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Which of the following was cited in your text as a reason for boys being more susceptible to family disharmony than girls? |
| | A) | Boys are more often the cause of family conflict than girls. |
| | B) | Boys are less likely than girls to express their emotions about the conflict. |
| | C) | Boys are more likely than girls to be exposed to family conflict. |
| | D) | Boys are less likely than girls to understand that a small amount of family conflict is not unhealthy. |
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What are two dimensions frequently used to conceptualize parental disciplinary practices? |
| | A) | the quality of the emotional relationship between parents and child and the amount of parenting experience |
| | B) | parental age and the amount of parenting experience |
| | C) | socioeconomic status and the control exerted by parents |
| | D) | the quality of the emotional relationship between parents and child and the control exerted by parents |
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Molly is usually not very responsive to her children's needs and will not consider altering family rules even when there is good reason to do so. Molly would likely be described as a(n) parent. |
| | A) | negligent |
| | B) | authoritarian |
| | C) | permissive |
| | D) | authoritative |
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Which of the following statements is TRUE regarding divorce's effects on children? |
| | A) | In the long run, the adjustment of children in stable, single-parent homes is the same as the adjustment of children in conflict-ridden intact families. |
| | B) | Children's emotional adjustment begins improving immediately after divorce has ended a conflict-ridden marriage. |
| | C) | Children of divorced parents have more difficulty establishing healthy parent-child relationships with their own children. |
| | D) | In the long run, children in stable, single-parent homes are better adjusted than children in conflict-ridden intact families. |
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Which of the following is TRUE regarding parents' interactions with children? |
| | A) | Parents interfere more with the activities of later-born children than with first-borns. |
| | B) | Parents have less disciplinary friction with first-borns as compared to last-born children. |
| | C) | Parents pressure first-born children to achieve more than last-born. |
| | D) | Parents are more consistent in disciplining first-born children than last-born. |
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Which principle in the ecological family systems perspective deals with the entire family system being different than the sum of its parts? |
| | A) | wholism |
| | B) | Gestaltism |
| | C) | interdependency |
| | D) | co-dependency |
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The two dimensions of parental behaviour which impact upon parent-child relationships are |
| | A) | affection and punishment. |
| | B) | social status and religious affiliation. |
| | C) | emotional relationships and parental control styles. |
| | D) | economic status and social issues. |
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Which of the following statements is incorrect? |
| | A) | Child abusers are found in all social classes and all religious, racial and ethnic groups. |
| | B) | Specific personality traits can distinguish abusive from nonabusive parents. |
| | C) | Abusive parents are enmeshed in a multiproblem family; no one single factor leads to child abuse. |
| | D) | Abusive parents are less concerned about social conformity than are nonabusive parents. |
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Which group of parents exhibits greater parental control and restraint in the preschool years? |
| | A) | lower class |
| | B) | working class |
| | C) | middle class |
| | D) | both lower and working class |
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The impact of war on children |
| | A) | can be moderated through family support. |
| | B) | is always permanent and devastating. |
| | C) | exemplifies how vulnerable children are to loss. |
| | D) | is not really understood. |
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An adolescent and her father are engaged in a freewheeling discussion as they walk through the park. Their discourse is smooth and comfortable, coordinated and sensitive. It gives the impression that they are "waltzing" together verbally. This situation likely is an example of |
| | A) | authoritarian parenting. |
| | B) | authoritative parenting. |
| | C) | idealistic notions of parent-child relationships. |
| | D) | socialization. |
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Diane Baumrind describes authoritative parents as |
| | A) | restrictive, punitive, and allowing little verbal guide. |
| | B) | encouraging independence and placing limits on the actions of children and adolescents. |
| | C) | power assertive, rejecting, unresponsive, and parent centered. |
| | D) | undemanding, rejecting, uninvolved, and controlling. |
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Bill's parents have few rules for household conduct or academic expectations. They do not punish Bill when he violates rules but merely accept his behaviour. Bill is likely to develop |
| | A) | social competence because his parents unconditionally accept him. |
| | B) | anxiety about social comparisons and social inferiority feelings. |
| | C) | self-reliance, social responsibility, and autonomy. |
| | D) | little impulse control and disregard for rules. |
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Firstborn children are |
| | A) | more achievement-orientated than those born later. |
| | B) | less achievement-orientated than those born later. |
| | C) | more psychologically well adjusted than those born later. |
| | D) | on the average, less socially responsible than those born later. |
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Adolescents who are securely attached to their parents |
| | A) | cannot adequately develop autonomy. |
| | B) | show less secure attachment to peers. |
| | C) | have more difficulty engaging with peers and separating from parents. |
| | D) | have higher self-esteem than insecurely attached peers. |
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After coming home from school, Jimmy must wait until six o'clock before his parents return home from work. Jimmy would best be described as a |
| | A) | hurried child. |
| | B) | latchkey child. |
| | C) | neglected child. |
| | D) | stepchild. |
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Ethnic families tend to differ from White American families in that the former |
| | A) | are smaller. |
| | B) | show more extended kinship networks. |
| | C) | encourage more autonomy among girls than boys. |
| | D) | have more employed mothers. |
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Which of the following parental characteristics is associated with self-esteem in children? |
| | A) | expression of affection |
| | B) | setting permissive rules |
| | C) | conflicted family environments |
| | D) | parental intelligence |
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By about ___ months, children can make judgments about the goodness or badness of events or even of their own actions. |
| | A) | 18 |
| | B) | 24 |
| | C) | 36 |
| | D) | 48 |
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Physical punishment is more effective in the hands of _____ parents. |
| | A) | "cold" |
| | B) | rejecting |
| | C) | "warm" |
| | D) | authoritarian |
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Children of uninvolved parented tend to be _________. |
| | A) | moody and insecurely attached. |
| | B) | aggressive and resistant. |
| | C) | vulnerable to stress. |
| | D) | of a high energy level. |
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Children of permissive parents tend to be ______. |
| | A) | aimless with few goal-directed activities. |
| | B) | purposive and achievement oriented. |
| | C) | impulsive and aggressive. |
| | D) | immature and alienated from family. |
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Poor, minority parents living in dangerous neighbourhoods who use more _______ childrearing practices have better adjusted children. |
| | A) | indulgent |
| | B) | authoritarian |
| | C) | authoritative |
| | D) | uninvolved |
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Family rituals include _______. |
| | A) | traditions. |
| | B) | rites of passage. |
| | C) | celebrations. |
| | D) | all of the above. |
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Mothers ______ who delay parenting interact ____with their infants than parents who have not delayed parenting. |
| | A) | but not fathers; differently |
| | B) | and fathers; differently |
| | C) | but not fathers; no differently |
| | D) | and fathers; no differently |
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Children of lesbian mothers _______ |
| | A) | develop in a normal fashion. |
| | B) | exhibit greater emotional and social problems. |
| | C) | exhibit altered gender roles. |
| | D) | exhibit somewhat deviant sexual patterns. |
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The statement "Nobody could love you." is an example of ______. |
| | A) | shaming. |
| | B) | rejection or withdrawal of love. |
| | C) | a verbal put-down. |
| | D) | a threat. |
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The statement "How could you do that after all I've done for you?" is an example of |
| | A) | a demand for perfection. |
| | B) | guilt induction. |
| | C) | scapegoating. |
| | D) | a negative prediction. |
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Child abuse is more likely to occur ____ |
| | A) | in large families. |
| | B) | to children under the age of 5 years. |
| | C) | to passive, quiet children. |
| | D) | to the model child in the family. |
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Abusive behaviour in parents is commonly associated with___________. |
| | A) | mothers but not fathers. |
| | B) | older parents. |
| | C) | parents "who should know better". |
| | D) | a sexually unsatisfying marriage. |
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