CMAS 465 Exam 1 Review- Questions &
Answers
What are contextual factors? Correct Ans--Poverty, unemployment, low socioeconomic status
(neglect and physical abuse)
-Neighborhood poverty, large number of children per adult, population turnover, high
concentration of single parent families, higher density of alcohol outlets (associated with abuse
and neglect rates)
What are macrosystem factors? Correct Ans--Social attitudes toward violence or beliefs
about discipline and corporal punishment have been examined as risk factors of child abuse and
neglect
-Norms within an individual's peer group
What are multiple risk factors? Correct Ans--Brown and colleagues (1998) found that there's
an increase in likelihood of child abuse and neglect when four or more risk factors were present
-Disassociation as a mediator of child abuse and neglect across generations
-Disruption of and/or discontinuity in the normal, subjective integration of one or more aspects
of psychological functioning, including - but not limited to - memory, identity, consciousness,
perception, and motor control
-Increases the risk for impulsive behavior and harsh parenting of offspring
What are protective factors? Correct Ans--Dispositional attributes, environmental conditions,
biological predispositions, and positive events that can act to mitigate risk factors
-What factors can be put in place to protect at-risk children
-Mitigate factors: breaking the cycle (Egeland and colleagues 1988):
-Mothers received emotional support from a non-abusive adult during childhood
-Participated in therapy during any period of their lives
-Had a non-abusive and more stable, emotionally supportive and satisfying relationship with a
mate
,-One secure, supportive social relationship may be all that is necessary
What is attachment? Correct Ans--Attachment is one specific and circumscribed aspect of the
relationship between a child and caregiver that is involved with making the child safe, secure,
and protected
-Attachment is where the child uses the primary caregiver as a secure base from which to
explore and when necessary, as a haven of safety and a source of comfort
• A power predictor of a child's later social and emotional outcome
What attachment is NOT: Correct Ans--Playing with or entertaining child (role of parent as
playmate)
-Feeding the child (role of parent as caregiver)
-Set limits for the child (role of parent as disciplinarian)
-Teach child new skill (role of parent as teacher)
-Bonding (skin-to-skin contact during early critical period; has not been shown to predict any
aspect of child outcomes)
How Attachment Bonds Shape Adult
Relationships: Correct Ans--Secure childhood attachment: unhappy when mother leaves,
happy when mother returns
-Secure adult attachment: confident in relationships, willing to ask for help from partner
-Avoidant childhood attachment: does not want mother when she comes back, is distracted by
the environment
-Dismissing adult attachment: prefers life alone, does not open up emotionally to partner
-Resistant/ambivalent childhood attachment: very upset when mother leaves, does not interact
with environment a lot
-Preoccupied adult attachment: is always afraid of rejection, obsessive to keep closeness
, Goals of Attachment and Biobehavioral Catchup Correct Ans-• Increase caregiver nurturance,
following the lead, and delight
• Decrease caregiver frightening behaviors
• Increase child attachment security and decrease disorganized attachment
• Increase child behavioral and biological regulation
Empirically Supported ABC Correct Ans-• 1 Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT) with foster
children
• Sample size (n) = 150 children
• 1 Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT) with neglected children
• Sample size (n) = 150 children
• 50% were boys
• 75% African American
• 10% Hispanic
Outcomes of the Research: Correct Ans-•Fewer children in ABC developed disorganized
attachment than those children randomly assigned to an alternative intervention
•Children in ABC showed more normal levels of cortisol production
•Other noted, yet unpublished outcomes:
•Child's ability to:
•Regulate anger
•Develop better inhibitory control
•Showing more mature theory of mind
Essential Components of ABC: Correct Ans-CHALLENGING BEHAVIOR
•Children behave in a way that push the caregiver away
•Dysregulated behaviorally and biologically
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