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Lisa Salem-Wiseman

Interpersonal Communication:

Relating to Others Eighth Canadian Edition Steven A. Beebe Susan J. Beebe Mark V. Redmond Lisa Salem-Wiseman

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1 Chapter 11: Interpersonal Relationships: Family and Workplace

Multiple Choice Questions

• Canadian families have changed since the 1950s. Today,
• two-thirds of families consist of a working dad, a mom at home, and two kids.
• only 7 percent of couples who married in 1996 can be expected to divorce.
• divorce, single-parent families, same-sex couples, mothers with careers outside the family, and older first-

time parents have led to diverse family structures.

• 20 percent of mothers with school-aged children are employed or actively looking for work.

Difficulty: 1

QuestionID: 11-1-01

Skill: Recall

Objective: 11.1 Identify and describe the types of families, the models used to describe family interactions, and the ways to improve family communication.

Answer: C) divorce, single-parent families, same-sex couples, mothers with careers outside the family, and older first-time parents have led to diverse family structures.

• According to Canada's 2011 General Social Survey, approximately how many Canadian parents were

separated or divorced from their child's other parent?

A) 250,000

B) 500,000

• 1.2 million
• 2.8 million

Difficulty: 1

QuestionID: 11-1-02

Skill: Recall

Objective: 11.1 Identify and describe the types of families, the models used to describe family interactions, and the ways to improve family communication.

Answer: C) 1.2 million

• According to the text, a family is
• a social group having specified roles and statuses with ties of blood, marriage, or adoption that usually

shares a common residence and cooperates economically.

• a continuing relationship of love and care, and an assumption of responsibility for some other person.
• husbands, wives, and children who all live under one roof.
• a unit made up of any number of persons who live or have lived in relationship with one another over time

in a common living space and who are usually, but not always, united by marriage and kinship.

Difficulty: 1

QuestionID: 11-1-03

Skill: Recall 2 / 4

2 Objective: 11.1 Identify and describe the types of families, the models used to describe family interactions, and the ways to improve family communication.

Answer: D) a unit made up of any number of persons who live or have lived in relationship with one another over time in a common living space and who are usually, but not always, united by marriage and kinship.

• A "natural" or "nuclear" family is defined as
• the family in which you were raised.
• a mother, father, and their biological children.
• one parent raising one or more children.
• relatives such as aunts, uncles, and cousins who are part of the family unit.

Difficulty: 1

QuestionID: 11-1-04

Skill: Recall

Objective: 11.1 Identify and describe the types of families, the models used to describe family interactions, and the ways to improve family communication.

Answer: B) a mother, father, and their biological children.

• Relatives who are part of the family unit as well as individuals who are not related but are treated like

family make up a(n)

• extended family.
• single-parent family.
• blended family.
• natural family.

Difficulty: 1

QuestionID: 11-1-05

Skill: Recall

Objective: 11.1 Identify and describe the types of families, the models used to describe family interactions, and the ways to improve family communication.

Answer: A) extended family.

• The family in which you were raised, no matter what type, is your
• natural family.
• extended family.
• family of origin.
• single-parent family.

Difficulty: 1

QuestionID: 11-1-06

Skill: Recall

Objective: 11.1 Identify and describe the types of families, the models used to describe family interactions, and the ways to improve family communication. 3 / 4

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Answer: C) family of origin.

• Sarah and Connor live with their biological parents. This type of family would be called a(n)
• natural family.
• blended family.
• extended family.
• single-parent family.

Difficulty: 2

QuestionID: 11-1-07

Skill: Applied

Objective: 11.1 Identify and describe the types of families, the models used to describe family interactions, and the ways to improve family communication.

Answer: A) natural family.

• Chang's divorced father married Sarah's divorced mother. They all live in the same house. This type of

family would be called a(n)

• natural family.
• blended family.
• extended family.
• family of origin.

Difficulty: 2

QuestionID: 11-1-08

Skill: Applied

Objective: 11.1 Identify and describe the types of families, the models used to describe family interactions, and the ways to improve family communication.

Answer: B) blended family.

• Abdul, his parents, his grandmother, and his uncle Hassid all live together. This type of family would

be called a(n)

• natural family.
• blended family.
• extended family.
• family of origin.

Difficulty: 2

QuestionID: 11-1-09

Skill: Applied

Objective: 11.1 Identify and describe the types of families, the models used to describe family interactions, and the ways to improve family communication.

Answer: C) extended family.

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