PSYCH 343 EXAM 3 UPDATED ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. One of the reasons why parents rely on spanking is that
A. it has been shown to be the most effective way to get children to internalize the norms and
expectations of their society.
B. it is effective at immediately stopping a behavior, even if it doesn't help children learn to control
themselves in the long run.
C. it provokes a strong emotional response from their children and this helps them remember their
parent's message about how they should behave.
D. it will help children to understand the reasons why they should do what they are being asked to do
by their parents.
Answer:
B. it is effective at immediately stopping a behavior, even if it doesn't help children learn to control
themselves in the long run.
Question:
2. The congruence or agreement between parenting styles of mothers and fathers within the same
family have found fairly high agreement among parents who use a(n) _______________ style and no
agreement in families where one parent uses a(n) _______________ style.
Answer:
permissive; authoritative
Question:
3. Children with __________ parents have the worst outcomes.
Answer:
disengaged
Question:
4. What percentage of children today live in a family with two married parents in their first marriage?
Answer:
46%
Question:
5. Which of the following statements accurately describes the findings on differential parental
treatment?
A. Children think their parents treat them differently from their siblings, but in actuality parents have
been found to treat each of their children practically the same.
B. Siblings who perceive that they are treated less favorably show lower levels of adjustment and
more conflicted sibling relationships.
C. In stepfamilies, non-biological parents tend to be more lenient with their stepchildren than they are
with their biological children.
D. Children have more dissatisfaction with parental treatment when there are large gaps between the
sibling ages.
Answer:
B. Siblings who perceive that they are treated less favorably show lower levels of adjustment and
more conflicted sibling relationships.
, Question:
6. The challenge for parents of adolescents is
A. when to shift from induction discipline to power assertion.
B. how to balance granting autonomy with maintaining connectedness.
C. figuring out how to cope as adolescents break their attachment to their parents.
D. deciding how firm you need to be to control adolescent behavior.
Answer:
B. how to balance granting autonomy with maintaining connectedness.
Question:
7. Research that has compared children raised by gay or lesbian parents and children raised by
heterosexual parents has found
A. very few differences between them.
B. that children in homosexual families suffer from more depression.
C. that children in heterosexual families do better in school.
D. that children in homosexual families are more likely to self-identify as gay or lesbian in early
adulthood.
Answer:
A. very few differences between them.
Question:
8. Inductive discipline involves:
A. using firm discipline and control to ensure that the child behaves in an acceptable way.
B. the parents temporarily making themselves emotionally unavailable to the child, with a condition
for what the child needs to do to change the situation.
C. the parent creating a positive relationship with the child so that the child will find the parent to be
an attractive model to imitate.
D. setting clear limits for children's behavior, giving consequences for negative behavior, and
explaining to the child why a behavior is wrong and what the child can do to fix it.
Answer:
D. setting clear limits for children's behavior, giving consequences for negative behavior, and
explaining to the child why a behavior is wrong and what the child can do to fix it.
Question:
9. When a child is placed in foster care
A. it is very similar to an adoption, except that the family receives financial support from the state for
caring for the child.
B. the child remains in the foster home until the child "ages out" of the system at age 25.
C. it means that the state now believes that there is no chance of the child being reunited with his or
her birth parents.
D. the arrangement is meant to be a temporary one and the family receives financial support from the
state for caring for the child.
Answer:
D. the arrangement is meant to be a temporary one and the family receives financial support from the
state for caring for the child.
Question:
10. Which ethnic group has failed to find a consistent parenting style?
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. One of the reasons why parents rely on spanking is that
A. it has been shown to be the most effective way to get children to internalize the norms and
expectations of their society.
B. it is effective at immediately stopping a behavior, even if it doesn't help children learn to control
themselves in the long run.
C. it provokes a strong emotional response from their children and this helps them remember their
parent's message about how they should behave.
D. it will help children to understand the reasons why they should do what they are being asked to do
by their parents.
Answer:
B. it is effective at immediately stopping a behavior, even if it doesn't help children learn to control
themselves in the long run.
Question:
2. The congruence or agreement between parenting styles of mothers and fathers within the same
family have found fairly high agreement among parents who use a(n) _______________ style and no
agreement in families where one parent uses a(n) _______________ style.
Answer:
permissive; authoritative
Question:
3. Children with __________ parents have the worst outcomes.
Answer:
disengaged
Question:
4. What percentage of children today live in a family with two married parents in their first marriage?
Answer:
46%
Question:
5. Which of the following statements accurately describes the findings on differential parental
treatment?
A. Children think their parents treat them differently from their siblings, but in actuality parents have
been found to treat each of their children practically the same.
B. Siblings who perceive that they are treated less favorably show lower levels of adjustment and
more conflicted sibling relationships.
C. In stepfamilies, non-biological parents tend to be more lenient with their stepchildren than they are
with their biological children.
D. Children have more dissatisfaction with parental treatment when there are large gaps between the
sibling ages.
Answer:
B. Siblings who perceive that they are treated less favorably show lower levels of adjustment and
more conflicted sibling relationships.
, Question:
6. The challenge for parents of adolescents is
A. when to shift from induction discipline to power assertion.
B. how to balance granting autonomy with maintaining connectedness.
C. figuring out how to cope as adolescents break their attachment to their parents.
D. deciding how firm you need to be to control adolescent behavior.
Answer:
B. how to balance granting autonomy with maintaining connectedness.
Question:
7. Research that has compared children raised by gay or lesbian parents and children raised by
heterosexual parents has found
A. very few differences between them.
B. that children in homosexual families suffer from more depression.
C. that children in heterosexual families do better in school.
D. that children in homosexual families are more likely to self-identify as gay or lesbian in early
adulthood.
Answer:
A. very few differences between them.
Question:
8. Inductive discipline involves:
A. using firm discipline and control to ensure that the child behaves in an acceptable way.
B. the parents temporarily making themselves emotionally unavailable to the child, with a condition
for what the child needs to do to change the situation.
C. the parent creating a positive relationship with the child so that the child will find the parent to be
an attractive model to imitate.
D. setting clear limits for children's behavior, giving consequences for negative behavior, and
explaining to the child why a behavior is wrong and what the child can do to fix it.
Answer:
D. setting clear limits for children's behavior, giving consequences for negative behavior, and
explaining to the child why a behavior is wrong and what the child can do to fix it.
Question:
9. When a child is placed in foster care
A. it is very similar to an adoption, except that the family receives financial support from the state for
caring for the child.
B. the child remains in the foster home until the child "ages out" of the system at age 25.
C. it means that the state now believes that there is no chance of the child being reunited with his or
her birth parents.
D. the arrangement is meant to be a temporary one and the family receives financial support from the
state for caring for the child.
Answer:
D. the arrangement is meant to be a temporary one and the family receives financial support from the
state for caring for the child.
Question:
10. Which ethnic group has failed to find a consistent parenting style?
