HDF 304 Exam 1.1 Questions and Answers Fully Solved Latest Update 2025-2026
Other names for Human Development and Family Sciences? - Answers -Human Development and Family
Studies
-Child and Family Studies
-Family Studies and Human Development
What is HDFS? - Answers -Human development is the study of how humans change across the lifespan
-Family sciences is the study of family formation, family processes, and family functions
-these both influence each other
-these occur in a variety of contexts: historical, political, economic, and sociological
-our understanding of all of this will improve the lives of individuals and society
-the best way to understand development and families is to study them using best science practices
History of HDFS - Answers -originally part of Home Economics
-the Morrill Acts of 1862 and 1890
-est. land grant colleges in each state
-each asked to est. an agricultural school
-education not just for running a farm, but also a household
-consumer science, parenting, childhood education, nutrition, family economics, clothing, textiles, and
interior design
School of Human Ecology - Answers -consumer science
-parenting
-childhood education
-nutrition
-family economics
-clothing, textiles, and interior design
-HDFS
-nutrition
, public health
textiles and apparel
what does HDFS do? - Answers -family life specialist
-work in advocacy
-counseling
-education: teaching, administration, policy
-health professions
-graduate school in HDFS or related field
Mesosystem influence - Answers members of your immediate system interact with each other to affect
your development (ex. parents fighting and how it affects you)
microsystem influence - Answers the people closest to us and how they interact with is (ex. parents,
siblings, friends)
exosystem influence - Answers how the way that people in your microsystem interact with people in the
outside world (macrosystem) and it in turn affects you and your relationships (ex. husband is stressed
out from job because of his boss, has to work overtime, angry when he gets home, and it affects your
relationship with him)
macrosystem influence - Answers everything in the world, including culture, society, and technological
aspects - focus on context and not processes
Bioecological Theory - Answers -Bronfenbrenner's theory that explains development in terms of
relationships between individuals and their environments, or interconnected contexts
-consists of person, process, and context
-person: you, process: microsystem, mesosystem, exosystem
context: macrosystem, chronosystem
family systems theory - Answers we cannot understand a family by looking only at individuals or even
dyads or triads. the hole is greater than the sum of its parts.
social exchange theory - Answers we weigh the pros and cons and try to maximize our benefits
attachment theory - Answers our early life experiences with caregivers shape how we view and
experience relationships later in life
disconfirmable hypothesis - Answers a theory that can be proven wrong "yes" or "no"
Other names for Human Development and Family Sciences? - Answers -Human Development and Family
Studies
-Child and Family Studies
-Family Studies and Human Development
What is HDFS? - Answers -Human development is the study of how humans change across the lifespan
-Family sciences is the study of family formation, family processes, and family functions
-these both influence each other
-these occur in a variety of contexts: historical, political, economic, and sociological
-our understanding of all of this will improve the lives of individuals and society
-the best way to understand development and families is to study them using best science practices
History of HDFS - Answers -originally part of Home Economics
-the Morrill Acts of 1862 and 1890
-est. land grant colleges in each state
-each asked to est. an agricultural school
-education not just for running a farm, but also a household
-consumer science, parenting, childhood education, nutrition, family economics, clothing, textiles, and
interior design
School of Human Ecology - Answers -consumer science
-parenting
-childhood education
-nutrition
-family economics
-clothing, textiles, and interior design
-HDFS
-nutrition
, public health
textiles and apparel
what does HDFS do? - Answers -family life specialist
-work in advocacy
-counseling
-education: teaching, administration, policy
-health professions
-graduate school in HDFS or related field
Mesosystem influence - Answers members of your immediate system interact with each other to affect
your development (ex. parents fighting and how it affects you)
microsystem influence - Answers the people closest to us and how they interact with is (ex. parents,
siblings, friends)
exosystem influence - Answers how the way that people in your microsystem interact with people in the
outside world (macrosystem) and it in turn affects you and your relationships (ex. husband is stressed
out from job because of his boss, has to work overtime, angry when he gets home, and it affects your
relationship with him)
macrosystem influence - Answers everything in the world, including culture, society, and technological
aspects - focus on context and not processes
Bioecological Theory - Answers -Bronfenbrenner's theory that explains development in terms of
relationships between individuals and their environments, or interconnected contexts
-consists of person, process, and context
-person: you, process: microsystem, mesosystem, exosystem
context: macrosystem, chronosystem
family systems theory - Answers we cannot understand a family by looking only at individuals or even
dyads or triads. the hole is greater than the sum of its parts.
social exchange theory - Answers we weigh the pros and cons and try to maximize our benefits
attachment theory - Answers our early life experiences with caregivers shape how we view and
experience relationships later in life
disconfirmable hypothesis - Answers a theory that can be proven wrong "yes" or "no"
