HDFS 2300 Exam 4 questions with
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What is the proportion of the population in the USA that is of Hispanic background? - correct answer
✔✔They are the largest non-dominant cultural group within the USA
Is there a relationship between measures of parenting styles and academic achievement for Latino
groups? - correct answer ✔✔No
Demographic Familism - correct answer ✔✔Has to do with birth rates. If you are high in this, there are
lot's of children being born per year. Many Latino groups are high in this
Structural Familism - correct answer ✔✔Has to do with who lives in the house. If high on this, you tend
to live with extended family.
Behavioral Familism - correct answer ✔✔Has to do with who you interact with. Do you interact with a lot
of other family members and extended family?
Do you have to be structural familism to be high on behaviorism? - correct answer ✔✔No
Normative Familism - correct answer ✔✔-Has to do with values and supporting each other
-Do you think that it is important for family members to provide support for each other, and do you do
that?
-Related to high levels of academic achievement
Is authoritative parenting a good predictor of academic success? - correct answer ✔✔No
Is there a difference between mainstream parents and Latino families in how they view education? -
correct answer ✔✔No, they all view education as important, and they want their children to be highly
educated
, Do Latino Families value academic success as much as the average American family? - correct answer
✔✔Yes, they do; the difficulty is that they have many other pressing economic concerns that take
priority over getting an education
Which type of familism is a possible culturally specific predictor of academic success? - correct answer
✔✔Normative Familism
How is familism different from collectivism? - correct answer ✔✔familism is specific to the family, while
collectivism is with people you know, and not just the family
Why are Latino parents considered to be strict and permissive? (3) - correct answer ✔✔-Age
-Contradiction only from mainstream
-Domain may be important: Inside the house vs. Outside
Respecto - correct answer ✔✔-Polite to elders, good listener to others, doesn't challenge people who
are older based on point of view, respect of family rules
Educacion - correct answer ✔✔-This has to do with education in the sense that we think of it as
academic.
-It has to do with social skills and social knowledge
What are some other important values?
L,R,C,R,F - correct answer ✔✔-Language
-Religion
-Conservative
-Racial Tolerance
-Fictive Kin
Why is it hard for Latino adults to learn English? - correct answer ✔✔It's hard for them to find time and
resources to make a concerned effort to learn English
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