Parenting Final Exam Question and
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Which of the following is not a major category of family risk?
A. child characteristics
B. parent characteristics
C. financial characteristics
D. contextual characteristics - correct answers financial characteristics
Which of the following characteristics is NOT typically included in the
calculation of a parent's socioeconomic status, or SES?
A. occupation
B. highest educational degree obtained
C. race/ethnicity
D. income - correct answers race/ethnicity
In the study about infants from different SES groups (Fouts et al., 2007) what
was not found?
A. Infants from low SES groups were talked to less often.
B. Infants from low SES groups interacted more with relatives.
C. Infants from higher SES groups vocalized less.
D. Infants from higher SES groups received more verbal affection. - correct
answers Infants from low SES groups were talked to less often.
What percent of children live in poverty in the United States?
A. almost 15%
B. almost 20%
,C. almost 25%
D. almost 30% - correct answers almost 20%
Research has NOT found that children raised in poverty, compared to other
children, are likely to ______.
A. watch more TV
B. be read to more
C. play more video games
D. experience less parental warmth - correct answers play more video games
Lower SES parents more frequently report the use of ______ to discipline
their children than do higher SES parents.
A. withdrawal of affection
B. time-out
C. withdrawal of privileges
D. physical punishment - correct answers physical punishment
Children raised in poverty are likely to be at risk for all but which of the
following?
A. becoming a teen parent
B. being maltreated
C. getting sick more often
D. having attentional problems - correct answers getting sick more often
Which two groups in the United States have the highest rate of child poverty?
A. Hispanics/Latinos and African Americans
B. Hispanics/Latinos and American Indians
, C. American Indians and African Americans
D. American Indians and Hispanics/Latinos - correct answers American
Indians and African Americans
Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE about the extremely poor
families?
A. About 11% of the world's population live on $2/day or less.
B. They spend 2-4% of their income on alcohol and tobacco.
C. They spend 2% of their income on their children's education.
D. There are less than half as many extremely poor families today than 30
years ago. - correct answers They spend 2-4% of their income on alcohol and
tobacco.
In the study by Easterbrooks and Graham (1999) comparing homeless and
low-income mothers, they found that ______.
A. homeless mothers did not differ from low-income mothers
B. homeless mothers had more psychological problems than the low-income
mothers
C. only low-income mothers offered warm, affectionate parenting
D. the groups had very different problems - correct answers homeless
mothers did not differ from low-income mothers
What is a source of resilience in homeless children?
A. breaking away from their parents
B. parents who maintain a negative outlook
C. high-quality parenting
D. lack of community - correct answers high-quality parenting
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Which of the following is not a major category of family risk?
A. child characteristics
B. parent characteristics
C. financial characteristics
D. contextual characteristics - correct answers financial characteristics
Which of the following characteristics is NOT typically included in the
calculation of a parent's socioeconomic status, or SES?
A. occupation
B. highest educational degree obtained
C. race/ethnicity
D. income - correct answers race/ethnicity
In the study about infants from different SES groups (Fouts et al., 2007) what
was not found?
A. Infants from low SES groups were talked to less often.
B. Infants from low SES groups interacted more with relatives.
C. Infants from higher SES groups vocalized less.
D. Infants from higher SES groups received more verbal affection. - correct
answers Infants from low SES groups were talked to less often.
What percent of children live in poverty in the United States?
A. almost 15%
B. almost 20%
,C. almost 25%
D. almost 30% - correct answers almost 20%
Research has NOT found that children raised in poverty, compared to other
children, are likely to ______.
A. watch more TV
B. be read to more
C. play more video games
D. experience less parental warmth - correct answers play more video games
Lower SES parents more frequently report the use of ______ to discipline
their children than do higher SES parents.
A. withdrawal of affection
B. time-out
C. withdrawal of privileges
D. physical punishment - correct answers physical punishment
Children raised in poverty are likely to be at risk for all but which of the
following?
A. becoming a teen parent
B. being maltreated
C. getting sick more often
D. having attentional problems - correct answers getting sick more often
Which two groups in the United States have the highest rate of child poverty?
A. Hispanics/Latinos and African Americans
B. Hispanics/Latinos and American Indians
, C. American Indians and African Americans
D. American Indians and Hispanics/Latinos - correct answers American
Indians and African Americans
Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE about the extremely poor
families?
A. About 11% of the world's population live on $2/day or less.
B. They spend 2-4% of their income on alcohol and tobacco.
C. They spend 2% of their income on their children's education.
D. There are less than half as many extremely poor families today than 30
years ago. - correct answers They spend 2-4% of their income on alcohol and
tobacco.
In the study by Easterbrooks and Graham (1999) comparing homeless and
low-income mothers, they found that ______.
A. homeless mothers did not differ from low-income mothers
B. homeless mothers had more psychological problems than the low-income
mothers
C. only low-income mothers offered warm, affectionate parenting
D. the groups had very different problems - correct answers homeless
mothers did not differ from low-income mothers
What is a source of resilience in homeless children?
A. breaking away from their parents
B. parents who maintain a negative outlook
C. high-quality parenting
D. lack of community - correct answers high-quality parenting
