PSYCH 343 EXAM 3 | QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
2026 UPDATE | WITH COMPLETE SOLUTION
One of the reasons why parents rely on spanking is that
A. it has been shown to be the most effective way to get children to internalize
the norms and expectations of their society.
B. it is effective at immediately stopping a behavior, even if it doesn't help
children learn to control themselves in the long run.
C. it provokes a strong emotional response from their children and this helps
them remember their parent's message about how they should behave.
D. it will help children to understand the reasons why they should do what they
are being asked to do by their parents. Answer - B. it is effective at
immediately stopping a behavior, even if it doesn't help children learn to
control themselves in the long run.
The congruence or agreement between parenting styles of mothers and fathers
within the same family have found fairly high agreement among parents who
use a(n) _______________ style and no agreement in families where one
parent uses a(n) _______________ style. Answer - permissive; authoritative
Children with __________ parents have the worst outcomes. Answer -
disengaged
What percentage of children today live in a family with two married parents in
their first marriage? Answer - 46%
Which of the following statements accurately describes the findings on
differential parental treatment?
,A. Children think their parents treat them differently from their siblings, but in
actuality parents have been found to treat each of their children practically the
same.
B. Siblings who perceive that they are treated less favorably show lower levels
of adjustment and more conflicted sibling relationships.
C. In stepfamilies, non-biological parents tend to be more lenient with their
stepchildren than they are with their biological children.
D. Children have more dissatisfaction with parental treatment when there are
large gaps between the sibling ages. Answer - B. Siblings who perceive that
they are treated less favorably show lower levels of adjustment and more
conflicted sibling relationships.
The challenge for parents of adolescents is
A. when to shift from induction discipline to power assertion.
B. how to balance granting autonomy with maintaining connectedness.
C. figuring out how to cope as adolescents break their attachment to their
parents.
D. deciding how firm you need to be to control adolescent behavior. Answer -
B. how to balance granting autonomy with maintaining connectedness.
Research that has compared children raised by gay or lesbian parents and
children raised by heterosexual parents has found
A. very few differences between them.
B. that children in homosexual families suffer from more depression.
C. that children in heterosexual families do better in school.
D. that children in homosexual families are more likely to self-identify as gay or
lesbian in early adulthood. Answer - A. very few differences between them.
Inductive discipline involves:
, A. using firm discipline and control to ensure that the child behaves in an
acceptable way.
B. the parents temporarily making themselves emotionally unavailable to the
child, with a condition for what the child needs to do to change the situation.
C. the parent creating a positive relationship with the child so that the child will
find the parent to be an attractive model to imitate.
D. setting clear limits for children's behavior, giving consequences for negative
behavior, and explaining to the child why a behavior is wrong and what the
child can do to fix it. Answer - D. setting clear limits for children's behavior,
giving consequences for negative behavior, and explaining to the child why a
behavior is wrong and what the child can do to fix it.
When a child is placed in foster care
A. it is very similar to an adoption, except that the family receives financial
support from the state for caring for the child.
B. the child remains in the foster home until the child "ages out" of the system
at age 25.
C. it means that the state now believes that there is no chance of the child
being reunited with his or her birth parents.
D. the arrangement is meant to be a temporary one and the family receives
financial support from the state for caring for the child. Answer - D. the
arrangement is meant to be a temporary one and the family receives financial
support from the state for caring for the child.
Which ethnic group has failed to find a consistent parenting style? Answer -
latino
A special challenge for non-custodial mothers is that
A. they usually live farther away from their children than non-custodial fathers.
B. people are quick to make negative assumptions about why the mother does
not have custody of her children.
2026 UPDATE | WITH COMPLETE SOLUTION
One of the reasons why parents rely on spanking is that
A. it has been shown to be the most effective way to get children to internalize
the norms and expectations of their society.
B. it is effective at immediately stopping a behavior, even if it doesn't help
children learn to control themselves in the long run.
C. it provokes a strong emotional response from their children and this helps
them remember their parent's message about how they should behave.
D. it will help children to understand the reasons why they should do what they
are being asked to do by their parents. Answer - B. it is effective at
immediately stopping a behavior, even if it doesn't help children learn to
control themselves in the long run.
The congruence or agreement between parenting styles of mothers and fathers
within the same family have found fairly high agreement among parents who
use a(n) _______________ style and no agreement in families where one
parent uses a(n) _______________ style. Answer - permissive; authoritative
Children with __________ parents have the worst outcomes. Answer -
disengaged
What percentage of children today live in a family with two married parents in
their first marriage? Answer - 46%
Which of the following statements accurately describes the findings on
differential parental treatment?
,A. Children think their parents treat them differently from their siblings, but in
actuality parents have been found to treat each of their children practically the
same.
B. Siblings who perceive that they are treated less favorably show lower levels
of adjustment and more conflicted sibling relationships.
C. In stepfamilies, non-biological parents tend to be more lenient with their
stepchildren than they are with their biological children.
D. Children have more dissatisfaction with parental treatment when there are
large gaps between the sibling ages. Answer - B. Siblings who perceive that
they are treated less favorably show lower levels of adjustment and more
conflicted sibling relationships.
The challenge for parents of adolescents is
A. when to shift from induction discipline to power assertion.
B. how to balance granting autonomy with maintaining connectedness.
C. figuring out how to cope as adolescents break their attachment to their
parents.
D. deciding how firm you need to be to control adolescent behavior. Answer -
B. how to balance granting autonomy with maintaining connectedness.
Research that has compared children raised by gay or lesbian parents and
children raised by heterosexual parents has found
A. very few differences between them.
B. that children in homosexual families suffer from more depression.
C. that children in heterosexual families do better in school.
D. that children in homosexual families are more likely to self-identify as gay or
lesbian in early adulthood. Answer - A. very few differences between them.
Inductive discipline involves:
, A. using firm discipline and control to ensure that the child behaves in an
acceptable way.
B. the parents temporarily making themselves emotionally unavailable to the
child, with a condition for what the child needs to do to change the situation.
C. the parent creating a positive relationship with the child so that the child will
find the parent to be an attractive model to imitate.
D. setting clear limits for children's behavior, giving consequences for negative
behavior, and explaining to the child why a behavior is wrong and what the
child can do to fix it. Answer - D. setting clear limits for children's behavior,
giving consequences for negative behavior, and explaining to the child why a
behavior is wrong and what the child can do to fix it.
When a child is placed in foster care
A. it is very similar to an adoption, except that the family receives financial
support from the state for caring for the child.
B. the child remains in the foster home until the child "ages out" of the system
at age 25.
C. it means that the state now believes that there is no chance of the child
being reunited with his or her birth parents.
D. the arrangement is meant to be a temporary one and the family receives
financial support from the state for caring for the child. Answer - D. the
arrangement is meant to be a temporary one and the family receives financial
support from the state for caring for the child.
Which ethnic group has failed to find a consistent parenting style? Answer -
latino
A special challenge for non-custodial mothers is that
A. they usually live farther away from their children than non-custodial fathers.
B. people are quick to make negative assumptions about why the mother does
not have custody of her children.
