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Autocratic
Patriarchal
Matriarchal
Democratic
Differentiate among the types of family patterns and their function in
society
autocratic
Family unit with unequal relationships; parents attempt to control with
strict, rigid rules and expectations
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patriarchal family
a family structure in which authority is held by the eldest male (usually
the father)
Matriarchal
relating to a social system in which the mother is head of the family
, Democratic
where everyone in the family has a say
Chronic illness, Working mothers, Abuse, Divorce
Describe different types of stresses that commonly affect today's family
Sensorimotor, Preoperational thought, Concrete operational thought,
Formal operational thought
Describe Piaget's 4 stages of cognitive development.
sensorimotor stage
in Piaget's theory, the stage (from birth to nearly 2 years of age) during
which infants know the world mostly in terms of their sensory impressions
and motor activities
preoperational stage
in Piaget's theory, the stage (from about 2 to 6 or 7 years of age) during
which a child learns to use language but does not yet comprehend the
mental operations of concrete logic
concrete operational stage
in Piaget's theory, the stage of cognitive development (from about 6 or 7
to 11 years of age) during which children gain the mental operations that
enable them to think logically about concrete events
formal operational stage
in Piaget's theory, the stage of cognitive development (normally beginning
about age 12) during which people begin to think logically about abstract
concepts
infancy/toddler hood, (pre school) Early childhood, Middle childhood
(school age), Adolescence, Young (early) adulthood, Middle adulthood,
Later adulthood
Describe each stage of the life cycle
infancy/toddler hood
rate of physical growth is most rapid during the first 3 years of life.
Grasping, hand eye movement, and dominant handiness begin to show.
Early childhood
2-6 years
by 5th year birth length has doubled and birth weight increased by 5
times. Gains are made in small and large motor skills activities. Cognitive
abilities develop in relation to people objects, events and language .
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