Human Development and Family Studies
Final Exam
Course Introduction
Human Development and Family Studies explores the growth and development of individuals across the lifespan within the context of family, community, and society. The course covers key concepts and theories related to physical, cognitive, emotional, and social development from infancy through old age. It examines how family structures, relationships, cultural backgrounds, and social systems influence individual well-being and development. Students will also analyze the impact of contemporary issues such as diversity, parenting, family dynamics, and policy on human development, gaining foundational knowledge useful for careers in human services, education, healthcare, and related fields.
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The Family Dynamic A Canadian Perspective 6th Edition by Margaret Ward
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Chapter 1: What Is a Family
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Q1) The Hutterites are one group in Canada who organize their lifestyle around the whole group.That is,they share financial resources,work assignments,and meals with the whole group.The Hutterites are an example of ????????????????????________________________.
Answer: communal living
Q2) The daycare centre where Janet takes her son opens at a.m.As a result she cannot catch the 7:55 bus that will get her to her first class on time.Janet's problem illustrates the effect of which of the following systems?
A)macrosystem
B)mesosystem
C)microsystem
D)exosystem
Answer: D
Q3) According to Engels,monogamous marriage developed to solve which problem?
A)inheritance
B)infidelity
C)insecurity
D)infatuation
Answer: A
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Chapter 2: History, Culture, and Canadian Families
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Q1) _____________ is a negative attitude toward an entire group of people.
Answer: Prejudice
Q2) According to the text,why is it important to be aware of differences between families?
A)because Canada will continue to become more diverse
B)because difference equals superiority
C)because minority cultures have to adapt to the dominant culture
D)because discrimination against individuals or families is illegal
Answer: A
Q3) Matthew believes that most Muslims are rude and aggressive.What is the term for Matthew's attitude?
A)stigma
B)discrimination
C)prejudice
D)passing
Answer: C
Q4) ______________ is the negative treatment of a group of people based on prejudice.
Answer: Discrimination
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Chapter 3: Getting Together
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Q1) What does "traditional" dating involve?
A)hanging around in groups
B)the man paying for the cost of the date
C)the woman inviting the man out
D)both man and woman paying their own way
Answer: B
Q2) According to the text,which of the following is a recent trend in Canada?
A)People are getting married at a younger age.
B)There is a shift from arranged marriages to romantic marriages.
C)The number of people getting married is increasing.
D)The number of people living together is increasing.
Answer: D
Q3) Moving in together,or ____________________,has become increasingly common for couples of all ages.
Answer: cohabitation
Q4) _______________ is a socially,legally,and/or religiously recognized union of people who commit to one another.
Answer: Marriage
Q5) The tendency to marry someone similar to oneself is called
Answer: homogamy
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Chapter 4: Wedding Bells or Not
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Q1) The _________________ is the number of marriages per 1000 people in a given year.
Q2) Which term refers to the act of having sexual relations with someone other than your spouse?
A)propinquity
B)adultery
C)celibacy
D)fidelity
Q3) Describe how same-sex couples divide housework.
Q4) Which perspective looks at marriage as a unit that ensures the survival of its members through separate roles for men and women?
A)developmental theory
B)feminist theory
C)conflict theory
D)structural functionalist theory
Q5) In Canada,the proportion of married people has been ____________ over the past decades.
Q6) A _________________ is a union of two partners in a lasting relationship resembling marriage.
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Chapter 5: Children-yes or No
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Q1) Emily is a pregnant,single teenager who would like to sign an adoption agreement allowing her next-door neighbours to adopt her baby.Why would the Canadian courts prevent this?
A)Emily's parents must agree to support the adoption.
B)Emily is too young to consent to the adoption procedure.
C)A birth mother cannot consent to adoption unless the birth father has also agreed.
D)A birth mother cannot consent to adoption until after her child is born.
Q2) The body that investigated assisted reproduction in Canada is called
Q3) A factor that affects all atypical families is the lack of a _____________.
Q4) What is another term for a child conceived through in vitro fertilization?
A)IV baby
B)surrogate baby
C)test-tube baby
D)artificial insemination baby
Q5) Discuss the impact of infertility on a couple,including the effect of diagnosis and treatment.
Q6) Discuss the various factors responsible for the falling Canadian birth rate.
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Chapter 6: Bringing up Baby
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Q1) What do researchers believe accounts for girls' lower achievement in science in comparison to boys?
A)There are no role models of women in science careers.
B)Science is taught using examples from typical male interests.
C)Girls are not naturally good at science.
D)Girls' toys do not encourage the development of scientific abilities.
Q2) According to the text,what is one benefit of peer relationships?
A)Peers are more effective socializers than parents.
B)Peers can make up for some of a child's negative experiences at home.
C)Peers don't always tell each other what to do.
D)Peers provide a more authoritarian relationship than parents do.
Q3) In 2008,what was the average age of mothers?
A)19.8 years
B)23.4 years
C)29.8 years
D)32.5 years
Q4) _________________________ is the first generation to grow up with many mothers in the work force.
Q5) Identify and describe the various age cohorts described in the chapter.
Q6) State the common effects of authoritarian parenting on child development.
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Chapter 7: The Middle Years of the Family and the Not So Empty Nest
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Q1) Discuss changes that may occur in the marital relationship at midlife.
Q2) What does the "revolving door" refer to?
A)the rat race many middle-aged people are trapped in
B)the fact that elderly parents move in with their children
C)the return home of a child who earlier moved out
D)the need to provide daycare for grandchildren
Q3) When did the idea of middle age originate?
A)in the Victorian period
B)fairly recently
C)in medieval times
D)during the 1800s
Q4) What does the term "midlife crisis" refer to?
A)a life event that can produce change in the extended family system
B)the depression some women experience when the last child leaves home
C)a period of extreme strain as a person evaluates his or her life in middle age
D)the stress experienced by middle-aged adults who face the disability of their parents
Q5) Define "empty nest" and explain why it is often more important for women than for men.
Q6) In what ways do men and women evaluate their work at midlife?
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Chapter 8: Grey Power and the Sunset Years
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Q1) ___________________ refers to the number of years a person has lived.
Q2) Briefly explain the effect of pensions on the lifestyle of older people.
Q3) Whether seniors live in their own homes or in an institution,who is most likely to feel a duty to provide care?
A)brothers
B)close friends
C)sons
D)daughters
Q4) Rowe and Kahn identified various components of successful aging.Which of the following is one of these components?
A)pension benefits
B)level of income
C)cultural norms
D)lifestyle factors
Q5) What does the emotional closeness of grandparent and grandchild usually depend on?
A)the importance grandparents place on extended family
B)the relationship the grandparents have with the child's parents
C)the grandparents' financial resources
D)shared religious and moral values
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Chapter 9: The Lone-Parent Familythe Future Majority
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Q1) In 2010,regulated childcare spaces could accommodate what percentage of Canadian children 0 to 12 years old?
A)10.6 percent
B)19.9 percent
C)32.5 percent
D)48.7 percent
Q2) Identify the different paths to single parenthood.Which factors play a role in how a person becomes a single parent?
Q3) According to the text,which of the following is a symptom of boundary and role confusion when a teen mother lives with her parents?
A)deciding that the teen mother will have primary responsibility for her child
B)planning to get an apartment for herself and her baby once she has graduated
C)doing laundry for herself and her baby only
D)arguing over who should make rules for the child
Q4) Briefly describe housing problems experienced by lone mothers.
Q5) On average,children who grow up in lone-parent families do ____________________ in school than children who live with both biological parents.
Q6) Discuss factors affecting the economic well-being of lone parents.Give examples.
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Chapter 10: Coming Apartthe Divorce Experience
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Q1) According to Gottman,there are four types of negative interaction so lethal to a marriage that he has labelled them _____________________________.
Q2) Currently,what is the most commonly stated grounds for divorce?
A)adultery
B)mental cruelty
C)separation for at least one year
D)physical cruelty
Q3) According to the text,what was often called the "poor man's divorce"?
A)adultery
B)desertion
C)applying to the Senate
D)annulment
Q4) Following Confederation in 1867,what was the situation in provinces where there was no divorce law?
A)It was impossible to get a divorce.
B)To get a divorce,it was necessary to have a private member's bill passed in parliament.
C)Anybody could get divorced easily because there were no regulations.
D)Only men could get divorces.
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Chapter 11: The Second Time Around
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Q1) How do traditional gender roles work against stepfamilies?
Q2) What is one way to explain why some stepchildren do better than others?
A)Stepchildren have undergone several family transitions.
B)Stepparents use an authoritative parenting style.
C)Stepfathers show less affection and supervise children less.
D)The problems may reach back before the formation of a stepfamily.
Q3) Give four factors that may lead to conflict between stepsiblings.
Q4) Gisèle is married to René.They live together with Gisèle's daughter and René's two sons.What kind of family is this?
A)simple stepfamily
B)complex stepfamily
C)extended family
D)binuclear family
Q5) Why do traditional gender roles work against stepfamilies?
A)Stepmothers are expected to be cruel.
B)Traditional gender roles include the nonresident parent in the family.
C)Traditional gender roles often do not fit the family reality.
D)Children may face the loss of accustomed roles.
Q6) Discuss the effect of remarriage on the relationship between children and their biological parents.
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Chapter 12: The Family and the World of Work
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Q1) Which province provides inexpensive daycare,or tax credits,to all children up to age 12?
A)Newfoundland
B)Quebec
C)Alberta
D)British Columbia
Q2) One study found little connection between the fact mothers had jobs and the marital satisfaction they and their husbands felt,unless which of the following occurred?
A)Their husbands had traditional ideas about gender roles.
B)The mothers had children under the age of three.
C)The mothers experienced employment role confusion.
D)They had four or more children.
Q3) Why was 1995 a critical time for daycare?
A)The Chrétien government provided increased funding for daycare.
B)There was pressure from Quebec for more federal involvement in social policies.
C)The federal government announced cuts in social spending.
D)The federal government set national standards for daycare providers.
Q4) Explain why there is no national policy for daycare in Canada.
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Chapter 13: The Family Beleagueredwhen Problems Come
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Q1) Explain what is meant by a snag point and give an example.
Q2) A group of people who have a stake in keeping society unchanged has a(n)_______________ interest.
Q3) What are special-interest groups? How do they affect the perception of a problem?
Q4) Functional coping occurs when a family member is chronically ill,and includes all except which of the following?
A)working at keeping the family together
B)trying to understand the medical situation
C)bringing in only the immediate family to limit stressors on the ill person
D)accepting any social support that is available
Q5) State the impact of ambiguity on the way a family perceives a chronic illness.
Q6) Describe the impact of alcoholism on the family system.
Q7) When the onset of illness is gradual,which of the following probably occurs?
A)Family members quickly come to realize something is wrong.
B)Family members react exactly the same as in the case of acute illness.
C)At the time of diagnosis,the family may suffer a crisis.
D)Families live with less worry and fear.
Q8) Identify the seven resiliencies that are developed in the struggle with family challenges.
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Chapter 14: Home Dangerous Homeviolence in the Family
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Q1) Describe three approaches to the prevention of family violence.Give a specific example of each approach.
Q2) _______________ prevention programs aim to keep abuse from ever happening.
Q3) For ______________ perpetrators,there is often some trigger event that releases the assault.
Q4) What was the first type of family violence to catch public attention?
A)wife beating
B)parent abuse
C)elder abuse
D)child abuse
Q5) Which of the following is true regarding sexual abuse?
A)Children ask for it by being seductive.
B)Any child faces the same level of risk.
C)Emotionally deprived children are particularly vulnerable.
D)Most perpetrators are casual acquaintances.
Q6) Which approach to prevention aims to keep abuse from ever occurring?
A)primary prevention
B)immediate prevention
C)tertiary prevention
D)secondary prevention
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Chapter 15: Poverty and the Family
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Q1) Eli is addicted to methamphetamine and has been using drugs for many years.Which of the following is most likely to describe Eli?
A)cyclically homeless
B)chronically homeless
C)temporarily homeless
D)absolutely homeless
Q2) Describe three causes of homelessness and give a suggested solution for each.
Q3) Which of the following families is least likely to be living in poverty?
A)a lone-mother family with one child
B)a married couple with both employed
C)a married couple with one earner and two children
D)an elderly widow
Q4) Which of the following makes up the largest single group of poor people in Canada?
A)lone mothers
B)children
C)elderly women
D)runaway teens
Q5) Give three reasons why homeless women are less noticeable than homeless men.
Q6) The main cause of poverty in Canada is _______________.
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Chapter 16: The Crystal Ball-predicting the Future of the Family
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Q1) Which of the following is one trend that is likely to continue into the future?
A)The "traditional" family will continue to be the majority.
B)The number of "different" family forms will increase.
C)The birthrate will continue to increase.
D)A growing number of couples will choose marriage over cohabitation.
Q2) Describe recent changes in government policies regarding social services and explain their importance for families.
Q3) What is the fastest-growing age group in Canada?
A)40- to 50-year-olds
B)60- to 70-year-olds
C)50- to 60-year-olds
D)those 85 and older
Q4) The ____________________ family has been considered the norm in Canadian society.
Q5) According to the text,what is one unexpected benefit of the aging of the population?
A)We are learning more about diseases of the elderly.
B)Less money is spent on primary and secondary education.
C)More generations coexist now than at any other time in history.
D)There is less ageism.
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