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Chapter 12: Parents and Children Over the Life Course



Multiple Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 

 1. 

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
 

 2. 

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
 

 3. 

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
 

 4. 

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
 

 5. 

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
 

 6. 

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
 

 7. 

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
 

 8. 

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
 

 9. 

In our society, parenting ends when one's child reach age:
a.
16-17
b.
18-20
c.
21-25
d.
none of these
 

 10. 

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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