PSY 2100 EXAM 1 STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
operational definition - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅statement describing the exact operation or method
one will use in one's research.
Parent - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅-Mother
-Father
-Protector
-Caregiver
Child - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅-Young: both mentally and physically
-Dependent
Parenting (as a process) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Bi-directional relationship between parent and child.
Influence in process of parenting (Belksy's 3 main influences) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1. Parents history
and psychological resources
2. Context of child's characteristics and individuality
3. Stresses and supports
Roles in society - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅-Defining roles
-Providing assistance
-Social forces over time
6 Changes in family life in last 150 years - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1. Child Labor laws
2. Family structure
3. Fewer children
4. More education
5. Ways of preventing kids
6. More health information.
, Parenting beliefs through history - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅-Socialization
-Social construction of childhood
6 fundamental tasks of parenting - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1. Safety and sustenance
2. Giving socio-emotional support
3. Structuring
4. Stimulating and instructive
5. Monitoring and surveiling
6. Providing social connectedness.
Sources of beliefs and parenting - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Modern media
Need for research - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Needs to be systematic and empirical
American beliefs about parenting research - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅-Parents are concerned about how
best to rear the children.
-How child rearing can improve their children
-Parents are eager to learn
-Child rearing changes over time.
Theories - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅describe, explain, and predict behavior
Lay Theories - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅-Vary by culture
-Usually have some truth
-Often cliche
-our individual personal experiences matter (and impact our behavior)
operational definition - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅statement describing the exact operation or method
one will use in one's research.
Parent - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅-Mother
-Father
-Protector
-Caregiver
Child - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅-Young: both mentally and physically
-Dependent
Parenting (as a process) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Bi-directional relationship between parent and child.
Influence in process of parenting (Belksy's 3 main influences) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1. Parents history
and psychological resources
2. Context of child's characteristics and individuality
3. Stresses and supports
Roles in society - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅-Defining roles
-Providing assistance
-Social forces over time
6 Changes in family life in last 150 years - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1. Child Labor laws
2. Family structure
3. Fewer children
4. More education
5. Ways of preventing kids
6. More health information.
, Parenting beliefs through history - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅-Socialization
-Social construction of childhood
6 fundamental tasks of parenting - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅1. Safety and sustenance
2. Giving socio-emotional support
3. Structuring
4. Stimulating and instructive
5. Monitoring and surveiling
6. Providing social connectedness.
Sources of beliefs and parenting - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Modern media
Need for research - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Needs to be systematic and empirical
American beliefs about parenting research - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅-Parents are concerned about how
best to rear the children.
-How child rearing can improve their children
-Parents are eager to learn
-Child rearing changes over time.
Theories - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅describe, explain, and predict behavior
Lay Theories - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅-Vary by culture
-Usually have some truth
-Often cliche
-our individual personal experiences matter (and impact our behavior)
