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Course Introduction
Family Studies explores the dynamics, structures, and functions of families within different cultural, social, and historical contexts. This course examines topics such as family relationships, roles and responsibilities, communication patterns, marriage and parenting, family development across the lifespan, and the impact of social changes on family life. Students will also analyze current issues facing families, including diversity, work-life balance, and societal challenges, while considering the influence of policies and resources available to support family well-being.
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Lifespan Development Lives in Context 1st Edition by
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Tara L. Kuther
Chapter 1: Understanding Human Development:
Approaches and Theories
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Q1) When conducting a naturalistic observation, one must first decide on:
A) which participants will be easiest to observe.
B) an operational definition of the behavior of interest.
C) a coding system to use during the observation.
D) which statistical program to use to analyze the data.
Answer: B
Q2) ______ applies to physiological and emotional responses only.
A) Classical conditioning
B) Operant conditioning
C) Reinforcement
D) Punishment
Answer: A
Q3) The sequential research design provides information about _____.
A) age-related changes only
B) age and gender
C) age, cohort, and age-related change
D) cause and effect
Answer: C
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Chapter 2: Biological and Environmental Foundations
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Q1) Child A has two large X-shaped chromosomes (XX), and Child B has one large X-shaped chromosome and one much smaller Y-shaped chromosome (XY). Child A is _____ and Child B is ____.
A) female; male
B) male; female
C) an identical twin; a fraternal twin
D) a fraternal twin; an identical twin
Answer: A
Q2) The 23rd pair of chromosomes specify the ______ of the individual.
A) DNA
B) biological sex
C) intelligence
D) personality
Answer: B
Q3) Today, the average life expectancy of individuals with Down syndrome is ____.
A) 25
B) 40
C) 60
D) 75
Answer: C
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Chapter 3: The Prenatal Period, Birth, and the Newborn
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Q1) Baby Dante was born blind and deaf and has undergone four surgeries on his heart, with more surgeries planned in the future. Dante was likely exposed to _____ within the first 10 weeks of his mother's pregnancy.
A) mumps
B) inadequate nutrition
C) rubella
D) gonorrhea
Answer: C
Q2) One-month-old Nolan has difficulty regulating his arousal states, shows poor movement skills, poor reflexes, and greater excitability than most infants his age. Nolan was likely exposed to _____ during his mother's pregnancy.
A) aspirin
B) large doses of caffeine
C) marijuana
D) cocaine
Answer: D
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Chapter 4: Physical Development in Infancy and
Toddlerhood
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Q1) Caroline is a typically developing baby. How many pounds can her parents expect her to gain during the second year of her life?
Q2) Learning through association is known as:
A) classical conditioning.
B) operant conditioning.
C) neurogenesis.
D) habituation.
Q3) Why does transient exuberance occur in the early years of life?
A) Because the brain has developed very rapidly during the prenatal period and needs to catch up.
B) Because the brain makes more connections than it needs in preparation to receive any and all conceivable kinds of stimulation that an infant may encounter.
C) Because infants are most interested in external stimuli in the early years of life.
D) Because infants have not experienced myelination yet and so they need transient exuberance to start the process.
Q4) What are all the processes involved in an infant's ability for motor development?
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Chapter 5: Cognitive Development in Infancy and
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Q1) Infants prefer to look at number changes over area changes, which is consistent with the core knowledge perspective views of infant cognitive development.
A)True
B)False
Q2) In the information processing system, the first step in getting information into the mind is:
A) working memory.
B) sensory memory.
C) long-term memory.
D) short-term memory.
Q3) How is categorization related to information processing?
A) Children are attuned to sensing differences in objects (sensory memory).
B) Recognizing categories makes more room in working memory.
C) Recognizing categories is not related to information processing in any specific way.
D) Recognizing categories is a way of organizing information that allows for more efficient storage and retrieval of information in memory.
Q4) Why is categorization an important process in memory?
Q5) What is the function of the central executive part of working memory?
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Chapter 6: Socioemotional Development in Infancy and Toddlerhood
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Q1) Emotion regulation is related to children's increasing ability to use language.
A)True
B)False
Q2) What is the name of the structured observational procedure that reveals the security of attachment when the child is placed under stress?
Q3) Temperament tends to become less stable as children age, which is especially apparent in early childhood.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Toddlers are more likely to comply with their caregiver's directives than they are to say "no."
A)True
B)False
Q5) Adjustment difficulties are more likely when children do not develop a sense of individuality and confidence in their own abilities to meet new challenges.
A)True
B)False
Q6) How can an insecure attachment between child and parent be overcome?
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Chapter 7: Physical and Cognitive Development in Early Childhood
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Q1) According to the cognitive-developmental perspective, preschoolers believe that they have control over ______.
A) moral issues
B) right and wrong
C) parental discipline
D) matters of personal choice
Q2) Malnutrition primarily affects children in developing nations.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Among Western children, _____ facilitates the development of theory of mind. In Chinese children, theory of mind performance is facilitated by ______.
A) mental state talk; talking about others
B) talking about others; mental state talk
C) attending preschool; observing adults doing housework
D) moral understanding; attending preschool
Q4) Lateralization begins in toddlerhood and is influenced primarily by genetic factors. A)True
B)False
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Chapter 8: Socioemotional Development in Early Childhood
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Q1) Who is most likely to be a perpetrator of child maltreatment?
A) Biological parents
B) Boyfriend or girlfriend of a child's parent
C) Babysitter
D) Relatives other than parents
Q2) Young children maintain their positive views about themselves because they do not compare their performance with that of other children.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Alex says that he is a boy but when he grows up he is going to be a girl. Alex does not yet understand:
A) gender stability.
B) gender constancy.
C) gender schema.
D) gender difference.
Q4) A child's self-description is called a(an):
A) self-esteem.
B) self-concept.
C) identity.
D) self-understanding.
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Chapter 9: Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle Childhood
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Q1) Which of the following is not an example of classification skills in middle childhood?
A) Seriation
B) Conservation
C) Transitive influence
D) Class inclusion
Q2) Mainstreaming means:
A) children with special needs are educated in the general classroom with their peers for all or part of the day.
B) children with special needs are not diagnosed for learning disabilities until they reach fourth or fifth grade to avoid labeling.
C) children with special needs are taught in a separate classroom with other children who have similar special needs.
D) children with special needs should not be treated differently in school with the exception of classroom instruction time.
Q3) Body image dissatisfaction can be seen as early as the preschool years.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 10: Socioemotional Development in Middle Childhood
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Q1) Which of the following is an example of a child's response to growing up in a same-sex family?
A) Jenna reports difficulty with school work.
B) David says that he is excluded by his peers and feels lonely at school.
C) Taren scores lower on measures of social competence.
D) Monica is reported to be very aggressive at school.
Q2) Industry in childhood means that children:
A) learn and master skills that are valued in their society.
B) make things that benefit society.
C) need to volunteer in business and in the community.
D) are productive citizens in their community and school.
Q3) Children who are disliked and shunned by their peers are experiencing:
Q4) Ryan's parents are both very intrusive. They are so overprotective that they don't let him go outside alone, even though he is 9 years old. They are very critical of him and nag him daily about trivial things. Based on Ryan's home environment, he is most likely:
A) going to be a bully.
B) going to become aggressive against others.
C) going to be a victim of a bully.
D) going to get poor grades.
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Chapter 11: Physical and Cognitive Development in Adolescence
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Q1) Which statement describes postconventional moral reasoning?
A) Postconventional moral reasoning involves the fear of punishment and public shaming.
B) Postconventional moral reasoning entails autonomous decision making from moral principles that value respect for individual rights above all else.
C) Postconventional moral reasoning entails individuals making decisions based on what others may think of them.
D) Postconventional moral reasoning involves looking to authority figures in order to understand how to act.
Q2) In adolescence, the cephalocaudal growth trend of infancy and childhood reverses.
A)True
B)False
Q3) What is a boy's first ejaculation called?
Q4) Why are adolescents at risk for athletic injuries?
Q5) The increase in sex hormones with puberty triggers a second burst of synaptogenesis in the brain.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 12: Socioemotional Development in Adolescence
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Q1) Wanda is the mother of 16-year-old Shawna, who recently gave birth to her first child. Both Shawna and the baby live with Wanda. How can Wanda help support her daughter and baby grandson?
A) Take over caregiving responsibilities so Shawna can focus on schoolwork.
B) Share caregiving responsibilities, while also supporting Shawna's need for autonomy.
C) Use firm, strict discipline with Shawna and insist that she take full responsibility for the baby's care.
D) Require Shawna to work part-time, pay for half of the bills, and take the baby along on any social outings.
Q2) Which of the following statements about depression is true?
A) Boys are more likely to have a single depressive episode, while girls are more likely to experience persistent depression.
B) Rates of depression rise in late adolescence, for both boys and girls.
C) Girls report depression twice as often as boys.
D) Boys and girls report similar rates of depression.
Q3) Rates of suicide are similar across industrialized nations.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 13: Physical and Cognitive Development in Early
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Q1) If a person says, "I really can't [choose a point of view] on this issue. It depends on your beliefs since there is no way of proving either one . . . I believe they're both the same as far as accuracy," they are demonstrating:
A) autonomous judgment.
B) reflective judgment.
C) dualistic thinking.
D) relativistic thinking.
Q2) Young adult women show higher rates of weight gain than women in other age groups.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Pragmatic thought entails acceptance of inconsistency and ambiguity; therefore, it is most like:
A) autonomous judgment.
B) reflective judgment.
C) dualistic thinking.
D) relativistic thinking.
Q4) What are some important ways that colleges can support nontraditional students?
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Q5) What type of thought emphasizes the use of logic to address everyday problems?
Chapter 14: Socioemotional Development in Early
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Q1) David is interested in looking for an opposite-sex mate. His friends have found several women he might like. Based on the data on mate selection, who is David most likely to choose?
A) Lily, an older woman who is looking for a relationship but does not want children.
B) Desiree, a lawyer who is dedicated to her career but interested in David.
C) Amanda, a physically attractive woman who loves to cook.
D) Tanya, an intelligent woman who is majoring in biochemistry in college.
Q2) Cohabitation is more common in the United States than it is in Europe.
A)True
B)False
Q3) What factors predict marital success?
Q4) What is the type of marriage in which the man and woman share rights and responsibility?
Q5) African American women who become leaders in their professions tend to report isolation from other women in the workplace.
A)True
B)False
Q6) The practice of unmarried couples sharing a home is called:
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Q7) Why is it difficult for women to advance to top positions in their careers?
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Chapter 15: Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle
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Q1) Which of the following women is most susceptible to early menopause?
A) Jean, who smokes, doesn't have children, and lives in poverty.
B) Ashley, who smokes, has three children, and is considered to be middle class.
C) Ericka, who doesn't smoke, has two children, and is the CEO of a Fortune 500 company.
D) Lauren, who doesn't smoke, doesn't have children, and is considered to be middle class.
Q2) Adult learners show advancements in all of the following areas except:
A) academic knowledge.
B) the ability to distinguish practical from impractical challenges in life.
C) social reasoning.
D) self-evaluation skills.
Q3) Donna is concerned about aging muscle. What will her doctor recommend to help prevent loss of muscle?
A) He will recommend that she drink more milk.
B) He will recommend that Donna take supplements.
C) He will suggest that she see a nutritionist and develop an exercise routine.
D) He will suggest that she stop smoking and drink alcohol less.
Q4) Why is night vision difficult for individuals as they age?
Q5) How is the "male menopause" similar to the female menopause?
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Chapter 16: Socioemotional Development in Middle
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Q1) In middle adulthood, we compare the lives we have achieved with our hoped-for self, and the degree of match between the two influences our life satisfaction.
A)True
B)False
Q2) A person who has a midlife crisis must experience a dramatic shift in the direction his or her life has taken to truly experience a "crisis."
A)True
B)False
Q3) Fathers are more likely than mothers to show negative emotional responses to their adult children's unmet career and relationship goals.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Midlife adults who subjectively view themselves as younger than their chronological age tend to score higher on measures of well-being, mental health, and life satisfaction.
A)True
B)False
Q5) What are some ways that individuals spend their time when in retirement?
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Chapter 17: Physical and Cognitive Development in Late
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Q1) Why are estimates of life expectancy so much lower in developing nations?
A) The large number of females dying during childbirth alters the data on life expectancy.
B) Individuals in developing nations do not utilize resources provided to them by social services because of stigma.
C) Individuals in developing nations are genetically determined to have lower life expectancy rates based on evolution.
D) Developing nations are subject to high rates of poverty and war.
Q2) What supplements counteract potential damage caused by free radicals and promote an effective immune system response?
A) Antioxidant vitamins and trace elements (vitamins C, E, selenium, copper, and zinc)
B) Vitamin A
C) Vitamins B6 and B12
D) Vitamin D
Q3) Parkinson's symptoms appear when 100% of the nerve cells in the substantia nigra are damaged.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 18: Socioemotional Development in Late
Adulthood and the End of Life
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Q1) Most older adults live in or near the home they have lived in most of their lives.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Ego integrity relies on all of the following except:
A) inductive reasoning.
B) complexity and maturity in moral judgment and thinking style.
C) tolerance for ambiguity.
D) dialectical reasoning.
Q3) Prior to retirement, adult workers are at their highest feelings of well-being and life satisfaction.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Couples over the age of 65 are less likely to divorce than are younger couples.
A)True
B)False
Q5) The poverty rate among adults aged 65 and older has dropped from 25% to 10% over a period of 30 years.
A)True B)False
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