Social status that is determined by family lineage, gender, birth order, or skin color is called
a. ?ascribed status.
b. ?achieved status.
c. ?traditional status.
d. ?new status.
ANSWER:
a
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Which parenting style is characterized by children who alienate themselves from parental values and are attracted to the peer group to gain understanding and acceptance??
a. ?Authoritative b. ?Authoritarian c. ?Permissive d. ?Uninvolved
Generally, two-year-olds
a. run with a baby stagger. b. run without a baby stagger. c. cannot yet run. d. run on tiptoe.
Family systems theory helps inform our understanding of pregnancy and childbirth because:
a. it assumes that systems, and the family in particular, generally welcome and respond well to change. b. it explains why parents are the most important people in a child's life. c. it focuses on explaining the changes that occur to each member of a family during this transition. d. it shows clearly how culture affects the ways in which parents prepare and plan for a new child.
Recent research has revealed that in some societies children may share joint focus with adults without actually engaging in conversation with them. These children appear to be
a. linguistically behind children who hear child directed input, but otherwise at comparable developmental levels b. able to learn words from overheard speech if the memory load is not too great c. able to learn words from overheard speech, but they lack self esteem because they are not included in conversations d. able to learn phrases from overheard speech, but they cannot single out individual words