
Lifespan Fall 2012 Quiz 3
Dr. Kroupa
Using a pencil, please color in the correct letter for each of these 18 questions. Please turn in
this quiz and your computer form when you are finished. Feel free to ask questions if you need
help.
1. When it comes to the Dimension of Parenting known as “Control,” what is the optimum level?
a. low: parents do not have rules or do not enforce rules.
*b. medium: parents have age-appropriate rules for important things and enforce these rules.
c. high: parents have strict rules for every aspect of their kids’ lives.
d. variable: parents sometimes have consequences for broken rules, other times they ignore it.
2. According to Dr. Kroupa, what is the last step in giving a child a “Time Out”?
*a. it ends with the parent saying “I love you,” to the child.
b. for every year of age the child has to stay in time out for 1 minute.
c. the child is given a warning about what will happen if they continue poor behavior.
d. the calls the parent a “dumb dumb” and refuses to go into her room.
3. The permissive parent could be characterized as:
a. the child’s coach: very nurturing but expects the best and has fair consequences.
*b. the child’s friend: very nurturing but asks very little of the child.
c. the child’s drill sergeant: not nurturing, asks too much of the child and cannot be questioned.
d. a stranger to the child: not nurturing and not interested in asking much from the child.
4. Which of the following parents is using “redirection” to avoid a conflict situation?
*a. Carlos hands his daughter a stuffed animal when she becomes too rough with the family cat.
b. Cindy spanks her son to get him to stop hitting his younger brother.
c. Connie sends her twins off to time-out when they start fighting.
d. Chuck ignores his son’s crying when his son has a tantrum in the grocery store.
5. According to Baumrind, which type of parenting produces the BEST outcomes in most
children?
a. Authoritarian
*b. Authoritative
c. Attachment Parenting
d. Permissive
6. “We tend to be similar to our friends.” This statement describes:
*a. homophilia