Family and human development Flashcards
The following statements describes an optimal environment for growth and development EXCEPT:
A. Predictable events
B. Stable
C. Parents providing for the needs of the children
D. With all modern technology that can stimulate the child
D
The following statements are true about a normal family EXCEPT
A. Does not play a role in transmission of social roles and cultural values
B. Persons who share resources, responsibility for decision
making, values, and goals, and have a commitment to each
other over time
C. First venue for learning how to work, love, and be human
D. It is the unit most capable of providing basic needs
A
A 28 year-old male formulates his own personal goals in developing as an individual including forming a new family. What is his stage in the family life cycle?
A. Unattached young adult
B. Newly married couple
C. Family with adolescents
D. Launching family
A
The stage when the first child leaves home and parents develop adult relationships with children
A. Unattached young adult
B. Newly married couple
C. Family with adolescents
D. Launching family
D
Atty. Rolando Rivera is a successful prosecutor and his wife Monica is a college professor. They have 3 kids:
Carla – 8 years old,
Benjie – 6 years old
Louise – 3 years old. What
second order change is appropriate for their stage in the family life cycle?
A. Development of intimate peer relations
B. Formation of a marital system
C. Refocusing on midlife career and marital issues
D. Taking on a parenting role
D
Illicit drug use problems, peer pressure and conflicts with parents are signs psychosocial problems that can be
expected in which of the following family life cycle stage?
A. Launching family
B. Family with adolescents
C. Unattached young adult
D. Family in later life
B
Roxas family is at the stage of family in later life. Both are retied and living by themselves. They maintain a healthy
relationship with their children. What can be the most pressing concern of the couple that you can anticipate
considering their present status?
A. Coping with physical and mental decline
B. Dealing with loss of spouse
C. Maintaining stress in dealing with children in-laws
D. Maintaining couple functioning
A
Mrs D, 65 year old, complains of insomnia and feeling low lately. Her husband revealed that it started when their only son decided to live on his own and in preparation for marriage. What is the stage in the family life cycle is Mrs.
D.
A. Unattached young adult
B. Family with adolescents
C. Launching family
D. Family in later yearsq
C
Mrs D, 65 year old, complains of insomnia and feeling low lately. Her husband revealed that it started when their only son decided to live on his own and in preparation for marriage.
Which of the following emotional processes of transition is characteristic of the family?
A. accepting shifting of generational role
B. parent-offspring separation
C. increasing flexibility of family boundaries to allow for children’s increasing independence
D. commitment to marital system
B
In the stage of the Unattached Young Adult, the emotional process of transition is one of:
A. Attaining independence
B. Looking for a partner in life
C. Accepting parent-offspring separation
D. Establishment of self in work
C
The concept of “differentiation” involved
A. Making sure that one’s values are different from one’s parents
B. Not repeating the mistakes of the past generation
C. Aligning one’s values with current social trends rather than the patterns of the past
D. Choosing consciously the values of the family of origin that one should keep and that one should change
A
In the stage “the Newly married couple”,
A. Media has so much penetrated our culture that expectations of husband and wife of each other in this stage is dictated more by societal influences rather than by
past upbringing
B. There is no spouse that can fill all the needs of his/her partner, so it is important that close friends before the marriage who can be of assistance later be valued just as much as the new spouse
C. In this stage, any loyalty to the parent has to give way and take second place to loyalty to the spouse
D. Most of the time, couples split the rules in their newly formed families 50-50 half of the rules belong to the husband and half of the rules belong to the wife.
C
In the stage “family with young children”,
A. No adjustments is necessary for the husband because it is the wife’s role to take care of the children
B. Conflicts may arise due to differences in parenting
practices
C. Since grandparents are the most experienced in parenting, it is better to defer to their advice
D. The movement of family members is outward towards
society
B
In this stage “family with adolescents”
A. Greater disciplining is required due to the adolescent’s tendency to challenge the rules
B. The mother is pressured to stay home more in order to deal with greater difficulty of parenting an adolescent
C. The midlife crisis that occurs during this stage is a crisis of identity
D. The adolescent striving for independence plus the midlife crisis of the parents are additive in increasing the stressfulness of this stage
D
In the stage “Launching Children and Moving on,”
A. Letting go of children is a must if the children are to come back to the parents in their old age
B. this is a period of greatest intimacy between husband and wife because they are now freed from parenting responsibilities
C. children must continue to be obedient to parents due to the wisdom of the older generation
D. the movement of members in the family in inwards towards family concerns
B
