Module 5 Flashcards
A child that watches a great deal of violence on television in their early years:
Views violence as a normal part of life.
Most family experts advise young couples to:
Wait before having their first child.
Many researchers feel that early stimulation is the most important factor in:
Brain development.
Of the key dimensions of mothering and fathering, the most important seems to be:
Acceptance.
Most new parents receive their parenting skills from:
Their own parents.
A couple can increase their chances of conception by learning more about how conception occurs.
True or False.
True.
The current term for society’s sanctioned arrangement for sexual relations is:
Marriage.
For the past decade, the fertility rate in the United States has:
Been at or below zero population growth.
Questions a couple should ask themselves when they are deciding if they want to have children include all of the following EXCEPT:
- Do we have a strong healthy relationship that can provide a stable environment that a child needs?
- Are we ready to give a child the care, attention, and love it needs?
- What can having a child do for for us?
- Are we committed to raising children to grow and become healthy adults?”
- Can we afford to provide a child with food, clothing and education for at least the nest eighteen years.
What can having a child do for us.
Most women don’t suffer from postpartum depression.
True or False.
False.
The first question in proper family planning is:
Do we really want children?
There are no risks involved in having an abortion.
True or False.
False.
A little stress is good for children because it enables them to develop:
Stress tolerance.
Men are infertile when they are unable to:
Produce viable sperm.
Sexual behavior is regulated in:
All human societies.
Traditionalization is less likely to occur in:
Two-career families.
When Cox says that parenthood is a paradox, he means that it:
Is associated with both problems and happiness.
Women are infertile when they are unable to:
Become pregnant.
Effective punishment encompasses all of the following strategies EXCEPT:
- Telling the child what the alternatives are.
- Letting the punishment flow from the act.
- Using emotional displays to reinforce punishment.
- Punishing the child as soon after the act as possible.
Using emotional displays to reinforce punishment.
Some wrong reasons to have a child include all of the following EXCEPT:
- To relieve loneliness
- To save or strengthen a marriage.
- Because everyone has children.
- We love children and want to include them in our strong healthy family.
- To please parents and friends.
We love children and want to include them in our strong healthy family.
