Deck 6: Building Resilience in Children

Question 1

The most important factor in predicting whether a child will recover from risk factors is

A) extent of poverty
B) whether or not parents are divorced
C) the number of risk factors
D) None of the above

Answer 1

C

Question 2

The most damaging thing about children living in abusive homes is

A) they are more likely to drop out of school
B) they become overly compliant with adults
C) they learn that the behavior is the way you solve problems
D) All of the above

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Which of the following is true about young children who care for themselves before and after school?

A) They become more independent with respect to homework.
B) They are more resilient than other children their same age.
C) They are less socially competent and obtain lower scores on achievement tests.
D) All of the above

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Resilience is defined as

A) special traits or unique advantages that exist in certain individuals
B) inherent traits that serve as protective factors
C) the capacity to rise above difficult circumstances
D) None of the above

Question 5

"Stressors" include

A) energy reserves in times of crisis
B) change, overload, uncertainty, and fear
C) repertoires of coping mechanisms
D) All of the above

Question 6

How many children are estimated to live in poverty and extreme poverty in the U.S.?

A) approximately 500,000
B) 17 million
C) over 40 million
D) None of the above

Question 7

Which of the following diseases now affects as many as 4.8 million children in the United States?

A) sickle-cell disease
B) rheumatoid arthritis
C) diabetes
D) asthma

Question 8

Which of the following is a myth about how most children view their parents' divorce?

A) They are simply unable to intellectualize the divorce.
B) Being separated from a parent ranks higher as a stressor than seeing their parents divorce.
C) They are probably just as relieved to see the end of a bad marriage as their parents.
D) None of the above

Question 9

How old are children when they first begin to manifest stress in reaction to the death of a significant other?

A) 3 months
B) 7 months
C) 18 months
D) 2 years
E) 3 years

Question 10

Which of the following is the leading known cause of mental retardation in the nation's children?

A) cystic fibrosis (CF)
B) fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS)
C) vascular congenital syndrome (VCS)
D) None of the above

Question 11

Which of the following statements is true?

A) Poor children are more inclined to have developmental delays and behavioral and disciplinary problems than other children.
B) 75% of all children in mother-only families fall below the poverty line.
C) It is a myth that children in poverty are more likely to experience adversity.
D) All of the above

Question 12

Fundamental adaptive coping systems are

A) the ecological systems that surround children - family, peer groups, schools, communities and societies
B) health clinics, psychological organizations, and mental hospitals
C) internal coping mechanisms that children develop during early and middle childhood
D) None of the above

Question 13

When helping young children deal with death, professionals who have strong religious beliefs and can share them with children are the most helpful.

Question 14

Children who demonstrate patterns of resilience are alike, and they have the capacity to be resilient in every circumstance.

Question 15

Generic risk factors include

A) earthquakes, such as the one in Haiti
B) gender differences that remain unresolved after early childhood
C) parental mental health or adjustment problems
D) None of the above

Question 16

Which of the following defines "risk"?

A) an elevated possibility of an undesirable outcome
B) the development of adjustment problems
C) protective factors that buffer adversity
D) All of the above

Question 17

Human created social traumas that stress children include

A) anxiety and unpredictability
B) lack of impulse control
C) rape, robbery, and assault in neighborhoods
D) cartoons on T.V.
E) hurricanes and tornadoes

Question 18

Conditions in the womb can affect an individual even into adulthood.

Question 19

The "ordinary magic" that University of Minnesota researcher Ann Masten describes is the traits inherited by some children to deal with stress and adversity.

Question 20

Kevin has just returned from a graveside ceremony for his grandfather and asks his mother why grandpa didn't come to the party since all the relatives are there except him. How old do you think Kevin is?

A) 1 year old
B) 3 years old
C) 8 years old
D) 12 years old

Question 21

Parental divorce has been cited as the single largest cause of childhood depression.

Question 22

Children in foster care often have a marked lack of social skills and require special services.

Question 23

Transition time needed for most families to equilibrate following divorce is about 5-10 years.

Question 24

Because children under age 6 tend to be egocentric and magical in their thinking, it is a better time for parents to divorce than to wait until children are older.

Question 25

What is meant by the term "psychological disequilibrium"?

Question 26

Most working parents are likely to return to work before the child is 3 months of age.

Question 27

What is meant by the term "self-efficacy"?

Question 28

Some children are simply invulnerable to stress and trauma.

Question 29

Stress should always be seen as negative, with the capacity to damage human functioning, especially in children.

Question 30

We need to be concerned about accumulated child stress because stressed children are unlikely to develop stress-coping responses.

Question 31

Facial characteristics associated with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) become less distinctive as children approach adolescence.

Question 32

Boys tend to hide vulnerability more than girls do.

Question 33

Black children are more likely than white children to have asthma.

Question 34

Self-esteem and self-worth come from feeling that we are valued by and valuable to other people..

Question 35

Describe the common protective factors that serve as buffers against adversity.

Question 36

Children found to be resilient may have a protective factor of greater intelligence to reason and comprehend.

Question 37

What is included in the "short list" of protective factors?

Question 38

What is meant by the term "learned helplessness"?

Question 39

When are children considered "stress-hardy"?

Question 40

Childhood obesity affects up to 30% of children aged 6-11 years of age.

Question 41

What is contained in an ecomap?

Question 42

What is the sequence of actions a child must be taught in learning how to make effective decisions?

Question 43

Describe the relationship between stress, risk, and adversity.

Question 44

What are some common behaviors in which divorced parents engage that are likely to increase stress for the child?

Question 45

Describe the characteristics of resilient children.

Question 46

How does T.V. contribute to the way children experience violence?

Question 47

Describe ways in which children's health is affected by high levels of stress.