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Full Test Bank Remarriages And Stepfamilies Chapter.15

  1. Today, approximately percent of all marriages involve a remarriage of one or both partners. a. 10 b. 20

c. 30 d. 40

REFERENCES: Defining and Measuring Stepfamilies

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.15.01 - Define what makes a stepfamily and describe various stepfamily types.

KEYWORDS: fact

  1. Most remarried people are with their relationships and lives.
    1. disappointed b. happy

c. depressed d. unattached

REFERENCES: Defining and Measuring Stepfamilies

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.15.01 - Define what makes a stepfamily and describe various stepfamily types.

KEYWORDS: concept

  1. The text observes that today, more and more stepfamilies result from
    1. cohabitation. b. first marriages.

c. illegal remarriage. d. separation rather than divorce.

REFERENCES: Defining and Measuring Stepfamilies

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.15.01 - Define what makes a stepfamily and describe various stepfamily types.

KEYWORDS: fact

  1. Statistics on stepfamilies are difficult to attain, and the statistics we do have are probably
    1. overestimates
    2. perfectly accurate
    3. underestimates
    4. completely unreliable

REFERENCES: Defining and Measuring Stepfamilies

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.15.01 - Define what makes a stepfamily and describe various stepfamily types.

KEYWORDS: fact

  1. Historically, well into the twentieth century, almost all stepfamilies were formed after
    1. divorce b. legal separation

c. the death of a spouse d. cohabitation

REFERENCES: Defining and Measuring Stepfamilies

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.15.01 - Define what makes a stepfamily and describe various stepfamily types.

KEYWORDS: fact

  1. Which of the following is one of the reasons offered in the text for the slight decline in remarriage rates?
    1. Many divorced persons who would have remarried in the past are now cohabiting in stepfamilies.
    2. The divorce rate has decreased dramatically.
    3. Economic constraints and uncertainties that have discouraged divorced women, but not men.
    4. Marriage has clearly lost some of its popularity.

REFERENCES: Defining and Measuring Stepfamilies

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.15.01 - Define what makes a stepfamily and describe various stepfamily types.

KEYWORDS: concept

  1. About percent of all children (5.3 million) are living in a married stepfamily with one biological parent and one stepparent.

a. 10 b. 25

c. 40 d. 60

REFERENCES: Defining and Measuring Stepfamilies

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.15.01 - Define what makes a stepfamily and describe various stepfamily types.

KEYWORDS: fact

  1. Which ethnic group has the greatest percentage of children living with their biological mother and a stepfather, at 13

%?

    1. Latinas b. Native Americans

c. non-Hispanic white d. African American

REFERENCES: Defining and Measuring Stepfamilies

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.15.01 - Define what makes a stepfamily and describe various stepfamily types.

  1. Today, the vast majority of remarrieds have been .
    1. widowed b. divorced

c. married multiple times d. unfaithful

REFERENCES: Defining and Measuring Stepfamilies

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.15.01 - Define what makes a stepfamily and describe various stepfamily types.

KEYWORDS: fact

  1. The divorce rate has in the last two decades.
    1. dramatically increased b. slightly increased

c. remained stable d. decreased

REFERENCES: Defining and Measuring Stepfamilies

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.15.01 - Define what makes a stepfamily and describe various stepfamily types.

KEYWORDS: fact

  1. Data based on the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study found that more than of women who had a child with an unmarried partner formed a married or cohabiting union with a new partner within 5 years
    1. two-thirds b. three-fourths

c. one-third d. one-half

REFERENCES: Defining and Measuring Stepfamilies

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.15.01 - Define what makes a stepfamily and describe various stepfamily types.

KEYWORDS: fact

  1. Some people divorce, remarry, redivorce, and then marry again. But a majority of remarriages are marriages.
    1. first b. second

c. third d. fourth

REFERENCES: Defining and Measuring Stepfamilies

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.15.01 - Define what makes a stepfamily and describe various stepfamily types.

KEYWORDS: fact

  1. In 2002, approximately of women under age 45 in the U.S. had cohabited with a partner between their first and second marriages.
    1. one tenth b. three fourths

c. one half d. two thirds

REFERENCES: Defining and Measuring Stepfamilies

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.15.01 - Define what makes a stepfamily and describe various stepfamily types.

KEYWORDS: concept

  1. The text characterizes the components of a “common remarriage courtship pattern.” Which of the following is

NOT one of these components?

    1. male partner spends a few nights per week in the mother’s household
    2. a brief period of full-time living together
    3. an adaptation period allowing for the adjustment of stepchildren
    4. remarriage

REFERENCES: Choosing Partners the Next Time

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.15.02 - Describe the process through which adults and children become members of stepfamilies.

KEYWORDS: concept

  1. Women’s remarriage rate is men’s.
    1. considerably lower than b. the same as

c. slightly higher than d. almost twice as high as

REFERENCES: Choosing Partners the Next Time

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.15.02 - Describe the process through which adults and children become members of stepfamilies.

KEYWORDS: fact

  1. Remarrying women generally benefit more than do remarrying men..
    1. parentally b. socially

c. emotionally d. financially

REFERENCES: Choosing Partners the Next Time

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.15.02 - Describe the process through which adults and children become members of stepfamilies.

  1. lower the likelihood of remarriage for both men and women.
    1. Financial burdens b. Children

c. Past relationships d. Emotional scars

REFERENCES: Choosing Partners the Next Time

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.15.02 - Describe the process through which adults and children become members of stepfamilies.

KEYWORDS: fact

  1. In remarriage, women may trade child raising for enhanced economic security. This is referred to in the text as

___________.

    1. the “traditional exchange.” b. a sexist political posture.

c. an unstable marriage system. d. a divorce-recompense.

REFERENCES: Choosing Partners the Next Time

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.15.02 - Describe the process through which adults and children become members of stepfamilies.

KEYWORDS: fact

  1. The text points out that choosing a remarriage partner differs from making a marital choice the first time inasmuch as there is a(n)
    1. sense of pessimism surrounding the courtship process.
    2. atmosphere of fear and doubt.
    3. smaller pool of eligibles with a wider range on any given attribute.
    4. feeling of getting “used merchandise.”

REFERENCES: Choosing Partners the Next Time

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.15.02 - Describe the process through which adults and children become members of stepfamilies.

KEYWORDS: fact

  1. According to the latest government statistics available, remarriages have been less than first marriages.
    1. heterogamous b. homogamous

c. exogamous d. endogamous

REFERENCES: Choosing Partners the Next Time

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.15.02 - Describe the process through which adults and children become members of stepfamilies.

KEYWORDS: fact

  1. percent of remarriages formed between 1985 and 1994 ended in separation or divorce within a decade. a. 10 b. 25

c. 40 d. 75

REFERENCES: Choosing Partners the Next Time

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.15.02 - Describe the process through which adults and children become members of stepfamilies.

KEYWORDS: fact

  1. Which of the following terms in the textbook refers to the duration of marriage?
    1. marital happiness b. marital satisfaction

c. marital stability d. marriage tenacity

REFERENCES: Happiness Satisfaction, and Stability in Remarriage

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.15.03 - Compare happiness, satisfaction, and stability in remarriages and first marriages.

KEYWORDS: concept

  1. Considerable research shows that remarrieds experience more tension and conflict than do first marrieds, usually on issues related to .
    1. stepchildren—discipline or distribution of resources to stepchildren.
    2. previous marriages, and unresolved in-law ties
    3. new gender roles and sharing household tasks
    4. the possibility of divorce and whether the marriage is “working”

REFERENCES: Happiness Satisfaction, and Stability in Remarriage

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.15.03 - Compare happiness, satisfaction, and stability in remarriages and first marriages.

KEYWORDS: concept

  1. The text points out that remarriages dissolve at higher rates than first marriages, especially for remarried couples who have
    1. no biological children. b. stepchildren.

c. no stepchildren. d. biological children of their own.

REFERENCES: Happiness Satisfaction, and Stability in Remarriage

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.15.03 - Compare happiness, satisfaction, and stability in remarriages and first marriages.

  1. The text offers several reasons for the lower overall stability of remarriages. Which of the following is NOT one of these?
    1. People who divorce in the first place are disproportionately from lower middle- and lower-class groups, which generally have higher divorce rates.
    2. People who remarry after divorce are, as a group, more accepting of divorce and may have already demonstrated that they are willing to choose divorce as a way of resolving an unsatisfactory marriage.
    3. Remarrieds receive more social support from their families of origin and are generally more integrated with parents and in-laws.
    4. Remarriages present special stresses on couples, such as the presence of stepchildren.

REFERENCES: Happiness Satisfaction, and Stability in Remarriage

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.15.03 - Compare happiness, satisfaction, and stability in remarriages and first marriages.

KEYWORDS: fact

  1. The text indicates that perhaps the most significant factor in the comparative instability of remarriages is
    1. the presence of stepchildren. b. the abrasive nature of the partners.

c. the pessimism of the partners. d. economic hardship.

REFERENCES: Happiness Satisfaction, and Stability in Remarriage

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.15.03 - Compare happiness, satisfaction, and stability in remarriages and first marriages.

KEYWORDS: fact

  1. Postdivorce cohabitation is positively associated with .
    1. adultery b. remarital instability

c. remarital happiness d. multiple marriages

REFERENCES: Happiness Satisfaction, and Stability in Remarriage

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.15.03 - Compare happiness, satisfaction, and stability in remarriages and first marriages.

KEYWORDS: application

  1. When neither spouse enters a remarriage with children, the couple’s union is usually
    1. incredibly unstable b. not taken seriously

c. very similar to cohabiting couples d. very much like a first marriage

REFERENCES: Happiness Satisfaction, and Stability in Remarriage

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.15.03 - Compare happiness, satisfaction, and stability in remarriages and first marriages.

KEYWORDS: fact

  1. White and Booth found that marital quality does not vary greatly between first marriages and single or double remarriages; it is that is generally affected.
    1. satisfaction with family life b. the anger level in the relationship

c. the stress level in the relationship d. occupational stability

REFERENCES: Happiness Satisfaction, and Stability in Remarriage

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.15.03 - Compare happiness, satisfaction, and stability in remarriages and first marriages.

KEYWORDS: fact

  1. Some religions, such as Catholicism, do not recognize a remarriage after divorce unless
    1. the ex-spouse has died since the divorce.
    2. both partners are re-baptized.
    3. neither partner was Catholic until after they were married.
    4. the first marriage has been annulled.

REFERENCES: Day-to-Day Living in Stepfamilies

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.15.04 - Identify the challenges of stepfamily roles and relationships.

KEYWORDS: concept

  1. The text points to various differences between stepfamilies and first marriages with children. Which of the following is NOT one of these?
    1. the balance of power is different b. a complicated “supra­family system”

c. excessive family loyalty d. preexisting parent-child coalitions

REFERENCES: Day-to-Day Living in Stepfamilies

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.15.04 - Identify the challenges of stepfamily roles and relationships.

KEYWORDS: fact

  1. Society offers members of stepfamilies an underdeveloped , or set of socially prescribed and understood guidelines, for relating to each other or for defining responsibilities and obligations.
    1. gender role understanding b. stepfamily moral code

c. family law d. cultural script

REFERENCES: Day-to-Day Living in Stepfamilies

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.15.04 - Identify the challenges of stepfamily roles and relationships.

KEYWORDS: concept

  1. Because of the cultural ambiguity of remarried family relationships, social scientist Andrew Cherlin calls the remarried family a(n)
    1. nuclear-family monopoly. b. incomplete institution.

c. absent cultural script. d. normless norm.

REFERENCES: Day-to-Day Living in Stepfamilies

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.15.04 - Identify the challenges of stepfamily roles and relationships.

KEYWORDS: concept

  1. The text explores three areas in which the stepfamily is likely to seem an incomplete institution, with ambiguous norms. Which of the following is NOT one of these areas?
    1. gender roles b. boundary ambiguity

c. relationships with kin d. family law

REFERENCES: Day-to-Day Living in Stepfamilies

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.15.04 - Identify the challenges of stepfamily roles and relationships.

KEYWORDS: concept

  1. “When family members are uncertain in their perception of who is in or out of the family or who is performing what roles and tasks within the family system,” this is a state called .
    1. multi-layer role confusion b. gender mistrust

c. unequal division of labor d. family boundary ambiguity

REFERENCES: Day-to-Day Living in Stepfamilies

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.15.04 - Identify the challenges of stepfamily roles and relationships.

KEYWORDS: fact

  1. Interviews with stepfamily members reveal that definitions of family between parents and children and between siblings
    1. often differ b. are usually consistent

c. are perfectly consistent d. cannot be compared

REFERENCES: Day-to-Day Living in Stepfamilies

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.15.04 - Identify the challenges of stepfamily roles and relationships.

KEYWORDS: fact

  1. Family systems theory emphasizes in family relationships.
    1. interdependence
    2. discrepancy between expectations and reality
    3. love and respect
    4. cultural identity

REFERENCES: Day-to-Day Living in Stepfamilies

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.15.04 - Identify the challenges of stepfamily roles and relationships.

KEYWORDS: fact

  1. Cohabiting stepfamilies are more likely to experience than are remarried stepfamilies.
    1. multi-layer role confusion b. gender mistrust

c. unequal division of labor d. boundary ambiguity

REFERENCES: Day-to-Day Living in Stepfamilies

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.15.04 - Identify the challenges of stepfamily roles and relationships.

KEYWORDS: concept

  1. The text points out that as family members separate and then join new families formed by remarriage, the new kin do not so much replace as kin from the first marriage.
    1. subtract from b. add to

c. compensate for d. substitute for

REFERENCES: Day-to-Day Living in Stepfamilies

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.15.04 - Identify the challenges of stepfamily roles and relationships.

KEYWORDS: fact

  1. In most states, stepparents are provide contributions.
    1. legally required to support their spouses’ children financially, and are forced to
    2. required to support only the joint biological offspring, to legally
    3. not required to support their spouses’ children financially, and most do not choose to
    4. not required to support their spouses' children financially, although most voluntarily choose to

REFERENCES: Day-to-Day Living in Stepfamilies

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.15.04 - Identify the challenges of stepfamily roles and relationships.

KEYWORDS: concept

  1. Visitation rights (and corresponding support obligation) of stepparents
    1. are beginning to be legally clarified.
    2. are clearly clarified, but change according to state law.
    3. have never been clarified legally.
    4. are up to the discretion of the individual family.

REFERENCES: Day-to-Day Living in Stepfamilies

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.15.04 - Identify the challenges of stepfamily roles and relationships.

KEYWORDS: concept

  1. If a stepparent dies without a will, stepchildren legally entitled to an inheritance.
    1. are always
    2. are not
    3. are sometimes, depending on the state law,
    4. can never be

REFERENCES: Day-to-Day Living in Stepfamilies

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.15.04 - Identify the challenges of stepfamily roles and relationships.

KEYWORDS: application

  1. According to the text, considerable research has shown that on average, in comparison with children in first- marriage families, stepchildren of all ages
    1. do equally well in school.
    2. experience an equal amount of family conflict.
    3. are somewhat less well-adjusted.
    4. are less likely to become juvenile delinquents.

REFERENCES: Day-to-Day Living in Stepfamilies

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.15.04 - Identify the challenges of stepfamily roles and relationships.

KEYWORDS: fact

  1. Family structure (whether the family is first-marriage, cohabiting, divorced, or remarried) is not as important to

stepchildren’s well­being or future outcomes as is

    1. the parenting style used in the family.
    2. the gender roles taken on by the parents.
    3. time spent in discipline matters.
    4. the quality of the communication and relationships among family members.

REFERENCES: Day-to-Day Living in Stepfamilies

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.15.04 - Identify the challenges of stepfamily roles and relationships.

KEYWORDS: concept

  1. Research on communication patterns in stepfamilies reveals several different communication patterns. In which

pattern is the child’s interaction with the stepparent accomplished through the child’s biological or adoptive parent?

    1. outsider triad b. linked triad

c. adult-coalition triad d. complete triad

REFERENCES: Day-to-Day Living in Stepfamilies

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.15.04 - Identify the challenges of stepfamily roles and relationships.

KEYWORDS: concept

  1. Research on communication patterns in stepfamilies reveals several different communication patterns. In which pattern do the child and the biological/adoptive parent maintain interaction, but the stepparent remains pretty much irrelevant to the child’s life?
    1. outsider triad b. linked triad

c. adult-coalition triad d. complete triad

REFERENCES: Day-to-Day Living in Stepfamilies

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.15.04 - Identify the challenges of stepfamily roles and relationships.

KEYWORDS: concept

  1. The text points out that the particular challenges that characterize remarriages often begin with the
    1. courtship process. b. childhoods of the partners involved.

c. previous divorce. d. parenting process.

REFERENCES: Day-to-Day Living in Stepfamilies

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.15.04 - Identify the challenges of stepfamily roles and relationships.

KEYWORDS: fact

  1. Research on communication patterns in stepfamilies reveals several different communication patterns. In which pattern does communication flow freely, involving all members of the stepfamily equally?
    1. outsider triad b. linked triad

c. adult-coalition triad d. complete triad

REFERENCES: Day-to-Day Living in Stepfamilies

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.15.04 - Identify the challenges of stepfamily roles and relationships.

KEYWORDS: concept

  1. Relatively low role ambiguity has been associated with
    1. higher remarital satisfaction, especially for wives.
    2. lower remarital satisfaction, especially for stepfathers.
    3. divorce, especially for men.
    4. divorce, especially for women.

REFERENCES: Day-to-Day Living in Stepfamilies

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.15.04 - Identify the challenges of stepfamily roles and relationships.

KEYWORDS: fact

  1. Another challenge to remarried families is that roles of stepchild and stepparent are .
    1. well defined
    2. clearly understood
    3. fully agreed upon
    4. not well defined, clearly understood or fully agreed upon

REFERENCES: Day-to-Day Living in Stepfamilies

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.15.04 - Identify the challenges of stepfamily roles and relationships.

KEYWORDS: concept

  1. The role of the stepparent is ; the relationship between a stepparent and stepchild only exists in law as long as the biological parent and stepparent are married.
    1. precarious
    2. permanent
    3. solid
    4. always temporary

REFERENCES: Day-to-Day Living in Stepfamilies

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.15.04 - Identify the challenges of stepfamily roles and relationships.

KEYWORDS: concept

  1. Special issues accompany the role of the “weekend,” or stepmother when women are married to

noncustodial fathers who see their children for visitation periods.

    1. temporary b. wicked

c. nonresidential d. nonparent

REFERENCES: Day-to-Day Living in Stepfamilies

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.15.04 - Identify the challenges of stepfamily roles and relationships.

  1. Originally, the text points out, the term stepparent applied to
    1. an acquired quasi-kin who becomes an additional parent.
    2. a person who replaces a dead parent.
    3. people who only assist in parenting.
    4. childcare workers.

REFERENCES: Day-to-Day Living in Stepfamilies

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.15.04 - Identify the challenges of stepfamily roles and relationships.

  1. White and Booth found that, in comparison with teens in intact families, older teenage and young adult children in stepfamilies leave home
    1. at about the same age. b. when they are significantly older.

c. at significantly lower ages. d. when they are slightly older.

REFERENCES: Day-to-Day Living in Stepfamilies

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.15.04 - Identify the challenges of stepfamily roles and relationships.

KEYWORDS: fact

  1. The text highlights some key points to consider when a person is contemplating entering a steprelationship. Which of the following is NOT one of these?
    1. Plan ahead.
    2. Avoid discussing the changes remarriage will bring with your children.
    3. Give your children ample opportunity to get to know your future spouse well.
    4. Understand that there are bound to be periods of doubt, frustration, and resentment.

REFERENCES: Day-to-Day Living in Stepfamilies

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.15.04 - Identify the challenges of stepfamily roles and relationships.

KEYWORDS: fact

  1. The text urges consideration of various points in easing the transition from single-parent to stepfamily status. Which of the following is NOT one of these?
    1. Try as best you can to replace a lost parent.
    2. Let your relationship with stepchildren develop gradually.
    3. Expect to deal with confusing feelings.
    4. Recognize that you may be compared with the absent partner.

REFERENCES: Day-to-Day Living in Stepfamilies

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.15.04 - Identify the challenges of stepfamily roles and relationships.

  1. A small study cited in the text asked 265 stepmothers about their expectations of the stepmother role. The researchers found that
    1. stepmothers usually see themselves as replacing the stepchild’s mother.
    2. stepmothers expect to be included in stepfamily activities.
    3. the less time a stepmother spent with her stepchildren, the more she expected to be included in stepfamily functions and decisions.
    4. a clear majority of stepmothers behaved as a “friend,” rather than as a “concerned parent.”

REFERENCES: Day-to-Day Living in Stepfamilies

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.15.04 - Identify the challenges of stepfamily roles and relationships.

KEYWORDS: fact

  1. The stepmother role has been described as the “stepmother .”
    1. shift b. job

c. duty d. trap

REFERENCES: Day-to-Day Living in Stepfamilies

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.15.04 - Identify the challenges of stepfamily roles and relationships.

KEYWORDS: concept

  1. Folktales like Snow White, Cinderella, and Hansel and Gretel reflect the view of stepmothers as
    1. concerned parents.
    2. friends.
    3. cruel, vain, selfish, competitive, and even abusive.
    4. unemotional participants in the parenting process.

REFERENCES: Day-to-Day Living in Stepfamilies

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.15.04 - Identify the challenges of stepfamily roles and relationships.

KEYWORDS: concept

  1. There are several pathways to stepfatherhood. Which of the following is NOT one of the pathways mentioned in the text?
    1. single man b. divorced and carefree

c. divorced and declared unfit d. divorced with custody

REFERENCES: Well-Being in Stepfamilies

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.15.05 - Compare adult and child well-being in stepfamilies relative to that in two-biological/adoptive parent families.

  1. Research shows that both stepmothers and stepfathers play their roles with more than do biological

parents—more like friends than monitoring parents.

    1. distance b. playfulness

c. strictness d. informality

REFERENCES: Well-Being in Stepfamilies

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.15.05 - Compare adult and child well-being in stepfamilies relative to that in two-biological/adoptive parent families.

KEYWORDS: fact

  1. According to the text, a stepfather can react to difficulties in finding a place in a new family in at least four ways. Which of the following is NOT one of these?
    1. He can be driven away.
    2. He may become a “shrinking violet.”
    3. He may take control, establishing himself as undisputed head of the household.
    4. He can negotiate new ways of doing things with the other members of the family unit.

REFERENCES: Well-Being in Stepfamilies

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.15.05 - Compare adult and child well-being in stepfamilies relative to that in two-biological/adoptive parent families.

KEYWORDS: concept

  1. One stepfamily scholar (Papernow) has suggested a seven-stage model of stepfamily development. Which of the following is NOT one of the stages in this model?
    1. fantasy b. immersion

c. rebellion d. awareness

REFERENCES: Creating Supportive Stepfamilies

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.15.06 - Explain the characteristics of a supportive and healthy stepfamily environment.

KEYWORDS: concept

  1. Many stepparent-stepchild relationships over time.
    1. see increased stress b. remain stable

c. result in mental instability d. improve

REFERENCES: Creating Supportive Stepfamilies

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.15.06 - Explain the characteristics of a supportive and healthy stepfamily environment.

  1. The authors of this text choose not to use the once-familiar term in this chapter because family therapists and other stepfamily experts have concluded that stepfamilies do not readily .
    1. merged family/merge b. patchwork family/stitch together

c. mixed family/mix d. blended family/blend

REFERENCES: Creating Supportive Stepfamilies

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.15.06 - Explain the characteristics of a supportive and healthy stepfamily environment.

KEYWORDS: application

  1. According to the text, the nuclear-family model
    1. does not work well for most remarried families.
    2. is most appropriate for remarried families.
    3. applies to some remarried families.
    4. is irrelevant to remarried families.

REFERENCES: Creating Supportive Stepfamilies

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.15.06 - Explain the characteristics of a supportive and healthy stepfamily environment.

KEYWORDS: fact

  1. It may help to think of a stepfamily as a family – a new family type that includes members of the two

(or more) families that existed before the divorce and remarriage.

    1. nuclear b. extended

c. binuclear d. modified extended

REFERENCES: Creating Supportive Stepfamilies

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.15.06 - Explain the characteristics of a supportive and healthy stepfamily environment.

KEYWORDS: concept

  1. Adults who form stepfamilies expect a smooth and quick adjustment while children expect that the stepparent will disappear and their parents will be reunited. This is known as the stage in Papernow’s seven­stage model of stepfamily development.
    1. awareness b. fantasy

c. immersion d. resolution

REFERENCES: Creating Supportive Stepfamilies

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.15.06 - Explain the characteristics of a supportive and healthy stepfamily environment.

KEYWORDS: concept

  1. Eventually, a stepfamily might achieve integration and appreciate its unique identity. This is known as the

stage in Papernow’s seven­stage model of stepfamily development.

    1. awareness b. fantasy

c. immersion d. resolution

REFERENCES: Creating Supportive Stepfamilies

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.15.06 - Explain the characteristics of a supportive and healthy stepfamily environment.

KEYWORDS: concept

  1. All in all, 42 percent of adults have at least one step relative.
    1. True
    2. False

REFERENCES: Defining and Measuring Stepfamilies

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.15.01 - Define what makes a stepfamily and describe various stepfamily types.

KEYWORDS: concept

  1. During the 1950s, both the divorce rate and the remarriage rate increased dramatically and remained high until the 1960s, when these rates declined slightly.
    1. True
    2. False

REFERENCES: Defining and Measuring Stepfamilies

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.15.01 - Define what makes a stepfamily and describe various stepfamily types.

KEYWORDS: fact

  1. Gays and lesbians who together adopt or bear a child (who is biologically or legally related to just one partner) are considered a stepfamily.
    1. True
    2. False

REFERENCES: Defining and Measuring Stepfamilies

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.15.01 - Define what makes a stepfamily and describe various stepfamily types.

KEYWORDS: fact

  1. Until well into the twentieth century, almost all remarriages followed widowhood.
    1. True
    2. False

REFERENCES: Defining and Measuring Stepfamilies

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.15.01 - Define what makes a stepfamily and describe various stepfamily types.

KEYWORDS: fact

  1. The term stepparent originally meant an additional parent figure, not a person who replaces a dead parent.
    1. True
    2. False

REFERENCES: Choosing Partners the Next Time

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.15.02 - Describe the process through which adults and children become members of stepfamilies.

KEYWORDS: fact

  1. Children lower the likelihood of remarriage for both men and women, but the impact of children is greater on men’s

probability of remarriage.

    1. True
    2. False

REFERENCES: Choosing Partners the Next Time

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.15.02 - Describe the process through which adults and children become members of stepfamilies.

KEYWORDS: concept

  1. Marital happiness (or satisfaction) and marital stability are essentially the same.
    1. True
    2. False

REFERENCES: Happiness Satisfaction, and Stability in Remarriage

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.15.03 - Compare happiness, satisfaction, and stability in remarriages and first marriages.

KEYWORDS: fact

  1. In general, research shows little difference in spouses’ overall well­being or in marital happiness between first and

later unions.

    1. True
    2. False

REFERENCES: Happiness Satisfaction, and Stability in Remarriage

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.15.03 - Compare happiness, satisfaction, and stability in remarriages and first marriages.

KEYWORDS: concept

  1. When neither spouse enters a remarriage with children, the couple’s union is usually very much like a first

marriage.

    1. True
    2. False

REFERENCES: Happiness Satisfaction, and Stability in Remarriage

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.15.03 - Compare happiness, satisfaction, and stability in remarriages and first marriages.

KEYWORDS: concept

  1. Remarriages are less stable than first marriages.
    1. True
    2. False

REFERENCES: Happiness Satisfaction, and Stability in Remarriage

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.15.03 - Compare happiness, satisfaction, and stability in remarriages and first marriages.

KEYWORDS: fact

  1. Cultural norms clearly indicate how stepparents should play their role.
    1. True
    2. False

REFERENCES: Day-to-Day Living in Stepfamilies

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.15.04 - Identify the challenges of stepfamily roles and relationships.

KEYWORDS: application

  1. Considerable research has found that, on average, stepchildren of all ages have the same rates of juvenile delinquency in comparison with their counterparts in first-marriage families.
    1. True
    2. False

REFERENCES: Day-to-Day Living in Stepfamilies

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.15.04 - Identify the challenges of stepfamily roles and relationships.

KEYWORDS: fact

  1. Relatively low role ambiguity has been associated with higher remarital satisfaction.
    1. True
    2. False

REFERENCES: Day-to-Day Living in Stepfamilies

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.15.04 - Identify the challenges of stepfamily roles and relationships.

KEYWORDS: concept

  1. Research shows that both stepmothers and stepfathers play their roles with more distance than do biological

parents—more like friends than monitoring parents.

    1. True
    2. False

REFERENCES: Day-to-Day Living in Stepfamilies

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.15.04 - Identify the challenges of stepfamily roles and relationships.

KEYWORDS: concept

  1. Stepparents and children raised in stepfamilies, on average, have fewer financial resources and lower levels of socioemotional well-being.
    1. True
    2. False

REFERENCES: Day-to-Day Living in Stepfamilies

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.15.04 - Identify the challenges of stepfamily roles and relationships.

KEYWORDS: concept

  1. are marriages in which at least one partner had previously been divorced or widowed.

REFERENCES: Defining and Measuring Stepfamilies

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.15.01 - Define what makes a stepfamily and describe various stepfamily types.

  1. The is a new family type that includes members of the two (or more) families that existed before the divorce and remarriage.

REFERENCES: Defining and Measuring Stepfamilies

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.15.01 - Define what makes a stepfamily and describe various stepfamily types.

  1. According to the , the first­marriage family is the “real” model for family living, with all other family

forms seen as deficient alternatives.

REFERENCES: Defining and Measuring Stepfamilies

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.15.01 - Define what makes a stepfamily and describe various stepfamily types.

  1. In the , economic resources are pooled and distributed according to need regardless of biological relatedness.

REFERENCES: Day-to-Day Living in Stepfamilies

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.15.04 - Identify the challenges of stepfamily roles and relationships.

  1. Our society offers members of remarried families no , or set of socially prescribed and understood guidelines, for relating to each other or for defining responsibilities and obligations.

REFERENCES: Day-to-Day Living in Stepfamilies

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.15.04 - Identify the challenges of stepfamily roles and relationships.

  1. Because of the cultural ambiguity of remarried family relationships, social scientist Andrew Cherlin calls the remarried family a(n) .

REFERENCES: Day-to-Day Living in Stepfamilies

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.15.04 - Identify the challenges of stepfamily roles and relationships.

  1. The stepmother role has been described as the stepmother .

REFERENCES: Day-to-Day Living in Stepfamilies

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.15.04 - Identify the challenges of stepfamily roles and relationships.

  1. Stepfamilies often struggle with , since there are no clear guidelines regarding what responsibilities, behaviors, and emotions stepfamily members are expected to exhibit.

REFERENCES: Day-to-Day Living in Stepfamilies

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.15.04 - Identify the challenges of stepfamily roles and relationships.

  1. The describes the process by which veritable strangers to one another form nourishing, reliable relationships.

REFERENCES: Day-to-Day Living in Stepfamilies

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.15.04 - Identify the challenges of stepfamily roles and relationships.

  1. Papernow, a stepfamily scholar, has suggested a seven-stage model of family .

REFERENCES: Creating Supportive Stepfamilies

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.15.06 - Explain the characteristics of a supportive and healthy stepfamily environment.

  1. Briefly explain the typical pattern of courtship for remarriages.

REFERENCES: Choosing Partners the Next Time

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.15.02 - Describe the process through which adults and children become members of stepfamilies.

  1. Are principles of homogamy generally observed in remarriages? Explain how homogamy or the lack of homogamy can affect the likelihood of redivorce.

REFERENCES: Choosing Partners the Next Time

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.15.02 - Describe the process through which adults and children become members of stepfamilies.

  1. Explain the distinction between happiness and stability in remarriages.

REFERENCES: Happiness Satisfaction, and Stability in Remarriage

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.15.03 - Compare happiness, satisfaction, and stability in remarriages and first marriages.

  1. How are kin networks in remarried families complex and uncharted?

REFERENCES: Day-to-Day Living in Stepfamilies

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.15.04 - Identify the challenges of stepfamily roles and relationships.

  1. What is the “stepmother trap?” Give an example.

REFERENCES: Day-to-Day Living in Stepfamilies

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.15.04 - Identify the challenges of stepfamily roles and relationships.

  1. What is the difference between an adult-coalition triad and a complete triad within stepfamilies?

REFERENCES: Day-to-Day Living in Stepfamilies

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.15.04 - Identify the challenges of stepfamily roles and relationships.

  1. What does it mean that the remarried family is called an incomplete institution? How does this affect the people involved in a remarriage? Is the situation changing?

REFERENCES: Day-to-Day Living in Stepfamilies

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.15.04 - Identify the challenges of stepfamily roles and relationships.

  1. Explain some of the differences between first unions and remarriages, and explore why remarriages can be more challenging than first marriages.

REFERENCES: Day-to-Day Living in Stepfamilies

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.15.04 - Identify the challenges of stepfamily roles and relationships.

  1. Present an argument to explain the contradiction that marriages and remarriages have similar levels of marital quality (happiness), but remarriages have lower stability rates than first marriages.

REFERENCES: Well-Being in Stepfamilies

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.15.05 - Compare adult and child well-being in stepfamilies relative to that in two-biological/adoptive parent families.

  1. Explain several reasons why stepparenting is likely to be a problem in remarriage.

REFERENCES: Creating Supportive Stepfamilies

LEARNING OBJECTIVES: MFaR.LAMA.15.15.06 - Explain the characteristics of a supportive and healthy stepfamily environment.

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