Family Studies Study Guide Questions
Course Introduction
Family Studies explores the dynamics, structures, and functions of families within various social, cultural, and historical contexts. This course examines how families interact, adapt, and evolve in response to internal and external forces, including communication patterns, parenting styles, economic factors, and societal expectations. Students will analyze the impact of diversity, policy, and contemporary issues on families, gaining insights into relationships, life cycles, and the role of family in human development. The course integrates theories and research from psychology, sociology, and human development to provide a comprehensive understanding of the complexities and significance of family life.
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Human Development A Cultural Approach 2nd Edition by Jeffrey Jensen Arnett
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Chapter 1: A Cultural Approach to Human Development
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Q1) What type of design follows the same group of people over time and collects data on two or more occasions?
A)survey method
B)longitudinal method
C)cross-sectional method
D)correlational method
Answer: B
Q2) What did Arnett define as the increasing connections between different parts of the world in trade,travel,migration,and communication?
A)globalization
B)social networks
C)the Internet
D)small world syndrome
Answer: A
Q3) Questionnaires are the most commonly used research method in the social sciences.Are there any disadvantages? Explain.
Answer: Questionnaires that provide closed-end responses cannot capture the complexity of many phenomena in the same way that open-ended interviews can.
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Chapter 2: Genetics and Prenatal Development
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Q1) Which the following statements best describes the nature-nurture debate?
A)Most characteristics develop solely from nature or nurture,but not both.
B)Most characteristics develop from a combination of nature and nurture.
C)Most characteristics develop from only nature.
D)Most characteristics develop from only nurture.
Answer: B
Q2) Of the following,which is a modern technique used for fertility treatment?
A)artificial insemination
B)an infertility belt
C)a chastity belt
D)colonoscopy
Answer: A
Q3) At the end of the eighth week,the embryo is only one inch long and weighs just one gram.According to the text,what can the embryo now do?
A)step in place
B)suck its thumb Incorrect: The embryo can respond to touch during this time.
C)vocalize
D)respond to touch
Answer: D
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Chapter 3: Birth and the Newborn Child
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Q1) What expands greatly in size as milk-producing cells multiply and mature?
A)areolas
B)Montgomery glands
C)milk cells
D)mammary glands
Answer: D
Q2) Why is a neonate rated on the Apgar scoring system at 1 minute and again at 5 minutes after birth?
A)The mother insists on it.
B)Physicians are likely to make a mistake.
C)The neonate is crying too much at the first assessment.
D)A neonate's condition can change quickly.
Answer: D
Q3) What percent of births are assisted by midwives in the United States?
A)10%
B)30%
C)50%
D)70%
Answer: A
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Chapter 4: Infancy
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Q1) What is the term that describes the brain's high responsiveness to environmental circumstances?
A)plasticity
B)sensitivity
C)growth
D)pruning
Q2) What is a risk factor for SIDS?
A)sleeping right-side-down
B)sleeping left-side-down
C)sleeping stomach-down
D)sleeping back-down
Q3) As an infant's short-term and long-term memory improve,he or she should also get better ____.
A)with the creation of personal fables
B)in their degree of egocentrism
C)at the task of object permanence
D)speaking to an imaginary audience
Q4) Are there sex differences in length and / or weight at birth? Does this pattern continue? Explain.
Q5) Give an example of how social referencing is adaptive for babies.
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Chapter 5: Toddlerhood
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Q1) Is motor development more or less restricted in traditional cultures / developing countries as compared to developed countries? Why? How does this difference impact the growth of motor skills?
Q2) ____ is specialized for language production,whereas ____ is specialized for language comprehension.
A)Piaget's area; Vygotsky's area
B)Vygotsky's area; Piaget's area
C)Broca's area; Wernicke's area
D)Wernicke's area; Broca's area
Q3) Between what ages are toddlers able to identify themselves and others as male or female?
A)6 and 12 months
B)13 and 17 months
C)18 and 30 months
D)32 and 36 months
Q4) What can be said regarding Piaget's understanding of children's early abilities?
A)He underestimated their abilities.
B)He overestimated their abilities.
C)He was completely wrong about their abilities.
D)He was exactly accurate about their abilities.
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Chapter 6: Early Childhood
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Q1) Researchers have found that 2- to 7-year-old children are actually less egocentric than Piaget thought.What is an example of a toddler understanding the perspective of someone else?
A)when a toddler breaks the favorite toy of an older sibling to annoy him or her
B)when a toddler dreams that he or she is someone else
C)when a toddler speaks in long sentences to babies
D)when a toddler eats his or her meal as quickly as possible
Q2) What parenting style is high in demandingness,but low in responsiveness?
A)authoritative
B)authoritarian
C)permissive
D)disengaged
Q3) What has been the conclusion of five decades of research,including more than 300 studies,regarding children watching violence on TV? Watching TV violence ____.
A)helps to dissipate aggression levels in children
B)reduces overall aggression in young children
C)increases children's aggression
D)strangely promotes children's helping behavior
Q4) Describe two characteristics of children that put them at risk of being abused.
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Chapter 7: Middle Childhood
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Q1) You are talking to your mother in Atlanta and she is telling you about a neighbor who has a daughter with ADHD.She tells you that the neighbor is extremely upset because her daughter's pediatrician has suggested medication to treat her ADHD.She thinks that is very unusual and thinks that there might be something else wrong with her daughter that the pediatrician is not telling her.What should your mother tell the neighbor?
A)That the neighbor is correct,there must be something else going on,too.Medication is not the treatment of choice in the United States.
B)That the neighbor is correct,the treatment of choice in the United States is relaxation therapy.
C)It is very common in the United States for physicians to misdiagnose ADHD.
D)It is very common in the United States to treat ADHD with medication.About 90% of children with ADHD receive medication.
Q2) Metamemory advances significantly in middle childhood,however,children as young as 5 or 6 have some rudimentary grasp of metamemory.Give an example of what a middle-school child would know about it versus what a first grader knows.
Q3) What is myopia and what is one reason that it increases in middle childhood?
Q4) How are friendships different in middle childhood compared to early childhood?
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Chapter 8: Adolescence
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Q1) Writing a chapter outline,making notes in the margins,organizing information into categories,underlining key passages,and so on are all examples of ____.
A)retrieval clues
B)cognitive-lateral organization
C)selective attention
D)mnemonic devices
Q2) During adolescence,neurological overproduction or exuberance occurs throughout the brain; however,it is especially pronounced in the ____.
A)frontal lobes
B)occipital lobe
C)primary motor cortex
D)hypothalamus
Q3) Your family values education,but your younger brother is a very poor student and has always been a poor student.His global self-esteem is quite high.How can this be?
A)He is unaware that he is a poor student.
B)He probably has a neurological injury.
C)He probably does not really value the importance of education.
D)He has had years of counseling to help his self-esteem.
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Chapter 9: Emerging Adulthood
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Q1) In the United States,who has the highest rates of automobile accidents,injuries,and fatalities of any age group?
A)16 to 24 year olds
B)26 to 34 year olds
C)46 to 54 year olds
D)66 to 74 year olds
Q2) As cited in the text,which of the following might be related to whether or not a person can be classified as high in morningness or eveningness-that is,their preference for either going to bed early and waking up early or going to bed late and waking up late?
A)growth hormone
B)melatonin
C)caffeine
D)acetylcholine
Q3) Explain what Arnett meant when he described emerging adulthood as a self-focused age.Include how it differs from the self-focus of adolescence.
Q4) Discuss one factor that is associated with gains in reflective judgment during emerging adulthood.
Q5) Is emerging adulthood a universal period of human development? Why or why not?
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Chapter 10: Young Adulthood
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Q1) Several first-year college students have told their advisors that the reason they chose their major,education,is so that they will be able to be with their children after school and in the summer while their spouse is working.Whose theory does this support? Explain.
Q2) What concept describes people who do not have a serious coupled relationship and are stereotyped,discriminated against,and treated dismissively?
A)swingers
B)relationship phobics
C)gays
D)singlism
Q3) Benjamin Franklin,Alexander Graham Bell,and Thomas Edison were all great American inventors.It is clear that these individuals were highly ____.
A)creative
B)operationalized
C)conceptual
D)concrete
Q4) Are there changes in immune function during young adulthood? Explain.
Q5) Describe one obvious and one less obvious physical change of emerging adulthood.
Q6) In traditional cultures,what marks the transition to adulthood? Explain.
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Chapter 11: Middle Adulthood
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Q1) What describes the most important physical changes of midlife in terms of the reproductive system as fertility declines in males and females?
A)menopause
B)climacteric
C)infertility
D)erectile dysfunction
Q2) The tiny hairs in the inner ear that transmit sounds to the brain and make it possible for an individual to hear are known as ____.
A)cilia
B)malleus
C)eardrum
D)incus
Q3) A popular saying in India describes men as having "virile youth" until age 60,which is the translation of ____.
A)chakkikotha chankaran
B)someshwari
C)teesi-kheesi
D)satha-patha
Q4) What is the #1 cause of death for adults worldwide? Discuss two risk factors.
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Chapter 12: Late Adulthood
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Q1) A condition that entails losses in cognitive functioning severe enough to interfere with daily life is ____.
A)dementia
B)catastrophic illness
C)biological decrement
D)cognitive impairment
Q2) In what countries are older adults more likely to live in nursing homes,assisting living,or other institutional care facilities?
A)Japan and Korea
B)United States,Canada,and northern Europe
C)Kenya,South Africa,and Somalia
D)Denmark and Switzerland
Q3) As cited in your text,which of the following best describes why few people in India or Africa are affected by dementia?
A)Relatively few people live into late adulthood.
B)Their diets are primarily made of fish,which is high in the B vitamins.
C)They have lower levels of calcium in their diet.
D)There are less environmental teratogens,which are known to cause dementia.
Q4) Describe two eye problems that are more likely to develop as people age.
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Chapter 13: Death and Afterlife Beliefs
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Q1) What has symptoms that include acute pain,weakness,dizziness,confusion,and shortness of breath?
A)cardiovascular disease
B)a heart attack
C)angina pectoris
D)stress-induced fatigue
Q2) In developed countries,what percentage of people actually die at home?
A)80%
B)60%
C)40%
D)20%
Q3) Individuals who have the strongest religious faith tend to have the lowest death anxiety.Why?
A)They have high confidence there will be a pleasant afterlife.
B)They are sure there is no afterlife.
C)They do not believe in death.
D)Their faith does not allow them to worry about death.
Q4) Describe one similarity in afterlife beliefs across religions.Choose two religions and give specific examples of their afterlife beliefs.
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