CMAS 258N Test 1 Questions with 100%
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Define terminology related to child maltreatment
Inclusive term for child abuse and neglect
infanticide
Murder of babies
Pedophilia
Preying on younger children sexually
16th century view of children
-children are born evil/stubborn
-corporal punishment at school
17th century view of children
how should children be treated
-John Locke
-Elizabethan Poor Law
John Locke
Children are seen as empty vessels/ "empty slates"
-focus on nature vs. nurture
Elizabethan Poor Law
17th century
-Enacted for society to deal with the impoverished parent where community and churches fell
, short
-Developed Almshouses, orphanages, hospitals, work programs for able-bodied poor
-Categorized: Able-bodied poor, Impotent poor, Dependent children
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
-Contradicted Locke's theory
-Children are born as "noble savages" w/ a moral compass
-children as inherently good
Mid 18th-20th century
Industrial Revolution
Child labor
Increased immigration to the US
Orphan trains
Mary Ellen
Mary Ellen Wilson case
1874
10 year old girl in NYC
beaten, starved, neglected
intervention from Etta Wheeler, ASPCA,
led to New York Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NYSPCC) in 1875
Indentured
A system in which parents apprentice children to masters who taught a trade (Chid labor)
New York Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Children
Correct Answers
Define terminology related to child maltreatment
Inclusive term for child abuse and neglect
infanticide
Murder of babies
Pedophilia
Preying on younger children sexually
16th century view of children
-children are born evil/stubborn
-corporal punishment at school
17th century view of children
how should children be treated
-John Locke
-Elizabethan Poor Law
John Locke
Children are seen as empty vessels/ "empty slates"
-focus on nature vs. nurture
Elizabethan Poor Law
17th century
-Enacted for society to deal with the impoverished parent where community and churches fell
, short
-Developed Almshouses, orphanages, hospitals, work programs for able-bodied poor
-Categorized: Able-bodied poor, Impotent poor, Dependent children
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
-Contradicted Locke's theory
-Children are born as "noble savages" w/ a moral compass
-children as inherently good
Mid 18th-20th century
Industrial Revolution
Child labor
Increased immigration to the US
Orphan trains
Mary Ellen
Mary Ellen Wilson case
1874
10 year old girl in NYC
beaten, starved, neglected
intervention from Etta Wheeler, ASPCA,
led to New York Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NYSPCC) in 1875
Indentured
A system in which parents apprentice children to masters who taught a trade (Chid labor)
New York Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Children
