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The typical waiting period for a divorce in the US is_____, which is _____ than most other western nations

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One year or less; lower

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The \"sleeper effect\" refers to children of divorced parents who have trouble sleeping at night

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False

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The arrangement whereby divorced parents coordinate their activities and cooperate with each other in raising their children is commonly referred to as

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Co-parenting

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Some studies indicate that there is a \"divorce gene\" that predisposes some people to divorce.

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False

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Black women in the US have a higher likelihood of separating from their husbands and are ______ to turn these separations into divorce than other women.

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Slower

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All of the following include official reasons for divorce in the era of divorce tolerance except:

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Emotional dissatisfaction

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On the basis of what we know of the currently available research reports, children who live in a single parent family are more likely to:

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All of the above: have a child as a teenager, be out of work, drop out of high school

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Fathers now head 16% of single parent families

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True

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In the US changes in family law have ______ rather than _______ changes in behavior and values

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Followed; preceded

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Historically, in most cases of divorce, mothers retain legal and physical custody of children.

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True

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One of the critical factors in determining if a child considers a step parent a \"real parent\" is

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the age of the child when the step parent joined the family

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In the US, the establishment of relationship with kin involves

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All of the above: giving or receiving help, corresponding, seeing each other regularly

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The stepparent most likely to integrate into the step family would be one called the

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Intimate outsider

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Therapists suggest that the transitional period in forming a new family system for many step families is approximately

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2-4 years

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Remarriage is less likely to end in divorce than are first marriages.

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False

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2/3 of divorced women who remarry will cohabit first.

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True

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Children are more likely to accept two mother figures in their lives than they are to accept two father figures.

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False

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Remarriage can have unexpected benefits including:

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Creating a new extended family

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The position a step parent attains in a family depends on

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The efforts he or she puts into developing a close relationship with the children

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Of those who remarry after divorce, women are ______ likely to remarry than men, on the basis of current statistics

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Slightly less

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If you are abused as a child then you are more likely to become an abuser as an adult.

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True

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Evidence of the fact that domestic violence is not solely a contemporary social problem is suggested by the passing of the first law against wife beating in the Western world by citizens of

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The Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Domestic violence is mainly a US problem that is not seen in great numbers in other societies.

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False

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A 2006 study found that less than half of all child abuse cases referred to professionals were for

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Physical or sexual abuse

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57% of all rapes and sexual assaults reported in 2007 were committed by a friend of someone known to the victim.

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True

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The feminist movement in the US has as its fundamental goal on the issue of domestic violence

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To remove to social supports for male violence in our culture

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The vast majority of parents in the US do not spank or slap their children.

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False

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The literature currently available suggests an association for women between forced sex as a child and subsequent

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Riskier sexual behavior

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Only ___ % of men have reported experiencing a violent act by an intimate partner, while ___ % of women have reported experiencing a violent act by an intimate partner.

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3; 23

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A 2004 study found that the elderly were most likely to be abused by

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Their children

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The Era of Restricted Divorce

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- marriage seen as institutional - divorce was rare usually only granted to wealthy men on grounds of adultery or desertion - annulment was only alternative

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The Era of Divorce Tolerance

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- more accesible to women - marriage changed from economic partnership to emotional partnership - still had to prove spouse did something wrong to obtain divorce, ex: habitual drunk-ness, mental cruelty, non-support

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The Era of Unrestricted Divorce

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- divorce granted with no restrictions - california was first to pass \"no fault law\"

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2 periods of modern divorce

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1. 1960s and 1970s divorce increasing among all society 2. recent periods show divorce increasing for less educated and decreasing for more educated

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Social Learning Perspective

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Individuals learn behavior they will later exhibit by observing what others do and seeing the consequences of those actions

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Frustration- Aggression Perspective

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Aggressive behavior occurs when a person is blocked from achieving a goal

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Social Exchange Perspective

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People calculate whether to engage in a particular behavior by considering the rewards and costs that behavior has and its the alternatives to it

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