FAML 430: Comprehensive Final Study Guide
Directions: This Comprehensive exam requires reflective thinking, and
application of the content we have discussed in class or studied from your
textbook reading. You may use your notes, book, or other resources when
completing the Study Guide. Your response should be clearly written, concise
yet detailed enough to completely answer the question to be awarded the full
amount of points.
A typical response to a question would likely be between 175-225 words, but
some answers may be longer and others shorter. The exam is worth 100
points.
1. * Bronfenbrenner’s ecological systems theory recognizes the
complex nature of change and socialization. As a change agent
intent on reducing “spanking” as a discipline practice, how could
you advocate and introduce change into each of
Bronfenbrenner’s systems? How might intervention at one level
indirectly impact change at other levels?
Individual interactions and experiences can determine the degree to which
individuals can develop their abilities and realize their potentials. According to
Bronfenbrenner there are four basic structures; microsystem, mesosystem,
exosystem, and macrosystem. Microsystem refers to the activities and
relationships with others experienced by a developing person in a small setting
(family, school, peer group, or community.) Here spanking is set up as the parent’s
responsibility. It’s the parent’s choice on how to discipline their child. Just as in
this system it would be the teacher’s choice how to handle discipline in a
classroom setting. In the mesosystem there is an interrelationship between two or
more such as the school and family or family and peer group. By a parent for
example encouraging the child to join a sports team or invite a child’s friend to
the home the socialization impact is enhanced through the approval of the parent.
With child participation and performance enhanced there would be less need for
spanking in this system. In the exosystem it is referred to as a setting in which the
child is not a participant. For example, a parent’s job. Demands and stress in
parent’s employment can affect their parenting styles. If parents utilize support, it
would be a great way for parents to talk and destress and improve their parenting
styles; which in this case would reduce spanking. The macrosystem consists of the
society. Corporal punishment in this case spanking, is slowly declining in our
society. Intervention such as decompressing at the exosystem would lead to
parents less quick to act (spank) at the microsystem level. Parental approval at the
mesosystem level would lead to the socialization impact and therefore lessen the
need for spanking. At the macrosystem level the lessened acceptance of spanking
as a form of punishment would impact all levels as it wouldn’t be the punishment
of choice for parents.
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, 2. * Compare and contrast traditional (1950s) western families with
modern (2008) western families on goals for socialization and
methods of socialization.
In the past century the education/socialization domain has declined. This is due to
the fact that a vast majority of children are no longer educated at home. The roles
of the family have also changed. Traditional roles for mothers and fathers are no
longer. Families are noted in the text have shifted from production families to
consumption. Children rarely work in the home, farm or family businesses.
Fathers are not the only authority in the home or sole economic support any
longer. The 18th century children were only seen as significant if the contributed to
their elders’ welfare. Come the 19th century parents were exposed to ideas of a
psychologist, Rousseau who believed children were innately good. By the 20th
century applications from psychologists began to appear in books and magazines.
How to parent would differ from norm practices that were once done.
3. How does divorce impact children and how does it impact adults?
Are there both positives and negatives? If the important
socialization functions are being performed, does the structure
really matter? Why or why not?
The impact of divorce on adults is that the responsibilities double. This leaves the
parent under greater stress. Due to this, children may have an increased
responsibility for themselves. Children of divorce experience a deep sense of loss,
develop divided loyalties, and often feel helpless against forces beyond their
control. Children of divorced parents do have more adjustment problems
compared to those of never-divorced parents. Children’s reactions in divorce are
not all the same and vary depending on their coping skills, various personalities,
parents’ relations with children, and each other. Some children blame themselves
for the break up. The structure of a divorced family can look like a single parent
custody, joint custody, kin custody, and step families. The function of a family
must continue. There will be transition and reestablishing roles of
socialization/education; the child rearing must continue. Assignment of social
roles/authority; power for decision making. Economic support/domestic
responsibilities; family must obtain money to provide support for the members of
the family. Physical well-being of the child. Emotional support/ nurturance; caring
and involvement.
4. Describe the value of family routines, rituals, and traditions as a
socializing agent. Describe how parents can be intentional in
using them as a parenting tool.
The value of family rituals, traditions, and routines can be found in celebrations.
Celebrations help us to unite, motivate, and educate. As humans we have that
deep need to belong. Celebrations give us that in binding us to friends, family and
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Directions: This Comprehensive exam requires reflective thinking, and
application of the content we have discussed in class or studied from your
textbook reading. You may use your notes, book, or other resources when
completing the Study Guide. Your response should be clearly written, concise
yet detailed enough to completely answer the question to be awarded the full
amount of points.
A typical response to a question would likely be between 175-225 words, but
some answers may be longer and others shorter. The exam is worth 100
points.
1. * Bronfenbrenner’s ecological systems theory recognizes the
complex nature of change and socialization. As a change agent
intent on reducing “spanking” as a discipline practice, how could
you advocate and introduce change into each of
Bronfenbrenner’s systems? How might intervention at one level
indirectly impact change at other levels?
Individual interactions and experiences can determine the degree to which
individuals can develop their abilities and realize their potentials. According to
Bronfenbrenner there are four basic structures; microsystem, mesosystem,
exosystem, and macrosystem. Microsystem refers to the activities and
relationships with others experienced by a developing person in a small setting
(family, school, peer group, or community.) Here spanking is set up as the parent’s
responsibility. It’s the parent’s choice on how to discipline their child. Just as in
this system it would be the teacher’s choice how to handle discipline in a
classroom setting. In the mesosystem there is an interrelationship between two or
more such as the school and family or family and peer group. By a parent for
example encouraging the child to join a sports team or invite a child’s friend to
the home the socialization impact is enhanced through the approval of the parent.
With child participation and performance enhanced there would be less need for
spanking in this system. In the exosystem it is referred to as a setting in which the
child is not a participant. For example, a parent’s job. Demands and stress in
parent’s employment can affect their parenting styles. If parents utilize support, it
would be a great way for parents to talk and destress and improve their parenting
styles; which in this case would reduce spanking. The macrosystem consists of the
society. Corporal punishment in this case spanking, is slowly declining in our
society. Intervention such as decompressing at the exosystem would lead to
parents less quick to act (spank) at the microsystem level. Parental approval at the
mesosystem level would lead to the socialization impact and therefore lessen the
need for spanking. At the macrosystem level the lessened acceptance of spanking
as a form of punishment would impact all levels as it wouldn’t be the punishment
of choice for parents.
1
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, 2. * Compare and contrast traditional (1950s) western families with
modern (2008) western families on goals for socialization and
methods of socialization.
In the past century the education/socialization domain has declined. This is due to
the fact that a vast majority of children are no longer educated at home. The roles
of the family have also changed. Traditional roles for mothers and fathers are no
longer. Families are noted in the text have shifted from production families to
consumption. Children rarely work in the home, farm or family businesses.
Fathers are not the only authority in the home or sole economic support any
longer. The 18th century children were only seen as significant if the contributed to
their elders’ welfare. Come the 19th century parents were exposed to ideas of a
psychologist, Rousseau who believed children were innately good. By the 20th
century applications from psychologists began to appear in books and magazines.
How to parent would differ from norm practices that were once done.
3. How does divorce impact children and how does it impact adults?
Are there both positives and negatives? If the important
socialization functions are being performed, does the structure
really matter? Why or why not?
The impact of divorce on adults is that the responsibilities double. This leaves the
parent under greater stress. Due to this, children may have an increased
responsibility for themselves. Children of divorce experience a deep sense of loss,
develop divided loyalties, and often feel helpless against forces beyond their
control. Children of divorced parents do have more adjustment problems
compared to those of never-divorced parents. Children’s reactions in divorce are
not all the same and vary depending on their coping skills, various personalities,
parents’ relations with children, and each other. Some children blame themselves
for the break up. The structure of a divorced family can look like a single parent
custody, joint custody, kin custody, and step families. The function of a family
must continue. There will be transition and reestablishing roles of
socialization/education; the child rearing must continue. Assignment of social
roles/authority; power for decision making. Economic support/domestic
responsibilities; family must obtain money to provide support for the members of
the family. Physical well-being of the child. Emotional support/ nurturance; caring
and involvement.
4. Describe the value of family routines, rituals, and traditions as a
socializing agent. Describe how parents can be intentional in
using them as a parenting tool.
The value of family rituals, traditions, and routines can be found in celebrations.
Celebrations help us to unite, motivate, and educate. As humans we have that
deep need to belong. Celebrations give us that in binding us to friends, family and
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