Exam 3: Parents and Children in Varied Family Contexts

A) One of the most serious disadvantages of adolescent parenthood is a lower level of education.
B) Pregnancy has been cited as the most common reason among adolescent girls for failing to complete high school
C) Among teenage parents failing to complete high school is especially true for European American girls.
D) They tend to function less effectively in several realms in comparison to their peers.

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A) Most studies of stepfamily relationships and processes have focused on stepfathers' relationships with children.
B) Children in stepfamilies are at more risk for problems than are children in first-married families.
C) The differences between stepchildren and children living in first-marriage families are small.
D) Most stepchildren have emotional or behavioral problems and don't do well in school.

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A) Having nontraditional siblings living in the same household poses problems for children.
B) Biological children in blended families have poorer outcomes than those in traditional two-parent families.
C) A blended family includes two adults and the children from the former relationships of one or both parents as well as from the new partnership
D) Biological children in blended families have better outcomes than those in traditional two-parent families.

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A) frightened about becoming parents.
B) uncaring of their children.
C) uninvolved with their children.
D) financially independent of their parents.

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A) The development of a self-identity.
B) The need for peer acceptance.
C) Desiring relationships with romantic partners. .
D) All of the above

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A) Encouragement and social approval.
B) Struggles adapting to the parenting role.
C) Criticism from their own mothers' regarding their lifestyles.
D) Unmet expectations regarding the baby's father.

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A) Research findings have shown significant differences with heterosexual families experiencing more behavior problems and depression in children.
B) Research findings have shown significant differences with gay and lesbian families experiencing more behavior problems and depression in children.
C) This research has been overlooked by family scholars because gay and lesbian couples are seen as cohabitating rather than as a family.

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A) Be more informed about the demands of parenting than birth parents.
B) Have little preparation or support for coping with parenthood.
C) Have less father involvement in adoptive families in comparison to other nontraditional families.
D) Have difficulty developing healthy attachments with their adopted children.

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A) Affects their ability to parent
B) Affects the outcomes of their children.
C) Affects neither their ability to parent nor outcomes among their children.
D) Does not affect the level of support they receive from their own parents

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A) Parental abuse and neglect of children
B) Parental physical or mental illness
C) Parental substance abuse
D) Parental imprisonment

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A) Multiple socioeconomic resources and a permissive parenting style
B) Religiosity and an autocratic parenting style
C) Emotional stability and a genuine like for children

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A) authoritative
B) authoritarian
C) permissive
D) indulgent

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A) The father, his children from a previous marriage, and a stepmother.
B) The father, his children from a previous marriage, and a stepmother and her children from previous marriage.
C) The mother, her children from a previous marriage, and a stepfather.
D) The mother, her children from a previous marriage, and the children's grandparents.

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A) The relocation of either parent has a direct and immediate impact on the physical contact between children and their non-resident parent.
B) Most children of divorced parents are in the custody of their mothers.
C) Alterations in children's lives due to parental divorce are stressful, requiring considerable adjustment.
D) Children have better developmental outcomes in families where single parents use an authoritarian parenting pattern.

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A) Unexpected financial needs of the adopting parents making it difficult to pay the expenses of adoption.
B) Unexpected health needs of the child making it necessary for the State to reclaim the child.
C) Biological parents asking for their child back.
D) Traumas experienced earlier in life complicating the adopted child's adjustment.

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A) Persons who have stepped into the parental role to ensure that children have caring homes.
B) Neighborhood parents who watch out for their friends children on their way to and from school.
C) Caregivers who provide care in orphanages.
D) Extended family relatives who provide child care for working mothers.

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