PSYC 426 Athabasca University Final Exam
UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
1. Organizational
2. Cultural
3. Social Class
4. Cohort
5. Family Life Course - CORRECT ANSWER Bernarde's 5 types of diversity in families
Organizational Diversity - CORRECT ANSWER How labour is divided
Cultural Diversity - CORRECT ANSWER Differences in beliefs and behaviours between families or individual
members
Social Class Diversity - CORRECT ANSWER Range in social status between families
Cohort Diversity - CORRECT ANSWER Generational differences
Family Life Course Diversity - CORRECT ANSWER Stages of a family life course
Particular Ideology - CORRECT ANSWER Ideas of a possible opponent, open to skepticism
1. Particular
2. Total - CORRECT ANSWER Mannheim's Two Levels of Ideology
Total Ideology - CORRECT ANSWER The Zeitgeist
1. Sustains Individualism
2. Sustains Naturalistic Analysis of Behaviour
3. Sustains Differentiation in Society
4. Idolizes and Mystifies the Family - CORRECT ANSWER 4 Ways Family Ideology Maintains SOCIETY
Family Pathways - CORRECT ANSWER A concept of family that takes into account the different ways one can be
a part of a family
Family Citizenship - CORRECT ANSWER An alternate concept of family that considers the rights and duties of
individual members and how they relate to each other
Family Associations - CORRECT ANSWER The primary and secondary social networks that address the needs of
the family
Theorem of Sociological Principle - CORRECT ANSWER Reject the concept of "The Family" and recognize the
complexity of the family
Theorem of Sociological Principle - CORRECT ANSWER Study the unity of everyday experience and recognize
the complexity of the family
Theorem of Social Responsibility - CORRECT ANSWER Bad family sociology can be harmful, and therefore we
need to develop a new, better family studies to benefit society
Family - CORRECT ANSWER A group of two or more people related by birth, marriage, adoption, or co-
residence. One person is the householder.
1. Family may live outside the residence
2. Family membership is asymmetrical
, 3. Family members can be chosen. Blood family can be rejected - CORRECT ANSWER 3 Key Features of the
Family
1. Availability for assistance
2. Emotional bond
3. Extent of Communication - CORRECT ANSWER 3 Additional Features of Family
1. Physical and Social Settings
2. Culturally regulated customs of child care
3. Psychology of caretakers - CORRECT ANSWER 3 Aspects of the Developmental Niche
Parental Ethnotheory - CORRECT ANSWER The cultural belief system of the parent guiding their practices
Microsystem - CORRECT ANSWER Direct factors impacting development
Family, school, peers
1. Microsystem
2. Mesosystem
3. Exosystem
4. Macrosystem
5. Chronosystem - CORRECT ANSWER 5 Levels of Bronfenbrenner's Ecological Systems
Mesosystem - CORRECT ANSWER relations between microsystems or connections between contexts
Exosystem - CORRECT ANSWER Impact of the larger community setting on development
Macrosystem - CORRECT ANSWER Cultural contexts of development
Chronosystem - CORRECT ANSWER Impact of the time period on development
1. Process
2. Person
3. Time
4. Context - CORRECT ANSWER Troutman and Fletcher's 4 Influences of Individual Development
Nancy Scheper-Hughes - CORRECT ANSWER Anthropologist who interviewed Brazilian mothers
1. Infant and Child Mortality
2. Preparation for Economic Independence
3. Maximizing Cultural Values - CORRECT ANSWER LeVine's 3-Level Hierarchy of Child Rearing Goals
1. Incidence of Infant Mortality
2. Closeness to Sibling and Extended Family
3. Extent of community participation
4. Group interaction vs Paired interaction
5. Responsibility of Child Care
6. Attitude of the community - CORRECT ANSWER 6 Ways Cultures Differ in Child-Rearing
Shared Environmental Effects - CORRECT ANSWER The impacts of factors within the home (SES,
neighbourhood, and culture) on the expression of genetics between siblings
Non-shared environmental effects - CORRECT ANSWER The impacts of factors outside the home (friends,
teachers, etc) on the expression of genetics between siblings
Passive genotype-environment correlations - CORRECT ANSWER The impact of factors outside the child's
control on genotype. Parental behaviours/styles
UPDATED ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
1. Organizational
2. Cultural
3. Social Class
4. Cohort
5. Family Life Course - CORRECT ANSWER Bernarde's 5 types of diversity in families
Organizational Diversity - CORRECT ANSWER How labour is divided
Cultural Diversity - CORRECT ANSWER Differences in beliefs and behaviours between families or individual
members
Social Class Diversity - CORRECT ANSWER Range in social status between families
Cohort Diversity - CORRECT ANSWER Generational differences
Family Life Course Diversity - CORRECT ANSWER Stages of a family life course
Particular Ideology - CORRECT ANSWER Ideas of a possible opponent, open to skepticism
1. Particular
2. Total - CORRECT ANSWER Mannheim's Two Levels of Ideology
Total Ideology - CORRECT ANSWER The Zeitgeist
1. Sustains Individualism
2. Sustains Naturalistic Analysis of Behaviour
3. Sustains Differentiation in Society
4. Idolizes and Mystifies the Family - CORRECT ANSWER 4 Ways Family Ideology Maintains SOCIETY
Family Pathways - CORRECT ANSWER A concept of family that takes into account the different ways one can be
a part of a family
Family Citizenship - CORRECT ANSWER An alternate concept of family that considers the rights and duties of
individual members and how they relate to each other
Family Associations - CORRECT ANSWER The primary and secondary social networks that address the needs of
the family
Theorem of Sociological Principle - CORRECT ANSWER Reject the concept of "The Family" and recognize the
complexity of the family
Theorem of Sociological Principle - CORRECT ANSWER Study the unity of everyday experience and recognize
the complexity of the family
Theorem of Social Responsibility - CORRECT ANSWER Bad family sociology can be harmful, and therefore we
need to develop a new, better family studies to benefit society
Family - CORRECT ANSWER A group of two or more people related by birth, marriage, adoption, or co-
residence. One person is the householder.
1. Family may live outside the residence
2. Family membership is asymmetrical
, 3. Family members can be chosen. Blood family can be rejected - CORRECT ANSWER 3 Key Features of the
Family
1. Availability for assistance
2. Emotional bond
3. Extent of Communication - CORRECT ANSWER 3 Additional Features of Family
1. Physical and Social Settings
2. Culturally regulated customs of child care
3. Psychology of caretakers - CORRECT ANSWER 3 Aspects of the Developmental Niche
Parental Ethnotheory - CORRECT ANSWER The cultural belief system of the parent guiding their practices
Microsystem - CORRECT ANSWER Direct factors impacting development
Family, school, peers
1. Microsystem
2. Mesosystem
3. Exosystem
4. Macrosystem
5. Chronosystem - CORRECT ANSWER 5 Levels of Bronfenbrenner's Ecological Systems
Mesosystem - CORRECT ANSWER relations between microsystems or connections between contexts
Exosystem - CORRECT ANSWER Impact of the larger community setting on development
Macrosystem - CORRECT ANSWER Cultural contexts of development
Chronosystem - CORRECT ANSWER Impact of the time period on development
1. Process
2. Person
3. Time
4. Context - CORRECT ANSWER Troutman and Fletcher's 4 Influences of Individual Development
Nancy Scheper-Hughes - CORRECT ANSWER Anthropologist who interviewed Brazilian mothers
1. Infant and Child Mortality
2. Preparation for Economic Independence
3. Maximizing Cultural Values - CORRECT ANSWER LeVine's 3-Level Hierarchy of Child Rearing Goals
1. Incidence of Infant Mortality
2. Closeness to Sibling and Extended Family
3. Extent of community participation
4. Group interaction vs Paired interaction
5. Responsibility of Child Care
6. Attitude of the community - CORRECT ANSWER 6 Ways Cultures Differ in Child-Rearing
Shared Environmental Effects - CORRECT ANSWER The impacts of factors within the home (SES,
neighbourhood, and culture) on the expression of genetics between siblings
Non-shared environmental effects - CORRECT ANSWER The impacts of factors outside the home (friends,
teachers, etc) on the expression of genetics between siblings
Passive genotype-environment correlations - CORRECT ANSWER The impact of factors outside the child's
control on genotype. Parental behaviours/styles
