1. Which of the following associations is inappropriate?

1) a way to promote family life  / create true home economies  

2)  unconditional love / belief in salvation that accepting God’s love can provide 

3) Judeo-Christian-Islamic God / father & child aspect

4) kinship metaphor / brotherhood

5) issue of same sex marriage / human rights struggle  

2.  ____________________ refers to parental behavior in which a child remains excessively dependent and fails to make good progress to functioning as an  independent individual.         

1) authoritarian      2) tough love    3) overprotective     4) indulgent      5)  permissive         

3. An approach whose goal is not behavior modification but still might be termed "tough love" is _____________.

1) boot camp                            2) independent discovery type learning                         3) drug treatment

Response

4. Select the ordered pair that best completes the following. "An approach parents who value   ____________ may use to try to curtail certain unwanted behavior is _____________________"

1) unconditional love, shaming                           2) unconditional love, military style discipline 

3) unconditional love, indulging                  4) tough love, shaming                    5) tough love, indulging 

Response

5.  All of the following would be favored by someone valuing family life and seeking ways to promote it except which one? 

1) more home-based employment opportunities               2)  more home schooling

3) encouraging employers to pay an extra family wage to heads-of-households           

4) ending discrimination against stay-at-home parents      

5) more government or corporate sponsored child-care programs 

6.  A __________is characterized by chronic turmoil, inappropriate behavior, conflict, frequent failure of parents to meet their responsibilities, children not knowing what to expect, their needs unmet, and abuse.

1) divorce                            2) parent-offspring conflict 

3) dysfunctional family        4) a dogmatic parenting style

5) parental leave 

7. Taking personal responsibility can mean _________________________

1)  ignoring difficulties or problems            2) expecting others to solve problems    

3) shifting the blame for difficulties encountered to others 

4) voluntarily limiting your choices or restraining yourself            5) none of the above 

8. All of the following associations is wrong?

1) unconditional love / pure, idealized, perhaps what a mother can feel for her unborn is best example     

2) alcohol and drug abuse treatment counseling / tough love approach  

3) kinship metaphor / "Our Father who art in Heaven"

4) selfish genes per Richard Dawkins / big contributor to dysfunctional families   

5) many  affluent working parents / rely on a nanny for child care 

9.   All of the following tactics or behaviors might be expected from someone for who prefers the Tough Love theme over Love as Family Glue except which ?

1) encouraging self reliance    2) allowing learning through mistakes

3) allowing learning by independent discovery     

4) more punishment, less discipline

Response

10.  Select the ordered pair that best completes the following. "Whereas ________________parents are demanding but not responsive,  ___________________parents are demanding and responsive." 

1) authoritarian, authoritative                         2) authoritarian, indulgent         3) authoritarian, permissive

4) authoritative, authoritarian                         4) authoritative, apathetic 

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