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Intimate Relationships, Marriages, and Families Cover Image
Intimate Relationships, Marriages, and Families, 5/e
Mary K. DeGenova
Philip F. Rice
Parent-Child Relationships

Multiple Choice

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1

Which of the following does NOT appear to be true regarding effects of father absence on children?
A)The more negatively the mother is affected, the more negative the effect on the children.
B)Father-present homes are always preferable to father-absent homes.
C)Girls are more affected by father absence during adolescence than at younger ages.
D)The earlier a boy is separated from his father, the more negative the effect is likely to be.
2

Which group has a particularly high proportion of single-parent families?
A)African Americans
B)Mexican Americans
C)Whites
D)Asian Americans
3

Fathers tend to participate in ____ percent of the total hours spent in direct child-care activities of their pre-school children.
A)seven
B)fourteen
C)twenty-six
D)thirty-five
4

Research on infant emotional attachments indicates that half of the specific, rather than indiscriminate, attachments, including those to the mother, occur most often between __________.
A)5 and 8 weeks
B)8 and 12 weeks
C)15 and 20 weeks
D)25 and 32 weeks
5

The use of physical force with the intention of causing pain but not injury for the purpose of correction or control:
A)defines corporal punishment.
B)is illegal in every state of the United States.
C)is employed by less than 10 percent of parents.
D)all of the above
6

Which has been found to be the single most important factor in how well latchkey children adjust to self-care?
A)marital status of mother
B)intelligence
C)self-esteem
D)environmental context
7

According to Erikson, __________ is an important emotional need of children beginning at about 18 months and continuing for more than 2 years.
A)autonomy
B)trust
C)integrity
D)ego identity
8

Unmarried teenage women who give birth are most likely to:
A)keep their babies.
B)let parents or other relatives adopt their babies
C)let an adoption agency handle adoption of their babies
D)abandon their babies








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