ABSC 160 Exam 2 Practice Questions
and Correct Answers
Falco 2012 ✅Grandparents need to be better informed when caring for kids.
Best position for baby to lay in= back
Cribs only need a mattress with a sheet.
Babies should be breastfed for the first 6 months of life (vitamins and minerals ok, but
no water).
Toddlers need to be in rear facing car seats until age 2 or they are of the right height
and weight.
Family structures ✅Nuclear= traditional, conjugal, adult partners and their kids,
husband and wife with or without kids, has declined.
Non-Tratidional= single parent, foster parents, multiracial, grandparents, same sex,
reconstituted (blended- joining of 2 adults via marriage, cohabitation, or civil relationship
who may have had kids from other relationships).
Average family size over time has decreased.
Teen pregnancy options ✅abortion
adoption
parenting
Influencing factors to parent's reactions to teen pregnancy ✅surprised/shocked that kid
is having sex
parent's rules about dating, sex, pregnancy
parent's expectations and rules
parent's feelings about your partner and relationship
age and maturity level
Barriers to education of teen pregnancy ✅Judged and unwelcome at school
lack of cooperation at the state and local education agencies
failure to maintain passing grades
balancing parenting and academic responsibilities
transportation and child services
lack of encouragement and support to further education (leads to lack of motivation of
teen mother)
Statistics of teen pregnancy ✅only 30-50% of teen mothers get a high school diploma
(90% don't have kids and get a diploma)
1.5% of moms at age 30 have a college degree (poverty, negative outcomes,
malnutrition, cognitive development problems).
,80% of unmarried teen moms need government help
teen pregnancy and childbirth cost taxpayers 9-28 billion annually
children of teen mothers are more likely to: be less prepared when they go to
kindergarten, have behavior problems, chronic medical conditions, be incarcerated
during adolescence, drop out of high school, give birth as a teenager, and be
unemployed or underemployed as an adult.
United States teen pregnancy ✅birth and abortion rates are lower for 15-19 yr olds and
have declined since 1991-1992.
The south has the highest teen pregnancies. They are successful in discouraging
contraception vs. sex.
Religion and teen pregnancy have a strong correlation.
Children's Aid Carrera Program reduces birthrates. It's a pregnancy prevention program
helping 11-12 yr olds learn about sex, self expression, finds jobs, and plan their life.
Same Sex parents ✅Joint adoption and stepparent adoption is legal in all states
except Mississippi.
25% of same sex couples have kids and ~60% are biological.
Reasons against gay marriage and the answers ✅Children may become gay? ---No,
just as likely as heterosexual parents.
Children may become further behind in school?---No, sexual orientation of parent's
doesn't matter.
Child may be molested? ---No, homosexuality is not the same as pedophilia. 90% of
child abuse is by a heterosexual man.
Child may become bullied? ---Maybe, it's an issue. The USA is the highest for physical
and verbal harassment. A lack of social tolerance leads to bullying, and stigmatization,
which impacts healthy development.
Policy Statement by the American Psychological Association ✅No evidence that
homosexual orientation impairs physiological functioing.
No evidence that lesbian and gay adults aren't fit to be parents. Sexual identities
develop in the same way among lesbian mothers as they do of heterosexual parents.
Reasons for grandparents raising their grandchildren ✅substance abuse
child abuse
neglect
, AIDS
incarceration
divorce
desertion
How do kids and grandparents benefit? ✅Kids benefit because of a sense of security,
self confidence, self respect, self esteem, and to have an attachment figure and
continuity.
Grandparents benefit because of a sense of biological and emotional renewal, as well
as extending social networks. This depends on age though.
What are the challenges for kids and grandparents? ✅Kids: physiological or physical
issues related to earlier experiences depending on the environment that they came
from, they might grieve the loss of their parents or feel abandoned or lost.
Grandparents: physical, emotional, and financial changes, poor relationship with the
child, grieving the loss of their child or that they were imprisoned, embarrassment,
feelings of guilt and structure.
Overall message of family styles ✅family structure is more important than parenting
techniques
authoritarian ✅low love
high rules
Want to control behavior and they require obedience to the adult's standard.
authoritative ✅high love
high rules
Warm and open to children's inputs, establish clear rules and boundaries, insist on
compliance.
*The best*- more give and take
uninvolved (disengaged) ✅low love
low rules
Detached, withdrawn, and unresponsive to kids.
permissive ✅high love
low rules
