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Social Foundations of Education examines the critical relationship between education and society, exploring how historical, cultural, political, and economic factors shape educational systems and practices. The course encourages students to analyze the role of schools in promoting social equity, cultural understanding, and democratic values, as well as to consider persistent issues of inequality and diversity in education. Through interdisciplinary perspectives, including sociology, philosophy, and history, students gain insight into the broader social contexts that influence educational policies, teacher roles, and student experiences, empowering them to become reflective and socially responsible educators.
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Child Family School Community Socialization and Support 9th Edition by Roberta M. Berns
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Chapter 1: Ecology of the Child
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Q1) The _________ refers to linkages and interrelationships between two or more of a person's microsystems.
Answer: Mesosystem
Q2) Bronfenbrenner's model is called the _________ model of human development.
Answer: Bioecological
Q3) Socializing agents generally aim to prepare children for both
A) Stability and change.
B) Trust and mistrust.
C) Abuse and neglect.
D) The past and the present.
Answer: A
Q4) Values, morals, motives, and self-esteem are all examples of _________ as it relates to the socialization process.
Answer: Output
Q5) According to Bronfenbrenner, a community's school board is an example of a(n)
Answer: Exosystem
Q6) The No Child Left Behind Act of 2004 requires children take _________ tests.
Answer: Standardized achievement
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Chapter 2: Ecology of Socialization
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Q1) An approving nod, a questioning look, and a reminder are all examples of A) Praise.
B) Feedback.
C) Extinction.
D) Insecure attachment.
Answer: B
Q2) Standards for a child's behavior are set by A) Parents.
B) Peer group.
C) Teacher.
D) All of the above.
Answer: D
Q3) A debutante ball and a circumcision ceremony are examples of _________.
Answer: Rites of Passage
Q4) Reasoning from a general principle to a specific case is called _________ reasoning.
Answer: Deductive
Q5) Qualities or beliefs that are viewed as desirable or important are called _________.
Answer: Values
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Chapter 3: Ecology of the Family
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Q1) According to your text, the technical definition of marriage is
A) A legal contract with certain rights and obligations.
B) A contract with certain rights and responsibilities that is not legally binding.
C) A system of informal and formal social supports.
D) A relationship between two consenting adults.
Answer: A
Q2) Which is the family that includes relatives of the nuclear family who are economically and emotionally dependent on each other? The _________ family.
Answer: Extended
Q3) The term "religion" refers to
A) A unified system of beliefs and practices relative to sacred things.
B) A belief in individualism, thrift, self-sacrifice, and productivity.
C) Any demand that exceeds a person's ability to cope.
D) A group of individuals related by blood or marriage.
Answer: A
Q4) As a result of the growing prevalence of _______________, the number of children born to unmarried parents has also increased.
Answer: cohabitation
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Chapter 4: Ecology of Parenting
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Q1) Which children adapt best to any of a number of styles of parenting?
A) Easy
B) Difficult
C) Slow-to-Warm-Up
D) Irregular
Q2) Political ideology refers to
A) Theories pertaining to government.
B) Theories specific to child development.
C) The production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services.
D) An individual's rank or position within society.
Q3) Individual-oriented families believe the self is located within the A) Individual.
B) Group.
C) Culture.
D) Authority figure.
Q4) Parenting is _________.
A) Bidirectional.
B) Dynamic.
C) Both of the above.
D) Neither of the above.
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Chapter 5: Ecology of Nonparental Child Care
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Q1) Children in teacher-directed programs score ________ on reading and math achievement tests than children in learner-directed programs.
Q2) Care given to children by persons other than parents during the parts of the day when parents are absent is termed _________.
Q3) Jalonda is six years old. Which of Piaget's stages is she in?
A) Preoperational
B) Concrete Operational
C) Post-Operational
D) Sensorimotor
Q4) The Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale is a measure used to assess
A) Quality in child care settings.
B) Playground equipment.
C) Parents' attitudes toward child care.
D) IQ (intelligence).
Q5) The "Tools of the Mind" curriculum is based on _____________theory of learning.
Q6) Care provided by an individual in the child's own home is called _________ care.
Q7) The _________ mind refers to socialization toward having the capacity to uncover and clarify new problems, questions, and pose possible and novel solutions.
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Chapter 6: Ecology of the School
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Q1) English immersion programs or celebrating American holidays are examples of ____________________________ .
Q2) A school formed by a group of parents, teachers, or other community members with a shared philosophy, that is authorized and funded by a public school district is called a _________ school.
Q3) In a _________ society, the role of the school is continually debated by its citizens until consensus is reached on various issues.
Q4) The separation of church and state is guaranteed by the first amendment to the
Q5) The process whereby a minority cultural group takes on the characteristics of the dominant cultural group is called
A) Cultural Assimilation.
B) Cultural Pluralism.
C) Bilingual Education.
D) Classism.
Q6) Intellectual development is an example of the _________ goal of a school.
Q7) The idea that children are entitled to participate fully in their school and community is the principle of _________.
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Chapter 7: Ecology of Teaching
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Q1) Describe differences in teacher-student interaction based on gender.
Q2) Risk factors affecting infants and children can be classified as genetic, prenatal, perinatal and ______________________.
Q3) Skills related to solving logical problems and performing mathematical calculations are considered _________ intelligence.
Q4) When individual test scores are compared to norms on scientifically selected items, the process is called _________ testing.
Q5) _________ refers to the ability to withstand and rebound from crisis or persistent challenges.
Q6) The space between what a learner can do independently and what he or she can do while participating with more capable others is called the _________.
Q7) In a learner-directed classroom, __________________motivation guides children's learning.
Q8) _________ refers to a policy of letting people do as they please.
Q9) Students in traditional, teacher-directed classrooms tended to perform better __________________ than students in modern, learner-directed programs.
Q10) Describe how adults help foster field-dependence and field-independence.
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Chapter 8: Ecology of the Peer Group
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Q1) __________________ support involves giving advice and information.
Q2) Describe how peer relationships differ between early (2-5/6 years) and middle childhood (6 -12/13 years).
Q3) Provide an overview of what peers contribute to the socialization process.
Q4) Describe how social cognition changes over the childhood years.
Q5) Physical attack and disapproval from a peer group are examples of _________ reinforcers.
Q6) You observe 3-year-old Karla standing in one corner of your preschool room. She is watching the other children play and occasionally talking to them. We would classify Karla's actions as
A) Solitary Play.
B) Onlooker Play.
C) Parallel Play.
D) Associative Play.
Q7) Compare and contrast the ways in which peers exert influence through reinforcement to the ways in which peers exert influence through punishment.
Q8) The sense of belonging develops first within the ___________________.
Q9) In adolescence, sexual _________________ comes from peers and the media.
Q10) Getting along with others is related to the ability to _______________.
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Chapter 9: Ecology of the Mass Media
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Q1) _________ theories examine physiological changes in the body and subsequent emotions that occur.
Q2) When the intent of an advertisement is concealed or hidden, this is known as _________ advertising.
Q3) The term which refers to the extent to which violence occurs in a television program is the _________ of violence.
Q4) Cable and home video entered the media scene in the ______________.
Q5) Action for Children's Television is an example of a A) Public Interest Group.
B) Law protecting children.
C) Legislative body.
D) Government agency.
Q6) As it applies to libraries, a _________ is an attempt, via a formal, written complaint, to remove or restrict materials based on the objections of a person or group.
Q7) Perceptions of reality fall into two categories: factuality and __________________________________.
Q8) By early adolescence, teens listen to music (radio, CDs, music, videos) _________ hours per day.
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Chapter 10: Ecology of the Community
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Q1) Compare and contrast preventive services from supportive services and give examples of each.
Q2) Describe how public agencies are different from private agencies and give examples.
Q3) Children's economic well-being is directly related to that of their A) Peers.
B) Families.
C) Teachers.
D) Roles.
Q4) Imagine you are in charge of playground installation for a service organization that has donated money to your community. Describe the different kinds of playground choices, and for what purposes you might want each.
Q5) In what kind of service agency would one be likely to find services that are office-based and have strict eligibility requirements?
Q6) The program which provides public funds to families for necessities such as shelter, food, and clothing is known as __________.
Q7) The largest recent increase in families that are poor has occurred in which cultural group?
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Chapter 11: Emotional and Cognitive Socialization
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Q1) Describe the techniques by which families socialize children to develop attitudes consistent with the group.
Q2) Equality of opportunity is an example of a _________ value.
Q3) Achievement motivation is linked to
A) Actual achievement behavior.
B) Locus of control.
C) Both answers are correct.
D) Neither answer is correct; Achievement motivation is not linked to either.
Q4) Imagine you are talking to a group of future teachers. Your topic is learned helplessness. Describe for them the development of learned helplessness, including research studies referenced in your text.
Q5) Choose one of the following: schools, mass media or peers. Based on your readings, write a persuasive argument detailing why the socializing agent you chose has the most significant impact on self-esteem.
Q6) One's attribution of performance, or perception of responsibility for success or failure, is called _________.
Q7) An explanation for one's performance is termed a(n) _________.
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Q8) In which socioeconomic class would we expect not to find an internal locus of control?
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Chapter 12: Social and Behavioral Socialization Outcomes
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Q1) Mark has egocentric ideas about right and wrong. Mark doesn't consider the interests of others. Mark sometimes confuses his parents' perspective with that of his own. Which stage of moral development best describes Mark?
A) Preoperational
B) Preconventional
C) Conventional
D) Image-Making
Q2) The _________theory deals with how one comes to behave as a male or female. (Social cognitive, p. 475)Research shows that children with gay or lesbian parents exhibit ____________________ gender norms.
Q3) The "Culture of Honor" refers to the idea that A) Males should marry young.
B) Aggression is an acceptable reaction to personal affront (attacks).
C) Mesosystems are the most important of the types of systems.
D) Cultural values are genetically inherited.
Q4) Freud's name for the conscience was _________.
Q5) Compare and contrast the perspective of an individual in Kohlberg's preconventional level with that of an individual at the postconventional level.
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