Chapter 11 Exam

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

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

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

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

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

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

D  Advances in reproductive technology have reduced many women’s concerns about their biological clock and finding a mate.

A  yes-no

B  ambivalent

C  acceptance-of-fate

D  planner

A  the lack of a national child care program

B  the difficulty in finding a suitable job to sustain a family

C  the rise in divorce rates across all populations of the country

D  the fear of being a single, working mom

A  communication between the adoptee and the adoptive and biological parents takes place only through a third party

B  birth parents are allowed to develop a relationship with the child as she or he grows

C  the adopted child is co-parented by the adoptive parents and the birth parents

D  the adopted child has no contact with the biological parents and little, if any, information about them

A  water birth

B  postnatal operation

C  surrogate surgery

D  caesarean section

A  reluctantly childless

B  voluntarily childless

C  temporarily childless

D  biologically childless

A  closed

B  open

C  mediated

D  semi-open

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

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

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

D  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

A  There has been an increase in the number of married couples in the African American population.

B  The effect of marriage squeeze is found to be lowest in the African American population.

C  There has been an increase in the rates of unintended childbearing in the African American population.

D  The African American population has the lowest rates of abortion.

A  movement of the fetus

B  frequent nausea, heartburn, and insomnia

C  frequent backaches

D  awkwardness and clumsiness

A  Adopted children are safe from unstable or emotionally disturbed birth parents in open adoptions when compared to semi-open adoptions.

B  Adopted children are less likely to experience identity confusion in semi-open adoptions when compared to open adoptions.

C  Adoptive parents have a greater sense of control in semi-open adoptions when compared to open adoptions.

D  Adoptive parents are safe from the interference or co-parenting by birth parents in open adoptions when compared to semi-open adoptions.

A  embryo

B  fetus

C  egg cell

D  zygote

A  are more likely to produce preterm, multiple births

B  help identify any possible genetic disease that fetus may be carrying

C  involve removing eggs from a woman’s ovaries, fertilizing them in a petri dish

D  require a third-person to act as surrogate to the pregnancy

A  Adopted children comprise 50 percent of the U.S. child population.

B  Studies have shown that adopted children are more likely to be physically abused by their adoptive parents.

C  Forty percent of adopted children in the United States are of a different race, ethnicity, or culture than their adoptive parent/parents.

D  The Multiethnic Placement Act (MEPA) requires that all transracial adoption be open adoptions.

A  third trimester

B  first trimester

C  24th week of pregnancy

D  18th week of pregnancy

A  pelvic inflammatory disease

B  endometriosis

C  chlamydia

D  gonorrhea

A  yes-no

B  acceptance-of-fate

C  ambivalent

D  planner

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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