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According to Greg Parks, who believes that institutional child
care is beneficial to children, the cost-benefit analysis of the
High/Scope Perry Preschool study indicates a large savings to
the public from all of the following sources except |
| | A) | welfare assistance. |
| | B) | savings to crime victims. |
| | C) | savings to the criminal justice system. |
| | D) | savings in vocational education. |
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According to T. Berry Brazelton and Stanley I. Greenspan, who do not believe that institutional child care is beneficial to children, the approximate percentage of young children who are now reared for significant parts of the day by persons other than their biological parents is |
| | A) | 40 percent. |
| | B) | 60 percent. |
| | C) | 50 percent. |
| | D) | 70 percent. |
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Han, Waldfogel, and Brooks-Gunn, who found that maternal employment had negative effects on children, contend that greater negative effects of maternal employment may be more ronounced in what type of family? |
| | A) | low-income |
| | B) | high-income |
| | C) | middle class |
| | D) | lower-middle class |
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Vander Ven, Cullen, Carrozza, and Wright, who found that maternal employment does not affect children negatively, consider all of the following powerful predictors of delinquency except: |
| | A) | delinquent peer association |
| | B) | family involvement |
| | C) | school attachment |
| | D) | maternal supervision |
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Kyla Dunn, who believes that scientists should be allowed to clone children, asserts that cloning is important for |
| | A) | reproductive purposes. |
| | B) | generating a boost for the economy. |
| | C) | creating more taxes for the federal government. |
| | D) | medical purposes. |
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In his selection, Robert A. Weinberg, who does not believe that
scientists should be allowed to clone children, offers his
concerns about what he calls the |
| | A) | "cloning circus." |
| | B) | "global cloning epidemic." |
| | C) | "cloning hysteria." |
| | D) | "cloning hype." |
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Ezra E.H. Griffith and Rachael L. Bergeron suggest that our society prefers to employ race matching in adoptions. They related that the first type of relatively large scale transracial adoption in the United States occurred in the late 1940s, after World War II, between Anglo American parents and ________ children. |
| | A) | African American |
| | B) | Native American |
| | C) | Latino |
| | D) | Korean |
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Elizabeth Bartholet and Diane H. Shetky contend that the only time a transracial adoption process can be delayed because of race is if: |
| | A) | Mental health professionals determine the adopting child as a special case. |
| | B) | There are only parents or the same race as the child available to adopt the child. |
| | C) | The child has requested to be adopted within his/her own race. |
| | D) | All of the above |
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Gershoff, who believes that spanking negatively affects children, contends that the primary goal of parents who administer corporal punishment is |
| | A) | to make the child quiet down. |
| | B) | to encourage to actions of the child. |
| | C) | to show them who's bigger. |
| | D) | to stop misbehavior immediately. |
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Baumrind, Cowan, and Larzelere, who found that spanking does not have negative effects on children, found that parents are most likely to use corporal punishment when their children are |
| | A) | 6 weeks to 1 year old. |
| | B) | 18 months to 6 years old. |
| | C) | 6-10 years old. |
| | D) | 16-19 years old. |
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W. J. Doherty, Edward F. Kouneski, and Martha F. Erickson, who believe that fathers are really necessary, mention that the two stages of development that require higher levels of physical caregiving from parents are |
| | A) | infants and adolescents. |
| | B) | infants and toddlers. |
| | C) | toddlers and adolescents. |
| | D) | school-aged children and adolescents. |
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Alexis J. Walker and Lori A. McGraw, who do not believe that fathers are really necessary, report that women generally value and actively promote relationships between children and their fathers. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Judith Wallerstein, Julia Lewis, and Sandra Blakeslee, who believe that divorce has a lasting effect on children, contend that: |
| | A) | Most parents know that their children would be happier if they did not divorce. |
| | B) | Children would rather have their parents stay married rather than divorce even if there is martial conflict. |
| | C) | Very few children have anything bad to say about divorce. |
| | D) | Most adjustments that children make after divorce are healthy. |
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E. Mavis Hetherington and John Kelly conclude that many children experience favorable outcomes after a parental divorce depending on the various individual, family, and environmental factors that moderate children's adjustment such as: |
| | A) | the quality of parent-child relationships |
| | B) | the age of the parents when they were divorced |
| | C) | the number of friends children of divorce have |
| | D) | the race and ethnicity of the parents |
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Huesmann, Moise-Titus, Podolski, and Eron believe that children display aggressive behavior in adulthood as a result of watching violent TV in childhood and contend that: |
| | A) | children identify with same sex TV characters |
| | B) | boys are more aggressive than girls |
| | C) | girls are more aggressive than boys |
| | D) | gender has nothing to do with watching violent TV shows |
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Jib Fowles, who does not believe that television violence viewing is harmful for children, asserts that many groups with an organized opposition to television violence are: |
| | A) | educational |
| | B) | religious |
| | C) | governmental |
| | D) | tied to organized crime |
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According to Wade F. Horn, who believes that marriage improves living standards for children, which three states are using welfare reform monies to promote marriage? |
| | A) | West Virginia, Arizona, and Washington |
| | B) | West Virginia, Washington, and Oklahoma |
| | C) | West Virginia, Oklahoma, and Arizona |
| | D) | Arizona, Oklahoma, and Florida |
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According to Stephanie Coontz and Nancy Folbre, who do not believe that marriage improves living standards for children, what percentage of poor children live in two-parent homes? |
| | A) | 38 percent |
| | B) | 83 percent |
| | C) | 50 percent |
| | D) | 25 percent |
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According to David Popenoe, who believes that stepfamilies are inherently problematic for children, stepfamilies are |
| | A) | necessary to society. |
| | B) | better than single-parent families. |
| | C) | more likely to break up than intact families. |
| | D) | biosocial. |
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In his article, Lawrence A. Kurdek, who does not believe that stepfamilies are inherently problematic for children, states that |
| | A) | family life in the 1950s was better than contemporary family
life. |
| | B) | the family is being deinstitutionalized. |
| | C) | stepfamilies are more unstable than intact families. |
| | D) | stepfamilies are structurally diverse. |
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The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, whose policy states that the childhood obesity epidemic is a result of too much television, contend that the proportion of overweight children 6-11 years old has: |
| | A) | more than tripled |
| | B) | not changed |
| | C) | more than doubled |
| | D) | increased 4 times from 1990 |
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The Center for Science in the Public Interest, whose policy states that the higher rates of childhood obesity are the result of too much junk food at school, contends that vending machine options: |
| | A) | are similar in middle and high schools |
| | B) | are more nutritious for middle schools |
| | C) | are more nutritious for high schools |
| | D) | are worse for elementary schools |
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According to Stephen Krashen, who believes that bilingual education programs help non-English-speaking children succeed, dropout rates for Hispanics are higher than |
| | A) | whites but less than Asians and African Americans. |
| | B) | Asians and African Americans but less than whites. |
| | C) | whites and Asians but less than African Americans. |
| | D) | whites, Asians, and African Americans. |
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Rosalie Pedalino Porter, who does not believe that bilingual education programs help non-English-speaking children succeed, states that most parents of English-limited students think their children should be |
| | A) | taught primarily in their native language. |
| | B) | taught subjects in English. |
| | C) | taught about their native culture. |
| | D) | both a and c |
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The National Adoption Information Clearinghouse, whose policy states that gay parents can be healthy for children, encourages social workers to: |
| | A) | just do what the law states |
| | B) | look at the same issues of fitness to parent regardless of sexual orientation |
| | C) | give homosexual couples a better chance to adopt children than heterosexual couples because they have often been denied that right |
| | D) | look at homosexual couples as adoptive parents as the last resort |
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Paul Cameron, who contends that gay parents are not healthy for children, believes foster parents should be: |
| | A) | homosexual |
| | B) | non-married adults |
| | C) | married adults |
| | D) | b and c |
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Cynthia Dailard, who supports universal administration of the HPV vaccine to young girls, believes the best way to ensure universal administration is by: |
| | A) | Administering the vaccine with a girl’s first Pap test |
| | B) | Requiring all females to get the vaccine prior to obtaining a marriage license |
| | C) | Establishing state laws or policies requiring children to be vaccinated before school or day care enrollment |
| | D) | All of the above |
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Roni Rabin suggests that groups are opposed to federally mandating the HPV vaccination because of: |
| | A) | Personal moral values |
| | B) | The high cost of the vaccine verses other types of screening |
| | C) | The unknown long term effects of the vaccination |
| | D) | All of the above |
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Lisa Kolb, who believes that children who are at risk for abuse should remain with their families, states that family preservation workers typically focus upon such specific functions as |
| | A) | teaching problem-solving skills to family members. |
| | B) | teaching coping skills for future crises. |
| | C) | providing information to families regarding other resources. |
| | D) | all of the above |
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According to Mary-Lou Weisman, who does not believe that
children who are at risk for abuse should remain with their
families, the goal of residential treatment is |
| | A) | to gather evidence for court cases against abusive parents. |
| | B) | to provide a safe environment for children of abuse. |
| | C) | to create a therapeutic milieu. |
| | D) | all of the above |
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Robert E. Rector, Melissa G. Pardue and Shannan Martin not only for abstinence only sex education but also |
| | A) | that the students be tested on the material covered in the curriculum. |
| | B) | that the parents know what is being covered in the sex education their children are receiving. |
| | C) | for parents to teach their children about sex at home too. |
| | D) | All of the above |
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Advocates for Youth and the Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States (SIECUS), who do not believe that abstinence-only sex education is effective, suggest that effective sex education programs should |
| | A) | discuss only contraception. |
| | B) | discuss both abstinence and contraception. |
| | C) | discuss only abstinence. |
| | D) | discuss only contraception and preventing STD transmission. |
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Michele Fleming and Debra Rickwood, who believe that teens are safe on the Internet, contend that |
| | A) | most teens are taking appropriate precautions when meeting online friends. |
| | B) | most teens are not aware of the dangers of online predators. |
| | C) | most teens do not use the web to interact with friends in their existing social networks. |
| | D) | most teens do not use the web for homework |
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Chang-Hoan Cho and Hongsik John Cheon, who found that children are exposed to more negative Internet content than parents realize, argue that the amount of negative Internet content children experience was reduced by |
| | A) | parents who spend time online. |
| | B) | family cohesion. |
| | C) | parents who spend time in sports activities with their children. |
| | D) | television. |
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