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Practice Tests

This activity contains 26 questions.

	About 68% of adolescents live with their:   both parents fathers only grandparents mothers only

	The common emotional reaction of many adolescents towards the parent responsible for the divorce is:   compassion rejection sympathy anger

	Adolescents whose parents divorce often feel:   jealousy happy relieved guilty

	Adolescents become jealous and resentful when their divorced parent   takes a job starts dating seeks counseling yells at them

	Right after a divorce, parents tend to:   become more affectionate be inconsistent in demands and rules become less autocratic all of the above

	The most important contributor to post-divorce negative outcomes is the:   Parental conflict income of the parents number of children all of the above

	Adolescents who remain in close contact with their non-custodial fathers:   Do better in school and be less delinquent Be more active and excel in sports Feel less guilt about the divorce all of the above

	The presence of grandparents in never-wed/single mother households:   Can scare away the biological father. Is exclusively a positive experience for grandparents. Can have significant benefits for the child/children. all of the above

	Boys are affected early but later outgrow the effects of:   a deceased mother a father absent home a hostile grandparent peer pressure

	Concerning the effects of father-absence:   girls of divorced parents are more shy and uncomfortable around men girls of divorced parents are more likely to flirtatious girls whose fathers are dead are less likely to have early sexual intercourse whether the father is dead or divorced makes no difference in girls' behavior

	University graduate students more often come from   single parent homes dual parent homes blended families gay parents

	The divorce rate for second marriages is   much higher than first marriages the same as first marriages if there are no children from the first marriage (s). more likely if there are children present from the first marriage(s). lower than first marriages if there are children present from the first marriage(s).

	The biggest complication in remarriages is:   step parents children income ex-spouses

	Being a step-parent is   easier than being a grandparent easier than being an uncle harder than being a biological parent easier than being a biological parent

	Compared to adolescents living with intact families, adopted adolescents:   are less prone to conduct disorders do as well in school are not as popular with peers all of the above

	Present data indicate that slightly over 50% of marriages will eventually end by divorce.    True  False

	When their parents divorce, adolescents are most angry at the parent they blame for the separation.    True  False

	According to Wallerstein, many children of divorce remain worried, underachieving, and self-deprecating even when they reach young adulthood.    True  False

	Compared to adolescents from non-disrupted families, those from disrupted families do not perform as well in school and score lower on measures of academic achievement.    True  False

	Cross-cultural research supports the findings that as adults, people from divorced families are less likely to attend college.    True  False

	Girls whose fathers are dead are likely to have more negative views of men than girls who have lost their fathers to divorce.    True  False

	Losing a parent to death may result in post traumatic stress disorder.    True  False

	The divorce rate for first marriages is higher than for second marriages.    True  False

	Compare the lives of adopted adolescents to adolescents living in single parent homes.   To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

	Discuss some of the psychological problems experienced by adolescents from divorced households.   To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

	Discuss various arrangements in which grandparents are head of household.   To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.

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