Exam 12: The Family

The MOST accurate statement about the effects of divorce on children is that divorce affects

Psychologists have suggested that ethnic differences in parenting styles in the United States may be a result of differences in

Which of the following statements does NOT accurately describe a change in Canadian families that has occurred in the past few decades?

Which factor improves children's adjustment to a parent's remarriage?

Which child is MOST likely to benefit from remarriage by the mother?

Eight-year-old Trina does not want to do her homework and would rather watch TV. Her parents think that Trina can make her own decisions about her schoolwork, and thus they do not get involved. They are affectionate with Trina in other situations, but they do little to try to regulate their daughter's behaviour. Trina's parents would likely be classified as

Which of these is NOT something that is associated with preventing child maltreatment?

The large-scale study of the effects of childcare that was funded by the National Institute of Child Health and Development (NICHD) in the United States demonstrated that the attachment of children in nonmaternal care was LEAST strongly related to

Describe what is meant by differential susceptibility. Provide an example of how children with a difficult temperament may be differentially susceptible to parenting style.

Maternal employment appears to

Describe how the sociocultural context in which you grew up might have affected your parents' behaviour toward you. Be specific and give at least three supportive examples. You can think about the sociocultural context as your race or ethnicity, or as the country or part of the country in which you were raised.

Which is a minimum standard for childcare centres required by the province of Alberta?

The percentage of parents who spank their children has _____ over the past several decades in both the United States and Canada.

Children whose parents demonstrate _____ following a divorce are MOST likely to adjust well to the divorce.

Four-year-old Derek is playing with his trucks and does not want to come to the dinner table. In response, his mother storms over to where he is playing, grabs his trucks away from him, and yells, "I told you to come eat dinner! Come to the table right now or I will throw those trucks in the garbage." Derek's mother is rarely affectionate with him, even in situations in which he is complying with her wishes. Derek's mother would likely be classified as

For Chinese American and Chinese children, which parenting practice is related to negative outcomes?

Approximately what percentage of divorced families in Canada are covered by legal custody agreements?

Authoritative parents are those who:

The use of other-oriented induction can teach children

Nature and nurture is central to the study of the role of _____ because a child's heredity and rearing influence each other and jointly affect the child's development.