HDFS ch 13 – Flashcards
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Scholars suggest that divorce does not represent a devaluation of marriage but an
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idealization of marriage
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The crude divorce rate
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represents the number of divorces in a given year for every 1,000 people in the population
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________, the degree of interaction between individuals and the larger community; is a potentially important factor related to the incidence of divorce
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social integration
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Those whose parents divorce are subject to ______, the increased likelihood that divorce will later occur to them
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intergenerational transmission
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New ways of relating to children and former spouses are part of
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the co-parental divorce
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Max has been divorced for several years now and his ex-wife has become irrelevant to his self and emotional well-being. Max has accomplished the ______ divorce.
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psychic
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Which of the following represents the beginning of the last stage of uncoupling?
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acknowledging that the relationship cannot be saved
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John's wife left him 3 weeks ago and he is experiencing anxiety form the separation. John is experiencing _______
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separation distress
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Jane and John had been married for six years and had two children when Jane found out John had never gotten a divorce from his first wife. Jane immediately consulted an attorney who advised that she file for _________
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an annulment
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Which of the following is most consistent predictor of marital stability identified in social science research?
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age at time of marriage
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When it comes to dating again after divorce, for many men and women the greatest problem is
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how to meet other unmarried people
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For white men who contributed less than _____ percent of their marital standard living, divorce precipitates a decline in their living standards
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60
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The rate of divorce among those who marry when older than 25 is ____
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25%
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______ percent of all divorces involve children
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60%
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Which type of custody arrangement has the harshest effect of relationships between siblings?
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split custody
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Children living in _______ appear to be worst adjusted
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conflict-ridden two parent families
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Johnny's parents recently separated. Since then he has been unhappy and more aggressive. Which of Wallerstein's stages of children's experience of divorce is Johnny in?
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initial stage
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Most children, regardless of their age, are _____ because of their parents separation
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angry
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Helen Raschke found all of the following to be important to children's adjustment after divorce except
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wait until you are actually separating to tell the children
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All of the following are true regarding covenant marriage except
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research has found them to be very effective in preventing divorce
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the ration of divorce allows researchers to estimate how many new marriages will likely end in divorce
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false
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in recent decades the rate of divorce has declined
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true
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among white people, a higher divorce is more characteristic of low-status occupations than of high-status occupations
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true
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among african americans the lowest divorce rate is more characteristic of low-status occupations than of higher-status occupations
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false
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the constant association of marriage partners makes each almost a physical part of the other
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true
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the person who initiates the separation and divorce feels guilty and as a result has a poorer post divorce adjustment than the former spouse
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false
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a parent's homosexuality is no longer sufficient grounds for denying child custody
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true
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many of the unresolved issues of the emotional divorce may be acted out during the legal divorce
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true
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the physic divorce is accomplished when a person starts dating again
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false
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very few couples divorce in the year following the birth of their first child
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true
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adolescents often blame themselves for their parents' divorce
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false
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some teens take the attitude that if mother or father sleeps with date, why can't they
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true
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research indicates that separated and divorced men are nine times more likely to suffer from major depression than married men
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true
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researchers refer to low-income dads who don't pay child support as turnips
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true
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preschool children, compared to older children, are usually the most upset by their parents' divorce
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false
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some scholars suggest that divorce represents not a devaluation of marriage but an _________
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idealization
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the _____________ represents the number of divorces in a given year for every 1,000 people in the population
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crude divorce rate
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the shift from an agricultural society to an ________ one undermined many of the family's traditional functions
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industrial
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_________ is the legal dissolution of a marriage in which guilt or fault by one or both spouses does not have to be established
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no-fault divorce
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____________ is the process in which a person or court attempts to assist divorcing couples in resolving personal, legal, and parenting issues in a cooperative manner
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divorce mediation
