The family as a system
What will be an ideal response?
Families form a system of interacting elements that mutually influence each other
Families also part of a much larger system that includes extended family, friends, and teachers as well as institutions
Systems view exemplified by Bronfenbrenner, who saw developing child embedded in a series of complex and interactive systems
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Researchers asked children to compare their personality traits to those of puppets. They found that children's judgments about their own personalities __________.
A. agreed well with their parents' ratings B. were inconsistent, indicating they had no clear idea of their own personalities C. were completely at odds with their parents' ratings D. were always more positive than those of the puppets
A judge hears four cases involving civil commitment. Based on the criteria for civil commitment, which case is likely to be denied by the judge (i.e., the person will not be sent to a psychiatric facility involuntarily)?
a. A man is so terrified of auditory hallucinations that he is likely to lose control and kill himself. b. A delusional woman is likely to kill her husband in the next several days. c. A starving psychotic man has no permanent residence and no way to stay out of subzero temperatures at night. d. A young married woman is seriously depressed after giving birth.
In which type of learning do the consequences of a behavior influence whether an organism will perform the same behavior in the future?
a. classical conditioning c. operant conditioning b. target learning d. latent learning
Sternberg put forth the concept of
a. reciprocity. c. the trapezoid model of love. b. the matching hypothesis. d. the triangular model of love.