Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)
1. Parents do not simply socialize children. Children also influence this socialization through their own temperament, cognitive abilities, health and well-being, and their sex.
2. The story of Jake, discussed in the feature box, shows how a child’s high IQ shapes the socialization process.
3. Conflict theory reminds us that families are made up of many different subsystems, and each operates to influence the whole. Parents influence their children, but children also influence their parents. The relationship is reciprocal.
4. The Annie E. Casey Foundation says that the best programs for preventing pregnancy focus more on reproductive biology and less on helping teens make good decisions.
5. Whites have shown the greatest recent decline in teen pregnancy, whereas Blacks have shown the least decline.
1. T
2. F
3. F
4. F
5. F
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