Chapter 11 Quiz

A  reluctantly childless

B  temporarily childless

C  biologically childless

D  voluntarily childless

A  induced abortion

B  surrogate abortion

C  miscarriage

D  spontaneous abortion

A  Host countries have curtailed international adoptions for cultural, political, and economic reasons.

B  American laws do not encourage childless couples to engage in intercountry adoption.

C  More childless American couples are adopting within America as the adoption process has become less rigid.

D  The waiting period for adoption in the United States has been revised to less than that of most international countries.

A  Adopted children are safe from unstable or emotionally disturbed birth parents.

B  Adopted children are less likely to feel abandoned and can increase their circle of supportive adults.

C  Adoptive parents are safe from the interference or co-parenting by birth parents.

D  Birth parents can maintain privacy while providing some information.

A  closed adoption

B  semi-open adoption

C  open adoption

D  mediated adoption

A  amniocentesis

B  artificial insemination

C  chorionic villus sampling

D  preimplantation genetic diagnosis

A  amniocentesis

B  in vitro fertilization

C  chorionic villus sampling

D  pap smear test

A  surrogacy

B  egg freezing

C  selective reduction

D  artificial insemination

A  It involves storing unfertilized eggs for future use.

B  It has very low rates for multiple births.

C  It requires the surgical removal of eggs from a woman’s ovaries.

D  It always requires a surrogate mother in order to be carried out.

A  gonorrhea

B  chlamydia

C  endometriosis

D  pelvic inflammatory disease

A  Women who enjoy their jobs and need money to boost their household income are often reluctant to take on balancing child rearing and paid work.

B  The United States—especially compared with many European countries—has abysmal family leave policies, and rigid work schedules.

C  Attitudes about the “ideal” family size have changed, resulting in less pressure to have more than two children.

D  Many single women don’t want to conceive or adopt a child on their own

A  Daunting jobs and careers make it more difficult to meet prospective mates.

B  A number of national studies show that the higher a woman’s education level, the more likely she is to delay childbearing.

C  Many young adults are delaying marriage and having children because they have high college and credit card debts.

D  Disturbed by high divorce rates, some young couples delay parenthood until they feel confident that their marriage will work.

A  Pre-natalization

B  Fertilization

C  Post-natalization

D  Contraception

A  caesarean

B  surrogate

C  pre-term

D  vaginal

A  White women have more nonmarital babies than do other groups.

B  The majority of children born in America are from nonmarital births.

C  Births to unmarried women are similar across racial-ethnic groups.

D  Teenagers account for less than one percent of all nonmarital births.

A  Typically, the responsibility for a baby’s care tends to fall heavily on new fathers, they are more likely than mothers to experience marital dissatisfaction

B  Between four and ten percent of fathers are found to have postpartum depression symptoms in the first year of their children’s birth.

C  Fatherhood has found to enhance the sense of maturity and responsibility in most men.

D  Bonding between the mother and the newborn has always been found to be more endearing and instant than between the father and the newborn.

A  There has been a steep decline in postpartum depression cases in the country.

B  The abortion rate in the country has decreased over the past decade.

C  Most American parents have been found to be overjoyed at the birth of their first baby.

D  Child-rearing costs tend to be more in urban areas that in the rural areas.

A  acceptance-of-fate

B  ambivalent

C  yes-no

D  planner

A  yes-no couples

B  ambivalent couples

C  acceptance-of-fate couples

D  planner couples

A  ambivalent

B  acceptance-of-fate

C  planner

D  yes-no