Exam 5: Family Problems

According to the Canadian Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect (1992), what was the most common reason for investigation?

According to census data (2001), same-sex couples accounted for what percentage of all Canadian couples?

Among developed countries, Canada has the highest teen pregnancy rate.

France was the first country in the world to legalize same-sex marriage.

Which of the following is a contemporary Canadian response that aims to assist divorcing couples with property, custody, and support issues?

According to the conflict perspective, a rising rate of divorce and the increasing number of lone-parent families furnish evidence of the "breakdown" of the family as a social institution.

What is the primary factor involved in the creation of lone-parent families in contemporary Canadian society?

The Canadian Criminal Code allows corporal punishment to be used by parents, school teachers, or a person standing in the place of a parent.

Which theoretical perspective focuses on how wealth and power influence marriages and families?

Which of the following does the term "patriarchy" refer to?

The textbook noted that various strategies have been employed in an attempt to both prevent and respond to violence and abuse in intimate and family relationships. Distinguish among primary prevention strategies, secondary prevention strategies, and tertiary prevention strategies.

What is the term that refers to the concurrent marriage of one woman with two or more men?

According to the structural-functionalist perspective, traditional gender roles interfere with family functioning.

Which of the following do sexually abused adolescents have higher rates of?

Spousal homicide has been on the decline in Canada in recent years.

What are the four patterns of intimate partner violence described in the textbook?

Parental alienation syndrome is defined as an emotional and psychological disturbance in which children engage in exaggerated and unjustified denigration and criticism of a parent.

According to the textbook, which of the following is almost entirely perpetrated by men?

What is the "cycle of abuse"?

Adolescents and adults who were abused as children experienced increased risk of substance abuse, criminal activity, and suicide.