Author Question: Suppose that you read an article about lesbian couples who are rearing children. You would be most ... (Read 66 times)

frankwu · **on:** Jun 21, 2018

Suppose that you read an article about lesbian couples who are rearing children. You would be most likely to trust this article if it said:

a. Most of the children have positive attitudes about their mothers' nontraditional relationships, and they are also socially well-adjusted..
b. Most of the children are accepting about their mothers' relationships, but they are actually more racist than children reared by two heterosexual parents..
c. Children raised by two heterosexual parents are more likely to be lower in social adjustment, compared to children raised by two lesbians..
d. Because lesbian parenting is a sensitive topic, there hasn't been enough research to draw clear-cut conclusions..

Question 2

Suppose that you learn that a lesbian couple and their children have moved to a home in your neighborhood. If you were to meet their children, you could expect to find that

a. their intellectual development would be similar, but they possibly would be slightly lower in social competence, compared to children in heterosexual households.
b. their social, cognitive, and emotional competence would be slightly lower than the competence of children in heterosexual households.
c. their psychological well-being and social skills would be somewhat higher than those of children in heterosexual households.
d. their intellectual skills, adjustment, and popularity would be similar to that of children in heterosexual households.