1. Jackie is an academic reference librarian and has been offered an additional position to teach part-time in the university’s School of Education. The part-time job will require a substantial time commitment, including maintaining office hours outside the library. She has some concerns about accepting the part-time job, primarily because of the possibility of:
A. Role ambiguity
B. Role overload
C. Role conflict
D. Role innovation
2. Sharon is most likely to experience sexual harassment in the workplace if she is:
A. Over thirty
B. College-educated
C. In a female-dominated profession
D. Single
3. The attempted reduction of workplace stress by reorganizing large departments of a garment manufacturer into small decision-making teams is an example of:
A. A primary prevention intervention
B. A secondary prevention intervention
C. A tertiary prevention intervention
D. A socio-technical intervention
4. Jerome was raised by a financially struggling single mother. Nevertheless, he
can be considered resilient, as he did well academically in high school and plans
to attend college. Which is LEAST likely to be true?
A. He will have difficulty in romantic relationships.
B. He received a great deal of negative feedback from his mother.
C. He will be substantially free of psychological distress.
D. He will avoid major problems with the law.
5. Tim and Tammy are a dual-career couple who are attempting to strike anequitable balancebetween their current work and family responsibilities. They are most likely to approach the challenge by considering:
A. Equal sharing
B. Trading off
C. Placing limits on work hours
D. All of the above
6. Samantha is a 40-year-old mother who, after years of infertility treatment, was
able to conceive through artificial reproductive technology and deliver a son, Ian.
What is MOST likely to be the case with respect to Samantha as a
mother?
A. She tends to be overprotective toward Ian.
B. She has difficulty disciplining Ian.
C. She is warm and emotionally involved with Ian.
D. She has considerable worries about Ian’s health.
7. In blended families with stepfathers, the most generally successful approach to
disciplining older children involves:
A. Mother and stepfather equally involved in discipline.
B. Stepfather following the discipline approach used by the biological
father.
C. Stepfather being minimally involved in discipline.
D. Stepfather being the primary disciplinarian for major conduct
violations.
8. Negative birth outcomes, such as infant mortality, tend to be highest for:
A. Caucasian teens
B. Hispanics
C. African-American teens
D. Adult African-Americans
9. Armando, who is Hispanic with a business degree, has not been promoted as
rapidly as Caucasians with similar backgrounds at the marketing firm where he
works. Armando’s response may be most likely related to:
A. Allostatic load
B. Incongruent efficacy expectations
C. Acculturative stress
D. Problem-focused coping
10. Which is LEAST likely to be the case in coping with stress among African-
American women?
A, Religion plays an important part.
B. Family support is critical.
C. Emotion-focused coping strategies are encouraged.
D. Avoidance strategies are common.
Essays: Five points each. Respond to each question in at least two paragraphs.
11. Discuss at least two differences and two similarities between adoptive and
foster families with regard to the potential impact of children in these families.
12. Identify a work environment that might encourage sexual harassment and
discrimination, either overtly or indirectly, and describe an organizational
intervention that might decrease the likelihood of these stressors.
