Week 6 Parents and Family

Question 1

Who came up with the bioecological model?

Answer 1

Urie Bronfenbrenner

Question 2

What is the bioecological model?

Answer 2

a complex system of relationships affected by multiple levels of the surrounding environment
(nurture>nature)

Question 3

What are the critiques of the bioecological model

Answer 3

too complicated and hard to test

Question 4

Microsystem

Answer 4

immediate environment (family and school) most immediate impact

Question 5

Mesosystem

Answer 5

interactions and connections between elements of the microsystem (communication between teachers and parents)

Question 6

Exosystemic

Answer 6

settings or institutions that indirectly affect the child

Question 7

Macrosystem

Answer 7

the borader cultural context that shapes the other systems

Question 8

Chronosytem

Answer 8

time and historical context, it considers how changes over time such as societal shirts or life events impact development

Question 9

What percent of children in the US live with 2 married parents

Answer 9

68%

Question 10

What percentage of children live in 1 parent homes

Answer 10

25.5%

Question 11

Family transition : divorce
What percentage of kids and what are the impacts

Answer 11

40%; more externalizing and internalizing behaviors and school performance tends to dip

Question 12

Children are more adversely affects by martial conflict when:

Answer 12

-they are aware of it
-the martial conflict leads to feelings of insecurity or self blame
- when marital conflict disrupts the quality of the parent-child relationship

Question 13

Age and gender in divorce

Answer 13

tougher on boys and younger children

Question 14

Level of parental conflict in divorce

Answer 14

higher conflict/higher risk

Question 15

Custodial arrangement in divorce

Answer 15

continues contact with both parents is best

Question 16

Income level in divorce

Answer 16

large effects= financial security

Question 17

Quality of parenting in divorce

Answer 17

often leads to decrease in parenting quality

Question 18

How can divorced parents support kids?

Answer 18

– do not keep it a secret
– tell your children with your spouse
-tell them divorce is not their fault

Question 19

True or false; remarriage often provides additional resources

Answer 19

true

Question 20

Difficulties of remarriage

Answer 20

older children have more difficulty and so do girls

Question 21

Gay and lesbian families vs straight

Answer 21

• gay and hetero fathers are similar on many measures
  -lesbian couples share parenting equally

Question 22

Child outcomes from gay families

Answer 22

-most grow up heterosecual
-resemble other children on measure of social competence, self concept, moral judgement etc

Question 23

Single mother outcomes

Answer 23

associated with lower income, lower parental resources, lower community resources

Question 24

Single father outcomes

Answer 24

high stress
more likely to parent older children
more financially stable

Question 25

economic stress causes

Answer 25

parents: harsher, less involved
children:
-academic problems
psychological and interpseronal difficulties
-problem behavior

Question 26

gender role of working moms

Answer 26

children have less setertyped

Question 27

Cognitive and behavioral outcome -working moms

Answer 27

similar to children with stay at home moms

Question 28

Problem - working moms

Answer 28

-decreased monitoring
-poor school performance and more behavioral problems

Question 29

True or false: children in child care are just as likely to form secure attachments

Answer 29

true

Question 30

self sibling care

Answer 30

children are home alone or with a sibling under age 18

Question 31

problems with no parent home after school

Answer 31

delinquent activites and drug use

Question 32

Active parental involvemenr

Answer 32

increases success at school and home

Question 33

Who becomes involved differs based on:

Answer 33

economic resources
social networks
less educated families
age of child
belief system