Psychology 12: Introduction to African American Psychology

Quiz for February 12, 2008: Chapter 3: Kinship and Family

Your Name: ___________________________

1. An expressive function of the family is:

a. Providing food

b. Providing shelter

c. Providing for the family’s physical needs

d. Providing for the family’s material needs

e. None of the above

2. Fictive kin are a person’s

a. Biological parents

b. Brothers or sisters (siblings)

c. Aunts or uncles (parents’ brothers or sisters)

d. Grandparents (parents’ parents)

e. None of the above

3. The person who focused on the survival of African cultural patterns in early African American families was

a. Moynihan

b. Frazier

c. Moynihan & Frazier both focused on the family’s cultural strengths

d. DuBois

e. None of the above

4. From 1910 to 1930, a dramatic change occurred in Black family life. This period was marked by:

a. Enslavement

b. Emancipation

c. Reconstruction

d. Migration north

e. All of the above

5. Compared to White women, the reason for the increase in single female households is due to:

a. Increase in divorce

b. Decrease in remarriage

c. Increase in never-married mothers

d. Incarceration of males

e. Increase in single-father families

6. Which of the following is one of the African family values that that survived the Middle Passage?

a. Spiritness

b. Importance of children

c. Interconnectedness (sense of community)

d. Sense of cooperation

e. Shared responsibility

f. All of the above

7. Robert Hill (1971) described the strengths of African families. These included:

a. Strong achievement orientation

b. Strong work orientation

c. Flexible family roles

d. Strong kinship bonds

e. Strong religious orientation

f. All of the above

8. Family support may be emotional, instrumental, or cognitive. An example of cognitive support would be:

a. Giving love

b. Giving affirmation or acceptance

c. Lending money

d. Helping with child care

e. Giving advice

9. The one variable where White and Black parents differ in parenting is in the area of:

a. Warmth

b. Acceptance

c. Expectations

d. Support

e. Autonomy

10. Current Institutional Barriers identified in the text, including all of the following EXCEPT:

a. Age at retirement

b. Adoption policies

c. Welfare system

d. Economic options

e. Inequality in educational opportunity