Chapter 11 Quiz

A  ambivalent

B  acceptance-of-fate

C  yes-no

D  planner

A  reluctantly childless

B  voluntarily childless

C  temporarily childless

A  surrogate abortion

B  induced abortion

C  spontaneous abortion

D  miscarriage

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

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

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

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

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

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

C  Birth parents can maintain privacy while providing some information.

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

A  semi-open adoption

B  closed adoption

C  mediated adoption

D  open adoption

A  chorionic villus sampling

B  amniocentesis

C  preimplantation genetic diagnosis

D  artificial insemination

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

B  It has very low rates for multiple births.

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

D  It involves storing unfertilized eggs for future use.

A  gonorrhea

B  pelvic inflammatory disease

C  chlamydia

D  endometriosis

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

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

C  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.

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

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

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

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

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

A  Contraception

B  Pre-natalization

C  Post-natalization

D  Fertilization

A  surrogate

B  pre-term

C  caesarean

D  vaginal

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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  yes-no

B  planner

C  acceptance-of-fate

D  ambivalent

A  acceptance-of-fate couples

B  planner couples

C  ambivalent couples

D  yes-no couples