Psych 2450 - Chapter 16 Questions And
Answers
What is the term for the process by which children acquire the beliefs, values, and behaviours
that are condoned within their society?
a. social actualization
b. social intensification
c. social identification
d. socialization - ANS d. socialization
Which description best characterizes the systems approach to understanding family
relationships?
a. Only direct parent-child relationships within the family are important.
b. Every person and relationship within the family affects every other person and relationship
within the system.
c. Sibling relationships within the family affect children's relationships outside the family system.
d. Parent-child relationships within the family affect children's relationships outside the family
system. - ANS b. Every person and relationship within the family affects every other person
and relationship within the system.
Which of the following theorists' research is most compatible with the family system approach?
a. Piaget
b. Freud
c. Vygotsky
d. Bronfenbrenner - ANS d. Bronfenbrenner
The principle that families are embedded within larger cultural contexts supports which theorist's
perspective?
a. Piaget
b. Skinner
c. Freud
d. Bronfenbrenner - ANS d. Bronfenbrenner
Which of the following best captures the definition of a traditional nuclear family?
a. The family consists of a married mother and father and at least one child.
b. The family consists of a group of blood relatives who live together in the same household.
c. The family consists of a married couple but only one child.
,d. The family consists of a group of people who are unrelated and who live together in the same
household. - ANS a. The family consists of a married mother and father and at least one
child.
Marlene and Quentin are married to each other. They live in a home with their two children,
Stephanie and Ronald. This family structure exemplifies which type of family?
a. extended
b. nuclear
c. subsystematic
d. blended - ANS b. nuclear
How is an extended family unit defined?
a. Some of the individuals are blood relatives, and some individuals are step-relatives.
b. The individuals are a mother, a father, and at least two dependent children.
c. The individuals are blood relatives from more than one nuclear family who live together in the
same household.
d. Some of the individuals are unrelated through family, but live together in the same household.
- ANS c. The individuals are blood relatives from more than one nuclear family who live
together in the same household.
What is the term for a family system in which a group of blood relatives from more than one
nuclear family live together in the same household?
a. a traditional nuclear family
b. a nontraditional dynamic family
c. a blended family
d. an extended family - ANS d. an extended family
Rachelle lived with her mother and her father in their own house until her father was killed in a
car accident. Now Rachelle lives with her mother, her maternal grandparents, and one of her
uncles. In this example, how did Rachelle's family system change?
a. from a traditional nuclear family to an extended family
b. from a blended family to a single-parent family
c. from a traditional nuclear family to a blended family
d. from an extended family to a single-parent family - ANS a. from a traditional nuclear
family to an extended family
In which of the following cultures is sharing child care duties among members of an extended
family most common?
a. individualistic
b. collectivist
c. Western modern
d. permissive - ANS b. collectivist
, In comparing families today with those of 50 years ago, which of the following statements is the
most accurate?
a. Adults are having more children due to increased resources.
b. Adults are marrying at earlier and earlier ages.
c. Fewer married adults live in poverty.
d. More adults are deciding not to marry at all. - ANS d. More adults are deciding not to
marry at all.
How has the average age of first marriage in Canada changed over the last 100 years?
a. It has steadily increased.
b. It has recently risen, after initially decreasing.
c. It has steadily decreased.
d. It has recently decreased, after initially rising. - ANS b. It has recently risen, after initially
decreasing.
Which of the following best summarizes the recent Canadian statistics regarding childbearing
among married couples?
a. They have children immediately once they are married, but have fewer children.
b. They postpone childbearing but then have multiple children, closely spaced together in age.
c. They postpone childbearing and opt for a small number of children.
d. They have children immediately once they are married, and have multiple children, closely
spaced in age. - ANS c. They postpone childbearing and opt for a small number of
children.
Which statement best characterizes the divorce rate following the 1986 amendment to the
Canadian Divorce Act?
a. a significant decrease in the divorce rate, followed by a slow rise at present
b. an increase by nearly a factor of 7 over the past 50 years
c. a steady, slow decrease over the past 50 years
d. a sudden one-year increase in the divorce rate, followed by a substantial decline - ANS
d. a sudden one-year increase in the divorce rate, followed by a substantial decline
What percentage of Canadian families are headed by a single parent?
a. 20 percent
b. 30 percent
c. 40 percent
d. 50 percent - ANS a. 20 percent
Which statement best describes the trend for the percentage of Canadian single-parent families
that are headed by the father?
a. It has remained constant over the past 20 years at 38 percent.
b. It has increased between 1994 and 2004 by 38 percent.
c. It has decreased over the past 15 years by 16 percent.
Answers
What is the term for the process by which children acquire the beliefs, values, and behaviours
that are condoned within their society?
a. social actualization
b. social intensification
c. social identification
d. socialization - ANS d. socialization
Which description best characterizes the systems approach to understanding family
relationships?
a. Only direct parent-child relationships within the family are important.
b. Every person and relationship within the family affects every other person and relationship
within the system.
c. Sibling relationships within the family affect children's relationships outside the family system.
d. Parent-child relationships within the family affect children's relationships outside the family
system. - ANS b. Every person and relationship within the family affects every other person
and relationship within the system.
Which of the following theorists' research is most compatible with the family system approach?
a. Piaget
b. Freud
c. Vygotsky
d. Bronfenbrenner - ANS d. Bronfenbrenner
The principle that families are embedded within larger cultural contexts supports which theorist's
perspective?
a. Piaget
b. Skinner
c. Freud
d. Bronfenbrenner - ANS d. Bronfenbrenner
Which of the following best captures the definition of a traditional nuclear family?
a. The family consists of a married mother and father and at least one child.
b. The family consists of a group of blood relatives who live together in the same household.
c. The family consists of a married couple but only one child.
,d. The family consists of a group of people who are unrelated and who live together in the same
household. - ANS a. The family consists of a married mother and father and at least one
child.
Marlene and Quentin are married to each other. They live in a home with their two children,
Stephanie and Ronald. This family structure exemplifies which type of family?
a. extended
b. nuclear
c. subsystematic
d. blended - ANS b. nuclear
How is an extended family unit defined?
a. Some of the individuals are blood relatives, and some individuals are step-relatives.
b. The individuals are a mother, a father, and at least two dependent children.
c. The individuals are blood relatives from more than one nuclear family who live together in the
same household.
d. Some of the individuals are unrelated through family, but live together in the same household.
- ANS c. The individuals are blood relatives from more than one nuclear family who live
together in the same household.
What is the term for a family system in which a group of blood relatives from more than one
nuclear family live together in the same household?
a. a traditional nuclear family
b. a nontraditional dynamic family
c. a blended family
d. an extended family - ANS d. an extended family
Rachelle lived with her mother and her father in their own house until her father was killed in a
car accident. Now Rachelle lives with her mother, her maternal grandparents, and one of her
uncles. In this example, how did Rachelle's family system change?
a. from a traditional nuclear family to an extended family
b. from a blended family to a single-parent family
c. from a traditional nuclear family to a blended family
d. from an extended family to a single-parent family - ANS a. from a traditional nuclear
family to an extended family
In which of the following cultures is sharing child care duties among members of an extended
family most common?
a. individualistic
b. collectivist
c. Western modern
d. permissive - ANS b. collectivist
, In comparing families today with those of 50 years ago, which of the following statements is the
most accurate?
a. Adults are having more children due to increased resources.
b. Adults are marrying at earlier and earlier ages.
c. Fewer married adults live in poverty.
d. More adults are deciding not to marry at all. - ANS d. More adults are deciding not to
marry at all.
How has the average age of first marriage in Canada changed over the last 100 years?
a. It has steadily increased.
b. It has recently risen, after initially decreasing.
c. It has steadily decreased.
d. It has recently decreased, after initially rising. - ANS b. It has recently risen, after initially
decreasing.
Which of the following best summarizes the recent Canadian statistics regarding childbearing
among married couples?
a. They have children immediately once they are married, but have fewer children.
b. They postpone childbearing but then have multiple children, closely spaced together in age.
c. They postpone childbearing and opt for a small number of children.
d. They have children immediately once they are married, and have multiple children, closely
spaced in age. - ANS c. They postpone childbearing and opt for a small number of
children.
Which statement best characterizes the divorce rate following the 1986 amendment to the
Canadian Divorce Act?
a. a significant decrease in the divorce rate, followed by a slow rise at present
b. an increase by nearly a factor of 7 over the past 50 years
c. a steady, slow decrease over the past 50 years
d. a sudden one-year increase in the divorce rate, followed by a substantial decline - ANS
d. a sudden one-year increase in the divorce rate, followed by a substantial decline
What percentage of Canadian families are headed by a single parent?
a. 20 percent
b. 30 percent
c. 40 percent
d. 50 percent - ANS a. 20 percent
Which statement best describes the trend for the percentage of Canadian single-parent families
that are headed by the father?
a. It has remained constant over the past 20 years at 38 percent.
b. It has increased between 1994 and 2004 by 38 percent.
c. It has decreased over the past 15 years by 16 percent.
