Question 1

Characteristics of resilience fall into three major categories. Which of the following is NOT one of these categories?

Accepted Answer

A)  Characteristics of the child 
B)  Characteristics of the family 
C)  Characteristics of the community 
D)  Characteristics of the school environment 
A)  Characteristics of the child 
B)  Characteristics of the family 
C)  Characteristics of the community 
D)  Characteristics of the school environment D

Question 2

Which of the following does NOT increase the risk of a child being abused?

Accepted Answer

A)  Having health problems 
B)  Having a hyperactive personality 
C)  Being older than 3 years 
D)  Coming from a home stressed by poverty 
A)  Having health problems 
B)  Having a hyperactive personality 
C)  Being older than 3 years 
D)  Coming from a home stressed by poverty C

Question 3

Resilience is generally thought of as a character trait, inherent in resilient children.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 4

Estimates are that __________children are seriously abused in the United States each year.

Accepted Answer

A)  100,000 
B)  500,000 
C)  1 million 
D)  2 million 
A)  100,000 
B)  500,000 
C)  1 million 
D)  2 million

Question 5

The Isle of Wight studies in England (Rutter, Yule, Morton, and Bagley, 1975) identified four risk factors that contribute to delinquency, school failure, and mental health problems. Which of the following is NOT associated with these findings?

Accepted Answer

A)  serious family discord 
B)  parental deviance 
C)  low socioeconomic status 
D)  hereditary chronic illness 
A)  serious family discord 
B)  parental deviance 
C)  low socioeconomic status 
D)  hereditary chronic illness

Question 6

The key characteristic of resilience in children is __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  connectedness 
B)  adversity 
C)  chronic stress 
D)  physical stress 
A)  connectedness 
B)  adversity 
C)  chronic stress 
D)  physical stress

Question 7

Which of the following is NOT a protective factor in disadvantaged children?

Accepted Answer

A)  Having a cohesive family 
B)  Being male 
C)  Having friends 
D)  Being in a family of less than 4 children, spaced more than 2 years apart 
A)  Having a cohesive family 
B)  Being male 
C)  Having friends 
D)  Being in a family of less than 4 children, spaced more than 2 years apart

Question 8

Resilience means being "hardy" or "invulnerable."

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

In a longitudinal study of disadvantaged children on the island of Kauai in Hawaii, researchers found that mothers of resilient children often worked outside the home.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Resilience does not imply that there are no harmful effects from adversity.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Resilience is __________.

Accepted Answer

A)  a character trait that is inborn and cannot be influenced by anyone or anything 
B)  a dynamic process arising from interactions between children and the events and people in their lives 
C)  not affected by serendipity, or luck 
D)  increased with greater exposure to adverse events, such as living in poverty, because such exposure makes a person "tough" 
A)  a character trait that is inborn and cannot be influenced by anyone or anything 
B)  a dynamic process arising from interactions between children and the events and people in their lives 
C)  not affected by serendipity, or luck 
D)  increased with greater exposure to adverse events, such as living in poverty, because such exposure makes a person "tough"

Exam 53: Resilience in Childhood

Characteristics of resilience fall into three major categories. Which of the following is NOT one of these categories?

Which of the following does NOT increase the risk of a child being abused?

Resilience is generally thought of as a character trait, inherent in resilient children.

Estimates are that __________children are seriously abused in the United States each year.

The Isle of Wight studies in England (Rutter, Yule, Morton, and Bagley, 1975) identified four risk factors that contribute to delinquency, school failure, and mental health problems. Which of the following is NOT associated with these findings?

The key characteristic of resilience in children is __________.

Which of the following is NOT a protective factor in disadvantaged children?

Resilience means being "hardy" or "invulnerable."

In a longitudinal study of disadvantaged children on the island of Kauai in Hawaii, researchers found that mothers of resilient children often worked outside the home.

Resilience does not imply that there are no harmful effects from adversity.

Resilience is __________.

Freud: Psychoanalytic Theory

Erikson: Eight Stages of the Life Cycle

Piaget: Universal Constructivist Perspective

VYGOTSKY: Culture and Development

Bronfenbrenner: Ecology of Human Development

Maslow: Humanistic Perspective on Development

Pavlov, Skinner, and Bandura: Learning Perspective on Development

A Cultural Perspective on Development

Gender Differences

A Social Class of Perspective on Development

Genes, Chromosomes, and DNA

Fertilization in Utero

Conception to Birth

Infertility

Assisted Reproductive Techniques

The Human Genome Project

Genetic Disorders

Influences on Prenatal Development

Hazards of Prematurity

Adoption

Reflexes

Neonatal Assessment

Growth and Development I

Growth and Development II

Brain Development

Cognitive Development

Language Development

First Relationship

Attachment

Emotional Development

Growth and Motor Development

Cognitive Development I

Cognitive Development II

Early Childhood Education

Language Development

Role of the Family

Homeless Children

Divorce

Day Care

Development Staff

Gender Development I

Gender Development II

Pay Behavior

Physical Growth and Development

Cognitive Development

Intelligence

Problem Solving

Moral Development

Language Development

Peers and Social Development

Schools and Learning

Creativity in Children

Children With Challenges

Puberty

Healthy and Risky Behaviors

Sexuality

Cognitive Development

Adolescent Thought

Peer Relationship

The Search for Identity

Motivating Adolescents

Delinquency and Violence

Mental Health Problems

Early Adulthood: Physical Health

Early Adulthood: Cognitive Development

Early Adulthood: Psychosocial Development

Middle Adulthood: Physical Health

Middle Adulthood: Cognitive Development