Exam 13: The Ecology of Development: the Child Within the Family System

With regards to children's health, recent studies have revealed a pattern of associations between maternal employment and childhood______________________.

Mr. Chagall demands obedience and maturity from his children. He feels little need to communicate with them beyond telling them what to do and does not feel very close to them. Baumrind would label Mr. Chagall as

Who developed the bioecological approach to development?

Research on the effect of parents' social support on the child's development shows that the most critical quality of that support for positive outcomes is the

Recent research shows that children are protected from the potentially negative effects of parental unemployment when the still-employed parent (mother or father)

By adolescence, children of divorce are more likely than peers to

According to Bronfenbrenner, the ________ includes the larger cultural or subcultural setting in which all the other systems are embedded.

When one parent loses a job, children are largely protected from negative effects if the still-employed parent displays high levels of ____________ and ______________.

Parents of children with ADHD

Dinnertime doesn't just offer emotional benefits. It also offers __________ benefits.

Systems theorists emphasize that, in any system,

Which parenting type produces the most consistently positive outcomes?

A "psychologically unavailable" mother is often found when children are rated

According to Steinberg and Dornbusch's study of parenting style and deliquency, children of

A study of children conceived by artificial insemination and raised by lesbian parents and heterosexual parents has shown

Kurdek and Fine found that greater parental control was clearly linked with greater psychological __________ .

According to Baumrind, the dimension of parenting associated with the amount of responsiveness and warmth the parent shows the child is known as

Children who do less well in school, are aggressive and immature, and less independent most likely have parents who are

With regards to two-parent families, how does the United States compare to other industrialized nations?

Which child is most likely to have higher average IQ scores and more achievement orientation?