Foundations in FCS Final Exam Questions and Answers Latest Update 2025-2026
Ellen Swallow was born in Dunstable, Massachusetts - Answers December 3, 1842
Ellen Swallow was accepted as a Special Student in Chemistry at MIT - Answers December 14, 1870
Ellen Swallow married Robert H. Richards - Answers June 4, 1875
The Women's Laboratory was discontinued and all students, regardless of sex, were admitted to the
Kidder Laboratories - Answers September 29, 1883
Ellen Richards died in her home in Boston, MA - Answers March 30, 1911
The American Home Economics Association (AHEA) was founded at the 10th Lake Placid conference,
with Ellen Richards elected as its first president in - Answers 1908
Ellen Swallow Richards is known for all of the following accomplishments except:
a. First woman to study at MIT
b. The founder of the Women's Movement in the United States
c. The founder of ecology as a discipline of study
d. The founder of Home economics - Answers b. The founder of the Women's Movement in the United
States
The Morrill Act established Land Grant Universities in each state - Answers 1862
Free Elementary Education is available in all states - Answers 1870
Creation of 2-year NormalSchools to educate teachers in the US - Answers 1823
The Smith-Lever Act established the Cooperative Extension Service - Answers 1914
The Smith-Hughes Act provides separate funding for vocational education - Answers 1917
Feminist, Robin Morgan, dubbed Home Economists as "the enemy". - Answers 1972
Women's right to vote. Home economist began to teach financial literacy and consumer economics.
Home economics played prominent roles in many social reforms. Home economists responded to needs
for practical education focused on family needs. - Answers 1920's
Traditional values were redefined. After being referred to as "the enemy" by feminist leaders, home
economics leaders critically analyzed the profession which resulted in a career-focus. The discipline
began once again to meet societal needs by offering more specialized knowledge and increasing
, discipline-based research in areas such as housing, nutrition, apparel, consumer economics, and child
studies - Answers 1960's and 1970's
The Integrative Elements of the Body of Knowledge consist of theories and frameworks used across the
discipline to organize observations and information in an effort to facilitate understanding and make
reliable predictions for the future. For questions 6-8, identify the theory/framework defined. A theory
that describes human development utilizing a series of embedded environments each impacted one
another and the individual. The levels include the Micro-, Meso-, Exo-, and Macro- systems.
a. Social-Ecological Theory
b. Life Course Development
c. Human Ecosystem
d. Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs - Answers a. Social-Ecological Theory
A theory that uses developmental psychology theory in a more holistic manner by emphasizing the
interrelated concepts or the human behavior environment, the human-constructed environment, and
the natural environment
a. Human-Ecosystem Theory
b. Life Course Development Theory
c. Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs Theory
d. Social-Ecological Theory - Answers a. Human-Ecosystem Theory
This theory looks at individuals and families over time utilizing trajectories, transitions, and turning
points based on individual, chronological, and historical timeframes.
a. Human Ecosystem Theory
b. Life Course Development Theory
c. Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs Theory
d. Social-Ecological Theory - Answers b. Life Course Development Theory
You find your self on a deserted island. According to Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, what will be the first
type of needs you will be concerned about satisfying?
Ellen Swallow was born in Dunstable, Massachusetts - Answers December 3, 1842
Ellen Swallow was accepted as a Special Student in Chemistry at MIT - Answers December 14, 1870
Ellen Swallow married Robert H. Richards - Answers June 4, 1875
The Women's Laboratory was discontinued and all students, regardless of sex, were admitted to the
Kidder Laboratories - Answers September 29, 1883
Ellen Richards died in her home in Boston, MA - Answers March 30, 1911
The American Home Economics Association (AHEA) was founded at the 10th Lake Placid conference,
with Ellen Richards elected as its first president in - Answers 1908
Ellen Swallow Richards is known for all of the following accomplishments except:
a. First woman to study at MIT
b. The founder of the Women's Movement in the United States
c. The founder of ecology as a discipline of study
d. The founder of Home economics - Answers b. The founder of the Women's Movement in the United
States
The Morrill Act established Land Grant Universities in each state - Answers 1862
Free Elementary Education is available in all states - Answers 1870
Creation of 2-year NormalSchools to educate teachers in the US - Answers 1823
The Smith-Lever Act established the Cooperative Extension Service - Answers 1914
The Smith-Hughes Act provides separate funding for vocational education - Answers 1917
Feminist, Robin Morgan, dubbed Home Economists as "the enemy". - Answers 1972
Women's right to vote. Home economist began to teach financial literacy and consumer economics.
Home economics played prominent roles in many social reforms. Home economists responded to needs
for practical education focused on family needs. - Answers 1920's
Traditional values were redefined. After being referred to as "the enemy" by feminist leaders, home
economics leaders critically analyzed the profession which resulted in a career-focus. The discipline
began once again to meet societal needs by offering more specialized knowledge and increasing
, discipline-based research in areas such as housing, nutrition, apparel, consumer economics, and child
studies - Answers 1960's and 1970's
The Integrative Elements of the Body of Knowledge consist of theories and frameworks used across the
discipline to organize observations and information in an effort to facilitate understanding and make
reliable predictions for the future. For questions 6-8, identify the theory/framework defined. A theory
that describes human development utilizing a series of embedded environments each impacted one
another and the individual. The levels include the Micro-, Meso-, Exo-, and Macro- systems.
a. Social-Ecological Theory
b. Life Course Development
c. Human Ecosystem
d. Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs - Answers a. Social-Ecological Theory
A theory that uses developmental psychology theory in a more holistic manner by emphasizing the
interrelated concepts or the human behavior environment, the human-constructed environment, and
the natural environment
a. Human-Ecosystem Theory
b. Life Course Development Theory
c. Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs Theory
d. Social-Ecological Theory - Answers a. Human-Ecosystem Theory
This theory looks at individuals and families over time utilizing trajectories, transitions, and turning
points based on individual, chronological, and historical timeframes.
a. Human Ecosystem Theory
b. Life Course Development Theory
c. Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs Theory
d. Social-Ecological Theory - Answers b. Life Course Development Theory
You find your self on a deserted island. According to Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, what will be the first
type of needs you will be concerned about satisfying?
