Exam 10: Contexts of Development

Discuss how culture shapes the behavior of children to prepare them for life within their own societies. What evidence is there that cultural practices contribute to socialization?

Parents who were abused as children are more likely than not to abuse their own children.

Personal characteristics or environmental circumstances that increase the probability of negative outcomes for children are called:

In addition of quantity of time in child care, what other factors have researchers examined in order to explain children's adjustment to child care?

Compared to children who are taken care of at home, children who attend childcare outside the home are ____________.

What family dynamics affect the amount of sibling fighting?

On the basis of interviews and observations of predominantly white, middle­class preschoolers and their parents, Diana Baumrind and her colleagues found that parenting behaviors in 77 percent of these families fell into the categories of:

Which of the following problems is associated with the social disorganization of distressed neighborhoods?

What are some of the negative developmental outcomes for children of teenage mothers?

In a study by Keller and colleagues (2008), the research team found that, in comparison to German mothers, Indian mothers ____________.

Extended family living arrangements are more likely to occur ____________.

Intimacy among siblings is greatest when:

The children of unmarried teenage mothers are:

Research on the role of fathers in children's development has confirmed the importance of all of the following factors EXCEPT:

What is the term used to describe a family consisting of two parents and their children?

Approximately what percent of individuals abused as children grow up to become abusing parents?

Approximately what percentage of children in the United States lives in poverty?

Tom Luster and his colleagues compared "more successful" and "less successful" children of adolescent mothers. Which of the following characteristics of the mother was NOT associated with successful children?

Sam's parents insists that he follows the strict rules that they set up and is punished when he does not follow the rules. Sam's parents are using which parenting style?

According to Robert LeVine, which of the following are goals of parents in all cultures?