The term __________ refers to that situation where two family members share an interest that is not shared by a third.
a. alliance
b. coalition
c. fused boundary
d. cohesion
Ques. 2All of the following are sources of gender socialization discussed by Aulette EXCEPT:
a. Adult models
b. Government policy implemented in schools
c. Cultural artifacts such as gender models in books and television
d. Peers
Ques. 3Which of the following statements is TRUE with respect to the relationship between children and marital satisfaction?
a. All marriages deteriorate as a result of spouses becoming parents.
b. In general, those couples who have a satisfying marriage after the birth of their child are those who had more positive relationships prior to the arrival of children.
c. There tends to be no relationship between the expectations partners bring to their parenting experience and marital satisfaction after children are born.
d. Sharing similar sex role orientations to their roles and responsibilities as spouse and parents appears to be unrelated to marital satisfaction.
Ques. 4Harvey's research using the large National Longitudinal Survey of Youth examined the impact of mothers' working during the first three years of their child's life.
The study found that the children of working mothers had __________ the children of nonworking mothers.
a. more behavioral problems than
b. had better cognitive development than
c. both more behavioral problems and better cognitive development than
d. no significant or lasting differences from
Ques. 5The families of ______________ youth have been described as holding high expectations, isolated, preoccupied with maintaining the appearance of a conflict-free home environment, vacillating between extremes of over-involvement and abandonment, and
using triangulation to avoid conflicts.
a. drug-addicted
b. thought-disordered
c. anorectic
d. runaway
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