Question 1

Identify four family/parental characteristics that are associated with higher risks of child abuse and neglect.

Accepted Answer

Four family/parental characteristics that are associated with higher risks of child abuse and neglect include: 1) living in poverty, 2) being the child of an adolecent parent, 3) having alcoholic or drug-addicted parents, and 4) having parents who devalue children.

Question 2

The primary characteristic of children that puts them at greater risk for being abused is:

Accepted Answer

A)  Their gender: with males being at greatest risk for sexual abuse. 
B)  Their ethnicity: with immigrants from India being at greatest risk. 
C)  Their age: with children under the age of 6 being at greatest risk. 
D)  Their age: with children in elementary school being at greatest risk. 
A)  Their gender: with males being at greatest risk for sexual abuse. 
B)  Their ethnicity: with immigrants from India being at greatest risk. 
C)  Their age: with children under the age of 6 being at greatest risk. 
D)  Their age: with children in elementary school being at greatest risk. C

Question 3

In 1972, Havens stated that some parents do which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  Unintentionally injure but never kill their children. 
B)  Abandon their children due to lack of sufficient financial resources. 
C)  Intentionally injure and sometimes kill their children. 
D)  Raise children within dysfunctional households. 
A)  Unintentionally injure but never kill their children. 
B)  Abandon their children due to lack of sufficient financial resources. 
C)  Intentionally injure and sometimes kill their children. 
D)  Raise children within dysfunctional households. C

Question 4

When family members _____________, healthy adaptation to parental death is more likely to occur.

Accepted Answer

A)  keep themselves busy 
B)  support open expressions of feelings about the deceased 
C)  avoid talking about a parent's death 
D)  try to act as if the death had not occurred 
A)  keep themselves busy 
B)  support open expressions of feelings about the deceased 
C)  avoid talking about a parent's death 
D)  try to act as if the death had not occurred

Question 5

Members of families of alcoholics often take on roles that shape family dynamics. The primary role of the co-dependent spouse in a family with an alcoholic is:

Accepted Answer

A)  To take care of everyone and be an overachiever in order to gain everyone's approval. 
B)  To attempt to control the drinking of the alcoholic and to cover up the problem. 
C)  To take everyone's attention off the drinking of the alcoholic and make everyone laugh or find relief in humor. 
D)  To stay out of everyone's way and avoid causing any problems. 
A)  To take care of everyone and be an overachiever in order to gain everyone's approval. 
B)  To attempt to control the drinking of the alcoholic and to cover up the problem. 
C)  To take everyone's attention off the drinking of the alcoholic and make everyone laugh or find relief in humor. 
D)  To stay out of everyone's way and avoid causing any problems.

Question 6

Having at least one adult in their lives, who nurtures them and provides for their basic needs, help maltreated children to develop which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  Resistance. 
B)  A sense of defiance. 
C)  Self-actualization 
D)  Resiliency. 
A)  Resistance. 
B)  A sense of defiance. 
C)  Self-actualization 
D)  Resiliency.

Question 7

The experience of having been abused as a child can be countered in adulthood through:

Accepted Answer

A)  Court protection orders that remove children who are at risk of being abused by a parent who was abused as a child. 
B)  Intervention services to decrease parental depression often associated with earlier child abuse. 
C)  Shock Therapy, which can interfere with the disabling pattern of thinking associated with abuse. 
D)  Avoidance of having children. 
A)  Court protection orders that remove children who are at risk of being abused by a parent who was abused as a child. 
B)  Intervention services to decrease parental depression often associated with earlier child abuse. 
C)  Shock Therapy, which can interfere with the disabling pattern of thinking associated with abuse. 
D)  Avoidance of having children.

Question 8

Professionals, who work with parents who have lost a child through death, can best help the family by:

Accepted Answer

A)  Encouraging the parents to talk with their surviving children about the death, the circumstances of the death, and their feelings of loss and sadness. 
B)  Encouraging the parents to remove the belongings of the child who has died from the home including all of the pictures of the child. 
C)  Avoiding mentioning the child's name who has died until things begin to feel normal again. 
D)  Helping the parents create new routines and rituals for the family that omit memories of the child who has died. 
A)  Encouraging the parents to talk with their surviving children about the death, the circumstances of the death, and their feelings of loss and sadness. 
B)  Encouraging the parents to remove the belongings of the child who has died from the home including all of the pictures of the child. 
C)  Avoiding mentioning the child's name who has died until things begin to feel normal again. 
D)  Helping the parents create new routines and rituals for the family that omit memories of the child who has died.

Question 9

Which of the following accurately describes the research that has focused on the intergenerational abuse of children?

Accepted Answer

A)  Being maltreated as a child puts an individual more at risk for becoming abusive toward one's own children. 
B)  The path between being maltreated as a child and becoming abusive toward one's own children cannot be altered by such factors as social support. 
C)  The path between being maltreated as a child and becoming abusive toward one's own children is inevitable. 
D)  Most children who are abused later become violent adults. 
A)  Being maltreated as a child puts an individual more at risk for becoming abusive toward one's own children. 
B)  The path between being maltreated as a child and becoming abusive toward one's own children cannot be altered by such factors as social support. 
C)  The path between being maltreated as a child and becoming abusive toward one's own children is inevitable. 
D)  Most children who are abused later become violent adults.

Question 10

The most typical outcome for both men and women who were abused as children is:

Accepted Answer

A)  To be abusive to their own or someone else's child. 
B)  To become a sexual predator. 
C)  To avoid commitment and marriage. 
D)  To be nonviolent in their adult families. 
A)  To be abusive to their own or someone else's child. 
B)  To become a sexual predator. 
C)  To avoid commitment and marriage. 
D)  To be nonviolent in their adult families.

Question 11

When children lose a grandparent, with whom there has been a close relationship, what are eight typical responses?
ANSWERS TO MULTIPLE CHOICE,

Accepted Answer

Eight typical responses of children who

Question 12

Identify three helpful approach/es others can take to help grieving parents whose child has died.

Accepted Answer

Three helpful approaches others can take

Question 13

Children in foster care typically experience feelings of grief and anxiety and wish to be with their parents). Identify two circumstances when these feelings are likely to become intensified.

Accepted Answer

Foster children's feelings of

Question 14

Whether a parent's death is sudden or expected, the degree to which a child adjusts to the loss of a parent depends to a large extent on which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  The surviving parent's own distress and adjustment to the death. 
B)  The child's age. 
C)  The number of children in the family. 
D)  The family's socioeconomic level. 
A)  The surviving parent's own distress and adjustment to the death. 
B)  The child's age. 
C)  The number of children in the family. 
D)  The family's socioeconomic level.

Question 15

Which of the following describes the way in which parents and relatives typically respond to children's feeling following the death of a sibling

Accepted Answer

A)  They usually help them children to mourn the loss. 
B)  They typically involve them in rituals that encourage them to say goodbye to the sibling that died. 
C)  They tend not to support them through the grieving process. 
D)  They postpone making decisions and moves that will further change the family's routines. 
A)  They usually help them children to mourn the loss. 
B)  They typically involve them in rituals that encourage them to say goodbye to the sibling that died. 
C)  They tend not to support them through the grieving process. 
D)  They postpone making decisions and moves that will further change the family's routines.

Question 16

Some of the individual characteristics that have been found to be common in parents who abuse their children are _____________ and the propensity to blame others for their problems which is seen when a parent scapegoats a child).

Accepted Answer

A)  ethnicity of a parent 
B)  parenting attitudes that devalue children 
C)  high demandedness 
D)  low levels of education 
A)  ethnicity of a parent 
B)  parenting attitudes that devalue children 
C)  high demandedness 
D)  low levels of education

Question 17

Which of the following is describes the history of child maltreatment in the United States?

Accepted Answer

A)  In the past, it was believed that child discipline needed to be maintained even if harsh corporal punishment had to be used. 
B)  The first scientific documentation in the literature of the harmful effects of child abuse occurred in the United States in the early 50s. 
C)  The work of Kempe and colleagues and Havens led to laws in the United States that were designed to protect parents from prosecution if their harsh discipline resulted in physical harm to their children 
D)  The work of Kempe and colleagues and Havens led to laws that exempted mental health and other professionals who work with children from the obligation to report suspected child abuse. 
A)  In the past, it was believed that child discipline needed to be maintained even if harsh corporal punishment had to be used. 
B)  The first scientific documentation in the literature of the harmful effects of child abuse occurred in the United States in the early 50s. 
C)  The work of Kempe and colleagues and Havens led to laws in the United States that were designed to protect parents from prosecution if their harsh discipline resulted in physical harm to their children 
D)  The work of Kempe and colleagues and Havens led to laws that exempted mental health and other professionals who work with children from the obligation to report suspected child abuse.

Question 18

Which of the following describes the role of support for parents who are at risk for abusing their children:

Accepted Answer

A)  They can benefit from informal support as provided by family and friends such as respite child-care, transportation, or financial assistance. 
B)  They do not respond well to interventions that teach them more effective ways of interacting with their children. 
C)  They are not good candidates for family therapy since counseling takes too long to be effective. 
D)  They tend to resist outside interventions such as receiving social service support. 
A)  They can benefit from informal support as provided by family and friends such as respite child-care, transportation, or financial assistance. 
B)  They do not respond well to interventions that teach them more effective ways of interacting with their children. 
C)  They are not good candidates for family therapy since counseling takes too long to be effective. 
D)  They tend to resist outside interventions such as receiving social service support.

Question 19

The most common form of family violence in the United States is:

Accepted Answer

A)  Child abuse. 
B)  Spousal abuse. 
C)  Elder abuse. 
D)  Infant abuse. 
A)  Child abuse. 
B)  Spousal abuse. 
C)  Elder abuse. 
D)  Infant abuse.

Question 20

Which of the following are typical reactions of parents who have lost a child through death?

Accepted Answer

A)  Disbelief that their children's deaths preceded their own. 
B)  A tendency to blame others for their children's deaths. 
C)  The feeling of being able to escape the pain associated with the death. 
D)  A denial of the grief that they are feeling 
A)  Disbelief that their children's deaths preceded their own. 
B)  A tendency to blame others for their children's deaths. 
C)  The feeling of being able to escape the pain associated with the death. 
D)  A denial of the grief that they are feeling

Identify four family/parental characteristics that are associated with higher risks of child abuse and neglect.

The primary characteristic of children that puts them at greater risk for being abused is:

In 1972, Havens stated that some parents do which of the following?

When family members _____________, healthy adaptation to parental death is more likely to occur.

Members of families of alcoholics often take on roles that shape family dynamics. The primary role of the co-dependent spouse in a family with an alcoholic is:

Having at least one adult in their lives, who nurtures them and provides for their basic needs, help maltreated children to develop which of the following?

The experience of having been abused as a child can be countered in adulthood through:

Professionals, who work with parents who have lost a child through death, can best help the family by:

Which of the following accurately describes the research that has focused on the intergenerational abuse of children?

The most typical outcome for both men and women who were abused as children is:

When children lose a grandparent, with whom there has been a close relationship, what are eight typical responses? ANSWERS TO MULTIPLE CHOICE,

Identify three helpful approach/es others can take to help grieving parents whose child has died.

Children in foster care typically experience feelings of grief and anxiety and wish to be with their parents). Identify two circumstances when these feelings are likely to become intensified.

Whether a parent's death is sudden or expected, the degree to which a child adjusts to the loss of a parent depends to a large extent on which of the following?

Which of the following describes the way in which parents and relatives typically respond to children's feeling following the death of a sibling

Some of the individual characteristics that have been found to be common in parents who abuse their children are _____________ and the propensity to blame others for their problems which is seen when a parent scapegoats a child).

Which of the following is describes the history of child maltreatment in the United States?

Which of the following describes the role of support for parents who are at risk for abusing their children:

The most common form of family violence in the United States is:

Which of the following are typical reactions of parents who have lost a child through death?

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Parents and Children in Varied Family Contexts

Child Socialization and Techniques

Becoming Parents and Parenting Infants and Toddlers

Parent Preschooler Interactions

Parents and Their School Age Children

Parent Adolescent Interactions

The Relationship of Young Adults, Their Parents and Their Children

Middle Age and Older Parenting and Grandparenting

Parent-Child Relations in Families Where Children or Parents Have Special Needs

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Exam 12: Families at Risk and Families Coping With the Death of a Family Member

Identify four family/parental characteristics that are associated with higher risks of child abuse and neglect.

The primary characteristic of children that puts them at greater risk for being abused is:

In 1972, Havens stated that some parents do which of the following?

When family members _____________, healthy adaptation to parental death is more likely to occur.

Members of families of alcoholics often take on roles that shape family dynamics. The primary role of the co-dependent spouse in a family with an alcoholic is:

Having at least one adult in their lives, who nurtures them and provides for their basic needs, help maltreated children to develop which of the following?

The experience of having been abused as a child can be countered in adulthood through:

Professionals, who work with parents who have lost a child through death, can best help the family by:

Which of the following accurately describes the research that has focused on the intergenerational abuse of children?

The most typical outcome for both men and women who were abused as children is:

When children lose a grandparent, with whom there has been a close relationship, what are eight typical responses? ANSWERS TO MULTIPLE CHOICE,

Identify three helpful approach/es others can take to help grieving parents whose child has died.

Children in foster care typically experience feelings of grief and anxiety and wish to be with their parents). Identify two circumstances when these feelings are likely to become intensified.

Whether a parent's death is sudden or expected, the degree to which a child adjusts to the loss of a parent depends to a large extent on which of the following?

Which of the following describes the way in which parents and relatives typically respond to children's feeling following the death of a sibling

Some of the individual characteristics that have been found to be common in parents who abuse their children are _____________ and the propensity to blame others for their problems which is seen when a parent scapegoats a child).

Which of the following is describes the history of child maltreatment in the United States?

Which of the following describes the role of support for parents who are at risk for abusing their children:

The most common form of family violence in the United States is:

Which of the following are typical reactions of parents who have lost a child through death?

Fmttlhistorical and Theoretical Influences of Childrearing

Parenting Patterns and the Effect of Culture and Context

Parents and Children in Varied Family Contexts

Child Socialization and Techniques

Becoming Parents and Parenting Infants and Toddlers

Parent Preschooler Interactions

Parents and Their School Age Children

Parent Adolescent Interactions

The Relationship of Young Adults, Their Parents and Their Children

Middle Age and Older Parenting and Grandparenting

Parent-Child Relations in Families Where Children or Parents Have Special Needs

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