Lifespan Human Development Pre-Test
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Course Introduction
Lifespan Human Development explores the physical, cognitive, emotional, and social changes that individuals experience from conception through old age. The course examines major developmental theories and current research to provide a comprehensive understanding of the factors influencing growth and development across the entire human lifespan. Key topics include prenatal development, childhood, adolescence, adulthood, and aging, with special attention given to the interplay between genetics, environment, culture, and individual differences. By analyzing developmental milestones, challenges, and transitions, students gain insights into normative and atypical patterns of development, preparing them to apply this knowledge in diverse personal, academic, and professional contexts.
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Choices in Relationships An Introduction to Marriage and the Family 11th Edition by David
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Chapter 1: Choices in Relationships: an Introduction
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Q1) Which of the following is true?
A)One half of people in their mid-twenties are married.
B)There is a new lifestyle of singlehood such that most people will end up never marrying.
C)Individuals are delaying marriage.
D)The stigma of marriage is causing people to rethink its value.
Answer: C
Q2) Two central elements of culture include:
A)roles and statuses
B)beliefs and values
C)primary and secondary groups
D)functions and institutions
Answer: B
Q3) In regard to conducting research, IRB means:
A)Information Research Board
B)Information Review Board
C)Institutional Review Board
D)Investigator Research Board
Answer: C
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Chapter 2: Gender
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Q1) Women who have equal pay and education with men still:
A)do significantly less housework
B)do a little less housework
C)do the same amount of housework
D)do more housework
Answer: D
Q2) Men tend to see themselves as competitive, sarcastic, and sexual; and women concur.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) African American families are stereotyped as being ____, but the more common pattern is that they are ____.
A)matriarchal, egalitarian
B)extended, restricted
C)abusive, God fearing
D)overpopulated, expanding horizontally
Answer: A
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Chapter 3: Love
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Q1) Algoe et al. (2010) found that ____ was associated with feelings of relationship connection and satisfaction.
A)gratitude
B)physical chemistry
C)humility
D)contriteness
Answer: A
Q2) What might be the effect of disclosing your tastes and interests to your partner?
A)The relationship satisfaction might increase.
B)The relationship satisfaction might decrease.
C)There is no effect.
D)It depends on the sexual orientation of the partners.
Answer: B
Q3) According to Riela et al. (2010), 56% of 239 respondents said that they:
A)took forever to fall in love
B)fell in love at medium speed
C)fell in love fast
D)paid no attention to how fast they fell in love
Answer: C
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Chapter 4: Communication
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Q1) Discuss the reasons why individuals keep secrets in romantic relationships.
Q2) Sustained conflict over chronic interpersonal problems is associated with decreased mental health.
A)True B)False
Q3) What are the various defense mechanisms? Discuss their repercussions in relationships.
Q4) Summarize the extent to which couples send sexual content in text messages and the effects of this conduct on their relationships.
Q5) An open-ended question is one that:
A)cannot be answered
B)encourages a person to give an answer that contains a lot of information
C)encourages a person to provide a simple, "to the point" answer
D)is vague so the person listening can "hear" what they want to hear
Q6) "How do you feel about me?" is an example of an open-ended question.
A)True B)False
Q7) Give examples of how power can be expressed in a relationship.
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Chapter 5: Singlehood, Hanging Out, Hooking Up, and Cohabitation
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Q1) Regarding hook up relationships, which of the following is not true?
A)African Americans are more likely to report hooking up than whites.
B)Most hook ups involve friends or acquaintances (rather than strangers).
C)Hooking up is associated with having a higher income.
D)Hooking up occurs in the context of alcohol.
Q2) What term is used in reference to long distance dating relationships?
A)separation protest
B)complementary needs
C)homogamy
D)learning chemistry
Q3) If you are involved in a long distance dating relationship, the one factor that best predicts your chance of staying together is:
A)moral commitment of both partners to keep the relationship together
B)how far the partners are separated from each other
C)how long the partners are separated from each other
D)the degree to which the partners are religiously devout
Q4) What is meant by "The End of Men"?
Q5) Men in China view a woman who is 28 as "old."
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 6: Selecting a Partner
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Q1) Which of the following is true of homogamous pairings?
A)Greater homogamy is associated with greater happiness/stability.
B)Greater homogamy is associated with less happiness/stability.
C)Homogamy has no effect on happiness/stability.
D)Complementary needs outranks homogamy in terms of happiness/stability.
Q2) Film director Woody Allen fell in love with and subsequently married his stepdaughter. The cultural mate selection rule that he broke, which resulted in societal disapproval, is:
A)endogamy
B)exogamy
C)homogamy
D)mating gradient
Q3) What is the effect of having an active prayer life on one's desire to date and marry a person who does not pray?
Q4) Discuss the reasons individuals develop a prenuptial agreement.
Q5) Use various mate selection theories to explain your current or last relationship.
Q6) Identify eight personality characteristics predictive of divorce.
Q7) Explain when partners should discuss a premarital agreement and why.
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Chapter 7: Marriage Relationships
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Q1) Which of the following couples best meet the criteria for marital success?
A)Heather and Andrew, who rarely fight or argue.
B)Kala and Charles, who have been married for 32 years and who love each other
C)George and Carol, who have 1 child, two careers, open communication and good sex
D)Maria and Jose, who are married 12 years and can't keep their hands off each other
Q2) In our society, there is a marriage custom that dictates that the bride wear something old, new, borrowed, and blue. The "borrowed" represents which of the following?
A)the friendship of others that support the marriage
B)the potential for loss of income in today's economy
C)the volatility of the marriage
D)something from a happily married woman
Q3) Which of the following religious faiths encourages interracial marriages?
A)Presbyterian
B)Baha'i
C)Catholic
D)Jewish
Q4) Discuss how black and white fraternity men treat women.
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Chapter 8: Same-Sex Couples and Families
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Q1) What is the effect on homophobia of having contact with a gay person?
A)It increases homophobia.
B)It has no effect on homophobia.
C)It decreases homophobia.
D)It has a brief positive effect then a negative effect.
Q2) With regard to the ratio of lesbian couples and gay male couples:
A)the ratio is about equal
B) there are significantly more lesbian couples
C)there are significantly more gay male couples
D)the ratio is variable: before 2008 there were more lesbian couples; post 2008 there were more gay male couples
Q3) Are there more gay males or gay females or bisexuals?
Q4) Heterosexuals are more likely to keep a secret in a romantic relationship than gays. A)True
B)False
Q5) What does cross cultural research say about the existence of passionate infatuations with same-gender partners in the absence of same-gender sexual desires?
Q6) Under what conditions might reparative or conversion therapy work?
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Chapter 9: Sexuality in Relationships
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Q1) Which of the following is true of vibrator use in a relationship?
A)Its use is related to positive sexual function.
B)It is best if the man does not know the woman uses a vibrator.
C)It is best if the man expresses his disapproval so that he is not replaced by vibrator.
D)Less than ten percent of men reported having used a vibrator.
Q2) Maria's boyfriend wants her to watch pornography with him. She should be aware that research shows that:
A)such a request means that there is a deficit in their sexual relationship
B)such a request means that he is no longer sexually attracted to her
C)those who watch pornography only with their partners report higher sexual satisfaction
D)such a request means that he is vulnerable to having sex outside the relationship
Q3) Most of those who signed "True Love Waits" pledges had premarital intercourse.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Can one contract HIV from providing fellatio?
Q5) Discuss the sexual behavior of persons who have signed the "True Love Waits" pledge.
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Chapter 10: Planning for Children
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Q1) The National Association of Black Social Workers ____ transracial adoption. A)is in support of B)is undecided regarding C)is against D)has reversed their policy twice regarding
Q2) Most adoptive parents are ____ their child finding out about the birth parents.
A)for keeping the books closed and against B)ambivalent about C)split about (the mother is for keeping the books closed; the dad for open disclosure)
D)for making information available and supporting
Q3) All of the following are true of teenage mothers except that they typically have:
A)higher poverty levels
B)poorer health habits
C)lower birth-weight babies
D)higher academic achievements
Q4) What are the financial and psychological costs of adopting a child via the foster care system?
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Chapter 11: Parenting
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Q1) Which of the following is true of positive feedback and approval?
A)Both are important for both children and adults.
B)Both are important for children, not adults.
C)Both are important for adults, not children.
D)Neither are important as long as the social structure is constant.
Q2) Which style of parenting is associated with warmth, consequences, and communication?
A)permissive
B)authoritative
C)authoritarian
D)indulgent
Q3) Which approach to childrearing includes an emphasis on breastfeeding, carrying the child in a sling, and bed sharing with the child?
A)behavioral approach
B)attachment approach
C)parent effectiveness approach
D)socioteleological approach
Q4) Fathers do just as much "emotional work" with children as do mothers.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 12: Work and Family Life
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Q1) Morin and Cohn (2008) found that while two-thirds of all husbands in dual-income families make more money than their wives:
A)wives still make more decisions
B)the parents of the wife still make more decisions
C)husbands still make more decisions
D)the couple share the decision making equally
Q2) THEIR career as opposed to HIS/HER career refers to a situation in which:
A)both spouses have the same career in that they travel and work together
B)both spouses regard child care as their "at home career"
C)both spouses regard housework as their "at home career"
D)both spouses have retirement plans that allow them to retire at the same time
Q3) Which is the least likely pattern?
A)HIS/HER career
B)HER/his career
C)HIS/her career
D)THEIR careers
Q4) What is meant by the "first," "second," and "third" shifts and which spouse is more likely to work which shift?
Q5) When does playing video games become a problem in relationships?
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Chapter 13: Violence and Abuse in Relationships
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Q1) Which of the following is true of dependent elderly people who are murdered?
A)They are white females killed in their own home by a gun.
B)They are black males poisoned by their spouses.
C)They are Hispanic females taken to the emergency room to die.
D)They are Hispanic males taken to the emergency room to die.
Q2) What was the most frequent outcome of being physically abused as a child, as reported by Turkish students?
A)the fear of having one's bruises observed
B)learning that one is infertile from the abuse
C)the humiliation
D)the relentless overlay of the verbal criticism
Q3) Compare the motives for the violent behavior of a woman and man.
Q4) Women and men may both report that they are emotionally abusive but view their own abuse as less than the partner's abuse.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Women and "romantics" are more likely to report emotional abuse than men and realists.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 14: Stress and Crisis in Relationships
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Q1) In general, what has happened to alcohol consumption patterns on campus?
A)They have increased.
B)They have decreased.
C)They have increased for males.
D)They have remained stable.
Q2) Males are more likely than females to believe that if you love someone enough you can resolve your problems with that person.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Most men who have sex with prostitutes are married. The reason for this is that:
A)they want companionship
B)they have more money than single males
C)have lost their way morally
D)they have sexual fetishes their wives will not satisfy
Q4) How many states recognize "alienation of affection" lawsuits?
A)seven
B)twenty-seven
C)forty-seven
D)all states and the District of Columbia
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Chapter 15: Divorce and Remarriage
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Q1) What percent of undergraduates reported that they would divorce a spouse they no longer loved?
A)10 percent
B)25 percent
C)48 percent
D)78 percent
Q2) Which couple is most likely to stay married?
A)young, unhappy, out-of-love couple who just moved to Chicago, divorced parents
B)Asian-American couple, married 27 years, five children
C)older couple, no children
D)two children and husband who had an affair
Q3) What percent of women with shared physical custody were categorized as reflecting continuous anger?
A)20 percent
B)45 percent
C)55 percent
D)60 percent
Q4) Only about three percent of children live with a single father.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 16: Relationships in the Later Years
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Q1) Depression is one of the factors associated with being a caregiver.
A)True
B)False
Q2) How often do those 70 and older have intercourse?
A)never
B)once every week
C)once every month
D)once every 6 weeks
Q3) Caregivers of those with Alzheimer's disease identified which two themes in their decision to institutionalize their loved one?
A)having no one to help and cost
B)anticipating the inevitable and reaching the limit
C)sadness and request of the loved one
D)not having the time and needing to care for one's own family
Q4) What sexuality changes might women and men expect as they age?
Q5) Estrogen replacement therapy is:
A)no longer routinely recommended for women as they age
B)more beneficial to the health of the woman than not taking it
C)being replaced by low doses of Cialis for women
D)recommended for women up to age 48 but not later
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