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Skipped generation households are created because of the following reason(s):

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incarceration of parent, child abuse by parent, drug abuse or illness

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Bengston (2001) believes in strong intergenerational ties and cities as his argument that:

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grandparents have strong bonds with their children and grandchildren, adult children have their parent available to them well into midlife, parents take in daughters and grandchildren after divorce

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T or F? The average monthly Social Security benefit has doubled in value since 1960, even taking into account inflation.

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True

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Today in the US there are more than ________ centenarians, people who live to be more than 100 years old.

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50,000

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Which of the following factors did not contribute to the elderly relying on kin for support in the earlier history of our country?

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social welfare programs

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T or F? Most of the elderly who have five or more limitations to their activities of daily living (personal care, bathing, and dressing for example) live in nursing homes.

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False

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As the 20th century ended, the most common living arrangement among elderly women in the US became:

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living alone

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According to their own responses to different surveys, what do most of the elderly in Western nations prefer in their relationships with their children and grandchildren?

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intimacy at a distance

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Which of the following factors makes it easier for grandparents today, compared to earlier generations, to have an emotionally satisfying relationship with their grandchildren?

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fewer grandchildren and more resources to give them

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The primary factor determining the amount and degree of contact among families is:

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geographical distance

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Only _____ percent of men have reported experiencing a violent act by an intimate partner, while ____ percent of women have reported experiencing a violent act by an intimate partner.

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3, 23

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

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False

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T or F? 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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The feminist movement in the US had as its fundamental goal on the issue of domestic violence:

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to remove the social supports for male violence in our culture

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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 activity

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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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T or F? 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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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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T or F? 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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T or F? Some studies indicate that there is a "divorce gene" that predisposes some people to divorce.

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False

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The typical waiting period for a divorce in the US is ____, which is _____ than most other Western countries.

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one year or less, lower

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T or F? Historically, in most cases of divorce, mothers retain legal and physical custody of their children.

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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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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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drop out of high school, be out of work, have a child as a teenager

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T or F? Fathers now head 16% of single parent families.

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True

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Black women int he 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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The arrangement whereby dovorced arents coordinate their activities and cooperate with each other in rainsing children is commonly reffered to as

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coparenting

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T or F? The "sleeper effect" refers to children of divorced parents who have trouble sleeping at night

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False

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All of the following include official reasons for divorce in the era of divorce tolerance except: a. nonsupport b. adultery c. mental cruelty d. emotional dissatisfaction

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emotional dissatisfaction

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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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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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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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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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T or F? Remarriage is less likely to end in divorce than are first marriages.

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False

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In the US, the establishment of a relationship with kin involves

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seeing each other regularly, corresponding, giving or receiving help

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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 reltaionship with the children

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T or F? 2/3 of divorced women who remarry will cohabit first.

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True

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T or F? Children are more likely to accept two mother figures in their lives than they are 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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families are organized Grandparenthood as distinct stage is a

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WWII phenomenon

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the number of deaths in a population

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mortality

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number of years a person can expect to live with out disability

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active life expentancy

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race with highest age expectancy

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whites

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6 in 10 older people are...

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women

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65-74 years

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Young Old

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75-84 years

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Old Old

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85 years and over

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Oldest Old

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100 and over

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Centenarian

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who studies the elderly?

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gerontologists

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The number of births in a population

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fertility

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Percent of older people in poverty in 1960

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35

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Percent of older people in poverty today

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less than 10%

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Social security has increased ______ than the cost of living

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faster

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Which group of older people are more likely to be poor?

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Older-old

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Group of elderly that have income between poor and middle class

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Tweeners

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Government program of health insurance for all elderly people

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medicare

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Health insurance for people with incomes below poverty

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medicaid

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An elderly woman is most likely to live...

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alone

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An elderly man is most likely to live...

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with a spouse

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caring about others and wanting to make their lives easier and better

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altruism

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the provision of assistance to one member of the family with the expectation that someone in the family will reciprocate at a later time

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generalized exchange

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what percent of African-American grandparents have primary responsibility for raising a grandchild for at least 6 months at some point?

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30

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Having a _____ is the key to receiving support as an elder

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daughter

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How emotionally close parents and children feel and how much they agree on values, attitudes, and beliefs

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affinity

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Socially structured, contradictory emotions in an intergenerational relationship

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intergenerational ambivalence

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_____ are more likely to become ambivalent to their elders

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women

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Violent acts between family members or between women and men in intimate or dating relationships

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domestic violence

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puritans believed _____ should enforce moral behavior

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government

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First law against wife beating enacted in ______ in ________

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1641, massachusetts

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In the ________ child protection movement began

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late 1800s

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man could beat his wife with stick no thicker than his thumb

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rule of thumb

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Sees Domestic violence as illness and source of injury, both the victim and abuser need help

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medical model

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Battered Child Syndrome article was published in

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1962

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feminist groups brought attention to wife beating in the...

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70s

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violence which arises from a specific situation in which one or both partners act aggressively in anger

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situational couple violence

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a pattern in which a man seeks to control the behavior of his partner through repeated, serious violent acts

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intimate terrorism

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most tolerated form of family violence

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child abuse

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most common type of child abuse

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neglect

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next to most common type of child abuse

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physical abuse

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Sexual relations with one's child, brother, or sister

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incest

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what percent of all women in U.S. have experienced forced sex by an acquaintance

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4

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percent of all rapes and sexual assaults in 2007 were by a friend or acquaintance of victim

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69

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married, dating, or cohabitating couple... which are most likely to be violent?

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cohabitating

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

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social learning perspective

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

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frustration-aggression perspective

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

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social exchange perspective

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______favor equality between men and women, More likely to be in favor of intervention and support services

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liberals

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_______ favor support of male-headed, two-parent families with males dominating the structure, Unlikely to be in favor of either intervention or support services

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conservatives

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About ____ of all children born to married parents will experience the breakup of their parents' marriage by age 16

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1/3

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Divorce... occurred in western nations until mid-1800s

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era of restricted divorce

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In the era of restricted divorce, only granted on grounds of _____ or ______ and usually only granted to ______

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adultery, desertion, men

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Divorce... occurred from Mid-1800s until 1970

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era of divorce tolerance

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Marriage went from economic partnership to emotional partnership

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era of divorce tolerance

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Divorce... From 1970s to present

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Era of unrestricted divorce

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first state to endorse "no fault" divorce laws

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california

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most important factor is talking about movements in divorce!

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self-fulfillment

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effect that says employment can raise likelihood of divorce, she's able to provide for herself

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independent effect

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lower likelihood because extra income would lower the stress levels in the family

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income effect

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teenage marriages end within...

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15 years

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_____ have higher rates of marital separation than most racial-ethnic groups

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African Americans

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____ of black marriages end in 15 yrs. Compared to about _____ of white marriages

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1/2, 1/3

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ppl who are willing and able to cohabitate may have unconventional attitudes toward marriage, may be less committed to being married, make it difficult to have a stable marriage

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selection bias

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People who are _____ are less likely to divorce

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similar

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Right to make important decisions about the children and the obligation to have legal responsibility for them

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legal custody

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Right of a divorced spouse to have one's children live with him/her

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physical custody

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Both parents retain responsibility and decision-making about child

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joint legal custody

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Arrangement where child spends substantial time in both parents' households

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joint physical custody

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Parents coordinate activities and cooperate in raising children

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co-parenting

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Gravitate toward more detached style, both parents operating separately

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parallel parenting

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Period during the first year or two after parents separate when both custodial parent and children experience difficulties dealing with the situation

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crisis period

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Six years after disruption, _____% of young adolescents were displaying serious behavior problems

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20-25

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a household in which two adults are married or cohabitating and at least one has a child present from a previous marriage or relationship

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stepfamily

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A stepfamily in which the partners are cohabitating without marrying

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cohabitating family

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A stepfamily in which the partners are married

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married stepfamily

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percent of children enter into stepfamily through cohabitation

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66

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percent of American children are living in step-family household in 2004

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17

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step parent goes from affinity seeker to...

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intimate outsider

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a situation in which people are uncertain about who is in their family and what roles these people play

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boundary ambiguity

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Person who plays a role in family that is between parent and trusted friend

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intimate outsider

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harder to be a stepmom or stepdad?

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stepmom

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children leave housholds at a ___ age from stepfamily homes than single or 2 parent homes

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younger

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