Lgbq-Parent Families Development And Ch5 Complete Test Bank

Chapter 5: LGBQ-Parent Families: Development and Functioning in Context

Multiple Choice

1. A(n) _____ to human development recognizes the influence of multiple intersecting contexts, including an individual’s family, friends, community, and culture.

a. cognitive behavioral approach

b. LGBQ approach

c. ecological approach

d. psychological approach

Answer location: Introduction, p. 96

Question type: MC

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

2. LGBQ people must consider the potential of harm from their immediate social context including, physical harassment, physical threats, and rejection by friends and family when they

a. Enroll in school

b. Come out

c. Create a will

d. Consider having a child

Answer location: Coming Out and Being Out, p. 97

Question type: MC

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

3. Race/ethnicity shapes the coming out process because

a. There are hardly any biracial LGBQ couples, so they are very targeted

b. There are multiple forms of marginalization, for example, racism, sexism, and heterosexism that increase the levels of stress on an individual and a couple

c. Racial/ethnic origins are more powerful than sexual orientation, so people do not tend to come out

d. Racial/ethnic identity does not impact the coming out process

Answer location: Coming Out and Being Out, p. 97

Question type: MC

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

4. The decision to come out has varying implications depending on

a. The level of support in the individual’s environment

b. The level of maturity in the LGBQ individual

c. The age and gender of the LGBQ individual

d. How flamboyant or “pushy” the LGBQ individual is about his or her sexual orientation

Answer location, Coming Out and Being Out, p. 98

Question type: MC

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

5. Several studies found that

a. Male same-sex couples have higher relationship quality than women same-sex couples

b. Female same-sex couples have the same level of relationship quality that heterosexual couples experience

c. Female same-sex couples have higher relationship quality than heterosexual couples

d. Women and men in same-sex couples have similar quality of relationships

Answer location: Same-Sex Relationships, p. 99

Question type: MC

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

6. Research has found that female and male same-sex couples

a. Are more likely than heterosexual couples to separate

b. Are less likely than heterosexual couples to separate

c. Separate at the same rate as heterosexual couples

d. Have nonmonogamous relationships

Answer location: Same-Sex Relationships, p. 99

Question type: MC

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

7. Women same-sex partners are especially likely to value in their relationship due to power imbalances (sexism) in the broader social context.

a. Sex

b. Children

c. Open communication

d. Equality

Answer location: Characteristics of Healthy Relationships: Same-Sex Couples, p. 99

Question type: MC

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

8. Lesbian and gay couples

a. Report a higher frequency of conflict than heterosexual couples do

b. Report similar frequencies of arguing as heterosexual couples do

c. Argue less but have greater incidence of violence in their relationships

d. Argue more but report lower relationship quality

Answer location: Conflict and Difference, p. 100

Question type: MC

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

9. Women and men in same-sex couples perceive

a. Greater social support than their heterosexual counterparts

b. The same amount of social support as their heterosexual counterparts

c. Fewer social supports than their heterosexual counterparts

d. Greater social supports but only when they have children

Answer location: Conflict and Difference, p. 101

Question type: MC

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

10. Lesbian and gay couples have children in a variety of ways including artificial insemination, adoption, and a good number have children from past heterosexual relationships. As of 2013, number of lesbian and gay couples had children

a. 4 million

b. 1/2 a million

c. 3 million

d. 15 million

Answer location: Becoming Parents, Forming Families, p. 102

Question type: MC

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

11. Among couples with children, Lesbian and gay couples are

a. 4 x more likely to adopt

b. Less likely to adopt

c. Not more or less likely to adopt

d. Not able to adopt in the U.S.

Answer location, p. 102

Question type: MC

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

12. Lesbians face many decisions when considering whether to become parents by using alternative insemination. Among their major decisions is the challenge to

a. Figure out what the child’s last name will be

b. Whether to use a known donor or an anonymous donor

c. When to let people know that they are pregnant

d. Whether the birth mother will take hormones

Answer location: Becoming Parents, Forming Families, p. 103

Question type: MC

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

13. An open adoption, which is becoming more common in the United States is

a. An adoption in which the birth parents know the adoptive parents

b. A public form of adoption

c. An adoption that is more common because there are no “wait lists”

d. A very complicated form of adoption because birth parents do not want LGBQ parents raising their birth child

Answer location: Adoption, p. 104

Question type: MC

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

14. International adoptions

a. Are costly, time consuming, and usually involve children with emotional and physical problems

b. Do not recognize same-sex couples so that one of the partners adopts as a single parent

c. Are the most common types of adoptions that same-sex couples consider

d. Are the least common types of adoption that same-sex couples consider

Answer location: Adoption, p. 104

Question type: MC

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

15. Sexual minority parents

a. Have the same challenges that heterosexual parents have when considering adoption

b. Are considered lacking because they dissolve their relationships at a higher rate than heterosexual couples and therefore are considered unstable

c. Face additional challenges including lack of social support, heterosexism, and at times, lack of support from their families of origin.

d. Have been found to adopt White children at a significantly higher rate than heterosexual married couples.

Answer Location: Other Challenges, p. 105

Question type: MC

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

16. Children of same-sex couples

a. Are significantly different in their academic achievement and overall behavioral adjustment

b. Have been found to need support in school due to behavioral problems

c. Have been found to have a higher level of social competence

d. Have been found to have higher math and science scores

Answer location: Parent and Child Functioning, p. 106

Question type: MC

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

17. Recent research on children of same-sex parents indicated that

a. There was no difference in the way children were treated by peers

b. In some cases, even when children identified as heterosexual, they were assumed to be homosexual.

c. As they aged, the harassment they received in school decreased

d. SES did not impact the level of harassment that children received at school

Answer location: The School Context, p. 107

Question type: MC

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

18. In 2015, the US supreme court ruling

a. Stated that same-sex couples in the United States have to abide by the laws of their states

b. Provided same-sex couples with equal access to housing and employment

c. Helped resolve the issues associated with international adoptions

d. Recognized that same-sex couples have the right to legalized marriage in every state in the United States

Answer location: The Legal Context, p. 109

Question type: MC

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

19. Cindy and Shawn have experienced a tremendous amount of heterosexism in their work places and with their families. An example of this could be

a. Invitations to dinner for both of them at Cindy’s parents’ home

b. Work place policies that covered Shawn’s health benefits as Cindy’s partner

c. Other daycare parents continuing to ask Cindy to bring her child’s father to parent events

d. The adoption process where Cindy and Shawn adopted their daughter

Answer location: Parent and Child Functioning, p. 106

Question type: MC

Cognitive Domain: Application

20. Cindy and Shawn have a teenage daughter.

a. She is more likely to identify as a lesbian than teens from heterosexual parents

b. She is more likely to identify as a heterosexual identity than a teen with heterosexual parents

c. She is no more likely to identify as a lesbian than a teen with heterosexual parents

d. She is more likely to be confused about her sexual orientation than a teen with heterosexual parents

Answer location: Parent and Child Functioning, p. 106

Answer type: MC

Cognitive Domain: Application

True/False

1. LGBQ stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and questioning.

a. True

b. False

Answer location: Introduction, p. 96

Question type: TF

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

2. Minority stress refers to stress experienced by same-sex couples of color only.

a. True

b. False

Answer location: Introduction, p. 96

Question type: TF

3. Gay male adoptive parents show the lowest separation rate.

a. True

b. False

Answer location: Same-Sex Relationships, p. 99

Question type: TF

4. Studies have indicated that children are slightly at a disadvantage academically with same-sex parents.

a. True

b. False

Answer location: Parent and Child Functioning, p. 106

Question type: TF

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

5. Overall, parents and family members support LGBQ couples, even when there are no children involved.

a. True

b. False

Answer location: The Family Context, p. 107

Question type: TF

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

6. Even though a same-sex couple has a strong relationship, if there is no social support and recognition of their relationship they are at risk for increased relationship conflict.

a. True

b. False

Answer location: Social Support and Recognition, p. 101

Question type: TF

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

7. Research suggests that higher levels of conflict in same-sex couples has less of an impact than conflict in a heterosexual couple because the same-sex couple has a “I got your back” mentality.

a. True

b. False

Answer location: Conflict and Difference, p. 100

Question type TF

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

8. Equality in same-sex relationships is more of a myth than a reality.

a. True

b. False

Answer location: Equality, p. 100

Question type: TF

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Essay

1. The coming out process is unique to sexual minorities. What are some of the issues that LGBQ people face? Discuss the challenges and the benefits of coming out.

2. In what ways are same-sex relationships similar to heterosexual relationships? How are they uniquely different? Where do you see differences, and how do you explain them?

3. A lesbian couple is trying to decide between pursuing alternative insemination and adoption as a means of becoming parents. What challenges might they encounter if they choose to inseminate? If they choose to adopt?

4. What are some of the factors that appear to impact the level of support that lesbian/gay-parent families receive from their families of origin?

a. Answers may include:

• The level of support that LGBQ-parent families receive may depend on whether the child is biologically related to the family of origin. Some research suggests that biological mothers’ families may be more involved in children’s lives than nonbiological mothers’ families (Patterson, Hurt, & Mason, 1998). Importantly, the establishment of legal ties has been found to foster greater investment and involvement by extended family members. Hequembourg and Farrell (1999) observed that when nonbiological lesbian mothers secured second-parent adoption rights (thereby legally validating their relationship with their children), their own parents often became more willing to acknowledge them as parents and to emotionally invest in their grandchildren.

Answer location: The Family Context, p. 107

Question type: ESS

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension