Family Studies Exam 3

Integrate family and work roles.

Which of the following is NOT one of the strategies suggested by practitioners for sucessfully juggling competing demands in dual-earner familes?

foster child.

A child who is placed by a government agency or a court in the care of someone other than his or her parents is called a

the glass ceiling.

A collection of attitudinal and organizational biases in the workplace that prevent women from advancing to leadership positions called

increase the chance of multiple births.

A drawback to the use of fertility drugs is that they

realistic role expectations

Four factors contribute to parents' role strain. Which of the following is NOT one of these?

You can tell in infancy how bright a child is likely to be later on.

Which of the following is a myth about child development?

crying is the most powerful way a baby can get attention.

According to the text's discussion of parenting infants and babies,

Most adolescents manage to reach adulthood without major problems.

According to the text, which of the following statements about the outcomes for teenagers is accurate?

Much of the gender gap is the result of sex discrimination in hiring, promotion, and pay, bias against mothers, and occupational segregation.

According to the text, which of the following statements concerning the gender pay gap is true?

Erikson

According to which theorist to which theorist do people pass through a series in their lifetime according to how well the "crises" presented at each stage?

authoritative

Although there are exceptions, a number of studies show that healthy child development is most likely to occur in _______ family settings.

poverty line.

The minimal level of income that the federal government considers necessary for individual's and families' basic subsistence is called the

wealth.

The money and economic assets that a person or family owns is called

foster home.

The most common out-of-home placement, in which parents raise children who are not their own is a(n)

fertility rate.

The number of live children born per year per 1,000 women ages 15-44 is called

infant mortality rate.

The number or babies under one year of age who die per 1,000 live births in a given year is called the

The number of stay-at-home dads increases when the economy is strong and women can find work.

Which of the following is not an accurate statement concerning stay-at-home dads?

A well-run day care center has positive effects on children's social and cognitive development.

Which of the following is true about child care?

Parents and babies socialize each other.

Which of the following is true about parenting?

all of the above

Which of the following may lower sperm counts?

Piaget

Which theorist traces childhood development through the sensorimotor stage, preoperational stage, concrete operational stage, and formal operational stage?

their real median household income has declined.

The middle class has been experiencing a "squeeze" because

flex-time.

A practice that allows workers to change their daily arrival and departure time is called

surrogate.

A women who agrees to carry a pregnancy for another woman using either her own egg or the infertile woman's egg with or without a fee is called a(n)

responsiveness

According to Diana Baumrind, parenting styles can vary on two dimensions. The __________ dimension refers to the amount of affection, acceptance, warmth, and caring that a parent provides to a child.

Middle- SES fathers feel that they show their commitment to parenthood by working fewer hours so they can spend more time with their kids.

According to the text's discussion of middle-SES families, which of the following statements is FALSE?

most unwed mothers keep their babies.

At one time, 80 percent of U.S. babies born out of wedlock were given up for adoption. This rate has dropped to about 2 or 3 percent because today

in the second trimester

At what point in the pregnancy does the woman start to feel the fetus move?

violate their right to privacy, especially when the birth resulted from a rape or a violent relationship.

By late 2006, 23 states provided open access to adoption records. Some birth mothers feel that such laws

dual-earner couples.

Couples where both partners work outside the home are called

breadwinner father.

Dan and Andrea are married with two kids. Although they both work fulltime, Dan views himself as the primary earner. He views fatherhood mainly as an economic responsibility and prefers that Andrea take care of home and children. Dan is an example of a

trailing spouse.

Heather and Eric were both working in Phoenix when Eric accepted a job in San Diego. Heather gave up her job in Phoenix and looked for a job in San Diego as well. Someone in Heather's position is called a

empty nest

In the 1960s and 1970s, sociologists described a stage in child rearing when parents, typically in their 50s, find themselves alone at home after their children have married, gone to college, or found jobs and moved out. This stage was referred to as the "__________."

plannners

Jane and John actively discussed having children and jointly decided to conceive a child. They are an example of what type of couple?

involved father.

Kevin feels that to be a good father, he should engage in daily tasks of child rearing, such as feeding his children breakfast before they go to school, making dinner at night, helping the kids to clean their rooms, and reading to them at bedtime. He is an example of a(n)

wrong, because if someone says "stop it" and the perpetrator doesn't stop, it is sexual harassment.

Many people claim that there is a fine line between sexual harassment and flirting or simply giving a compliment. This argument is

helicopter parents.

Parents who hover over their kids, micromanaging every aspect of their lives, are known as

trimesters.

Pregnancy is broken into three, three-month periods called

steadily decreased.

Since 1980, the abortion rate has

mothers are more likely to restrict their work house or rearrange their schedules.

Studies of two-income parents have found that

cesarean section.

Surgical removal of the baby from the womb through the abdominal wall is called a(n)

12 weeks

The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) allows eligible workers of employers with 50 or more employees to take up to __________ of unpaid, job-protected annual leave, with the continuation of health benefits, following the birth or adoption of a child, to care for a seriously ill family member, or to recover from their own serious illnesses.

conflict.

The frustrations and uncertainties a person experiences when the expectations of two or more roles are incompatible is called role

single men.

The majority of the homeless are

open adoption.

The practice of sharing information and maintaining contact between biological and adoptive parents both during the adoption process and during the child's life is called

offshoring.

The sending of work or jobs to another country to cut a company's costs at home is called

underemployed worker

The term for workers who have part-time jobs but would rather be working full time, as well as those who have jobs below their experience, skill, and educational levels, is

absolute and relative.

The text points that there are two ways to define poverty:

lack of education

Whcih of the following is NOT a reason why women work outside the home?

African American and Latino children

Which children are disproportionately likely to be poor?

all of the above

Which of the following can cause a baby to be born unhealthy?

a lack of affordable housing and a surge in unemployment

Which of the following has led to the rise in homelessness?

greater opportunities in higher education for men

Which of the following is NOT a factor that has led to a decrease in fertility rates?

staying home for their children.

Which of the following is NOT a reason for the growing number of women and children who are poor?

Allow temper tantrums to run their course.

Which of the following is NOT one of the building blocks of discipline for parents?

Physical punishment retards intellectual development.

Which of the following is NOT one of the reasons researchers have offered for recommending against the spanking of children?

ambivalent

Which type of couple has mixed feelings before and after conception and even well into the pregnancy? They may decide to have the baby because one partner feels strongly about having a child and the other complies.

an authoritarian parent

Which type of parent would be likely to say, "You cannot go to the dance because I said so?"

In vitro fertilization

______ involves surgically removing eggs from woman's ovaries, fertilizing them in a petri dish with sperm, and then transferring the embryos into the woman's uterus.

postpartum depression

___________________ is a serious illness that can occur up to a year after childbirth. Women who experience this feel sad, hopeless, and worthless, and have trouble caring for the baby.