Learning Objective: 10-2: Analyze the merits of different approaches to defining family.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Family Systems Perspective

Difficulty Level: Easy

2. A graphic picture of the family history used by a social worker to get an idea of the extended family’s patterns of relationships is called a ______.

a. genogram

b. ecomap

c. social network map

d. family timeline

Learning Objective: 10-3: Compare and contrast six theoretical perspectives for understanding families (family systems, exchange and choice; symbolic interaction; feminist; life course developmental; and family stress, coping, and resilience).

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Family Systems Perspective

Difficulty Level: Easy

3. An instrument used to depict a chronology of key dates and events in a family’s life and can also be used to locate both stressors and strengths is called a ______.

a. genogram

b. ecomap

c. social network map

d. family timeline

Learning Objective: 10-3: Compare and contrast six theoretical perspectives for understanding families (family systems, exchange and choice; symbolic interaction; feminist; life course developmental; and family stress, coping, and resilience).

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Family Stress, Coping, and Resilience Perspective

Difficulty Level: Easy

4. An approach where the social worker focuses on relationships within the family rather than on individual family members is which of the following?

a. family life cycle perspective

b. multilevel family practice model

c. family systems perspective

d. family diversity model

Learning Objective: 10-3: Compare and contrast six theoretical perspectives for understanding families (family systems, exchange and choice; symbolic interaction; feminist; life course developmental; and family stress, coping, and resilience).

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Family Systems Perspective

Difficulty Level: Easy

5. A model used by social workers to understand whether an event in the family system becomes a crisis, as well as understanding the family’s resources and definition of the event, is the ______.

a. multilevel family practice model

b. ABC-X model of family stress and coping

c. strengths perspective model

d. family diversity model

Learning Objective: 10-3: Compare and contrast six theoretical perspectives for understanding families (family systems, exchange and choice; symbolic interaction; feminist; life course developmental; and family stress, coping, and resilience).

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Family Stress, Coping, and Resilience Perspective

Difficulty Level: Medium

6. The ABC-X model describes a family transition process following a stressful event and assesses for possible outcomes. When there is a permanent deterioration in the family’s functioning following a crisis, this is considered to be ______.

a. recovery

b. bonadaptation

c. maladaptation

d. stress pileup

Learning Objective: 10-3: Compare and contrast six theoretical perspectives for understanding families (family systems, exchange and choice; symbolic interaction; feminist; life course developmental; and family stress, coping, and resilience).

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Family Stress, Coping, and Resilience Perspective

Difficulty Level: Easy

7. The ABC-X model describes a family transition process following a stressful event and assesses for possible outcomes. When the family returns to their previous level of functioning following a crisis, this is considered to be ______.

a. recovery

b. bonadaptation

c. maladaptation

d. stress pileup

Learning Objective: 10-3: Compare and contrast six theoretical perspectives for understanding families (family systems, exchange and choice; symbolic interaction; feminist; life course developmental; and family stress, coping, and resilience).

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Family Stress, Coping, and Resilience Perspective

Difficulty Level: Easy

8. The ABC-X model describes a family transition process following a stressful event and assesses for possible outcomes. When the family improves their level of functioning over and above the previous level, this is considered to be ______.

a. recovery

b. bonadaptation

c. maladaptation

d. stress pileup

Learning Objective: 10-3: Compare and contrast six theoretical perspectives for understanding families (family systems, exchange and choice; symbolic interaction; feminist; life course developmental; and family stress, coping, and resilience).

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Family Stress, Coping, and Resilience Perspective

Difficulty Level: Easy

9. When a series of crises deplete the family’s resources and expose the family to increasing risk of very negative outcomes, this is considered to be ______.

a. normative stressors

b. nonnormative stressors

c. a crisis pattern

d. stress pileup

Learning Objective: 10-3: Compare and contrast six theoretical perspectives for understanding families (family systems, exchange and choice; symbolic interaction; feminist; life course developmental; and family stress, coping, and resilience).

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Family Stress, Coping, and Resilience Perspective

Difficulty Level: Easy

10. When a family experiences the birth of a first child, this is an example of a ______.

a. normative stressor

b. stress pileup

c. nonnormative stressor

d. stress relief

Learning Objective: 10-3: Compare and contrast six theoretical perspectives for understanding families (family systems, exchange and choice; symbolic interaction; feminist; life course developmental; and family stress, coping, and resilience).

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Family Stress, Coping, and Resilience Perspective

Difficulty Level: Medium

11. When the father in the family loses his job after 20 years of working for the same company, this is an example of a ______.

a. normative stressor

b. stress pileup

c. nonnormative stressor

d. stress relief

Learning Objective: 10-3: Compare and contrast six theoretical perspectives for understanding families (family systems, exchange and choice; symbolic interaction; feminist; life course developmental; and family stress, coping, and resilience).

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Family Stress, Coping, and Resilience Perspective

Difficulty Level: Medium

12. A depiction of family relationships with the use of circles, lines, and arrows that help to identify external sources of stress, conflict, and social support is called a(n) ______.

a. genogram

b. ecomap

c. social network map

d. family timeline

Learning Objective: 10-3: Compare and contrast six theoretical perspectives for understanding families (family systems, exchange and choice; symbolic interaction; feminist; life course developmental; and family stress, coping, and resilience).

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Family Systems Perspective

Difficulty Level: Medium

13. A tool used to identify times in the family’s life when events have piled up is called a ______.

a. genogram

b. ecomap

c. social network map

d. family timeline

Learning Objective: 10-3: Compare and contrast six theoretical perspectives for understanding families (family systems, exchange and choice; symbolic interaction; feminist; life course developmental; and family stress, coping, and resilience).

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Theoretical Perspectives for Understanding Families

Difficulty Level: Medium

14. When a social worker uses the ______, it widens their theoretical framework to include the larger systems in which the family system is embedded.

a. family life cycle perspective

b. multilevel family practice model

c. family systems perspective

d. family diversity model

Learning Objective: 10-3: Compare and contrast six theoretical perspectives for understanding families (family systems, exchange and choice; symbolic interaction; feminist; life course developmental; and family stress, coping, and resilience).

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Family Systems Perspective

Difficulty Level: Medium

15. To work most effectively with culturally diverse families the social worker must first ______.

a. be open to cultural differences

b. be aware of one’s own cultural limitations

c. maintain a client-oriented, systematic learning style

d. acknowledge the integrity of all cultures

Learning Objective: 10-4: Identify a number of types of diversity in family life that might be encountered by social workers.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Cultural Diversity

Difficulty Level: Medium

16. The most common form of physical family violence occurs ______.

a. to older adults by children

b. between intimate partners

c. to children by parents

d. from sibling to sibling

Learning Objective: 10-5: Analyze three types of challenges to family life (family violence, divorce and relationship dissolution, and substance abuse).

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Family Violence

Difficulty Level: Medium

17. According to the text, what percentage of the world’s population prefers to practice some type of polygamy?

a. 10–15%

b. 30–35%

c. 60–65%

d. 80–85%

Learning Objective: 10-4: Identify a number of types of diversity in family life that might be encountered by social workers.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Family Defined

Difficulty Level: Medium

18. Research based on Glen Elder’s Economic Stress Model suggests that ______.

a. economic stress contributes to resiliency in children

b. parental motivation and skill level is the major factor in creating economic stress in families

d. economic stress has more severe consequences for families with older adults

D. severe economic hardship disrupts family functioning

Learning Objective: 10-6: Apply knowledge of family theories, family diversity, and family challenges to recommend guidelines for social work engagement, assessment, intervention, and evaluation.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Economic and Cultural Diversity

Difficulty Level: Medium

19. The text identifies which of the following as three major challenges to family life?

a. family violence, divorce, substance abuse

b. divorce, substance abuse, social networking

c. mass media influence, divorce, gay and lesbian rights

d. family violence, globalization, divorce

Learning Objective: 10-5: Analyze three types of challenges to family life (family violence, divorce and relationship dissolution, and substance abuse).

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Challenges to Family Life

Difficulty Level: Easy

20. Social policy has focused on which of these priorities to improve the situation of children living in lone-parent families?

a. quality child care and marriage incentives

b. marriage incentives and improved child support payments

c. improved child support payments and charter schools

d. increased housing vouchers and charter schools

Learning Objective: 10-6: Apply knowledge of family theories, family diversity, and family challenges to recommend guidelines for social work engagement, assessment, intervention, and evaluation.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Lone-Parent Families

Difficulty Level: Medium

21. The family investment model focuses on ______.

a. parental rights vs. government interference in family matters

b. economic disadvantage associated with low income families

c. political nature of family life

d. how economic advantage affects family life and child outcomes

Learning Objective: 10-4: Identify a number of types of diversity in family life that might be encountered by social workers.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Economic Diversity

Difficulty Level: Medium

22. Compared to children with heterosexual parents, children who grow up in families with same-sex partners ______.

a. are more likely to identify as homosexual

b. have similar emotional and behavioral adjustment

c. are more successful in educational and professional careers

d. experience more physical and/or neurological ailments

Learning Objective: 10-4: Identify a number of types of diversity in family life that might be encountered by social workers.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Same-Sex Partner Families

Difficulty Level: Medium

23. By one estimate, ______ of children in the U.S. are exposed to at least one parent’s alcohol or drug abuse.

a. 3.5%

b. 35.5%

c. 26.5%

d. 10.5%

Learning Objective: 10-5: Analyze three types of challenges to family life (family violence, divorce and relationship dissolution, and substance abuse).

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Substance Abuse

Difficulty Level: Hard

24. ______ families with alcohol-abusing parents score better than other families on family functioning.

a. High SES

b. Low SES

c. African American

d. Caucasian

Learning Objective: 10-5: Analyze three types of challenges to family life (family violence, divorce and relationship dissolution, and substance abuse).

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Substance Abuse

Difficulty Level: Hard

25. The lifetime probability of divorce in the U.S. approaches ______.

a. 10%

b. 25%

c. 50%

d. 70%

Learning Objective: 10-5: Analyze three types of challenges to family life (family violence, divorce and relationship dissolution, and substance abuse).

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Divorce and Relationship Dissolution

Difficulty Level: Easy

26. ______, or when the family faces a major shift or adjustment in a family life stage or in family composition, is/are particularly stressful for families.

a. Non-normative events

b. Differentiation

c. Triangulation

d. Transition points

Learning Objective: 10-3: Compare and contrast six theoretical perspectives for understanding families (family systems, exchange and choice; symbolic interaction; feminist; life course developmental; and family stress, coping, and resilience).

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Life Course Developmental Perspective on Families

Difficulty Level: Easy

27. A(n) ______ couple is one that lives together in a romantic relationship without marriage.

a. extramarital

b. cohabitating

c. divorced

d. same-sex

Learning Objective: 10-4: Identify a number of types of diversity in family life that might be encountered by social workers.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Cohabiting Opposite-Sex Couples

Difficulty Level: Easy

True/False

1. The family into which a person was born and raised is considered the family of origin.

Learning Objective: 10-3: Compare and contrast six theoretical perspectives for understanding families (family systems, exchange and choice; symbolic interaction; feminist; life course developmental; and family stress, coping, and resilience).

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Family Systems Perspective

Difficulty Level: Easy

2. A genogram is a graphic picture of a family history that helps social workers to think about a family’s patterns of relationships.

Learning Objective: 10-3: Compare and contrast six theoretical perspectives for understanding families (family systems, exchange and choice; symbolic interaction; feminist; life course developmental; and family stress, coping, and resilience).

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Family Systems Perspective

Difficulty Level: Easy

3. The family systems perspective helps a social worker to look at families over time.

Learning Objective: 10-3: Compare and contrast six theoretical perspectives for understanding families (family systems, exchange and choice; symbolic interaction; feminist; life course developmental; and family stress, coping, and resilience).

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Family Systems Perspective

Difficulty Level: Medium

4. The family life cycle perspective helps a social worker to focus on relationships within the family rather than on individual family members.

Learning Objective: 10-3: Compare and contrast six theoretical perspectives for understanding families (family systems, exchange and choice; symbolic interaction; feminist; life course developmental; and family stress, coping, and resilience).

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Family Life Cycle Perspective

Difficulty Level: Medium

5. Typical family life cycle transitions, like the birth of a first child, are considered to be normative stressors.

Learning Objective: 10-3: Compare and contrast six theoretical perspectives for understanding families (family systems, exchange and choice; symbolic interaction; feminist; life course developmental; and family stress, coping, and resilience).

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Family Stress, Coping, and Resilience Perspective

Difficulty Level: Medium

6. A potential catastrophic event, like family violence, is considered to be a nonnormative stressor.

Learning Objective: 10-3: Compare and contrast six theoretical perspectives for understanding families (family systems, exchange and choice; symbolic interaction; feminist; life course developmental; and family stress, coping, and resilience).

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Family Stress, Coping, and Resilience Perspective

Difficulty Level: Medium

7. Stepfamilies have changed very little over time.

Learning Objective: 10-4: Identify a number of types of diversity in family life that might be encountered by social workers.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Stepfamilies

Difficulty Level: Easy

Essay

1. The definitions of family center on three ways to form a family. Describe each of these.

Learning Objective: 10-2: Analyze the merits of different approaches to defining family.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Family Defined

Difficulty Level: Medium

2. List and define Bowen’s two aspects of differentiation of self in the family system.

Learning Objective: Analyze the merits of different approaches to defining family.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Family Systems Perspective

Difficulty Level: Hard

3. Explain the usefulness of a genogram in social work practice.

Learning Objective: 10-6: Apply knowledge of family theories, family diversity, and family challenges to recommend guidelines for social work engagement, assessment, intervention, and evaluation.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Family Systems Perspective

Difficulty Level: Medium

4. Define the ABC-X model of family stress and coping and discuss the three possible outcomes following a stressful event.

Learning Objective: 10-6: Apply knowledge of family theories, family diversity, and family challenges to recommend guidelines for social work engagement, assessment, intervention, and evaluation.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Family Stress, Coping, and Resilience Perspective

Difficulty Level: Hard

5. Describe the knowledge needed to practice in a culturally sensitive manner.

Learning Objective: 10-4: Identify a number of types of diversity in family life that might be encountered by social workers.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Cultural Diversity

Difficulty Level: Medium

6. Describe unique challenges immigrant families may experience.

Learning Objective: 10-6: Apply knowledge of family theories, family diversity, and family challenges to recommend guidelines for social work engagement, assessment, intervention, and evaluation.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Immigrant Families

Difficulty Level: Medium

7. What is meant by the ‘golden age of the traditional family?

Learning Objective: 10-2: Analyze the merits of different approaches to defining family.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: The Family in Historical Perspective

Difficulty Level: Easy

8. Describe the changes in family life as a result of industrialization.

Learning Objective: 10-2: Analyze the merits of different approaches to defining family.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Nuclear Families

Difficulty Level: Medium

9. What is FMLA?

Learning Objective: 10-6: Apply knowledge of family theories, family diversity, and family challenges to recommend guidelines for social work engagement, assessment, intervention, and evaluation.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: The Family in Historical Perspective

Difficulty Level: Medium

10. Identify and discuss the different types of interventions required for different types of partner violence.

Learning Objective: 10-6: Apply knowledge of family theories, family diversity, and family challenges to recommend guidelines for social work engagement, assessment, intervention, and evaluation.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Family Violence

Difficulty Level: Hard

11. Explain and discuss the ABC-X and double ABC-X models of family stress and coping. Apply these concepts to the Sharpe family. Describe the tool or tools you, the social worker, would find useful in assessment and intervention with the family. Discuss which of the three stated possible outcomes you think is most likely to be the long-term outcome for the Sharpe family. Cite examples of why you think this will be the outcome.

Learning Objective: 10-3: Compare and contrast six theoretical perspectives for understanding families (family systems, exchange and choice; symbolic interaction; feminist; life course developmental; and family stress, coping, and resilience).

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Family Stress, Coping, and Resilience Perspective

Difficulty Level: Medium

12. Explain and discuss the family system perspective for working with families. Using this approach, discuss several interventions you would include in a plan to help the Sharpe family.

Learning Objective: 10-3: Compare and contrast six theoretical perspectives for understanding families (family systems, exchange and choice; symbolic interaction; feminist; life course developmental; and family stress, coping, and resilience).

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Family Systems Perspective

Difficulty Level: Medium

13. Explain and discuss the family stress, coping, and resilience perspective in reference to working with families. Cite examples of how you could utilize this approach to help the Sharpe family.

Learning Objective: 10-3: Compare and contrast six theoretical perspectives for understanding families (family systems, exchange and choice; symbolic interaction; feminist; life course developmental; and family stress, coping, and resilience).

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Family Stress, Coping, and Resilience Perspective

Difficulty Level: Medium

14. Define the nuclear family. Why has the nuclear family been the preferred family structure throughout most of U.S. history?

Learning Objective: 10-2: Analyze the merits of different approaches to defining family.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Nuclear Families

Difficulty Level: Medium

15. Define exogamy rules and endogamy rules and discuss the cultural implications of each.

Learning Objective: 10-4: Identify a number of types of diversity in family life that might be encountered by social workers.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Family Defined

Difficulty Level: Medium

16. Review the different types of family structures described in the text and identify two or three major characteristics or factors that differentiate each of the family structures.

Learning Objective: 10.4 Identify a number of types of diversity in family life that might be encountered by social workers

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Diversity in Family Structures

Difficulty Level: Hard

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Chapter 10 Families
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