Exam 12: Work and Family Life

Compare and evaluate the following strategies for coping with the demands of employment and family: superperson strategy, cognitive restructuring, delegation of responsibility, and planning and time management.

Morin and Cohn (2008) found that while two-thirds of all husbands in dual-income families make more money than their wives:

Hochschild (1989) used the term "second shift" to refer to:

Mediocre is the term used to describe most day care centers in the U.S.

The term that describes a woman who has a successful at-home business is:

Compare the effect on the marriage of an unhappy wife who has just been given a promotion where she will earn a high income with a happy wife who has just been given a similar promotion.

An example of the "second shift" is a parent helping an adolescent through an emotional crisis.

What is the most prevalent reason women give for "opting out"?

Stanley and Einhorn (2007) note that money is a profound issue in marriage because:

What percent of office romances ended badly with the person losing his/her job?

What is the percentage of undergraduates who fantasized about office love/actually experienced it?

Economic hardship negatively affects married couples but not couples who cohabitate.

All of the following are associated with lower incomes and economic stress except that:

The basic exchange between elderly parents and their adult children is that:

A wife who works in an office all day/comes home to cook and puts two children to bed is:

Discuss the functions that leisure fulfills in our individual and interpersonal lives.

Undergraduates who took an online money management class:

The day care arrangement most preferred by mothers is one: