Part 3 Flashcards
The objective situation of a person who has suffered the loss of someone significant is the definition for:
A. loss
B. trauma
C. separation
D. bereavement
D. bereavement
Perhaps the most well known theory of stages of bereavement is Elizabeth Kubler-Ross’s model, which suggests that people go through stages of denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance.
In 2006 what percentage of Australian families with children had both parents employed?
A. 20%
B. 40%
C. 60%
D. 72%
C. 60%
In Australia the percentage of families with children with both parents employed has gradually increased to 60% in 2006.
A parent who is unresponsive and does not try to control their children is showing what style of parenting?
A. Indulgent
B. Permissive
C. Authoritarian
D. Neglectful
D. Neglectful
Baumrind (1991) identifies neglectful parenting as being unaccepting or unresponsive to the child and not trying to control them.
Treating a family friend as though they are a member of your family is known as _______ kinship.
A. fictive
B. affinal
C. consanguineal
D. bipartisan
A. fictive
There are differing notions of relatives that are important for health professionals to recognise. Fictive kin are those who you might consider to be related to you, like calling your best friend your sister.
A developmental theorist who takes a broader social context into consideration is that of:
A. Skinner
B. Kohlberg
C. Erikson
D. Bronfenbrenner
D. Bronfenbrenner
Bronfenbrenner’s (1979, 2004) theory takes individual development into a wider social context, considering micro (such as family and work), meso (the interactions between the individual’s social connections, such as your mother interacting with your partner), exo (which are the social connections that the individual’s social connections have, e.g. your partner’s work colleagues) and macro systems (such as religion and politics).
During which developmental stage might health professionals consider that isolation may impact on their clients?
A. Intimacy versus Isolation
B. Preconventional morality
C. Bioecological systems stage
D. Pre-adolescence
A. Intimacy versus Isolation
The stage of intimacy versus isolation is characterised by either the seeking of companionship and intimate love with another person or becoming emotionally isolated and fearing rejection or disappointment. This stage is usually said to occur during early adulthood, and is often associated with the chronological ages of 18–24 years.
The number of years since someone was born is also called _________ age.
A. psychological
B. social
C. chronological
D. biological
C. chronological
Chronological age, or the number of years since someone was born, becomes important during emerging adulthood for a number of legal issues, such as being able to drive, vote or have certain jobs, or to get access to healthcare benefits. Chronological age, however, does not necessarily correlate with psychological age.
According to which theorist is adulthood characterised by the stages of intimacy versus isolation, generatively versus stagnation and integrity versus despair?
A. Piaget
B. Erikson
C. Kohlberg
D. Balte
B. Erikson
Erikson’s theory is usually considered in the context of an individual, and his or her resolution or not of these stages. However, the wider social context has much to contribute to these stages of development.
Treating your aunts as mothers and being treated as a son or daughter by your aunts is typical of which of the following kinship patterns?
A. Dravidian
B. Euro
C. Eskimo
D. Fictive
A. Dravidian
The Dravidian system is found in South India and in some Aboriginal and Oceanic groups. In Dravidian kinship, a person can have multiple mothers and fathers and sisters and brothers who are outside the immediate family unit.
According to Erikson, what are the two characteristics of middle adulthood?
A. Generativity and integrity
B. Generativity and stagnation
C. Isolation and stagnation
D. Intimacy and despair
B. Generativity and stagnation
Middle adulthood, according to Erikson, is characterised by a contribution to the next generation, usually through work or employment or having a family (i.e. generativity) or by becoming socially inactive or (i.e. stagnation).
A marriage in which a woman has more than one husband is called:
A. polyandry
B. polygyny
C. endogamy
D. exogamy
A. polyandry
While only monogamous marriages are legal in Australia (i.e. only having one husband or wife), it is perhaps useful to know that this is not the case in all countries around the world. With the increasing migration to Australia from non-Western countries, health professionals should be aware of other types of marital arrangements.
The sort of age that is used almost exclusively in healthcare practice is called _________ age.
A. biological
B. social
C. psychological
D. chronological
D. chronological
Chronological age is measured by the number of years since someone was born.
The top three leading causes of death in 2006 in Australia were:
A. circulatory diseases, cancer and respiratory diseases
B. falling off your bike, stubbing your toe, STDs
C. circulatory diseases, cancer and hernia
D. all the above
A. circulatory diseases, cancer and respiratory diseases
Circulatory diseases (34% of all deaths), cancer and respiratory diseases were the top three leading causes of death in Australia in 2006, with cancer accounting for 30% of all deaths (ABS 2008).
Which developmental theorist made the point that the unique aspects of development for women and girls are not considered by developmental theorists?
A. Gilligan
B. Erikson
C. Kohlberg
D. Kloep
A. Gilligan
Carol Gilligan argued that human development theories (especially Kohlberg’s) do not adequately account for development as it relates to girls and women. In her research with pregnant women contemplating abortion, she found that conflicts with responsibility to self and to others related to moral development for women that is not adequately addressed in Kohlberg’s theory. Overall, Gilligan found that morality for women relates to an ethic of care and suggested that differences between men and women should not be minimised (Gilligan & Farnsworth 1995).
There are substantial differences between the age and gender structures for the Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australian populations.
A. True
B. False
A. True
While non-Indigenous Australians have a greater proportion of people in the middle age groups, most Indigenous Australians are represented in the youngest age groups.
