Parenting strategies, in the broadest sense, include strategies for ___________ and
_______________ children.
a. disciplining and controlling
b. nurturing and loving
c. nurturing and controlling
d. controlling and regulating
Ques. 2Aulette cited Rossi who identified four salient features of parenting in our society. These include all of the following EXCEPT:
a. cultural pressure to assume the role.
b. the expense of raising children.
c. irrevocability of the role.
d. lack of preparation for parenthood.
Ques. 3Teenagers' working affects their relationships with their parents. Research has found that:
a. Teenagers (both male and female) who work report feeling closer to their parents than those who do not work.
b. Teenagers (both male and female) who work report less closeness to their parents than those who do not work.
c. Female teen workers report an increased closeness with parents while male teen workers report decreased closeness.
d. Female teen workers report a decreased closeness with parents while male teen workers report increased closeness.
Ques. 4The National Opinion Research Center conducts surveys of a national sample of people in the U. S. and asks about their attitudes towards premarital sex. They have found that the majority of people think premarital sex is
a. always wrong.
b. never wrong.
c. wrong at least sometimes.
Ques. 5According to textbook author Aulette, the Agricultural Revolution
a. lasted about 500 years from 1200's to the late 1700's.
b. resulted in the establishment of nations as well as the invention of money, calendars, writing and math.
c. produced the first wars.
d. established monogamy as the most efficient family form.
Ques. 6The myth that families are monolithic refers to the belief that
a. all families are basically the same.
b. only one way of organizing families is the most prevalent, natural and beneficial for humans.
c. the best family is one in which the father is a breadwinner and the mother is a housewife.
d. All of the above.