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Review some of the reasons our nation is experiencing a child daycare crisis.

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Describe the Head Start Program. Is Head Start effective for the children it serves; support your answer with results from research.

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Design a program for children of divorce. The children can be either elementary school age or high school students. How is your program consistent with the principles of community psychology?

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With respect to what you have read about school climate and academic engagement, an example of a push factor is:


A) the demand to care for younger siblings.
B) the temptation to join a gang.
C) a teacher who believes the child is not going to succeed.
D) parents who do not value education.

E) A) and D)
F) C) and D)

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According to research, which of the following factors predicts the probability that an adolescent will drop out of high school?


A) Being Hispanic.
B) Having friends drop out.
C) Repeating a grade.
D) All of the above.

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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With respect to what you have read about school climate and academic engagement, an example of a pull factor is:


A) being bullied at school.
B) a counselor who discourages you from applying to college.
C) financial needs of the family and the pressure to work.
D) a long commute to school.

E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

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You are assigned to a task force by the state's governor to develop child daycare regulations. Describe 5 policies you would like to see instituted. Be sure to provide empirical support for your suggestions.

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The NICHD study of childcare revealed some interesting results. What result below is true?


A) Family care is usually better than centerbased care on all developmental measures.
B) Fortunately, a large number of children are receiving excellent care at daycare centers.
C) Family characteristics have more impact on child development than do daycare arrangements.
D) All of the above are true.

E) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

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According to Bronfenbrenner's nested model, an understanding of development requires _________ perspective.


A) the ecological
B) a selffocused
C) an interpersonal
D) a maturational

E) A) and B)
F) B) and D)

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Imagine that you are requested to help a nine year old girl who is afraid of approaching other children playing on the playground. How would you help her by using (interpersonal) cognitive problem solving skills? Be specific! Based on research by Elias and colleagues (1986), what might be the long term effects of your intervention?

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In order to improve the daycare situation in the U.S., what does the book suggest needs to happen?


A) Professionals need to educate parents about what quality care is and how to find high quality daycare centers.
B) Employers have to provide more actively flexible working hours for parents or onsite daycare centers.
C) Policy makers need to become more family friendly and to provide better regulations for daycare centers.
D) All of the above.

E) C) and D)
F) None of the above

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What does the study of daycare conducted by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development show thus far?


A) Nonmaternal childcare is actually detrimental to the child and to human development.
B) Children in daycare almost always are more advanced than children not in such care.
C) Few differences exist between high and low quality care in their impact on child development.
D) The effects of daycare cannot be fully understood without taking into account family dimensions.

E) A) and C)
F) B) and C)

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According to the text, what technique has been MOST successful in assisting children of divorce?


A) Individual counseling
B) Support from other children of divorce
C) Supportive homeroom teachers
D) Extra tutoring from a caring adult

E) All of the above
F) B) and D)

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Which of the following statements about the High/Scope Perry Preschool Program is/are true?


A) The program views children as active, self initiating learners, not as passive recipients of educational information.
B) Children in the program select their own activities from a variety materials prepared by the teacher.
C) The program includes staff trained in early childhood development as well as parental involvement.
D) All of the above are true of the program.

E) B) and D)
F) All of the above

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How well do crime and violence prevention devices (e.g. security cameras and metal detectors) work to deter school violence incidents?


A) They work quite well? incidents have dropped since the mid 1990s.
B) They have not had an effect one way or the other? administrators like them, though.
C) They do not work? it's better to teach young children conflict resolution skills.
D) Metal detectors clearly work better than do security cameras and other devices.

E) All of the above
F) B) and C)

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Head Start provides a good example of which community psychology principle?


A) The ecological perspective? both child and parents typically are involved in the program.
B) Empowerment? children select what and when they want to learn.
C) Choice among alternatives? parents can select from a variety of different types of Head Start preschools.
D) Social change? Head Start requests that parents join activist groups to promote sweeping public policy reforms at the Federal level.

E) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

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________ is an attitude toward members of a group based solely on their group membership.


A) Racism
B) Discrimination
C) Prejudice
D) Stereotyping

E) A) and C)
F) None of the above

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What constitutes high quality daycare? What are some techniques we could use to ensure better childcare for our nation's children?

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Which of the following factors predicts likelihood of dropping out of school?


A) Alienation from school
B) Low socioeconomic status
C) English as a second language
D) All of the above.

E) B) and C)
F) B) and D)

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Define the following terms: compensatory education, interpersonal cognitive problem solving, self fulfilling prophecy, magnet school, and modern prejudice.

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