CHD 4537 Exam 1 Questions and
Answers Graded A+
Need for parenting education - Correct answer-Problems in individual
development may be connected to parenting.
Parenting education is undervalued
Less effective ways to learn parenting: - Correct answer-Observing from ones own
parents (they could be bad examples)
Observing from television (most likely unrealistic and atypical)
More effective ways to learn parenting - Correct answer-Credible research theories
Research- evidence based aspects
Characteristics of Parenthood - Correct answer-It is a social construct
Parent-child relationship is a subsystem or part of a larger family system
It is a developmental role
Type of model
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,It is a social construct (C of Parenthood) - Correct answer-Parenting is a complex
combination of different but related behaviors.
Parenting children happens in a variety of contexts, these contexts shapes the
behaviors and interactions between the parent and child.
Parent-child relationship is a subsystem (C of Parenthood) - Correct answer-
Parent-parent (spill over can occur)
Parent-child
sibling-sibling
It is a developmental role (C of Parenthood) - Correct answer-Parenting an infant is
different than parenting an adolescent.
When children are young, nurturing and authority aspects are important. Han
children are older, parents should encourage independence and grant autonomy.
Adapt and evolve to meet the changing needs of a child
Type of model (C of Parenthood) - Correct answer-Unidirectional: Parent effects
child
Bidirectional: parent effects child and child effects parent (parenting is
bidirectional)
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,Ancient Greece and Rome - Correct answer-Only two stages of life: childhood and
adulthood
Childhood ended between ages 5 and 7
Parenting would be to prepare children into adulthood
Plato: children should be separated from parents and have state assume
responsibility for childbearing
Widespread infanticide, child sacrifices, and slavery
Middle Ages to Renaissance (400-1400) - Correct answer-Assimilation into adult
world at ages 5-7
Formal education is minimal
Children's education came only from observing parents
Parents did not maintain close emotional ties to children due to many dying in
infancy and childhood
Parenting not highest priority, rather focus was on producing food, clothing and
shelter to survive
Some thought of children as a symbol of purity, others perceived children as
innately wicked and evil, needing punishment and close supervision
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, In Italy, some parents sent their children to wet nurses
Through art, a new sentimentality about infants began to emerge
Europe and Colonial America (1600-1800) - Correct answer-Emotional aspects of
parenting began to emerge
Children are good source of cheap labor
Stern discipline with emotional ties
Children should obey their parents
Jean Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778): children were inherently good, but corrupted
by adults. Should allow children to be raised outside of influence of adults,
learning at their own pace (Maturationism)
Parents were responsible for teaching morality and religion
Industrial Revolution Era (1800-1860) - Correct answer-Calvinism: advocate stern
harsh use of physical punishment
Environmentalism: John Locke: tabula rasa, that children's minds were like blank
slates at birth. Personality, skills, intelligence all resulted from learning experiences
and interactions with their environment
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Answers Graded A+
Need for parenting education - Correct answer-Problems in individual
development may be connected to parenting.
Parenting education is undervalued
Less effective ways to learn parenting: - Correct answer-Observing from ones own
parents (they could be bad examples)
Observing from television (most likely unrealistic and atypical)
More effective ways to learn parenting - Correct answer-Credible research theories
Research- evidence based aspects
Characteristics of Parenthood - Correct answer-It is a social construct
Parent-child relationship is a subsystem or part of a larger family system
It is a developmental role
Type of model
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,It is a social construct (C of Parenthood) - Correct answer-Parenting is a complex
combination of different but related behaviors.
Parenting children happens in a variety of contexts, these contexts shapes the
behaviors and interactions between the parent and child.
Parent-child relationship is a subsystem (C of Parenthood) - Correct answer-
Parent-parent (spill over can occur)
Parent-child
sibling-sibling
It is a developmental role (C of Parenthood) - Correct answer-Parenting an infant is
different than parenting an adolescent.
When children are young, nurturing and authority aspects are important. Han
children are older, parents should encourage independence and grant autonomy.
Adapt and evolve to meet the changing needs of a child
Type of model (C of Parenthood) - Correct answer-Unidirectional: Parent effects
child
Bidirectional: parent effects child and child effects parent (parenting is
bidirectional)
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,Ancient Greece and Rome - Correct answer-Only two stages of life: childhood and
adulthood
Childhood ended between ages 5 and 7
Parenting would be to prepare children into adulthood
Plato: children should be separated from parents and have state assume
responsibility for childbearing
Widespread infanticide, child sacrifices, and slavery
Middle Ages to Renaissance (400-1400) - Correct answer-Assimilation into adult
world at ages 5-7
Formal education is minimal
Children's education came only from observing parents
Parents did not maintain close emotional ties to children due to many dying in
infancy and childhood
Parenting not highest priority, rather focus was on producing food, clothing and
shelter to survive
Some thought of children as a symbol of purity, others perceived children as
innately wicked and evil, needing punishment and close supervision
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, In Italy, some parents sent their children to wet nurses
Through art, a new sentimentality about infants began to emerge
Europe and Colonial America (1600-1800) - Correct answer-Emotional aspects of
parenting began to emerge
Children are good source of cheap labor
Stern discipline with emotional ties
Children should obey their parents
Jean Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778): children were inherently good, but corrupted
by adults. Should allow children to be raised outside of influence of adults,
learning at their own pace (Maturationism)
Parents were responsible for teaching morality and religion
Industrial Revolution Era (1800-1860) - Correct answer-Calvinism: advocate stern
harsh use of physical punishment
Environmentalism: John Locke: tabula rasa, that children's minds were like blank
slates at birth. Personality, skills, intelligence all resulted from learning experiences
and interactions with their environment
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