Deck 7: Understanding Families Goals, Values, and Culture

Question 1

Culture

A) Is something that only ethnic people have
B) Is something that caregivers do not need to pay attention to
C) Is invisible and effects everything that we do
D) Should be melted into other cultures

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Regarding pattern 1 and pattern 2 families, most families will

A) Relate more to pattern 1
B) Relate more to pattern 2
C) Find themselves somewhere between the two
D) Find nothing that relates to their family

Answer 2

C

Question 3

What do people mean when they say that they don't have a culture?

Answer 3

Sometimes people's heritage comes from ancestors that came to the US from several different countries. They may not identify with one particular heritage. Many of the people who claim to not have a culture are part of the dominant White culture, influenced by European roots. They may not be aware that they are immersed in culture because it may be thought of as the norm.

Question 4

When making the case to support home language in schools, which of the following reasons is not valid?

A) Children develop language through social interactions with adults and peers
B) Saying everything in both languages one right after another is the best way to become bilingual
C) It is important to support cognitive development in the home language
D) Becoming bilingual is about adding another language, and not taking one away

Question 5

Which of the following is incorrect regarding the difference between a dialogue and an argument?

A) The arguer tells and the dialoguer asks
B) The arguer tries to persuade and the dialoguer seeks to learn
C) The arguer tries to convince and the dialoguer wants to discover
D) The arguer is willing to understand multiple viewpoints; the dialoguer considers hers to be the best one

Question 6

When working with a family member using the RERUN strategy, a teacher tries to see the situation from both points of view and is able to explore it clearly without defensiveness or judgments. Then the teacher is ready to see if she and the other person can find common ground. Which part for the RERUN strategy is the teacher implementing?

A) Understand
B) Explain
C) Negotiate
D) Reflect

Question 7

Culture is most apparent when

A) We bump up against someone with different cultural beliefs
B) We treat each other as individuals
C) Respect is lacking in a relationship
D) We teach children manners

Question 8

All of the following are suggestions inspired by Louise Derman-Sparks, for working on cross-cultural communication, with the exception of?

A) Build relationships
B) Know others
C) Work to bring differences out in the open
D) Problem solve

Question 9

Cultural pluralism is similar to

A) The individualist approach
B) A melting pot
C) A tossed salad
D) A collectivist

Question 10

Which of the following activities emphasizes the goal of helping children become part of a group?

A) Creating a clay object to take home
B) Creating clay objects and then putting all the clay back in the bag when done.
C) Giving each child a small box of crayons
D) Providing individual pieces of paper for projects

Question 11

What is meant by a cultural bump?

Question 12

Toilet training can be used as an example of what?

A) Ignorance on the part of parents who train early
B) The superior training of the teacher who understands "readiness" issues
C) Two different perspectives that may be cultural
D) A power struggle between the parent and the child.

Question 13

What is the value of cultural pluralism?

Question 14

What do the two "R's" in the RERUN process stand for?

A) Responsible and responsive
B) Respect and responsibility
C) Reflect and reason
D) Responsibility and reaction

Question 15

According to the text, which of the following describes pattern 2 families?

A) They believe that everybody in a given culture is alike
B) Young adults are expected to leave home and take charge of his own life
C) They expect the child to remain a viable member of the family until death
D) They generalize about cultures and create stereotypes

Question 16

According to the text, which of the following describes pattern 1 families?

A) They generalize about cultures and create stereotypes
B) They believe that everybody in a given culture is alike
C) The group is seen as more important than the individual
D) People are valued as unique individuals, starting at birth

Question 17

RERUN is another way of approaching what?

A) Parent conferences
B) A new game for the play area
C) Problem-solving
D) Discipline situations

Question 18

Which of the following best characterizes parents with independence goals?

A) They usually expect toddlers to feed themselves
B) They usually sleep with their children and seldom give the child a room of her own
C) They coddle children all the time
D) They downplay individuality

Question 19

Which one of the following does not characterize a dialog?

A) A person in a dialog seeks to gather information and learn from it
B) A person in a dialog listens to understand the other person's view
C) A person in a dialog looks for validity in multiple perspectives
D) A person in a dialog seeks to win the other over to his side

Question 20

Which of the following best characterizes parents with interdependence goals?

A) They focus on individualism
B) They never "baby" their children
C) They encourage self-help skills during the first year
D) They model being "other-centered"