Chapter 11 part 2 Flashcards
Why do traditional gender roles work against stepfamilies?
a. Stepmothers are expected to be cruel.
b. Traditional gender roles include the nonresident parent in the family.
c. Traditional gender roles often do not fit the family reality.
d. Children may face the loss of accustomed roles.
Traditional gender roles often do not fit the family reality.
How does the stepparent often act in successful reconstituted families?
a. as a stern disciplinarian to the children
b. as an adult friend to the children
c. as a substitute parent to the children
d. as a source of treats to the children
as an adult friend to the children
After two years, Yana and Marec have finally worked out comfortable relationships with each other’s children and are happy with visiting arrangements. What is likely to happen in the years to come?
a. They will have to work hard to keep these arrangements from changing.
b. They will need to resolve role ambiguities.
c. They will need to make adjustments as circumstances change.
d. They must be vigilant so that family boundaries won’t become permeable.
They will need to make adjustments as circumstances change.
What does a remarried couple need to do in addition to tasks faced by first-marriage families?
a. be more romantic so as to avoid conflict
b. keep relationships with their children and ex-spouse the same
c. cut off contact with former in-laws
d. adjust the relationship with their children and ex-spouse
adjust the relationship with their children and ex-spouse
Which of the following is a difference between the relationships of first-marriage and second-marriage couples?
a. Couples in second marriages are more romantic than those in first marriages.
b. Couples in first marriages are more honest about difficulties in the marriage than those in second marriages.
c. Couples in second marriages are more sensitive to conflict than couples in first marriages.
d. Couples in first marriages have less defined roles than couples in second marriages.
Couples in second marriages are more sensitive to conflict than couples in first marriages.
Remarried couples may be especially sensitive to conflict. According to the text, what is a healthy response?
a. conceal differences behind a shield of apparent agreement
b. have greater awareness of the feelings of the new spouse
c. avoid situations which may result in conflict
d. acknowledge conflict is a normal part of all relationships
have greater awareness of the feelings of the new spouse
Joel is divorced and has two children from his ex-wife. Which of the following likely describes the role of Joel’s ex-wife now that Joel has remarried?
a. She can affect the new marriage because she is the mother of Joel’s children.
b. She cannot affect the new marriage because Joel is still very angry at her.
c. She can cause problems in the new marriage by gossiping with Joel’s new wife.
d. She has no more influence over Joel and cannot affect the new marriage.
She can affect the new marriage because she is the mother of Joel’s children.
Following their adult child’s divorce, in which circumstances are grandparents least likely to lose contact with grandchildren?
a. they have mixed in to their son’s marital disputes
b. their daughter has primary custody of her children
c. their ex-daughter-in-law has custody of the children
d. they threaten to take the custodial parent to court
their daughter has primary custody of her children
What is the most common difficulty between spouses in a second marriage?
a. conflict over children
b. conflict over finances
c. jealousy over the previous spouse
d. negotiating new roles around the home
conflict over children
Which of the following is likely to happen if a second marriage does not dissolve quickly?
a. It will be more stable than a first marriage.
b. It will be as stable as any first marriage.
c. The couple will face serious difficulties within five years.
d. It will be an exceptionally happy marriage.
It will be as stable as any first marriage.
Following her divorce, Susanna has been very disorganized and withdrawn. In order to keep the family functioning, her daughter has taken over an unusual level of responsibility for the care of a younger brother. What has the daughter become?
a. a parentified child
b. a bossy sibling
c. a mother’s helper
d. a babysitter
a parentified child
Sometimes a daughter becomes the confidante of her divorced mother. When the mother remarries, which of the following is the daughter’s least likely response?
a. feeling a sense of loss and resentment over giving up the role of confidante
b. becoming more demanding with acting-out behaviour
c. feeling a sense of relief that someone else is responsible for her mother
d. becoming depressed, withdrawn, and uncommunicative
feeling a sense of relief that someone else is responsible for her mother
Following his parents’ divorce, Brendan lives with one parent and often sees the other. In which circumstances is frequent contact such as Brendan experiences most likely?
a. when the nonresidential parent has remarried
b. when the residential parent is unfriendly toward the ex-spouse
c. when the nonresidential parent is the mother
d. when the nonresidential parent has relatively low education and income
when the nonresidential parent is the mother
Which of the following problems do nonresidential parents often face?
a. They are cut off from the daily life of their children.
b. They are seen as a source of social and fun activities.
c. They have little or no contact with their children.
d. Their ex-spouse expects too much childcare from them.
They are cut off from the daily life of their children.
What is one task a stepparent needs to accomplish in order to be successful?
a. taking over discipline to relieve the spouse of a heavy responsibility
b. developing an appropriately affectionate relationship with the stepchild
c. keeping all family members happy with the new relationship
d. remaining detached from the child so as to avoid conflict
developing an appropriately affectionate relationship with the stepchild
