About This Chapter
This evaluation collection covers verifying your knowledge of subjects such as the intimacy, the marriage, the married adults, the married adults; love and marriage, the parenting and the remarriage. Offers strategically designed offers exam questions complete with verified answers, thorough explanations, and definitional guides supported by detailed glossaries and comprehensive definitional guides. Each question includes the correct answer, detailed explanation, relevant glossary terms, and difficulty rating for comprehensive preparation.
The learning objectives include:
✓ Identify key aspects of intimate relationships and love.; Describe identity development in young adulthood.
✓ Describe marital and nonmarital lifestyles.
✓ Summarize parental relationships during young adulthood.
Question 1
According to Erik Erikson, which of the following stages is the most important issue to be negotiated in adolescence?
- identity versus identity confusion
- industry versus inferiority
- intimacy versus isolation
- autonomy versus shame
Correct Answer:
identity versus identity confusion
Glossary:
Identity Diffusion: Marcia’s term for the status of individuals who have not yet experienced a crisis (explored meaningful alternatives) or made any commitments.
Question 2
According to Erik Erikson, which of the following is the sixth developmental stage?
- intimacy versus isolation
- identity versus identity confusion
- autonomy versus shame and doubt
- integrity versus despair
Correct Answer:
intimacy versus isolation
Glossary:
Integrity Versus Despair: Erikson’s eighth and final stage of development, which individuals experience in late adulthood. This involves reflecting on the past and either piecing together a positive review or concluding that one’s life has not been well spent.
Question 3
According to Erik Erikson, which of the following stages occurs during early adulthood, after individuals are well on their way to establishing stable and successful identities?
- identity versus identity confusion
- generativity versus stagnation
- integrity versus despair
- intimacy versus isolation
Correct Answer:
intimacy versus isolation
Glossary:
Integrity Versus Despair: Erikson’s eighth and final stage of development, which individuals experience in late adulthood. This involves reflecting on the past and either piecing together a positive review or concluding that one’s life has not been well spent.
Question 4
Erikson describes ________ as finding oneself while losing oneself in another person, and it requires a commitment to another person.
- friendship
- intimacy
- attachment
- temperament
Correct Answer:
intimacy
Glossary:
Commitment: Marcia’s term for the part of identity development in which adolescents show a personal investment in identity.
Question 5
According to Erik Erikson, which of the following is true of individuals who do not develop an intimate relationship in early adulthood?
- They suffer from low self-esteem.
- They have insecure attachment.
- They become narcissistic.
- They face isolation.
Correct Answer:
They face isolation.
Question 6
A meta-analysis revealed a positive link between ________ and intimacy, with the connection being stronger for men than women.
- identity development
- insecure attachment
- postformal thought
- postconventional reasoning
Correct Answer:
identity development
Glossary:
Identity Achievement: Marcia’s term for the status of individuals who have undergone a crisis and have made a commitment.
Question 7
According to Erik Erikson, which of the following is a precursor to intimacy in romantic relationships during emerging adulthood?
- identity development in adolescence
- insecure attachment in childhood
- postconventional reasoning in childhood
- postformal thought in adulthood
Correct Answer:
identity development in adolescence
Glossary:
Emerging Adulthood: The transition from adolescence to adulthood (occurring from approximately 18 to 25 years of age), which is characterized by experimentation and exploration.
Question 8
Which of the following statements is true about perpetual problems?
- They are problems that can be worked out.
- They are problems where the partners are not verbally affectionate.
- They are the type that do not go away and may include disagreements about whether to have children.
- They form only about one-third of the marital problems.
Correct Answer:
They are the type that do not go away and may include disagreements about whether to have children.
Question 9
Identify a true statement about premarital education programs.
- They are linked to a lower level of marital satisfaction.
- They are linked to a higher level of commitment to a spouse.
- They tend to increase the likelihood of divorce.
- They tend to hinder the level of communication between couples.
Correct Answer:
They are linked to a higher level of commitment to a spouse.
Glossary:
Commitment: Marcia’s term for the part of identity development in which adolescents show a personal investment in identity.
Question 10
It is recommended that premarital education begin approximately
- two to three years before the wedding.
- six months to a year before the wedding.
- six weeks before the wedding.
- one to three months before the wedding.
Correct Answer:
six months to a year before the wedding.
Question 11
One of the benefits of a good marriage is
- increased longevity.
- more financial security.
- an improved gender identity.
- improved social relations.
Correct Answer:
increased longevity.
Glossary:
Life Expectancy: The number of years that will probably be lived by the average person born in a particular year.
Question 12
Which of the following is one of John Gottman's seven main practices that help marriages succeed?
- Create a gridlock.
- Solve perpetual conflicts.
- Avoid letting your partner influence you.
- Establish love maps.
Correct Answer:
Establish love maps.
Question 13
Which of the following is an advantage of having children late?
- Women have fewer medical problems during pregnancy.
- Parents have more physical energy.
- Parents have more income for child-rearing expenses.
- Parents are less likely to build up expectations for their children.
Correct Answer:
Parents have more income for child-rearing expenses.
Glossary:
Affordances: Opportunities for interaction offered by objects that fit within our capabilities to perform functional activities.
Question 14
Which of the following is an advantage of having children early?
- Parents are more likely to build up expectations for their children.
- Planning for children's growth or education is more methodical and realistic.
- The parents are likely to have more physical energy.
- The parents have more time to consider their goals in life.
Correct Answer:
The parents are likely to have more physical energy.
Question 15
Kelly has just given birth to her first baby at the age of 37; her best friend, Olivia, age 26, also gave birth to her first child. Which of the following is most likely to be true for these new mothers?
- Kelly will have more energy to care for her child than Olivia.
- Olivia will have fewer medical problems with pregnancy and childbirth.
- Olivia will more likely build up expectations for her child.
- Olivia will have more income for child-rearing expenses than Kelly.
Correct Answer:
Olivia will have fewer medical problems with pregnancy and childbirth.
Question 16
Which of the following is an outcome of the growing trend of having fewer children?
- Institutional care is replaced by parental care.
- Women have less time for other endeavors.
- Men are apt to invest a greater amount of time in fathering.
- Parents are bound to have more realistic expectations for their children.
Correct Answer:
Men are apt to invest a greater amount of time in fathering.
Question 17
Identify a true statement about parenting.
- Most parents learn parenting practices from their own parents.
- Parenting requires minimal interpersonal skills and does not impose emotional demands.
- When methods of parents are passed on from one generation to the next, the undesirable practices are not perpetuated.
- Parenting is instinctual and requires no training.
Correct Answer:
Most parents learn parenting practices from their own parents.
Question 18
Which of the following is a parenting myth?
- A child is not an extension or possession of the parent.
- Parenting requires significant training.
- Parenting is an instinctual process.
- The birth of a child will further deteriorate a failing marriage.
Correct Answer:
Parenting is an instinctual process.
Glossary:
Attachment: A close emotional bond between two people.
Question 19
Identify a true statement regarding remarriage in the United States.
- Men tend to remarry after a divorce sooner than women do.
- Remarried adults often find it easy to stay remarried.
- Men with lower incomes are more likely to remarry than their counterparts with higher incomes.
- Remarriage occurs later for partners who initiated the divorce.
Correct Answer:
Men tend to remarry after a divorce sooner than women do.
Glossary:
Gender: The characteristics of people as males or females.
Question 20
Which of the following is most likely a reason remarried adults find it difficult to stay remarried?
- Remarried couples experience more stress in rearing children than parents in never-divorced families.
- Most people remarry primarily for love.
- Positive attitudes about divorce are uncommon among remarried persons.
- Remarried couples usually have negative attitudes about low marital quality.
Correct Answer:
Remarried couples experience more stress in rearing children than parents in never-divorced families.