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Family Studies explores the dynamics, structures, and functions of families within diverse cultural and historical contexts. This course examines the roles and relationships among family members, the impact of social and economic factors on family life, and the influence of societal changes on family systems. Students will analyze contemporary issues such as marriage, parenting, family conflict, gender roles, and work-life balance, drawing upon interdisciplinary perspectives from sociology, psychology, and human development. Through critical discussion and research, learners will gain a comprehensive understanding of how families contribute to individual development and broader societal trends.
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Essentials of Life Span Development 2nd Edition by John W. Santrock
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Chapter 1: Introduction-Chapter
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Q1) Ling-Chi is trying to make sense of her world.According to Piaget's theory,the two processes she uses to do this are __________ and _________.
A)assimilation;organization
B)adaptation;cognition
C)memory;accommodation
D)organization;adaptation
Answer: D
Q2) Culture is based on the:
A)nationality characteristics,race,religion,and language of a people.
B)practices of a large number of people living in the same geographic area.
C)exchange of ideas between groups of people who live in the same location.
D)behaviors,beliefs,and all other products of a particular group of people.
Answer: D
Q3) A way in which a context influences development which is characterized by events that are common to people of a particular generation because of historical circumstances.
Answer: normative history-graded influences
Q4) The developmental period from birth to about 2 years. Answer: infancy
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Chapter 2: Biological Beginnings
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Q1) A genetic disorder,occurring primarily in African Americans,in which the body's red blood cells take on a hook shape instead of the normal round shape.This abnormally shaped blood cell is unable to carry oxygen properly,so the affected individual usually develops anemia.
Answer: sickle-cell anemia
Q2) A chromosomal abnormality that is characterized by an extra copy of chromosome 21.A person with this disorder typically has a round face,a flattened skull,an extra fold of skin over the eyelids,a protruding tongue,short limbs,and retardation of motor and mental abilities.
Answer: Down syndrome
Q3) The observable characteristics of an individual's genetic makeup.
Answer: phenotype
Q4) Jasmine and her fetus are Rh incompatible.This means that:
A)the fetus will need a blood transfusion immediately after birth.
B)the fetus's immune system will attack the mother's blood during the fetal stage.
C)Jasmine has type A blood,while her fetus has type B blood.
D)Jasmine may produce antibodies that will attack the fetus.
Answer: D
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Chapter 3: Physical and Cognitive Development in Infancy
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Q1) The rooting reflex is to __________ as the Moro reflex is to _________.
A)grasping;turning
B)turning;startle
C)searching;startle
D)startle;grasping
Answer: C
Q2) A loss or impairment of language ability caused by brain injury is called: A)proprioception. B)aphasia.
C)dysnomia.
D)mutism.
Answer: B
Q3) The specialization of function in each of the two hemispheres of the cerebral cortex in the brain.
Answer: lateralization
Q4) The part of the neuron that carries signals toward the cell body.
Answer: dendrite
Q5) Chemicals contained at the end of the axon that pass information to another neuron.
Answer: neurotransmitters
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Chapter 4: Socioemotional Development in Infancy
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Q1) Javier and his father are at the circus.A clown jumps in front of them,and Javier looks at his father to see if he is afraid or laughing.Javier is using:
A)social referencing.
B)emotional regulation.
C)social reassurance.
D)modeling.
Q2) According to Mary Rothbart and John Bates,unlike early theoretical models of temperament,the more recent emphasis is on:
A)infants' ability to control their arousal.
B)positive and negative emotions.
C)activity levels.
D)regular/irregular routines.
Q3) A temperament classification,according to Alexander Chess and Stella Thomas,that includes children who (a)are generally in a positive mood, (b)establish regular routines in infancy,and (c)adapt easily to new experiences.
Q4) Explain goodness of fit.
Q5) This theorist stressed the importance of "contact comfort" in the development of attachment between an infant and his or her caregiver.
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Chapter 5: Physical and Cognitive Development in Early Childhood
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Q1) In general,conservation involves the ability to understand that changes in physical arrangement:
A)are irrelevant for the total amount.
B)significantly affect the total amount.
C)determine the total amount needed for a given task.
D)must be considered before the total amount can be determined.
Q2) The process in which axons are covered with a layer of fat cells,which increases the speed of information traveling through the nervous system.
Q3) When looking at the heights and weights of preschool children,we know that:
A)there are ethnic differences.
B)there are no ethnic differences.
C)there are ethnic differences in average weight but not average height.
D)environmental factors are more important than genetic factors.
Q4) Define conservation.
Q5) The inability to distinguish between one's own perspective and the perspective of another.
Q6) Internalized sets of actions that enable children to do mentally what they formerly did physically.
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Q7) Define egocentrism.
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Chapter 6: Socioemotional Development in Early Childhood
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Q1) Approximately __________ of lesbians are parents.
A)10%
B)20%
C)30%
D)40%
Q2) A kind of parenting style in which parents are uninvolved in their children's life.They are neither warm nor controlling.
Q3) Researchers refer to elementary school playgrounds as "gender school" because:
A)teachers treat boys and girls differently.
B)children reinforce and punish each other for gender behaviors.
C)parents expect schools to treat children in gender-stereotypical ways.
D)children's gender concepts do not begin to form until elementary school.
Q4) About ________ of parents who abuse their children were abused as children themselves.
A)one-quarter
B)one-third
C)one-half
D)two-thirds
Q5) Explain Erik Erikson's stage of initiative versus guilt.
Q6) The belief that when a rule is broken,punishment is sure to follow.
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Chapter 7: Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle and Late Childhood
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Q1) A kind of thinking that is characterized by reflection,productivity,and evaluation of evidence.
Q2) The _______ approach stresses that reading instruction should parallel a child's natural language learning.
A)assisted-language
B)remedial-language
C)complex-language
D)whole-language
Q3) Which researcher is responsible for identifying the trend that intelligence scores are slowly increasing worldwide over time?
A)Mary Ainsworth
B)James Flynn
C)John Bowlby
D)Jonathan Richard
Q4) A person's mental age divided by their chronological age multiplied by 100.
Q5) What are culture-fair IQ tests?
Q6) A kind of thinking which produces many different answers to the same questions.
Q7) Describe two approaches to teaching children how to read.
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Chapter 8: Socioemotional Development in Middle and Late Childhood
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Q1) Boys are much more likely than girls to be behaviorally disruptive in the classroom.This phenomenon may be explained by which of the following trends noted in your textbook?
A)teachers single our boys for punishment
B)boys are more likely to be verbally abusive
C)boys usually show less self-regulation
D)boys are more punitive to classmates
Q2) Which of the following types of bullying is a girl most likely to be the victim of?
A)being the subject of rumors
B)being bullied over her religion or race
C)being hit,slapped,or pushed
D)being the subject of sexual comments or gestures
Q3) Which of the following types of bullying is a boy most likely to be the victim of?
A)being bullied over his looks or his speech
B)being bullied over his religion or race
C)being hit,slapped,or pushed
D)being the subject of sexual comments or gestures
Q4) The global evaluative dimension of the self.
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Chapter 9: Physical and Cognitive Development in Adolescence
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Q1) Ms.Chang is trying to prepare her health-class students for the onset of puberty.What should she tell the boys that they are likely to experience first?
A)the first ejaculation
B)changes in voice
C)increased penis and testicle size
D)growth of facial hair
Q2) Asia's parents are concerned about her.Asia constantly moves at a frantic pace.She eats very little,though she enjoys helping her parents cook.She worries obsessively about her weight even though she has lost more than enough in the past year.Which of the following is the most accurate statement about this situation?
A)Asia is showing an adolescent's normal preoccupation with her bodily changes.
B)Asia's preoccupation with her body will most likely stop on its own.
C)Asia is showing signs of bulimia,and her parents are right to be concerned.
D)Asia is showing signs of anorexia,and her parents are right to be concerned.
Q3) In 1904,this famous theorist proposed that adolescence was a turbulent time of "storm and stress."
Q4) This theorist suggested that adolescents are in the Formal Operational Stage of cognitive development.
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Chapter 10: Socioemotional Development in Adolescence
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Q1) Which of the following individuals is noted as one of the leading researchers in the area of adolescent friendships,and whose theories have endured the "test of time"?
A)Erik Erikson
B)James Marcia
C)Edwin Shneidman
D)Harry Stack Sullivan
Q2) Juvenile delinquency is negatively correlated with:
A)income.
B)parental monitoring.
C)having older siblings and friends who are not delinquent.
D)all of the above.
Q3) Conflict with parents most often escalates during:
A)early adolescence.
B)middle adolescence.
C)late adolescence.
D)the college years.
Q4) This identity status is characterized by a commitment to a self-identity following a period of crisis.
Q5) Define ethnic identity.
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Chapter 11: Physical and Cognitive Development in Early
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Q1) Piaget's claim that adults are fully formal operational thinkers seems to be:
A)an inaccurate description of many adults.
B)true only for a very small sample of professional adults.
C)true,except for adults with mental defects or diseases.
D)completely inaccurate of most adults.
Q2) Bethany's doctor informs her she has an STI.As an American,which is she most likely to have?
A)gonorrhea
B)syphilis
C)chlamydia
D)HIV
Q3) In 1994,Robert Michael and his colleagues conducted a comprehensive survey of American sexual patterns.Results from this Sex in America study suggested that Americans' sexual lives are _________ than previously believed.
A)more conservative
B)less conservative
C)more active
D)less active
Q4) A person who is sexually attracted to people of both sexes.
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Q5) What is the best way to lose weight and keep it off?
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Chapter 12: Socioemotional Development in Early
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Q1) Between 1980 and 2007 the divorce rate in the United States:
A)increased moderately.
B)increased significantly.
C)stayed the same.
D)decreased moderately.
Q2) What percentage of adults describes themselves as being securely attached?
A)80-90
B)60-80
C)50-60
D)30-50
Q3) When couples divorce in the United States,they are most likely to do so during which years of marriage?
A)1<sup>st</sup> to 3<sup>rd</sup>
B)2<sup>nd</sup> to 5<sup>th</sup>
C)5<sup>th</sup> to 10<sup>th</sup>
D)10<sup>th</sup> to 12<sup>th</sup>
Q4) Living together in a sexual relationship without being married.
Q5) According to the triarchic theory of love,this type of love includes intimacy and commitment,but does not include sexual attraction.
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Q6) Discuss how men and women differ in their communication styles.
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Chapter 13: Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle
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Q1) In middle adulthood,__________ intelligence continues to increase.
A)fluid
B)semantic
C)crystallized
D)multiple
Q2) The ability to focus and maintain an image on the retina.
Q3) The developmental period that begins at approximately 40 years of age and extends to about 60 to 65 years of age.
Q4) Female menopause is more _________,whereas male menopause is more
A)psychological;physical
B)physical;psychological
C)psychological;psychological
D)physical;physical
Q5) Fluid intelligence is the ability to:
A)reason abstractly.
B)memorize information quickly.
C)adapt to new ways of thinking.
D)use deductive reasoning.
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Chapter 14: Socioemotional Development in Middle
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Q1) In the metaphor of the sandwich generation,who is between the "bread slices"?
A)the children of middle-aged adults
B)the parents of middle-aged adults
C)the middle-aged adults themselves
D)both the children and parents of middle-aged adults
Q2) What did Levinson's research conclude about women in midlife transition?
A)Women have significantly less distress during this process.
B)Women face the midlife transition earlier and with greater difficulty than do men.
C)Women who have had children have an easier time than those who have not.
D)There are no real significant differences between how men and how women fare in midlife transition.
Q3) In a survey conducted by AARP (2004),the person most likely to initiate a divorce was:
A)the wife.
B)the husband.
C)the wife,but only in European-American families.
D)the husband or wife,equally.
Q4) This theorist studies adult personality by examining stability and change in the "big five" factors of personality.
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Chapter 15: Physical and Cognitive Development in Late
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Q1) After about age 60:
A)both men and women lose weight.
B)men lose weight,but women do not lose weight.
C)women lose weight,but men do not lose weight.
D)only individuals with health problems,men or women,lose weight.
Q2) How many American adults had Alzheimer disease in 2009?
A)1½ million
B)2½ million
C)5 million
D)10½ million
Q3) Tran wants to live a long and healthy life.The most important thing he can do to improve longevity is:
A)get involved at church.
B)quit smoking.
C)get married.
D)adopt a pet.
Q4) Briefly describe Parkinson disease.
Q5) Define dementia.
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Q6) This life-span researcher has conducted considerable studies regarding cognitive abilities and wisdom in older adults.
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Chapter 16: Socioemotional Development in Late
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Q1) A theory of aging suggests that older adults become more selective about their social networks,because they place a high value on emotional satisfaction in their relationships.
Q2) Erik Erikson believed that people who experience intimacy and generativity in earlier adulthood are more likely to develop ________ in later adulthood.
A)trust
B)integrity
C)autonomy
D)identity foreclosure
Q3) Prejudice against individuals because of their age,especially prejudice against older adults.
Q4) What double jeopardy do elderly women face?
A)ageism and poverty
B)ageism and abuse
C)ageism and sexism
D)sexism and poverty
Q5) Describe the socioemotional selectivity theory.
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Q6) The process of looking back at one's life experiences,evaluating them,interpreting them,and often reinterpreting them.
Chapter 17: Death, Dying, and Grieving
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Q1) Luka has just found out that she has cancer.She has told her daughter that she knows that she has the disease but is not really worried about dying from it,because she is convinced that her treatments will be completely effective.Luka may be engaging in:
A)denial.
B)bargaining.
C)terminal drop.
D)realistic acceptance.
Q2) Traditional Amish and Jewish cultures are similar in how they cope with death in that they both:
A)have important roles of the family during and after the loss.
B)have elaborate funeral ceremonies in churches to symbolize the last passage from Earth.
C)believe that grief is stronger for the collective community than for the individual family.
D)expect families to unite and cope with only minimal support from the rest of the community.
Q3) Why do some medical experts argue that the criteria for death should include only higher cortical functioning?
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