Family comm 4343 exam 2 questions
and answers graded A+ passed
Nucellar family siblings Know the five unique characteristics of sibling relationships. - correct
answer ✔✔1. Pervasive: 96% of people have at least one sibling (step, half, or whole)
2. Involuntary and permanent
3.Egalitarian: siblings are equal, age difference becomes less important as siblings age
4.Importance of shared history: siblings are the ones who were there in the stories of the past.
5. Paradoxical: lots of highs and lots of lows
How do full-siblings, half-siblings, and step-siblings compare? - correct answer ✔✔- Age
difference - highest in half-sibling
- Contact - highest in full-siblings unless there are no full then half is at the same rate
- Conflict - highest in step and half-siblings
- Closeness - highest in full and half-siblings
How do the following tend to affect sibling relationships:
marriage/children
Divorce
whether one has a sister or brother
sibling rivalry. - correct answer ✔✔Marriage/children: contact between siblings decreases when
either of the siblings gets married or has children.
Divorce: contact between siblings increases when a sibling gets divorced.
Whether one has a sister or brother: Sisters tend to have the most contact with one another.
-Next would be sister brother siblings and least contact in brother brother. This is because
women tend to play the kin keeping role.
,Sibling rivalry: 45% still have sibling rivalry with a sibling into adulthood
-Closeness between siblings decreases with sibling rivalry
-Emotional health - rivalry can cause loneliness and emotional distress
-Sex differences in sibling rivalry - brother brother has the highest rivalry then sister sister and
least sister brother.
Understand how the following affect the grandparent/grandchild relationship: Stereotypical
view of grandparents, cultural issues, self-disclosure, type of communication media, age
salience. - correct answer ✔✔Sterotypical view: feminine view
does not take into account severl factors
cultural values: ineract differs based on culture. acculturation in our culture
How do the following challenges tend to affect the grandparent relationship: divorce,
geographic distance, sex of grandparent - correct answer ✔✔Divorce: The grandparents on the
side of the non custodial parent are less likely to see and have a close relationship with their
grandchildren.
Geographic distance: Greater distance = less interaction. Distance does not affect closeness.
Sex of grandparent: Maternal grandparents and grandmothers in general tend to be closest to
their grandchildren.
-Grandmothers = emotional support-Grandfathers = instrumental support
Why is the parent-in-law, child, child-in-law relationship triadic? What implications does this
have for communication between them? How does this relate to balance theory and social
exchange theory? - correct answer ✔✔There are 3 people involved each having a different
relationship with one another
-Self, spouse, and parent-in-law
How does this relate to balance theory and social exchange theory? - correct answer
✔✔Balance theory - positive and negative perceptions of people to each other. If the triadic
relationship is unbalanced it causes problems
, Social exchange theory - do benefits outweigh the costs? In law relationships are not able to be
terminated
Know how in-law relationships relate to the following: mutual aid, effects of divorce, effects on
larger family system. - correct answer ✔✔Mutual aid: Most likely to give each other support
during early years of marriage, preschool years of grandchildren, and when aging parents need
assistance.
-Instrumental support
Effects of divorce:
-No longer legal relationship
-Children often lose contact with non custodial grandparents
-Grandparents often expect to continue interacting with grandchildren
-Relationship must be redefined
Effects on larger family system:
May be differences in who is and who is not considered part of the family.
Know the findings of the following studies: Arnesto & Weisman (2001); Fontaine & Hammond,
1996 - correct answer ✔✔controlling- unaccepting
shame-unaccepting
guilt-accepting
positive-acceepting
Fontaine & Hammond, 1996 - correct answer ✔✔Negative reactions and not feeling like one
can come out results in higher rates of depression anxiety suicide and substance abuse.
How did lesbian families tend to externally communicate their identity as a family? - correct
answer ✔✔Last names: hyphenated last names tend to connect the child to both parents
Donor choice: lesbian couples try to find a donor that resembles the nonbiological parent.
and answers graded A+ passed
Nucellar family siblings Know the five unique characteristics of sibling relationships. - correct
answer ✔✔1. Pervasive: 96% of people have at least one sibling (step, half, or whole)
2. Involuntary and permanent
3.Egalitarian: siblings are equal, age difference becomes less important as siblings age
4.Importance of shared history: siblings are the ones who were there in the stories of the past.
5. Paradoxical: lots of highs and lots of lows
How do full-siblings, half-siblings, and step-siblings compare? - correct answer ✔✔- Age
difference - highest in half-sibling
- Contact - highest in full-siblings unless there are no full then half is at the same rate
- Conflict - highest in step and half-siblings
- Closeness - highest in full and half-siblings
How do the following tend to affect sibling relationships:
marriage/children
Divorce
whether one has a sister or brother
sibling rivalry. - correct answer ✔✔Marriage/children: contact between siblings decreases when
either of the siblings gets married or has children.
Divorce: contact between siblings increases when a sibling gets divorced.
Whether one has a sister or brother: Sisters tend to have the most contact with one another.
-Next would be sister brother siblings and least contact in brother brother. This is because
women tend to play the kin keeping role.
,Sibling rivalry: 45% still have sibling rivalry with a sibling into adulthood
-Closeness between siblings decreases with sibling rivalry
-Emotional health - rivalry can cause loneliness and emotional distress
-Sex differences in sibling rivalry - brother brother has the highest rivalry then sister sister and
least sister brother.
Understand how the following affect the grandparent/grandchild relationship: Stereotypical
view of grandparents, cultural issues, self-disclosure, type of communication media, age
salience. - correct answer ✔✔Sterotypical view: feminine view
does not take into account severl factors
cultural values: ineract differs based on culture. acculturation in our culture
How do the following challenges tend to affect the grandparent relationship: divorce,
geographic distance, sex of grandparent - correct answer ✔✔Divorce: The grandparents on the
side of the non custodial parent are less likely to see and have a close relationship with their
grandchildren.
Geographic distance: Greater distance = less interaction. Distance does not affect closeness.
Sex of grandparent: Maternal grandparents and grandmothers in general tend to be closest to
their grandchildren.
-Grandmothers = emotional support-Grandfathers = instrumental support
Why is the parent-in-law, child, child-in-law relationship triadic? What implications does this
have for communication between them? How does this relate to balance theory and social
exchange theory? - correct answer ✔✔There are 3 people involved each having a different
relationship with one another
-Self, spouse, and parent-in-law
How does this relate to balance theory and social exchange theory? - correct answer
✔✔Balance theory - positive and negative perceptions of people to each other. If the triadic
relationship is unbalanced it causes problems
, Social exchange theory - do benefits outweigh the costs? In law relationships are not able to be
terminated
Know how in-law relationships relate to the following: mutual aid, effects of divorce, effects on
larger family system. - correct answer ✔✔Mutual aid: Most likely to give each other support
during early years of marriage, preschool years of grandchildren, and when aging parents need
assistance.
-Instrumental support
Effects of divorce:
-No longer legal relationship
-Children often lose contact with non custodial grandparents
-Grandparents often expect to continue interacting with grandchildren
-Relationship must be redefined
Effects on larger family system:
May be differences in who is and who is not considered part of the family.
Know the findings of the following studies: Arnesto & Weisman (2001); Fontaine & Hammond,
1996 - correct answer ✔✔controlling- unaccepting
shame-unaccepting
guilt-accepting
positive-acceepting
Fontaine & Hammond, 1996 - correct answer ✔✔Negative reactions and not feeling like one
can come out results in higher rates of depression anxiety suicide and substance abuse.
How did lesbian families tend to externally communicate their identity as a family? - correct
answer ✔✔Last names: hyphenated last names tend to connect the child to both parents
Donor choice: lesbian couples try to find a donor that resembles the nonbiological parent.
