CHD 4537 EXAM 1 UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS

CHD 4537 EXAM 1 UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS

Question:
1. Parenthood is a ____________ construct.
Answer:
social

Question:
2. Parent-child relationship is a _______________ of a larger family system.
Answer:
subsystem

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3. Parenthood is ___________________ meaning that the parent affects the child as well as the child
affects the parent.
Answer:
bidirectional

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4. How many stages of life did the Ancient Greek and Romans recognize?
Answer:
2: childhood and adulthood

Question:
5. Philosopher who believed that children should be separated from their parents and and have the state
assume responsibility for childrearing.
Answer:
Plato

Question:
6. Period of history that included widespread infanticide, child sacrifices, and slavery.
Answer:
Ancient Greece and Rome

Question:
7. Period of history characterized by minimal formal education, few emotional ties between parent and
child, and a focus on food, clothing, and shelter rather than parenting.
Answer:
Middle Ages to Renaissance (400-1400)

Question:
8. In the Middle Ages to Renaissance period of time, some people thought of children as symbols of
____________, while others perceived children as innately _____________.

,Answer:
purity; evil (original sin)

Question:
9. A period of history characterized by stern discipline towards children and an emphasis on their ability to
be a good source of cheap labor.
Answer:
Europe and Colonial America (1600-1800)

Question:
10. Philosopher in Europe and Colonial America who believed that children were inherently good, but
corrupted by adults.
Maturationism
Answer:
Jean Jacques Rousseau

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11. Belief that children should be raised outside of the influence of adults, learning at their own pace.
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Answer:
Maturationism

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12. Period of time in which fathers were less available to children and calvinism, environmentalism, and
early developmentalism were developed.
Answer:
Industrial Revolution

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13. Advocates stern harsh use of physical punishment
Answer:
Calvinism

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14. Tabula rasa, the idea that children's minds were like blank slates at birth. Personality, skills,
intelligence all resulted from learning experiences and interactions with the environment.
John Locke
Answer:
Environmentalism

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15. Advocate early education. Obedience was valued, but obtained in more humane ways.
Answer:
Early Developmentalism

, Question:
16. Period of time characterized by a shift in parenting perspectives from restrictive, authoritarian, and
stern (Watson) to permissive (Freud and Spock).
Answer:
Twentieth Century Era

Question:
17. The Twentienth Century showed a(n) ____________________ in divorce, single parent families,
remarriage, and stepfamilies.
Answer:
increase

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18. The twentieth century showed a(n) _______________ in traditional nuclear family.
Answer:
decrease

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19. A set of logically related concepts or statements that seek, in this field, to describe, explain and predict
behavior is a parenting context. It is made up of coherently linked concepts and propositions.
Answer:
Theory

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20. Explains the complex interactions of families and the processes by which families set rules, establish
goals, and maintain balance.
"Analyzing the group as a whole"
Answer:
Family Systems Theory

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21. The idea that a family is greater than the sum of its members. We can't look at just one person to
understand phenomenon, but rather the whole family unit.
Answer:
Wholeness

Question:
22. What affects one person in a family also affects the other members in the family.
ex: a mother developing post-partum depression effects the spouse and the other children
Answer:
Interdependence

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23. Behavioral interaction patterns that serve to regulate the behavior of members and allow members to
anticipate each other's behaviors
Answer:
Patterns