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

Parents who have access to adequate __________ from each other, friends, and family are better able to respond to their children's needs.

Single-parent families are far more common among

High nurturance with low maturity demands, control, and communication are characteristic of the parenting style which Baumrind labeled

People from which ethnic groups believe most strongly that a good job is unlikely to follow a bad education?

Research on children in the United States indicates that the effects of spanking include all the following EXCEPT

A child is far more likely to become aggressive or delinquent later in childhood, to be a substance abuser in adolescence and adulthood, to attempt suicide, to have emotional problems, and to have a lower IQ if he or she is

Mrs. Mastrovianni is a very nurturant mother and communicates well with her children. They know that she expects them to behave in a mature manner and obey her rules. Mrs. Mastrovianni would fit Baumrind's classification of

Isaac's parents are unable to enforce the limits or rules they set. Isaac will likely

Among 40- to 44-year-olds in the United States, what percentage of African American women have never married?

According to Steinberg and Dornbusch's research, teenagers who had the least optimal scores on measures of problem behavior and school achievement had parents who were

Steinberg & Dornbusch found that students who described their parents as most authoritative at the beginning of the study had all of the following EXCEPT

Steinberg and Dornbusch's research found that the authoritative parenting style was most common in parents who were

Research on families in the United States indicates that a woman's income drops an average of ____________ after a divorce.

Research has indicated all of the following parenting variables contribute to teaching self-regulation EXCEPT

How is the loss of the family dinner affecting children?

Couples with satisfying marital relationships are more warm and supportive to toward their children; those with discordant relationships also have more negative relationships with their children. These results are

Maccoby and Martin added the __________ parenting style to Baumrind's work.

Which of the following sets of characteristics is typical of children reared in families in which parents consistently make realistically high demands on them?

According to research studies, which parent would be likely to sing more expressively?

All of the following are sex differences in mothers' expectations with respect to school-aged children's self-regulatory behavior EXCEPT