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Questions

1. Young adults in industrialized societies who go to college typically:

A. Receive considerable monetary help from their parents.

B. Receive little monetary help from their parents.

C. Support themselves without depending on financial aid from their parents.

D. Reject financial assistance from their parents and apply for other sources of financial aid.

2. In developing parental distancing, it is:

A. Necessary that the son or daughter move as far from the parents as possible.

B. Characterized by a complete emotional void between parent and adult child.

C. Easier for the adult child than for the parents to emotionally let go.

D. A challenge that requires an emotional emancipation while remaining engaged.

3. According to Family Systems Theory, the changes that require adjustment of expectations, roles, and behaviors of family members include:

A. The arrival or departure of any family member.

B. The experience of a family crisis.

C. The ongoing developmental changes of family members.

D. All of the above.

4. Young parents who have egalitarian relationships experience less disappointment and stress with the arrival of their first child because:

A. They have more income that allows them to hire outside help for assisting with household chores and child care.

B. They are able to work out a collaborative approach for caring for their infant and taking care of household responsibilities.

C. Their parents are willing to come over and help with the housework.

D. They have spent so much time planning and preparing for the birth of the child that they are not concerned with household tasks.

5. Studies have shown that the later-life divorce of parents is associated with:

A. Improved relationship quality between older parents and their adult children.

B. Greater strain in the older parent-adult child relationship.

C. An increase in contact between older parents and their adult children.

D. No difference in relationship quality between older parents and their adult children.

6. Which of the following is NOT true of the functions of grandparents?

A. Grandparents make little contribution to the lives of their grandchildren.

B. One of the most important types of support provided by grandparents is that they help their families by just being there.

C. One of the important roles served by grandparents is that of family historian.

D. Grandparents fulfill the role of crisis managers in the family.

7. Which of the following is NOT one of the characteristics of parents that influence whether they will be cared for by their children?

A. Their marital status

B. The number of children they have

C. Their personality

D. Their level of education

8. Which of the following does NOT describe kinkeepers of an extended family?

A. They are typically older men.

B. They are typically middle-aged or older women.

C. They gather the family together for celebrations and keep family members in touch with each other.

D. They provide social anchorage for family members.

9. Within the United States, _____________ middle-aged parents are more likely to have their parents living with them in comparison to European American middle-aged parents.

A. African American

B. Latino American

C. Asian American

D. All of the above

10. Death of an aging parent changes the communication patterns in families. Frequently:

A. Adult siblings become closer to help ease each other's loss.

B. Siblings will initially rally together but then begin to separate as old childhood power struggles begin to resurface.

C. The family works together to maintain contact.

D. The grandchildren step forward with keeping family members in contact with each other.

11.The paradox of emotions experienced by parents of children with exceptionalities includes:

A. Learning to manage internal opposing forces between loving the child as he or she is and wanting to erase the disability.

B. Dealing with the child's incurability while pursing solutions.

C. Maintaining hopefulness for their child's future while being given negative messages and battling their own fears.

D. All of the above

12. Which of the following in NOT one of the guidelines for the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)?

A. Appropriate education

B. Appropriate evaluation

C. Procedural due process

D. Uniform practice from state to state

13. Professionals who work with parents who have children with exceptionalities can best serve them by:

A. Teaching parents how to understand the needs of the child, services that may be available, and how to advocate for their child's needs.

B. Facilitating workshops on the legal aspects of IDEA.

C. Advocating on behalf of the parent in an IEP meeting.

D. Advocating on behalf of classroom teachers for resolving difficulties between teachers and parents.

14. Which of the following is NOT true of the characteristics of children with autism?

A. The inability to relate to other people in an ordinary manner

B. Abnormal affect

C. Flexibility to environmental change

D. Inappropriate play

15. It is recommended that parents of a child who is gifted:

A. See the exceptionality before the child.

B. Provide the educational enrichment that their child requires.

C. Treat their child who is gifted differently than the other children in the family.

D. All of the above.

16. For parents who are caring for a child who is chronically ill, which of the following is NOT true?

A. For a parent who is caring for a sick child, the caregiver role tends to compromise the parent's ability to function in other roles, including the role of parent to the other children in the family.

B. The stress of a child's chronic illness does not alter the relationships parents have with the child who is ill or with their other children.

C. As a result of having a member with a chronic illness, other family members might develop special needs and require specialized care and/or family therapy.

D. One alteration in the family that occurs when a child is chronically ill is that parents (especially mothers) tend to modify the family environment to better accommodate the child who is ill.

17. The experience of having been abused as a child can be countered in adulthood through:

A. Intervention services to decrease the vulnerability and depression often associated with child abuse.

B. Court protection orders that remove children who are at risk of being abused by a parent who was abused as a child.

C. Shock therapy, which can interfere with the disabling pattern of thinking associated with abuse.

D. Avoidance of having children.

18. Mothers with addiction problems often are caught in a double bind that makes recovery difficult. What is the bind?

A. They are often victims of family violence and find it difficult to leave their partner/spouse.

B. Insurance does not cover women's in-patient treatment so they cannot get the care they need.

C. In-patient treatment does not allow mothers to bring their children with them, and the feelings of inadequacy with being a parent interfere with their ability to focus on recovery.

D. There are no programs to help women recover from alcohol or substance abuse since it is impractical to remove a mother from her children.

19. Which of the following is NOT helpful to children who have lost a family member through death?

A. Acknowledging the grief children feel

B. Supporting children's expressions of their grief (anger, crying, bewilderment, etc.)

C. Letting the child take the lead as to when, how long, and how much is discussed

D. Encouraging children to "put it out of their minds"