HDFS Exam 5 UPDATED Questions and
CORRECT Answers
alimony - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- court-ordered monetary support to a spouse or former
spouse following separation or divorce
child support - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Court-ordered financial support by the
noncustodial parent to pay or assist in paying child-rearing expenses incurred by the custodial
parent.
cooperative co-parenting - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- parents cooperate, communicate, and
avoid or minimize conflict about caregiving and what their children need
crude divorce rate - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- statistical measure of divorce calculated on
the basis of the number of divorces per 1000 people in the population
distal causes - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- background characteristics (age at marriage, prior
cohabitation, parental divorce, etc) brought by spouses into marriage that raise the likelihood
of later marital problems
divorce mediation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- process in which a mediator assists a
divorcing couple in resolving personal, legal, and parenting concerns in a cooperative manner
fault-based divorce - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- adversarial process in which one spouses
alleges that the other has committed an act that has caused a marriage to break-down or has
failed to act in ways that would preserve marriage
initiator - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- spouse or partner whose unhappiness or dissatisfaction
leads them to consider divorce or a breakup and sets n motion the process of uncoupling
intergenerational transmission - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- increased likelihood that children
of divorced parents will themselves later divorce
, joint custody - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- custody arrangement in which both parents are
responsible for the care of the child. Comes in 2 forms- legal and physical
joint-legal custody - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- child lives primarily with one parent but
both parents jointly share important decisions regarding education, religion, and the general
upbringing
joint-physical custody - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- joint custody in which the child lives
with both parents in separate households and spend more or less equal time with each parent
mandatory visitation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- commended policy wherein visitation by
noncustodial parents is considered an obligation enforced by authority
no-fault divorce - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- dissolution of marriage because of
irreconcilable differences for which neither party is held responsible
predictive divorce rate - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- statistical calculation of the expected
divorce rate of people who enter marriage in a given year
proximal causes - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- experiences in the daily life of married couples
that directly raise their probability of divorce
ratio measure of divorce - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- statistical calculation reflecting the
ratio of the number of divorces in a given year to the number of marriages that year
refined divorce rate - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- statistic reflecting the number of divorces in
a given year for every thousand married couples
separation distress - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- psychological state of following separation
that may be characterized by depression, anxiety, intense loneliness, or feelings of loss
social integration - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- degree if interaction between individuals and
the larger community, a societal factor of divorce
CORRECT Answers
alimony - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- court-ordered monetary support to a spouse or former
spouse following separation or divorce
child support - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Court-ordered financial support by the
noncustodial parent to pay or assist in paying child-rearing expenses incurred by the custodial
parent.
cooperative co-parenting - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- parents cooperate, communicate, and
avoid or minimize conflict about caregiving and what their children need
crude divorce rate - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- statistical measure of divorce calculated on
the basis of the number of divorces per 1000 people in the population
distal causes - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- background characteristics (age at marriage, prior
cohabitation, parental divorce, etc) brought by spouses into marriage that raise the likelihood
of later marital problems
divorce mediation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- process in which a mediator assists a
divorcing couple in resolving personal, legal, and parenting concerns in a cooperative manner
fault-based divorce - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- adversarial process in which one spouses
alleges that the other has committed an act that has caused a marriage to break-down or has
failed to act in ways that would preserve marriage
initiator - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- spouse or partner whose unhappiness or dissatisfaction
leads them to consider divorce or a breakup and sets n motion the process of uncoupling
intergenerational transmission - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- increased likelihood that children
of divorced parents will themselves later divorce
, joint custody - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- custody arrangement in which both parents are
responsible for the care of the child. Comes in 2 forms- legal and physical
joint-legal custody - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- child lives primarily with one parent but
both parents jointly share important decisions regarding education, religion, and the general
upbringing
joint-physical custody - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- joint custody in which the child lives
with both parents in separate households and spend more or less equal time with each parent
mandatory visitation - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- commended policy wherein visitation by
noncustodial parents is considered an obligation enforced by authority
no-fault divorce - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- dissolution of marriage because of
irreconcilable differences for which neither party is held responsible
predictive divorce rate - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- statistical calculation of the expected
divorce rate of people who enter marriage in a given year
proximal causes - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- experiences in the daily life of married couples
that directly raise their probability of divorce
ratio measure of divorce - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- statistical calculation reflecting the
ratio of the number of divorces in a given year to the number of marriages that year
refined divorce rate - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- statistic reflecting the number of divorces in
a given year for every thousand married couples
separation distress - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- psychological state of following separation
that may be characterized by depression, anxiety, intense loneliness, or feelings of loss
social integration - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- degree if interaction between individuals and
the larger community, a societal factor of divorce
