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Self Test A on Knowledge & Vocabulary associated with Choice #25  

Respond to each of the 10 multiple choice questions below by typing the number 1 to 5 of the answer you wish to select in the response box. When finished, click "process your responses".

1. You might expect all of the following words or phrases except which  to be used to describe the relationship to family members of someone who especially values the LOVE AS FAMILY GLUE worldview theme ? 

1) obligated                 2) self-sacrificing           3) joyous     4) apathetic         5) overprotecting 

2.  Those whose parenting style is based on the TOUGH LOVE  theme would not be expected to ___________ their children?

1) pamper                   2) overprotect               3) spoil                      4) indulge                    5) coddle   

3. Complete the following by selecting the best ordered pair choice: "TOUGH LOVE involves treating someone you care about  _____________--often by compassionately forcing them to face the consequences of their reckless, dangerous actions or self-destructive behavior--in an effort to help them  _______________ ."

1) harshly, in the long run           2) harshly, avoid immediate bad consequences of their actions           

3) lovingly, in the long run    

4) lovingly, deal with the immediate crisis        5) sentimentally, deal with the immediate crisis

4.  Someone who prefers TOUGH LOVE over the LOVE AS FAMILY GLUE approach would not be expected to value _______________.    

1) data                    2) dispassionate reflection                    3) unsentimental calculation      

4) wishful thinking                       5) the opinion of professionals  

5. The word ______________ can be defined or described as "severe, stern, unadorned, somber ."

1)  cosset                                      2)  coddle                               3)  austere 

4)   didactic                                     5) lenient

  

6. The word ______________ can be defined or described as "to baby or treat in an overprotective way."

1)  coddle                                          2) austere                                3)  exhort   

4)    lenient                                    5) none of the above   

  

7.  The word cosset is most closely related to the word ______________. 

1)  coddle                                      2)  temperance                               3)   didactic

4)   austere                                     5) lenient

  

8. The word ______________ can be defined or described as "instructive, sometimes in a moral or character-building sense."

1)  exhort                                      2) didactic                                3) lenient  

4)  cosset                                      5) coddle

  

9.  The word ______________ can be defined or described as "merciful, tolerant."

1) cosset                                       2)  coddle                               3)  didactic 

4)  lenient                                      5) austere

  

10.  The word ______________ can be defined or described as "to strongly urge or attempt to motivate."

1)  didactic                                      2) cosset                                3)exhort   

4) coddle                                       5) exculpate 

 

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