The majority of older adults describe their relationship with their adult children as __________, ...

The majority of older adults describe their relationship with their adult children as __________, and most adult children describe their relationship with their elderly parents as __________.
 
  A) close; distant
  B) distant; distant
  C) close; close
  D) distant; close

Question 2

Intimacy at a distance reflects older adults' preference to
 
  A) see their grandchildren only on rare occasions.
  B) live near their adult children but not with them.
  C) be in a committed romantic relationship while maintaining separate living quarters.
  D) interact with friends via e-mail instead of face-to-face.

Question 3

Which of the following statements is true and therefore shows the alienation myth to be just that, a myth?
 
  A) Older adults today are more likely to have grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
  B) Larger numbers of older adults lived in multigenerational households in past eras.
  C) Older adults today are not likely to have frequent contact with their adult children.
  D) Most older adults prefer to live with their children, but the children prefer they live elsewhere.

Question 4

The alienation myth states that older adults today are
 
  A) more likely to get divorced.
  B) less likely to have friends.
  C) more likely to have their own peer culture.
  D) less likely to live with their children and grandchildren.

Question 5

The Smith family now has a bean-pole structure that it did not have a few decades ago. Knowing that, you can predict that which of the following is true?
 
  A) Smith family relationships tend to last less time these days than they did in earlier times.
  B) The Smith family is more diverse now than it was in earlier times.
  C) There are fewer older members in the Smith family today than there were in earlier times.
  D) There are more siblings to share in the care of the older generation than there were in earlier times.