Chapter 12: Race, Ethnicity, and Family Stress

Test Bank

Multiple Choice

1. What term refers to categories assigned to individuals based on shared phenotypic characteristics?

A. ethnicity

B. race

C. culture

D. family

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Introduction

Difficulty Level: Easy

2. Of the theoretical models listed below, which best captures the contextualized stressful experiences facing racially and ethnically diverse families?

A. the ABC-X model

B. the Double ABC-X model

C. the sociocultural family stress model

D. the race, ethnicity, and family stress model

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: ABC-X Model

Difficulty Level: Medium

3. Through ______, children are responsible for their parents’ physical and emotional well-being by respecting, honoring, and caring for their parents in order to repay parents’ love, devotion, and sacrifice.

A. nae ri sa rang

B. ga jung kyo

C. yin and yang

D. filial piety

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: SFS Model

Difficulty Level: Easy

4. Yuning, an Asian American, is often asked “where are you from?” followed by “where are you really from?” What major stereotype about Asian American families does this illustrate?

A. the perpetual foreigner stereotype

B. the model minority stereotype

C. the criminal foreigner stereotypes

D. the dishonest minority stereotype

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Case 1: Parenting Expectations and Practices Against the Perpetual Foreigner Stereotype

Difficulty Level: Hard

5. What does Confucian family ideology emphasize?

A. the importance of shared culture

B. obligation between parents and children

C. conformity to family norms

D. Children should not be physically disciplined.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Family Obligations and Parenting Expectations

Difficulty Level: Medium

6. The fundamental trigger of Asian American youths’ maladjustment stems from ______.

A. strict parenting

B. lack of language proficiency

C. persistent stereotypes

D. the generation gap

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Technology and Transnationalism

Difficulty Level: Medium

7. What is a drawback of excessive racial socialization in Asian American families?

A. failure to acculturate

B. an increase in interracial relationships

C. rejection of core cultural values

D. exaggerated mistrust of the mainstream society

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Technology and Transnationalism

Difficulty Level: Medium

8. What do Filipino families emphasize as part of normative parental roles and expectations?

A. discipline

B. individuality

C. parental sacrifices

D. Confucian family ideology

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Family Obligations and Parenting Expectations

Difficulty Level: Medium

9. The strong parent–child commitment to mutually obligatory relationships in many Asian American families can ______.

A. increase racial discrimination

B. increase self-reported maladjustment among children

C. reduce interaction with non-Asian American families

D. promote academic success

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Family Obligations and Parenting Expectations

Difficulty Level: Medium

10. Where does the perpetual foreigner stereotype, frequently applied to those of Asian descent living in the United States, fit into the ABC-X model?

A. the “A”

B. the “B”

C. the “C”

D. the “X”

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Case 1: Parenting Expectations and Practices Against the Perpetual Foreigner Stereotype

Difficulty Level: Hard

11. The strong commitment to family that many Asian American families maintain is an example of ______ in the ABC-X model.

A. A

B. B

C. C

D. X

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Case 1: Parenting Expectations and Practices Against the Perpetual Foreigner Stereotype

Difficulty Level: Hard

12. Some Asian American parents believe that strict removal of themselves from the educational authorities (e.g., teachers, schools) shows their ______.

A. respect for educational authorities

B. disdain for Western culture

C. acculturation to Western values

D. Confucian family ideology

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Case 2: Parental Involvement in Education Against the Model Minority Myth

Difficulty Level: Hard

13. What effect does the model minority myth have on many Asian Americans?

A. They feel pressure to live up to unrealistic expectations.

B. They withdraw from Western institutions.

C. They are unable to accept social safety net programs.

D. They reject the stereotype, becoming more likely to fail.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Case 2: Parental Involvement in Education Against the Model Minority Myth

Difficulty Level: Medium

14. Discrimination that favors light-skinned members of a group over dark-skinned members of a group is called ______.

A. discrimination

B. racism

C. colorism

D. familism

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Case 1: The Family With Children of Different “Races”

Difficulty Level: Easy

15. Which theoretical model explicitly demonstrates how skin tone differences within groups produce variation in lived experiences and family processes?

A. the ABC-X model

B. the Double ABC-X model

C. the sociocultural family stress model

D. the race, ethnicity, and family stress model

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Case 1: The Family With Children of Different “Races”

Difficulty Level: Medium

16. Why are some transnational families referred to as “virtual migrant families?”

A. because family friends are considered the same as family

B. because geographically distant family members communicate via the internet

C. because so many migrant families travel across the border with their family

D. because these types of families tend to be much larger than nonmigrant families

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Case 2: ¿Y Mami? Transnational Families

Difficulty Level: Medium

17. ______ families refer to families that live in separate countries.

A. Cosmopolitan

B. Global

C. Cross-border

D. Transnational

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Case 2: ¿Y Mami? Transnational Families

Difficulty Level: Easy

18. Among African American families, a total of ______ of children under the age of 18 live in a home with a single parent.

A. 36%

B. 64%

C. 52%

D. 25%

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Case 1: The Single-Mother Experience With an Infant

Difficulty Level: Easy

19. Among African American mothers, ______ is the primary type of support received from extended family members.

A. loans

B. childcare

C. emotional support

D. educational support

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Case 1: The Single-Mother Experience With an Infant

Difficulty Level: Easy

20. Which of the following is an example of instrumental support a single mother might receive from her extended family?

A. problem-solving

B. giving advice

C. emotional support

D. paying for a babysitter

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Case 1: The Single-Mother Experience With an Infant

Difficulty Level: Hard

21. Poverty and the social conditions experienced by African American families may result from ______ stressors such as institutional racism.

A. microlevel

B. transnational

C. unique

D. macro-level

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Case 1: The Single-Mother Experience With an Infant

Difficulty Level: Medium

22. All families engage with law enforcement in America at some point, but there’s a unique history about these interactions that produces chronic stress for African Americans. When considering an African American family, which component of the ABC-X model is interacting with a law enforcement agent or the future possibility of interacting with such agents?

A. the “A” component

B. the “B” component

C. the “C” component

D. the “X” component

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Case 1: The Single-Mother Experience With an Infant

Difficulty Level: Hard

23. Which of the following is an example of mundane everyday environmental stress?

A. parenting

B. acute stressors

C. race-based microaggressions

D. transnationalism

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: SFS Model

Difficulty Level: Hard

24. The ______ explicitly describes Asian Americans as high-achieving. In the process, it obscures subgroup differences, cultural histories, and networks. This, in turn, further marginalizes underrepresented Asian Americans who may require public or governmental support.

A. idealized Asian stereotype

B. the model minority myth

C. the monolithic minority narrative

D. Asian achievement trope

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Case 2: Parental Involvement in Education Against the Model Minority Myth

Difficulty Level: Medium

25. What part of the ABC-X model is reflected in a Latinx family’s perception of race when experiencing colorism within the family and from those outside the family?

A. the “A” component

B. the “B” component

C. the “C” component

D. the “X” component

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: Case 1: The Family With Children of Different “Races”

Difficulty Level: Hard

True/False

1. Ethnicity refers to categories assigned to individuals based on shared phenotypic characteristics.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Introduction

Difficulty Level: Easy

2. People that share a race can identify as different ethnicities.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Introduction

Difficulty Level: Medium

3. Specific examples of family stress among families of color can include the intersection of multiple identities that, when combined, produce unique stressors.

Cognitive Domain: Application

Answer Location: SFS Model

Difficulty Level: Hard

4. Authoritarian parenting means the same thing in Asian American families and European American families.

Cognitive Domain: Comprehension

Answer Location: Stress in Asian American Families

Difficulty Level: Medium

5. Almost 35% of children under the age of 18 live in single-parent homes in the United States.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Case 1: The Single-Mother Experience With an Infant

Difficulty Level: Easy

6. The majority of African American children in single-parent households live with their single father.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Case 1: The Single-Mother Experience With an Infant

Difficulty Level: Easy

7. Black Americans are disproportionately more likely to be killed by police than White people, regardless of the race of the police officer.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Case 2: Differential Approach to Interactions With Law Enforcement

Difficulty Level: Easy

8. Green books were guidebooks that highlighted safe locations to drive or be as a Black person in America.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Case 2: Differential Approach to Interactions With Law Enforcement

Difficulty Level: Easy

9. Families are solely responsible for the stress they experience and how they respond to the stressors.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Conclusion

Difficulty Level: Easy

10. The perpetual foreigner stereotype refers to the default expectation of non-Asian Americans to assume that Asian Americans were not born in the United States, even if their families have resided in the United States over multiple generations.

Cognitive Domain: Knowledge

Answer Location: Case 1: Parenting Expectations and Practices Against the Perpetual Foreigner Stereotype

Difficulty Level: Easy

Essay

1. Compare and contrast the ABC-X model and SFS model.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: SFS Model

Difficulty Level: Medium

2. Explain the role of the perpetual foreigner stereotype as a trigger of Asian American youths’ maladjustment.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Stress in Asian American Families

Difficulty Level: Medium

3. Explain how the myth of the model minority creates a unique stressor for the Asian American community.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Stress in Asian American Families

Difficulty Level: Medium

4. What is colorism and how does the SFS model contextualize the role it plays in creating stress for Latinx families?

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Case 1: The Family With Children of Different “Races”

Difficulty Level: Medium

5. Outline how race and ethnic differences serve as moderating factors when considering how African American families respond to the stress of interactions with law enforcement.

Cognitive Domain: Analysis

Answer Location: Case 2: Differential Approach to Interactions With Law Enforcement

Difficulty Level: Medium