Exam Practice Questions

Question 1

With what type of research did the field of resilience start?

Answer 1

Research into risk vulnerability

Question 2

What are the key findings of the Kuai study?

Answer 2

1/3 show resilience in childhood

Question 3

What was the 4th wave of resilience research?

Answer 3

Integration genes to geo-politics, systems approach

Question 4

How did the definition of resilience change over time?

Answer 4

More dynamic, systems approach.

Question 5

What are the two requirements of resilience?

Answer 5

*Risk (accumulation)
*Positive adaptation (across domains)

Question 6

How many children display resilience after maltreatment?

Answer 6

Depends on definition of adaptation.

Question 7

Which of the following statements regarding the concept of resilience is/are true?

1. Resilience refers to the capacity of a dynamic system to adapt successfully to disturbances.
2. A person can achieve resilience without having experienced adversities

Answer 7

Only the 1st statement is correct.

Question 8

Animal models of parenting and gene expression have demonstrated that the quality of parenting can have lasting influences on gene expression related to behaviour. This concept is called:

Answer 8

Biological Programming

Question 9

There is consensus on how to intervene to protect children in the event of disasters and mass violence, which of the below is NOT part of the recommendations:

1. Promote a sense of safety
2. Promote a sense of self- and collective efficacy
3. Keep families together
4. Provide families time to heal by not reopening schools to soon

Answer 9

4.

Question 10

Which of the following statements best characterizes the 2nd wave of resilience research.

1. Focused on resilience interventions
2. Mostly used hybrid and longitudinal complexity models

Answer 10

All are incorrect, Interventions is 3rd wave and Hybrid and Longitudinal research is 4th wave

Question 11

Which statement about effective caregiving is true.

1. In the situation of maltreatment, at least one good relationship with a caring adult has been associated with resilience
2. Bolstering the quality of parent-child relationship should not be a priority for resilience interventions, as child factors such as personality and intelligence play a more important role in individual resilience.
3. Attachement relationships and their balance remain stable over the course of child development, this is why the first two years of life are especially important in attachement theory.
4. None is true

Answer 11

In the situation of maltreatment, at least one good relationship with a caring adult has been associated with resilience

Statement 3: Attachement relationships and their balance remain stable over the course of child development, this is why the first two years of life are especially important in attachement theory.

Persons can form attachement at a later age.

Question 12

Resilience in the digital world, which outcome variables are considered in the study by Santos et al?

Answer 12

Depression and Life Satisfaction

Question 13

The childeren of kauai study taught us that.

Answer 13

Resilience is dynamic, young girls that were vulnerable in adolescence often showed resilience in adulthood.

Question 14

Name the resilience trajectories

Answer 14

Dotted E, F, A and C are resilience trajectories (dashed lines).
E = post-traumatic growth,
F = major shiftor normalization(both correct),
A = stress-resistant,
C = normal recovery pattern (or late bloomers if recovery takes longer).