Exam 12: The Family

The large-scale study of the effects of childcare that was funded by the National Institute of Child Health and Development demonstrated which finding about the effects of childcare on children's cognitive development?

In families living in Western industrialized cultures, mothers spend _____ of their available time playing than do fathers, and/but the type of play tends to be _____ to/from that of fathers.

Research has demonstrated that which parental practice is associated with less hostility in sibling relationships?

Reasoning that is focused on the effects of a behaviour on other people is referred to as:

The large-scale study of the effects of child care that was funded by the National Institute of Child Health and Development demonstrated that the attachment of children in nonmaternal care was LEAST strongly related to:

Which form of punishment is NOT considered negative?

In regard to low-income parents and the effect of social support on parenting practices, social support appears to:

Which factor does NOT increase an adolescent's risk of becoming pregnant?

Which of the following statements is FALSE regarding children living with single parents?

A negative stimulus that follows a behaviour to reduce the likelihood that the behaviour will occur again is called:

Which statement about parental conflict following divorce is TRUE?

Recent research has demonstrated that, compared with children with siblings, children without siblings in China have NOT been found to be:

Among the 35 richest countries in the world, the Canadian rate of child poverty is:

Which statement about the impact of divorce on children's functioning is TRUE?

Describe the four parenting styles identified by Diana Baumrind. For each style, describe how it is defined, as well as its effects on children.

Research has suggested which assertion in regard to the effect of parenting style for Chinese and Chinese North American children?

On average, do stepmothers or stepfathers appear to have more difficulty with their stepchildren?

Children of which type of parents tend to be low in social and academic competence, unhappy and unfriendly, and low in self-confidence, but do not tend to be particularly low in self-control or to be particularly high in impulsivity?

To what does the phrase "bidirectionality of parent‒child interactions" refer? Provide a detailed example of this phenomenon.

Approximately what percentage of mothers with children between the ages of 3 and 5 years was employed outside of the home in 2014?