Final Test Flashcards
What is the term for play that involves simple, repetitive activities typical of 3 year olds?
Functional
Constructive play is typical of
4-year olds
According to Damon, the first stage of building friendship for middle school age children is
basing friendship on other’s behavior
The lack of cross-gender interaction in the middle childhood years means that
Boys’ and girls’ friendships are restricted to members of their own sex.
Boys’ play tends to come in bursts rather than in more extended, tranquil episodes, due in part to
boys’ concern over dominance hierarchy known as restrictive play
Juanita is feeling stressed today because her children need help with their homework while her elderly parents need someone to take them grocery shopping. Juanita is a member of the
sandwich generation
what are the major effects of poverty in children?
High rates of aggression, poorer academic performance, and conduct problems
when living in a blended family, roles and expectations can be unclear, and this is called
role ambiguity
which of the following is a reason for the decline in fertility rate?
Women joining the workforce
If an adolescent student is mostly liked by other students, that adolescent is considered
popular
Children who spend________a week in a group child care for a year or more have a _________ probability of being disruptive in class, and that effect continues throught the sixth grade.
10 hours or more; increased
Poverty plays a large role in determining whether a student completes high school. Students from lower-income households are _______less likely to complete high school than are middle-and higher-income students.
three times
Data on school achievement indicates that, on average, African American and Hispanic students tend to
Perform at lower levels and receive lower grades.
which of the following countries’ students has the highest academic achievement in math in the world?
Finland
Juanita is from Argentina and her family has just moved to the United States. She has enrolled at a local high school but still wants to maintain her identity with her culture. This process is referred to as:
integration
_____________ is the term for the integration of cultures, social movements, and financial markets around the world
Globalization
Approximately how many hours per week does a middle-aged person watch television
15 hours
What was the result of a study on technology use conducted by the Kaiser Family Foundation?
Young people spend an average of 6.5 hours a day with media
Kevin and Kathleen first year college students, take a survey on whether they are above or below average on a variety of traits and abilities. Kevin is more likely to think of himself as
above average in overall mathematical ability and emotional health
The national dropout rate for African American college students is approximately
70%
What is the most frequent cause of death during childhood?
automobile accidents, fires, and drowning
At what age doe children develop a concept of death
5
what is the occurrence in adolescents where they tend not to think that death can happen to them and therefore get involved in risky behavior
Personal fable
According to Kubler-Ross, what is the first step people pass through as they moved toward death
denial
one survey of nurses in intensive care units found that ____% of nurses had deliberately hastened a patient’s death at least once.
20
in the final stage of grief people tend to
reach the accommodation stage where they pick up the pieces of their lives and construct new identities.
The average funeral in the U.S. costs
$7000
When medical staff act to end a person’s life before death would normally occur, this is called
voluntary active euthanasia
In which of the following legal documents is the healthcare proxy authorized
durable power of attorney
Which of the following countries support and has legalized assisted suicide performed by physicians?
Netherlands
