O physical abuse scalding beating with an object

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Physical Abuse:
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Scalding, beating with an object, severe physical punishment,
slapping, punching, kicking
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Psychological/emotional abuse:
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Rejecting, terrorizing, isolating, exploiting, mis-socializing
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Child Neglect
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deficiencies in caregiver obligations such as:
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Educational, supervisory, shelter and safety, medical,
physical, emotional needs, includes abandonment
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Sexual:
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sexual acts, fondeling
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poor emotion regulation, attachment problems, problems in peer relations,
difficulty in adapting to school, and other psychological problems such as depression
and delinquency during childhood and adolescence
6 Dual-career: When the heads of the family have a career as well as taking care of the family
at home.
7 Divorce : a series of stressful experiences for the entire family that begins with marital
difficulties before the divorce and includes a complex series of life changes as the marriage
unravels and its members reorganize their lives.
8 Describe the stress level of caring for a toddler.
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Stresses & strains of caring for a toddler MORE than for an infant
9 Older siblings tend to take what three roles in the lives of younger siblings?
625. 1. Emotional support
626. - Brothers and sisters confide in one another, often more than they confide in
their parents.
627. - they protect and comfort one another in rough times.
628. 2. Caregiving Services
629. - they babysit and tend young children.
630. 3. Teachers
631. - Although older brothers and sisters are not always as skilled at teaching as
parents are, they clearly feel a special responsibility to teach, and younger siblings
actively seek their guidance on any number of things.
632. - provide social experience.
633. - Having at least one sibling to interact with has positive effects on a child's
social cognitive development and social skill
1 Sibling relationships are described by two terms – what are they? Closeness and conflict
(sibling rivalry)
2 Marriage happiness highs and lows.
634. -Satisfaction LOWS occur after first year, on becoming new parents, and with
each additional child
635. - HIGHS before children and after empty nest
1 What is the empty nest syndrome ?
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describes the family after the departure of the last child
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a phase of the family life cycle that became common only starting in the 20th
century as people began to live longer but have fewer children
2 What factors predict a better adjustment to parenting?

636. -active participant
637. -nurturer
638. -teacher
639. -communicator
1 What is a ‘crowded nest’ – see also short article posted on Canvas.
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Twenty something year olds moving back in with their parents(27% of adult
children live with their parents)
640.
641. Achievement Ch. 10
1 Instincts
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FAPs- fixed pattern throughout a species
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“Unlearned”
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Genetic, inherited
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Examples: imprinting reflexes: rooting and sucking
2 Drives vs. incentives (know examples) ,
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Drives : internal, physiological needs that drive the organism to engage in behaviors
which reduce the need (hunger, thirst, etc)
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Incentives : are external positive or negative environmental stimuli, rewards and