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Course Introduction
Family Studies explores the dynamics, structures, and functions of families within diverse cultural, social, and historical contexts. The course examines topics such as family relationships, communication patterns, parenting styles, life cycle transitions, and the impact of societal factors on family life. Students will analyze theories of family development, contemporary issues facing families, and the role of policies and resources in supporting family well-being. Through case studies and practical applications, learners gain an understanding of how families interact, adapt, and play a crucial role in shaping individuals and communities.
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Children Play and Development 4th Edition by Fergus P. Hughes
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Chapter 1: Historical and Theoretical Viewpoints
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Q1) Maria Montessori supported the use of spontaneous and imaginative play in her curriculum.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) According to the surplus energy theory of Herbert Spencer, the value of play is that it allows children to
A) practice skills necessary for adulthood.
B) discharge pent-up energy.
C) renew their energy.
D) achieve an optimal level of arousal.
E) all of the above
Answer: B
Q3) The French attitude toward children's play has always been to A) condemn it as sinful.
B) ignore it.
C) encourage it in children as well as adults.
D) punish it severely.
E) accept it casually.
Answer: E
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Chapter 2: Ethological and Cultural Perspectives
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Q1) The most reasonable interpretation of socioeconomic differences in symbolic play is that
A) lower SES children are less intelligent than their middle class peers.
B) lower SES children have different attitudes toward and experiences with the school environment.
C) middle class children are less frightened by games of make-believe.
D) middle class children watch more television than lower class children.
E) middle class children have fewer siblings, and therefore have to resort more often to games of make-believe.
Answer: B
Q2) Children in cultures in which there is little fantasy play are at a later disadvantage socially and cognitively.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) There is no relationship between the quality of pretend play and measures of children's _________ abilities.
Answer: cognitive
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Chapter 3: The First 2 Years of Life
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Q1) Mothers in Indonesia seem to be particularly playful when interacting with their young children.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) There is a relationship between the development of pretend play and the development of ______________.
Answer: language
Q3) In the second year of life, there is a decline in
A) object play.
B) symbolic play.
C) play with only one object at a time.
D) decontextualization.
E) mental representation.
Answer: C
Q4) Children typically begin sitting alone between the ages of six and seven months.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 4: The Preschool Years: From 2 to 5
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Q1) Most of five-year-old Paul's pretend play is solitary, and he rarely engages in group pretend activities even though he has many children available to play with. What can be said of Paul's play patterns?
A) They are perfectly normal for a child his age.
B) They suggest the possibility that Paul is socially immature.
C) They are normal for a boy, but would suggest immaturity in a girl.
D) They are indicative of emotional disturbance.
E) They indicate that Paul is more socially mature than his age-mates.
Q2) Children who engage in a lot of group make-believe play are more likely to clean up after themselves when they finish playing.
A)True
B)False
Q3) If a preschool child were stable, predictable, reliable, and cooperative, the chances are that this child is not younger than _____ year(s) old.
A) three
B) two
C) four
D) five
E) one
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Chapter 5: Play in Later Childhood and Adolescence
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Q1) In cultures that do not have formal schooling, four of the following events occur at about the same age as formal schooling begins in American society. Which does not belong with the other four?
A) Children began to engage in formal reasoning.
B) Children leave the protection of the family.
C) Children stop playing childhood games.
D) Children become more productive members of the community
E) Children become increasingly peer oriented.
Q2) List and describe the various functions of the peer group during the elementary school years. What can the peer group teach that adults cannot, or will not, teach children?
Q3) Popular play activities for the adolescent usually do not include which of the following?
A) symbolic play
B) hanging around
C) organized sports
D) going to movies
E) reading
Q4) How does adolescent play differ from, and how is it similar to, the play of younger children?
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Chapter 6: Gender Differences in Play
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Q1) Toys designed specifically for girls are likely to
A) require construction.
B) involve the manipulation of objects and patterns.
C) focus on movement through space.
D) facilitate verbal interaction.
E) discourage creativity.
Q2) Research findings suggest that an adult who is shown a baby girl but told it is a boy will
A) know immediately that it is really a girl.
B) believe it is a boy but play with it as if it were a girl.
C) play with it as if it were a boy.
D) believe it is a boy but think that its behavior is somewhat feminine.
Q3) Rough-and-tumble play is always _______, and always contains components of
Q4) Girls tend to play in large groups, while boys are more likely to play with just one or two friends.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Gender _________ is the recognition that males and females are different on the basis of their physical characteristics.
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Chapter 7: Play in Special Populations
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Q1) It is generally agreed today that it is a good idea to mainstream children with disabilities into regular preschool classrooms, but physical integration does not guarantee that children with special needs will be socially integrated. How does the typical preschool child view a child with a disability? What types of adult interventions are necessary to fully integrate the preschool classroom?
Q2) With preschool children the use of anatomically correct dolls seems to be questionable because
A) Children under the age of four fail to understand that the doll is supposed to represent them.
B) Preschool children are not verbal enough to say what happened to them.
C) Preschool children do not have a concept of gender and so anatomically correct dolls are meaningless to them.
D) Anatomically correct dolls frighten young children.
E) All of the above.
Q3) Compared to typical children, children with autism are less likely to engage in complex toy play and less likely to use toys appropriately.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 8: Play and Intellectual Development
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Q1) In order to understand how many blocks arranged in a lengthwise fashion will correspond to another group of blocks laid widthwise, a child needs an understanding of A) equivalency.
B) measurement.
C) graphic collections.
D) conservation.
E) unit iteration.
Q2) Divergent problem-solving is a key element in successful performance on A) intelligence tests.
B) classroom tests.
C) tests of creativity.
D) tests of moral reasoning.
E) all of the above
Q3) Graphic collections refer to the A) tendency of young children to collect sets of objects.
B) sorting strategies of preschool children.
C) inability of preschool children to conserve.
D) word games often played by preschool children.
E) mature classification strategies of school-age children.
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Chapter 9: The Social Benefits of Play
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Q1) Parent-child physical play may help the child learn to ________ the emotional states of another person.
Q2) When her pupils are at play, what clues might tell a kindergarten teacher that a particular child is having social interaction difficulties? What cautions should she or he observe in interpreting the child's play behavior?
Q3) One of the most relevant parental characteristics in secure attachment is the extent to which parents can reflect on the fact that human behavior is influenced by underlying _______ ________.
Q4) Psychologists have noticed a connection between the popularity of grade school children among their peers and the amount of rough-and-tumble play they experienced in the home. What is the nature of this connection, and how might it be explained?
Q5) Parents of securely-attached infants differ from those whose children are less securely-attached in their A) level of self-esteem. B) degree of creativity. C) level of intelligence.
D) satisfaction with marriage.
E) all of the above
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Chapter 10: The Uses of Play in Therapy
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Q1) Anna Freud believed that she could work effectively with a child even if that child had no motivation to bring about change.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Transference refers to the ability of patients in psychoanalytic therapy to speak openly about anything on their minds at a given moment.
A)True B)False
Q3) Melanie Klein was more likely to use interpretation in her therapy with children than was Anna Freud.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Psychologists warn about the danger in _________ children's art, and remind us that one creative work is never enough to tell the whole story about a child's psychological life.
Q5) Anna Freud and Melanie Klein shared similar views about the meaning of play, but they also disagreed on how play should be incorporated into therapy with children. What points did they agree on? What was their major disagreement about the uses of play?
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