Ch. 1 - 4

Question 1

What is human alternatives?

Answer 1

examines the central role in the individual in interpreting the wider social environment

Question 2

Which of the following is not a limitation of the life course perspective?

Answer 2

It is difficult to identify patterns with homogeneous populations

Question 3

It is estimated that there are 105 males born for every 100 females in the world. True of false?

Answer 3

True

Question 4

The death of a parent will always serve as a turning point in the life of a child. True or false?

Answer 4

False

Question 5

What is interdependent lives?

Answer 5

examines the central role of the family in interpreting the wider social environment

Question 6

Researchers who study resilient children examine only the adverse experiences that have influenced children. True or false?

Answer 6

True

Question 7

What is human agency?

Answer 7

examines the central role of the individual in interpreting the wider social environment

Question 8

What is pleiotrophy?

Answer 8

principle that explains how the same gene can influence seemingly unrelated systems

Question 9

Increased medical technology has simplified the bioethical concerns for social works providing genetic counseling. True or false?

Answer 9

False

Question 10

Pregnancy is one of the most common reasons that a person will be admitted to the hospital. True or false?

Answer 10

True

Question 11

Which of the following birth control options is the most effective? injectables, intrauterine device, implant, contractive patch.

Answer 11

Intrauterine device

Question 12

In the United States, the social meaning of childbearing has changed rather dramatically over the past 30 years. Case Study 2.1: The Thompsons’ Premature Birth is an example of ______.

Answer 12

spouses returning home unexpectedly from a war zone

Question 13

______ of contraception may be considered for a woman who prefers to think about birth control once every 1–3 months.

Answer 13

intramuscular injection methods

Question 14

According to the text, which of the following can cause anxiety for toddlers?

Answer 14

reactions to losing self-control

Question 15

The overproduction of synapses during critical periods during the first year of life is known as ____.

Answer 15

blooming

Question 16

What is Erikson’s psychosocial challenge for toddlerhood?

Answer 16

autonomy versus shame and doubt

Question 17

The three components of a developmental niche are physical and social setting of daily life, customs of childcare and child-rearing, and ____.

Answer 17

psychology of the caregivers

Question 18

The _____ reflex allows infants to turn their head toward a food source in order to prepare to feed when they are signaled with a stimulus to the cheek or mouth.

Answer 18

tooting

Question 19

By the age of 5, the child’s brain has undergone a process called lateralization which can best be defined as the process by which the brain ____.

Answer 19

hemispheres begin to develop more specific functions

Question 20

According to Piaget, a child of age 3 can begin to see the perspectives of others due to their increasing cognitive abilities. True or false?

Answer 20

False

Question 21

The ____ parenting style is best characterized as cold and highly controlling.

Answer 21

authoritarian

Question 22

During the preconventional stage of Kohlberg’s model of moral reasoning, the child will use social contracts and cooperation as a guide in moral reasoning. True or false?

Answer 22

False

Question 23

Fighting over toys and space is an example of _____ aggression.

Answer 23

instrumental

Question 24

_____ is the growing capacity to understand the self in relation to others.

Answer 24

self-esteem

Question 25

_____ require the use of large muscle groups.

Answer 25

Gross motor skills

Question 26

Stage 1 of _____ Stages of Moral Development, moral reasoning is based on whether behavior is rewarded or punished:

Answer 26

Kohlberg’s