CDA EXAM REVIEW QUESTIONS WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTION
Child centered society
A society that sees children as important, cares about their well-being, and works to
meet their needs.
child development
the scientific study of children from conception to adolescence
Heredity
Passing of traits from parents to offspring
environment
all the surroundings or conditions affecting a person
multi- cultural families
Families with members from two or more cultural groups
extended families
Households made up of 3 or more generations living together
authoritarian
parenting style where parents make decisions and children are meant to be obedientus
permissive
Parenting style in which parents give children almost no guidelines or rules.
democratic
A parenting style in which parents set some rules but allow children some freedom
Infertility
the inability to conceive a child after at least one year of trying
step families
Families formed when a single parent marries another person
adoption
the legal process of taking a child of other parents as one's own
foster family
families that provide temporary homes for children whose biological parents are unable
to care for them
maternity leave
parental leave for the mother
paternity leave
paternal leave for the father
FMLA
12 weeks of unpaid leave for the birth or adoption of a child OR caring for a sick relative
Cell
smallest unit of life that can reproduce itself
sperm
male reproductive cell
ovum
female reproductive cell
COMPLETE SOLUTION
Child centered society
A society that sees children as important, cares about their well-being, and works to
meet their needs.
child development
the scientific study of children from conception to adolescence
Heredity
Passing of traits from parents to offspring
environment
all the surroundings or conditions affecting a person
multi- cultural families
Families with members from two or more cultural groups
extended families
Households made up of 3 or more generations living together
authoritarian
parenting style where parents make decisions and children are meant to be obedientus
permissive
Parenting style in which parents give children almost no guidelines or rules.
democratic
A parenting style in which parents set some rules but allow children some freedom
Infertility
the inability to conceive a child after at least one year of trying
step families
Families formed when a single parent marries another person
adoption
the legal process of taking a child of other parents as one's own
foster family
families that provide temporary homes for children whose biological parents are unable
to care for them
maternity leave
parental leave for the mother
paternity leave
paternal leave for the father
FMLA
12 weeks of unpaid leave for the birth or adoption of a child OR caring for a sick relative
Cell
smallest unit of life that can reproduce itself
sperm
male reproductive cell
ovum
female reproductive cell
