week 4
Week 4: Parenting Challenges – Quiz
1. Question
: (TCO 4) The text cites a
dramatic increase in _____ as one of the striking developments in American
women’s fertility patterns in recent years.
Student Answer: multiple births
the number of adoptions
total fertility
the number of abortions
Comments:
2. Question : (TCO 4) Which racial/ethnic group has the highest
fertility rate in the U.S.?
Student Answer: Non-Hispanic
Whites
Asian Americans
Blacks
Hispanics
3. Question : (TCO 4) According to the text’s discussion, which of the
following is NOT one of the advantages of today’s parents?
Student Answer: Parents are confronted with more questions
about how to rear their children.
Technology has vastly improved our quality of
life.
Parents are likely to have had some exposure
to formal knowledge about child development and child-rearing techniques.
Many fathers are more emotionally involved
with their children than they were several decades ago.
4. Question : (TCO 4) The _____ parent’s attitude is “I am in
charge and set/enforce the rules, no matter what.”
Student Answer: authoritative
authoritarian
permissive
egalitarian
5. Question : (TCO 2) In terms of research concerning the parenting
styles of different racial and ethnic groups, some studies have made
comparisons within particular groups. This reflects which of the following
approaches?
Student Answer: cultural variant
cultural equivalent
family ecology
developmental
1. Question : (TCO 4) Explain the relationship between involuntary
infertility and reproductive technology. What are the social implications of
ART?
2. Question : (TCO 4) Describe several features of our present society
that can make parenting especially difficult. Give an example of two of the
features that demonstrate parenting difficulties for parents.
