BEHS343 Quiz 1 Latest 2020 March

BEHS343 Parenting Today

Quiz 1

Question 1Which type of family is most typical of families in the 1950’s?

Question options:

 a)           nuclear family

b)            beanpole family

c)            extended agrarian family

d)            multigenerational family

Question 2The only theory of development to specifically address the entire lifespan was proposed by:

Question options:

a)            B.F. Skinner

b)            Erik Erikson

c)            Jean Piaget

d)            Sigmund Freud

Question 3Cultures like the United States that value achievement and autonomy are called:

Question options:

a)            Collectivist

b)            Authoritarian

c)            Interdependent

d)            Independent

Question 4Socioeconomic status consists of:

Question options:

a)            parental occupation

b)            income level

c)            level of education

d)            all of the above

Question 5Which factor does NOT contribute to poverty?

Question options:

a)            work ethic

b)            single parent households

c)            lack of education

d)            unemployment

Question 6The oldest woman to give birth was ____ years old.

Question options:

a)            55

b)            60

c)            68

d)            72

Question 7The infant mortality rate in the United States is ____.

Question options:

The lowest among developed countries

Similar to the United Kingdom

Similar to Japan

The highest among developed countries

Question 8In order to improve social, motor, and problem solving skills, parents should encourage their preschool children to engage in ______ minutes of unstructured play every day.

Question options:

a)            45-60 minutes

b)            30 minutes

c)            20 minutes

d)            15 minutes

Question 9Which of the following is true about brain development?

Question options:

The 10% of the brain that does not develop by the age of three includes the prefrontal cortex which does not fully mature until around the age of 20.

Motor skills are the last to develop in humans.

The rate of growth of the brain is slow but steady in the first few years of life.

Attention skills develop within the first 3 years of life.

Question 10The birth of a sibling can be upsetting to young children because:

Question options:

a)            Parenting usually becomes more child-centered

b)            Sibling relationships throughout childhood are inevitably filled with rivalry

c)            Children expect to be an only child due to lower birthrates

d)            Parenting often becomes more parent-centered