CFT 360 Exam with all Correct & 100% Verified Answers |
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unilateral divorce ✔Correct Answer-Also known as "no-fault divorce," it means that a
marriage can become legally dissolvable when one or both partners declare it to be
"irretrievably broken" or characterized by "irreconcilable differences"
the intimate outsider role ✔Correct Answer-A role for a stepparent that is intimate enough to
be a confidante and outside enough to provide support and mentoring in areas too threatening
to share with biological parents
2 types of cooperative parenting ✔Correct Answer-● Perfect Pals: friends who called each
other often and brought their common children and new families together on holidays or for
outings/other activities
● Cooperative Colleagues: worked well together but did not attempt to share holidays or be in
constant contact; occasionally might share children's important events, like birthdays
Explain the dripolator and percolator effect and what type of families are thought to operate in
each ✔Correct Answer-Dripolator effect: families operate from the "top down" (parents to
children) Original families thought to operate in this way
Percolator effect: families operate from the "bottom up" (children to parents). Stepfamilies
thought to operate in this way
perspectives on the negative effects of divorce on children ✔Correct Answer-1. Life stress
perspective: accumulation of stressors results in problems for children of divorce
2. Parental loss perspective: assumes both parents in the same house is best for children
3. Parental adjustment perspective: quality of parenting and custodial parent's psychological
adjustment are important in children's adjustment to divorce
4. Economic hardship perspective: assumes the economic hardship caused is responsible for
problems faced by children with divorced parents
5. Interparental conflict perspective: conflict between parents is responsible for the lowered
well-being of children of divorce
6. Selection perspective: at least some of the child's problems after the divorce were present
before the marriage
7. Family instability perspective: the number of transitions in and out of various family settings
is the key to children's adjustment
Enmeshed ✔Correct Answer-too much cohesion
Disengaged ✔Correct Answer-too little cohesion
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unilateral divorce ✔Correct Answer-Also known as "no-fault divorce," it means that a
marriage can become legally dissolvable when one or both partners declare it to be
"irretrievably broken" or characterized by "irreconcilable differences"
the intimate outsider role ✔Correct Answer-A role for a stepparent that is intimate enough to
be a confidante and outside enough to provide support and mentoring in areas too threatening
to share with biological parents
2 types of cooperative parenting ✔Correct Answer-● Perfect Pals: friends who called each
other often and brought their common children and new families together on holidays or for
outings/other activities
● Cooperative Colleagues: worked well together but did not attempt to share holidays or be in
constant contact; occasionally might share children's important events, like birthdays
Explain the dripolator and percolator effect and what type of families are thought to operate in
each ✔Correct Answer-Dripolator effect: families operate from the "top down" (parents to
children) Original families thought to operate in this way
Percolator effect: families operate from the "bottom up" (children to parents). Stepfamilies
thought to operate in this way
perspectives on the negative effects of divorce on children ✔Correct Answer-1. Life stress
perspective: accumulation of stressors results in problems for children of divorce
2. Parental loss perspective: assumes both parents in the same house is best for children
3. Parental adjustment perspective: quality of parenting and custodial parent's psychological
adjustment are important in children's adjustment to divorce
4. Economic hardship perspective: assumes the economic hardship caused is responsible for
problems faced by children with divorced parents
5. Interparental conflict perspective: conflict between parents is responsible for the lowered
well-being of children of divorce
6. Selection perspective: at least some of the child's problems after the divorce were present
before the marriage
7. Family instability perspective: the number of transitions in and out of various family settings
is the key to children's adjustment
Enmeshed ✔Correct Answer-too much cohesion
Disengaged ✔Correct Answer-too little cohesion
