Counseling and Family Dynamics
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Course Introduction
This course explores the foundational theories and practices of counseling within the context of family systems. Emphasizing the interplay between individual development and family dynamics, students will examine diverse family structures, communication patterns, and cultural influences that impact family relationships. Through case studies and experiential learning activities, students gain practical skills in assessment, intervention, and ethical decision-making. The course also covers contemporary issues affecting families, such as divorce, substance abuse, and mental health challenges, providing students with an integrative framework for supporting individuals and families in counseling settings.
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Marriages Families and Intimate Relationships 3rd Edition by Brian K. Williams
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Chapter 1: Seeking: Finding Happiness in Relationships in a Complex World
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Q1) Happiness can be influenced by one's ethnic culture.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) Do you agree that all families offer economic benefits, proximity, familiarity, and continuity? Why or why not?
Answer: I do not agree that all families offer economic benefits, proximity, familiarity, and continuity. While many families do provide these benefits, there are also families that may not offer economic stability, may be geographically distant from each other, may lack familiarity due to strained relationships, and may not have continuity due to various factors such as divorce or estrangement. Additionally, not all families are able to provide the same level of support and resources, so the benefits can vary greatly from one family to another. It's important to recognize that the dynamics and circumstances of each family are unique, and not all families may offer the same advantages.
Q3) Familism is a major part of traditional Mexican and Chinese families.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 2: Understanding: Learning About Intimate Behavior
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Q1) The family systems perspective suggests
A)that family members fulfill certain tasks and expectations as they move through their family life cycle.
B)that male dominance in the family creates stability in the family.
C)the social and physical environment affects how families function.
D)that family members make up a system of interconnected parts.
Answer: D
Q2) Conflict perspective proponents believe that family difficulties appear for one reason: conflict over power.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) ________ is the degree to which a research measurement actually measures what it claims.
Answer: Validity
Q4) List and discuss the eight stages in the family development perspective as outlined by researcher Evelyn Duvall.
Answer: The eight stages should be identified and discussed.
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Chapter 3: Gender: the Meanings of Masculinity Femininity
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Q1) Males account for ________ of high school dropouts.
A)24%
B)32%
C)68%
D)80%
Answer: D
Q2) When boys are told, "Big boys don't cry," they learn gender roles through A)role modeling.
B)imitation.
C)reinforcement.
D)cognitive development.
Answer: C
Q3) Give an overview of the history of feminism, from its roots to its modern forms.
Answer: The student should discuss the beginnings of feminism as an outgrowth of the abolitionist movement and should trace its movement through the 20 century, ending his/her discussion with a listing and description of the five main viewpoints in modern feminism.
Q4) ________ __________ became the first female Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Answer: Nancy Pelosi
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Chapter 4: Involvement: Dating, Pairing, Courtship
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Q1) According to the text, an advantage of online dating is that you can meet mates from long distances.
A)True
B)False
Q2) ________ arrange introductions between prospective couples for a fee.
A)Marriage bureaus
B)Mail order bride services
C)Video dating services
D)All of the above
Q3) ____________ ______________ are popular dating services in India and other Asian countries.
Q4) ________ marriages occur when the bride, the groom, or both are coerced to marry under physical and emotional duress.
Q5) Which of the following is not a function of dating?
A)recreation
B)intimacy and sex
C)mate selection
D)rebellion against parents
Q6) Which response to deteriorating relationships is most useful? Support your answer.
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Chapter 5: Love: the Many Faces
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Q1) Mania is the type of love that people experience when they alternate between ecstasy and despair.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The brain chemical that causes feelings of euphoria and exhilaration when newly in love is called
A)dopamine.
B)amphetamine.
C)phenylethylamine.
D)cortisol.
Q3) College students today are more narcissistic compared to college students in the 1980s.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Which of the following is an example of abuse in love relationships?
A)physical harm or injury
B)withholding affection
C)insults
D)All of the above
Q5) List and discuss the three characteristics of immature or passionate love.
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Chapter 6: Communication: Realizing Effective Intimacy
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Q1) Sociologist Arlie Hochschild identifies the "second shift" as
A)the problematic situation that arose from women's changing roles and men's reluctance to change .
B)working women performing the majority of household and childcare chores.
C)the evening shift a spouse takes to earn more income.
D)All of the above
Q2) According to Blood and Wolfe's theory, power in a relationship reflects the amount of resources of each spouse.
A)True
B)False
Q3) ________ is refusing to listen to your partner.
Q4) Loyalties in stepfamilies are complicated because
A)children sometimes feel a parent abandons them for the new spouse.
B)parents feel torn between their children and the new spouse.
C)children feel confused if they have feelings toward their stepparent.
D)All of the above
Q5) Eye contact in U.S. culture can signal emotion such as sexual interest or disgust.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 7: Sexuality: Interpersonal Sexuality, Sexual Values, and Behaviors
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Q1) In Panel 7.2, the number one reason students reported that caused them to agree to unwanted sexual activity was
A)altruism.
B)inexperience.
C)enticement.
D)intoxication.
Q2) Oral intercourse can allow sexually transmitted diseases to pass from one partner to the next.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which of the following teach us about sex?
A)parents
B)peers
C)popular culture
D)All of the above
Q4) Discuss Ira Reiss's four standards of premarital sex.
Q5) Define and discuss sexual addiction. What is the cause of sexual addiction? How can sexual addiction be treated?
Q6) ________ and ________ are two examples of commercial sex.
Q7) Identify and describe the three female sexual dysfunctions. How is each treated? Page 9
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Chapter 8: Marriage: The Ultimate Commitment
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Q1) Discuss the empty nest syndrome. How does the marital relationship improve during the middle-age phase?
Q2) Identify and discuss the changes in the beginning phase of the family life cycle.
Q3) The most frequently cited reason for getting married by Americans was A)companionship.
B)desire for children.
C)being in love.
D)sex.
Q4) Marriage between partners of similar race, religion, and age is called ________.
Q5) Equality means that partners in a marriage have equal status.
A)True
B)False
Q6) Discuss how marriage and family is portrayed by various media, including television, films, and books. Give several examples. What effects on real families and marriages do you think will be the result of media portrayals of marriage and family?
Q7) Marriage between partners of different races, religions, and ages is called
Q8) A companionate marriage is based on ___________ and friendship.
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Chapter 9: Variations: Nonmarital Families and Households
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Q1) Gay male couples are ________ as likely as heterosexual couples to report the highest levels of closeness.
Q2) Discuss the four reasons for cohabitating.
Q3) Swinging is an essential component in open marriages.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Which of the following is true of cohabiting relationships?
A)Both partners are expected to work.
B)Partners tend to maintain separate finances.
C)Women do not assume as much housework as compared to wives.
D)All of the above
Q5) In the ________ type of cohabiting relationship, the man generally resists any attempts to get married.
A)Linus blanket
B)emancipation
C)convenience
D)testing
Q6) Discuss Richard Troidan's four stages of acquiring a homosexual identity. Which stage do you think is most likely the most difficult for homosexuals? Why?
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Chapter 10: Reproduction: Decisions About Having or Not
Having Children
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Q1) Too much sex can be a cause for infertility for men.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which of the following is a cause of low infertility in males?
A)low quality sperm
B)age
C)endometriosis
D)All of the above
Q3) The condition where cells from the lining of the uterus grow in the abdominal cavity is called
A)ovarian blockage.
B)chorionic gonadotropin.
C)GIFT.
D)endometriosis.
Q4) ________ _________ is the depressive condition that many couples experience after adopting a child.
Q5) Natural family planning methods include the ________ method, the ________ method, the ________ mucus method, and ________.
Q6) Contrast public and private adoptions.
Q7) The murdering of newborn infants is termed ________. Page 13
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Chapter 11: Children, Families, and Generations
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Q1) Which of the following countries has the highest infant mortality rate?
A)Singapore
B)Canada
C)Japan
D)Sweden
Q2) What percentage of American women had minimal or no prenatal care in 2002?
A)2%
B)7%
C)11%
D)18%
Q3) Which of the following is a role played by grandparents?
A)wizard
B)mentor
C)historian
D)All of the above
Q4) Research found ________ percent of parents from all different socioeconomic groups used some form of verbal or psychological aggression to control their children ages 2 to 17.
Q5) Define and discuss who unmarried parents are in the U.S. today?
Q6) The permissive parent is characterized by an absence of _______and
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Chapter 12: Work: Economics, Jobs, and Balancing Family Demands
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Q1) A ________ daycare home is a private home offering daycare where two or more adults provide care for children.
Q2) ________ and ________ families earned below the median household income.
Q3) Fulltime homemaking is________ for many women.
A)monotonous.
B)autonomous.
C)satisfying.
D)All of the above
Q4) Identify three reasons for an increase in the number of stay-at-home mothers.
Q5) ________ ________ is the attempt to alter a person's negative perception of their job and view the situation in better terms.
Q6) Define and discuss the glass ceiling and the mommy track. How do these impact women's careers?
Q7) Discuss how industrialization changed the role of work and family in the U.S. What happened during the Great Depression?
Q8) In 2010, the number of full-time stay-at-home mothers was 5 million.
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A)True
B)False
Q9) In 2009, the median household annual income in the U.S. was ________.
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Chapter 13: Crises: Managing Stress, Disaster, Violence, and Abuse
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Q1) List and describe the five stages women go through in order to leave an abusive partner.
Q2) Alcoholism affects the family in the following way:
A)children of alcoholics are more insecure and anxious.
B)children of alcoholics have higher levels of conflict and dissatisfaction in their marriages in adult life.
C)an alcoholic mother causes more emotional damage to her children than an alcoholic father.
D)Both A and B are correct.
Q3) Guided imagery is a stress reduction strategy by which one daydreams a solution to a problem.
A)True
B)False
Q4) According to Shirley Glass, the ________ is where most men met their affair partner.
Q5) ________ is an event during which a healthy infant dies in his/her sleep.
Q6) Cite and describe the two kinds of violence in relationships as identified by sociologist Michael Johnson.
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Q7) Discuss predictable stressors in the family life cycle.
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Chapter 14: Uncoupling: Separation and Divorce
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Q1) Couples who cohabitated before marriage have
A)a higher rate of divorce as compared to those who did not cohabitate before marriage.
B)a lower rate of divorce as compared to those who did not cohabitate before marriage.
C)approximately the same risk factors for divorce as do those who did not cohabitate before marriage.
D)None of the above
Q2) Ex-spouses that have minimal contact with each other and are angry and bitter when they do interact are considered
A)cooperative colleagues.
B)fiery foes.
C)angry associates.
D)perfect pals.
Q3) Divorce during a second or subsequent marriage with a declining length of time in each marriage is termed ________.
Q4) Those who are unable to complete the "psychic divorce" and move on with their lives suffer from a ________ ________.
Q5) Discuss Bohannan's six stations of divorce
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Chapter 15: Remarriage: Reinvented, Renewed, and
Blended Families
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Q1) ________ _________ are those in which only one partner has been married before.
Q2) Nearly ________ of American families with children have at least one set of grandparents who have been divorced.
Q3) Single remarriages are those in which both partners have been married only once before.
A)True
B)False
Q4) ________ ________ are expectations people have about their relationship but often do not communicate to others.
Q5) Describe the "Disneyland Dad" and the stepmother trap.
Q6) Identify and discuss the five benefits of stepfamilies.
Q7) Stepchildren often send cards or notes to their stepparents on Father's Day or Mother's Day.
A)True
B)False
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Q8) Identify the three types of blended families. Describe each type.
Q9) Discuss Jennifer Green and Susan Wisdom's three suggestions for establishing strong bonds in a new stepfamily. Which of the three suggestions do you think is most
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