What factors influence the decision for having children?
Economic factors
structural factors
psychosocial factors
When is parenthood usually transitioned?
When a couple learns that they are pregnant.
What is not a reaction to pregnancy?
A) negative reactions
B) neutral reactions
C) positive reactions
Is the first child more stressful than the later children?
Yes.
What does ART stand for?
Assisted reproductive technology
What is assisted reproductive technology?
When parents can't have babies, they turn to alternatives
What are examples of ART?
artificial insemination
fertility drugs
in vitro fertilization
Who in society can have assisted reproductive technology?
People in higher economical social status
What is a public adoption?
A) private organization
What is a closed adoption?
B) the file is close, neither child or parent has access to information concerning about the maternal mother
What is a closed adoption?
C) The file is closed, neither child or parent has access to information to the maternal parent
What is an open adoption?
D) Both parent and child have access to information
What is an semi-open adoption?
A) birth parent and adopted child don't get together, there is infomation exchanged
What is an international adoption?
C) the adopted child is a different ethnicity than the parent
What is the most common reason for placement of children into foster care?
A) parent is abusive
What is the authoritarian style of parenting appropriate?
When you are in dangerous situations
What type of parenting style ends up happening when their is a divorce
A) permissive
(also happens when you know your child has a limited amount of time to live, or when you were raised authoritarian)
What is the most critical stage in a person's developmental potential?
the first 280 days!
In the critical 280 days, which days are the most important for developement?
the first 90 days
What is not a characteristic of the 9 months of pregnancy?
B) mothers rapid development in secondary traits
What is the microsystem?
A) when the child interacts with family, peers, school or neighborhood
What is the mesosystem?
B) relationships between the microsystem and all other systems that affect the person
What is the exosystem?
D) does not have active role in the context of a certain system, but is still influencing
What is the macrosystem?
B) culture context
What is the microsystem?
B) the biggest one!
What is an example of the chronosystem
When a child is scared because of abuse. the chronosystem last for a long time, it's not affected by time or current situation
What is the macrosystem?
Since I'm chinese, I'll be shy.
Give me an example of the exosystem?
government agencies, community programs and employment setting. When the work hours change to longer hours, it will effect the child because the work situation has changed.
Give me an example of the mesosystem?
If a parent has an addiction to substance abuse, it effects the child's interactions and relationships within the family setting and influence interactions in the child's school.
Give me an example of the microsystem
When a child interacts with his or her parent.
What factos influence the course of pregnancy? (mark all right)
a) mother's age
b) mother's nutrition
c) size of the fetus
d) father's genetic disorders
e) mother's exercise
f) father's bond with wife
g) mother's prenatal medical supervision
a) mother's age
b) mother's nutrition
e) mother's exercise
g) mother's prenatal medical supervision
What happens when a mother drinks alcohol?
B) a and b
what is a c-section?
When they slash the mother's stomach to get the baby
prenatal care reduces the likelihood of what?
Low birth weight and prematurity of infants
What is not a diagnostic tool?
C) heart monitor
What are some risk in a caesarean delivery?
G) a and c
What is a doula?
A doula is a person that provides emotional and phsyical support. It is also believed to have shorter and better coupe when in labor
Can stress effect the development of children?
Yes!
What are the critical factorsthat can affect the development of children before birth?
enviornmental factos
age of mother
maternal nutrition
exposure to drugs
What is not an aspect of the quest for identity?
D) children become more vocal
How do children become like friends?
C) all of the above
Is parental behavior guided by trial and error learning?
Yes!
What indicates from our reading that there is good parenting?
C) all of the above
Who is the first teacher in a child's life?
The parent!
There are twelve couples attending a preschool parent-child four-year-old play group. Three of the couples have only children. Sandra and Thomas Duong have a son named Ajan Duong. Marc and Allison Avila have a daughter named Graciela Avila. John and Kendall Wells have a son named Lyndon Wells. The children are playing in the dress-up area. There are three teachers facilitating the play group. All the of the teachers have advanced degrees. The teachers begin to sing the clean-up song. All of the children begin to clean up except Ajan, Graciela, and Lyndon. Ajan’s parents’ begin to sing the clean up song with the teachers and children. Alan joins the singing then begins to take off the dress-up clothing to put them away in the drawers. Graciela is still wearing the doctor costume. Graciela’s parents tell the teacher that they will bring the dress-up clothes back to school another day. Lyndon’s parents scold him for taking too long to listen to the teachers and direct him to put the clothes away immediately in the correct drawers. Lyndon’s parents let him know that he may not return to play group for a week.
a) Assign a parenting style to each set of parents
b) According to Piaget’s cognitive stages of development, what stage are the four-year-old children?
c) What is the likely socioeconomic status of the participating families?
d) Which system in Bronfebrenner’s ecological systems theory is the play group?
Allison is 17 years old. She is 7 months pregnant. She smokes and has continued to drink excessive amount of alcohol during her entire pregnancy.
a) What could be the outcomes of her pregnancy and delivery?
