All families change over time. Some become more stable over the years, while others tend to go ...

All families change over time. Some become more stable over the years, while others tend to go downhill and lose the sense of support they give their children. A surprising finding of Gerson's study was that
 
  a. In families where there was a marital break-up, the sense of family support actually got better over time.
  b. In families where there the traditional form remained in place, the sense of family support actually worsened over time.
  c. The feeling of family support over time did not seem to matter if gthe family was divorced, stayed together, or consisted to dual-earners or single-earners.
  d. The feeling of family support was much stronger among families where both parents worked and earned a living.

Question 2

It has long been argued that it is best for the family to stay together for the good of the kids. How did the respondents in Gerson's study feel about this issue?
 
  a. Among those whose parents had broken up (or never married), a slight majority felt that they wished they had stayed together.
  b. A majority of the respondents whose parents did stay together wished that they had not.
  c. Even when divorced parents got back on their feet and were happy, about half of the respondents still felt negative about their parents split-up.
  d. These respondents practically unanimously felt that their parents did not have enough money to raise them in a style in which they were accustomed.

Question 3

Gerson claims that most of her respondents grew up at a time when they lived in nontraditional family forms before reaching the age of 18 . Which of the following is NOT a sign of one of these new nontraditional forms of family life, as discussed by Gerson?
 
  a. A large number of them grew up in a household where divorce or parental separation existed.
  b. Most of these respondents grew up in households where both parents had to earn a living to meet the economic demands of the family.
  c. Many of these respondents were only children, meaning that they had no siblings.
  d. Many of her respondents felt that, if their mother did not work outside the home, it would have been better if she did.

Question 4

Gerson refers to her respondents as children of the gender revolution.. What does she mean by this?
 
  a. They grew up at a time when new forms of family, other than the two-parent, two-child, white picket fence, and a dog, were beginning to take hold.
  b. They grew up at a time when new opportunities for women, unimaginable by their grandmothers, were cropping up.
  c. They grew up at a time of uncertain economics, insecure about what kind of jobs they would be able to get, and how much money they would be able to make.
  d. All of the above.

Question 5

Ronen acknowledges that her study might have limitations for generalizability because
 
  a. grinding only occurs in college settings and we do not know their applicability to older adults.
  b. she conducted her study at only one university, located in a particularly part of the United States, and was inhabited by fairly privileged students.
  c. grinding is a new phenomenon and we do not know how it represents the past or predicts the future.
  d. she was the same age as the students and could not see beyond any biases caused by the fact that she was so similar to the people she was studying.

Question 6

In order to avoid embarrassing instances where a woman would have to reject a man, women, instead,
 
  a. were very direct with the man and told him verbally that she was not interested.
  b. resorted to typical female roles, such as being submissive and deferent, so that the man would not lose face.
  c. showed that they had power in this interaction and acted strongly and boldly.
  d. would accept a man's advances for one dance just to avoid awkward situations.