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Emotional problems during launching can be solved by a complete cutoff from the family of origin.A) True B) False 2
Marriage is a like experience for men and women.A) True B) False 3
Retirement, grandchildren, and more attention to hobbies usually characterize the final stage of the family life cycle.A) True B) False 4
The events of September 11, 2001 have altered U.S. citizens' chronosystems.A) True B) False 5
Happily married parents are more sensitive, responsive, warm, and affectionate toward their children.A) True B) False 6
In 1998, individuals were 5 times more likely to live alone than in 1970.A) True B) False 7
Living together before marriage is a way to decrease the chance of divorce.A) True B) False 8
Relationships between cohabitating men and women tend to be more equal than between husbands and wives.A) True B) False 9
Domesticity is a highly valued spousal trait in Canada.A) True B) False 10
Separated and divorced individuals have higher rates of psychiatric disorders than married individuals.A) True B) False 11
Homosexual couples have less conflict and more sex than heterosexual couples.A) True B) False 12
The birth of a child will save a failing marriage.A) True B) False 13
Authoritarian parenting is recommended for less conflict and happier children.A) True B) False 14
A minority of children who are maltreated will go on to be abusive parents.A) True B) False 15
The everyday conflicts that characterize parent-adolescent relationships may actually serve to facilitate adolescent development.A) True B) False 16
Parents' work may affect children positively or negatively. This is an example of the Bronfenbrenner's exosystem.A) True B) False 17
The majority of children in divorced families have significant adjustment problems.A) True B) False 18
Stepfamilies have higher rates of divorces than original marriages.A) True B) False 19
First-born children are typically rebellious and spoiled.A) True B) False 20
When both grandparents are raising grandchildren, the families are usually white.A) True B) False