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Question 1: While artificial reproductive technologies are expensive, they are almost always successful.

True

False

Question 2: Oscar's father is outside working on his car. He ignores Oscar as Oscar runs down the street, dumping over garbage cans and taunting neighborhood children. Oscar runs over to his Dad to ask him to help him dump over the neighbors' garbage cans across the street, and his father tells him to go away because he is annoying. Oscar's father is displaying which kind of parenting?

A.) Neglectful

b.) Authoritarian

c.) Invasive

d.) Permissive

Question 3: The strength of the parent-child attachment at 12 months determines the child's behavior in adolescence and adulthood.

True

False

Question 4: According to Martin Luther (1483 -1546 CE), a seminal figure in the Protestant Reformation, fathers should be involved in parenting, such as teaching religion, leading the family in prayer, washing diapers and performing some other menial task for his child.

True

False

Question 5: The brain of a young child is not fully formed, but has two times more synapses than an adult brain.

True

False

Question 6: Although the numbers cannot be known for sure, the medical and scientific communities believe that about___ of all pregnancies end in miscarriage.

a) 13%

b) 25%

c) 50%

d) 75%

Question 7: Which of the following theorists believed that child-rearing is simply a matter of controlling and manipulating environmental stimuli?

a) James Watson

b) Sigmund Freud

c) Albert Bandura

d) Ivan Pavlov

Question 8: Which of the following are associated with older mothers?

a) Higher risk of Trisomy 21

b) Higher risk of Autism Spectrum Disorder

c) Higher rates of miscarriage

d) All of the above

Question 9: According to behavior theorists such as Skinner, which of the following basic operant conditioning mistake(s) do parents often make?

a.) Give attention to undesired behaviors

b.) Fail to positively reinforce desired behaviors

c.) Overly rely on punishments rather than reinforcements

d.) All of the above

Question 10: According to the findings of the Strange Situation experiment, securely attached infants are most likely to _____________ when their mother leaves them in the presence of a stranger.

a) show no concern

b) laugh

c) freeze with fear

d) cry

Question 11: Bronfenbrenner's ecological systems theory captures how the developing child is embedded in a series of environmental systems or contexts that interact with one another and with the person. Which level of system does a parent's group of friends or social support network represent?

a.) Microsystem

b.) Mesosystem

c.) Exosystem

d.) Macrosystem

Question 12: To promote language development, parents should:

a) Talk about a variety of topics

b) Use a variety of words

c) Engage in regular conversations with their children

d) All of the above

Question 13: Parents' behavior toward their children at home is affected by employment variables, even just a bad day at work.

True

False

Question 14: It is the child's temperament itself that is most important for his or her early development, rather than how the child's parents relate to it.

True

False

Question 15: What is the leading cause of death in children?

a) homocide

b) accident

c) sudden infant death syndrome

d) heart disease

Question 16: Mothers observed to be responsive and successful in addressing their infant's needs were more likely to have infants classified as securely attached.

True

False

Question 17: There is new evidence that even infants can be negatively affected by verbal conflicts between parents.

True

False

Question 18: Cultures like the United States that value achievement and autonomy are called:

a) Authoritarian

b) Independent

c) Collectivist

d) Interdependent

Question 19: Which of the following parenting authorities is most likely to have told parents: "Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do."

a) Luther Emmett Hold

b) James Watson

c) John Wesley

d) Benjamin Spock

Question 20: According to Holden, which of the following is an important way that parents guide their children's development?

a.) To establish trajectories

b.) To mediate trajectories

c.) To modify the speed

d.) All of the above