Social Development across the life stages

Question 1

What is a dysfunctional family?

Answer 1

A family that does not provide some or all of the benefits of a family

Question 2

5 reasons why some families may become dysfunctional?

Answer 2

• Stress due to problems
• Poor parenting skills
• Controlling behaviour
• Parents neglect children
• Inconsistent in teaching children how to behave socially

Question 3

What does a stressful family enviroment do to children?

Answer 3

Disadvantage them and make it hard to develop self-confidence

Question 4

How can parental divorce or seperation negatively affect children?

Answer 4

• Affects their self-esteem and self-confidence, leading to emotional distress, moodiness and depression
• Lack resiliiance so more easily influenced by peers —> risky behaviours
• Poverty—> underachievement in education

Question 5

How can parental divorce or seperation positively affect children?

Answer 5

• Relief as less arguing so less stress
• Increase in support from extended family
• May get step-siblings

Question 6

What does exposure of high levels of family conflict do to a child?

Answer 6

They become agressive and bully other children in the family

Question 7

Why do children involve themselves in sibling rivalry/bully siblings?

Answer 7

• They try to gain control and power in a household in which they feel helpless and powerless
• Parents may also cause sibling rivalry

Question 8

What are the three different parenting styles

Answer 8

• Authorative
• Authoritarian
• Permissive

Question 9

What is the authorative parenting style?

Answer 9

• parents are not overly strict and children brought up to respect authority
• more resiliant and conformist

Question 10

What is the authoritarian parenting style?

Answer 10

• parents have high expectations and strict rules
• children become rebellious and problematic

Question 11

What is the permissive parenting style?

Answer 11

• parents don’t have any demands for their children and reluctant to implement rules/values
• children lack self-control due to no set boundaries

Question 12

Why may some parents struggle to parent?

Answer 12

• struggle with emotional issues
• lack emotional intelligence
• unaware of the power they hold
• difficult to meet needs of children—-> neglect/abuse

Question 13

What is bullying?

Answer 13

a repetitive behaviour intended to hurt an individual emotionally/physically

Question 14

State 4 possible affects of bullying:

Answer 14

• Low self-esteem
• Stress
• Depression/anxiety
• Worried

Question 15

Why do people do self harm?

Answer 15

To release feelings of guilt and emotional pain

Question 16

Name 3 beliefs/ groups that may prevent medical intervention

Answer 16

• Jehovah’s Witnesses
• Muslim women
• Older chinese people

Question 17

What do Jehovah’s witnesses believe about medical intervention?

Answer 17

They believe that blood transfusions are not accepted which affects many areas of care

Question 18

What do muslim women believe about medical intervention?

Answer 18

They may feel uncomfortable with a male doctor if they have to expose skin or take of hijab

Question 19

What do older chinese people believe about medical intervention?

Answer 19

They use traditional herbal remedies but don’t tell healthcare as they may disaprove and it may interfear with medication

Question 20

What deficiency’s are Jewish people prone to due to their dietary restrictions

Answer 20

• Nutritional deficiency–> no pork
• Protein deficiency–> no pork
• Calcium deficiency–> no shellfish

Question 21

What deficiency’s are Hindu’s/Sik’s prone to due to their dietary restrictions

Answer 21

• Nutrional deficiency–> no meat as vegetarian
• Protein deficiency–> no meat
• Calcium deficiency

Question 22

What deficiency’s are Muslims prone to due to their dietary restrictions

Answer 22

• Nutritional deficiency–>no pork and non-halal meats
• Protein deficiency–>no pork and non-halal meats

Question 23

What does a calcium deficiency lead to?

Answer 23

Weakened bones and teeth

Question 24

What does a protein deficiency lead to?

Answer 24

Affects muscle and organ function, weakened bones