Multiple Choice
Identify the
letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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Parents today are _____ to have to cope with serious childhood
illnesses.
a. | not much more
likely than before | b. | not much more likely than before | c. | as likely today
as in previous years | d. | less likely | | |
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For a
variety of reasons, parents today are probably judged by _____ standards than they were in the
past.
a. | more
uniform | b. | of higher | c. | lower | d. | much lower | | |
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The
"enduring image of motherhood" includes the idea that:
a. | a woman's
identity is tenuous and trivial without motherhood | b. | the image of
women is inextricably mingled with caregiving images from major religions | c. | significant
others -including mothers- are indelible parts of that aspect of personality called the Generalized
Other | d. | traditional images of mothers are perpetuated by the pervasive
mass media such as television series and films | | |
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Which
of these is NOT one of the parenting styles listed by LeMasters?
a. | the
pal | b. | the police
officer | c. | the teacher-counselor | d. | the
servant | | |
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Cherlin and Furstenberg found that about _____ of their sample of grandparents said
they saw their grandchildren less often than every two or three months.
a. | 77
percent | b. | 54 percent | c. | 31
percent | d. | 20 percent | | |
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As
used in the text, the term "primary parents" refers to which of these?
a. | parents who are
only beginning to learn basic parenting skills | b. | parents whose
children are in primary school | c. | persons who are not the biological parents but who provide
basic caregiving for one or more children | d. | couples in which both parents were equally involved in
"mothering" behavior | | |
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According to the text, the concept "new fathers" is associated with which of
these?
a. | first-time
parents | b. | conversion-oriented parents | c. | 50-50
parents | d. | newly divorced fathers | | |
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Parents vary:
a. | in marital status but not in sexual
orientation | b. | in marital status and in sexual
orientation | c. | neither in marital status nor in sexual
orientation | d. | none of the above | | |
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In
our society, parenting ends when one's child reach age:
a. | 16-17 | b. | 18-20 | c. | 21-25 | d. | none of these | | |
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In a
long-term study of child development in Hawaii, the researchers spoke of a "self- righting
tendency" of some children to:
a. | somehow have the prerequisites to emerge into adulthood in good
shape | b. | choose political and social options that fit their personal
circumstances, even if their decisions are marginally -yet still-legal | c. | make choices
that result in minimal contact with representatives of formal authorities, whether school, work
organizations, or law enforcement | d. | have an exaggerated idea of their own importance in the general
scheme of things, alienating many people in the process | | |
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