__________ involves intense and intentional negative thoughts about a person and can be manifested in a number of ways.
(a) Contempt
(b) Criticism
(c) Defensiveness
(d) Stonewalling
Ques. 2In marital conflict, __________ involves attacking one's partner's personality or character rather than complaining about a specific behavior.
(a) contempt
(b) criticism
(c) defensiveness
(d) stonewalling
Ques. 3In her book Sex and Temperament in Three Primitive Societies, Margaret Mead argued which of the following?
A. If males and females were truly equal, there should be an equal number of societies ruled by women as by men.
B. If males and females are not meant to be considered different' in a culture, there should be no gendered division of labor in primitive societies.
C. If the differences between males and females are biologically determined, then male and female roles should be the same in all societies.
D. None of these.
Ques. 4The phenomenon of fathers taking on the friend role following divorce is so common that some have labeled noncustodial fathers as
A) Perfect Pals.
B) Perfect Pops.
C) Disneyland Dads.
D) Fathers-as-Friends.
Ques. 5When adults remarry, they inherit new responsibilities and obligations which may cause added strain.
________ is common in stepfamilies, as stepfathers and stepmothers alike may be under a court order to pay child and/or spousal support to their former families.
A) Disciplinary strain
B) Financial strain
C) Strain caused by bonding issues
D) Strain caused by new parenting roles
Ques. 6__________ is not a reason for low college attendance/poor academic preparation of Mexican American youth.
a) low parental support
b) attending low-achieving schools
c) lack of information
d) low standardized test scores
Ques. 7The term _____ refers to a group of people who are classified according to their phenotype.
A. race
B. ethnicity
C. culture
D. status group
Ques. 8Suppose you are a researcher who is classifying marriages for a research project. You come across the Hus. Edward Hu is Japanese American. His wife, Hsia, is Korean American. How would you classify their marriage?
A. not interracial, but interethnic
B. both interracial and interethnic
C. neither interracial nor interethnic
D. none of these
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