PSYCH 343 EXAM 3 COMPLETE
QUESTIONS WITH 100% VERIFIED
ANSWERS
\.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. - ANSWERS✔-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. -
ANSWERS✔-permissive; authoritative
\.Children with __________ parents have the worst outcomes. - ANSWERS✔-disengaged
\.What percentage of children today live in a family with two married parents in their first
marriage? - ANSWERS✔-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. - ANSWERS✔-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. - ANSWERS✔-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. - ANSWERS✔-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. - ANSWERS✔-
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. - ANSWERS✔-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? - ANSWERS✔-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.
C. children do not want to see a non-custodial mother as much as they want to see a non-
custodial father.
D. the children see their non-custodial mothers as being less helpful and supportive than their
custodial fathers. - ANSWERS✔-B. people are quick to make negative assumptions about why
the mother does not have custody of her children.
QUESTIONS WITH 100% VERIFIED
ANSWERS
\.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. - ANSWERS✔-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. -
ANSWERS✔-permissive; authoritative
\.Children with __________ parents have the worst outcomes. - ANSWERS✔-disengaged
\.What percentage of children today live in a family with two married parents in their first
marriage? - ANSWERS✔-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. - ANSWERS✔-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. - ANSWERS✔-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. - ANSWERS✔-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. - ANSWERS✔-
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. - ANSWERS✔-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? - ANSWERS✔-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.
C. children do not want to see a non-custodial mother as much as they want to see a non-
custodial father.
D. the children see their non-custodial mothers as being less helpful and supportive than their
custodial fathers. - ANSWERS✔-B. people are quick to make negative assumptions about why
the mother does not have custody of her children.
