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Why is being single more common than it used to be? What reasons do…
Why is being single more common than it used to be? What reasons do people giving for being single? What are the advantages and disadvantages of being single?
Describe the differences between cohabitating and married couples. What effects has cohabitation been observed to have on eventual marriage? What are two possible reasons for this effect?
How have marriage statistics changed over the last 50 years? For example, marriage rates, divorce rates, age at marriage, etc.
What tasks confront newly married couples? How does it affect their satisfaction?
List two benefits of a good marriage.
How do marriages – and marital satisfaction – vary across the lifespan, e.g., in early, middle and late adulthood?
What differences exist, if any, in same-sex marriages
How does having a baby affect a couple? What changes does it introduce and what effect does it have on marital satisfaction?
What are the effects of being childless?
List and briefly describe Baumrind’s parenting styles. How would each respond to the situation of a child throwing a temper tantrum because the parent refused to purchase candy for them at the grocery store?
Describe the general characteristics (personality and behavioral) that are evident in children who experience each of the four different parenting patterns.
Why is authoritative parenting most effective discipline style?
How does culture influence the effects of parenting style?
How does parenting during adolescence change? What is parental monitoring and how is it beneficial?
List three factors associated with a high likelihood of divorce.
What is the main cause of divorce for men and the main cause of divorce for women?
Describe the effects of divorce on children, both in the short-term and the long-term, and the likelihood of these effects. Could a divorce ever be beneficial?
What factors improve parent and child outcomes after a divorce? Which are the most important and why?
What are some guidelines for communicating with children about divorce or separation?
Describe the challenges associated with stepparenting and step-families.
Describe what current research has to say about children raised by same-sex couples.
What are the main challenges faced by single parents? What are the main factors influencing children’s outcomes when raised in this type of family?
How do peers affect development? Why are peers important?
What is meant by “peer acceptance”? How is it measured?
How do children vary in terms of peer acceptance? What are the consequences of peer rejection?
What distinguishes children who are popular from those who are rejected?
How do peer relations change during adolescence?
What is peer pressure and what variables influence how vulnerable teens are to peer pressure.
Describe the difference between cliques and crowds.
Ch. 16 – Review Questions
Why do some medical experts argue that the criterion or criteria for death should include only higher cortical functioning?
What is an advanced directive? Explain what “power of attorney” means.
Define the two types of euthanasia and give an example of each. Where does medically assisted dying fit in?
What is hospice and in what ways does it differ from hospitals?
How has the onset of technology changed social attitudes toward death? In what ways can we see the avoidance and denial of death in our culture?
What is the dying trajectory?
What are Kübler-Ross’s stages of dying? How has research supported this model?
What does the concept of “death” entail?
How does the understanding of death change between childhood and adolescence? What variables might affect a child’s understanding of what death is?
How should we communicate with children about death?
How does the experience of dying change between childhood and adolescence? How do main concerns change?
How do young, middle-aged and older adults who are dying differ in their expectations about death?
