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1. What is the foundation of human development?: includes ages and stages of development
from conception to senescence, and the three interrelated domains of development.
2. What is the foundation of family studies?: include marriage and the complexity of the definition
of family, and family forms and function.
3. What do child life specialists do?: focuses on helping children and families cope in medical
and stressful settings. this includes preparing children for medical procedures and educating families and what they are experiencing.
4. what do family case managers do?: work with families (specifically those in a government
child and family welfare system) to locate resources to help meet children's needs.
5. what do early childhood educators do?: work with children from birth to 8 years old to teach
them in developmentally appropriate ways of learning.
6. what do family therapists do?: help families repair relationships and function- ing.
7. What does FLE stand for? How do you become a CFLE?: stands for Family life education. There
are two ways to become a CFLE. One way is to pass the national exam that tests on the 10 family life content areas. The other way is to complete coursework that meets the criteria for the 10 family life content areas
8. what is the primary focus of FLE: teaching individuals and families skills about healthy family
functioning to strengthen individual and family development.
9. What does it mean that HDFS is inherently multidisciplinary?: it requires courses from many
other fields (i.e. psychology, education, etc.) in one program.
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10. What does PIE refer to?: refers to the three domains that developmentalists use to study age
and sage. The "P" stands for the physical domain, "I" for the intellectual domain, and "E" for the emotional domain.
11. what is primary prevention?: the goal of not allowing an unwanted circum- stance/event to
occur (i.e. skills training targeted at students who don't have serious behavioral problems)
12. what is secondary prevention?: the goal of slowing down or averting an unwanted
circumstance or event (i.e. mentoring programs aimed at students who are starting to show behavioral problems)
13. what is tertiary prevention?: the goal of preventing further harm from develop- ing (i.e.
wraparound services aimed at students with chronic behavioral problems)
14. Give examples of areas that are related to HDFS: Family therapy, Child life professions,
early childhood education, human/social services
15. What is meant by a "discovery major"?: Students tend to learn about HDFS after being
enrolled in college for a semester or more
4 / grant writing, collaborative skills, and experiences in the field (i.e. internship)
22. According to the authors of the text, there are three important virtues to cultivate as a
professional in our field. What are those?: caring, practical wisdom, and hope/optimism.
23. What are the differences between Master's programs in HDFS and Doctoral programs in HDFS?
(e.g. what do they prepare you for?): Master's programs prepare students for practitioner work (i.e. serving as an extension agent to develop educational programs) while doctoral programs are more in-depth and focus on research design, methodology, statistics, and research practica.
24. Explain the history of HDFS. What was the original name? How long has this program been
around?: HDFS was originally known as Home Economics or Domestic Sciences and has been around since the 1800s.
25. describe the 1862 Morrill Act: established land grant colleges in every Ameri- can state,
providing land to each state to promote the liberal and practical education of industrial classes in several pursuits and professions in life.
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26. describe the 1890 Morill Act: required that each land grant college establish an agricultural
school to help farmers apply scientific methods to the production of farm goods.
27. Give a few examples of types of programs that were included in Home Economics. What did
they all have in common?: consumer science, parenting, early childhood education, family studies and economics, human development, nutrition, food preparation, textiles, and interior design. they all focused on the application of science, and research-based knowledge
28. What are family living labs?: aboratories on campus that modeled a family home to enable
students to learn about household management, cooking, and the like.
29. What were benefits of working with "practice babies"?: gave students the opportunity to
learn how to care for babies and practice child caregiving skills and observe/learn about child development firsthand.
30. Why did the name change from Home Economics?: The term began to be viewed as a
gender stereotype and anti-feminist when in reality, it was initially designed to promote feminism and women's education.
31. What is part of the mission of land grant institutions?: a three-part mission which included
teaching, research, and service.
32. What reasons do the authors give for why it is important for HDFS students to learn about
research methods?: it will enhance your education and prepare you for your future career since you'll be able to better comprehend and critically evaluate information that you are presented.
33. What are beneficence, respect for persons, justice, and keeping informa- tion private associated
7 / nonprobability sampling, not everyone of a larger group has a known/equal chance of participating.
39. What sampling method is more commonly used in social science research-
: Nonprobability sampling
40. Why do experiments allow us to infer cause and effect?: researchers seek to understand the
effects of the independent variable on the dependent variable.
41. Distinguish between reliability and validity.: Reliability refers to the idea that the construct is
measured in a consistent manner. Validity refers to the idea that the measure successfully captures the theoretical construct.
42. describe longitudinal studies: examines the same group of participants, about the same age,
across time.
43. describe cross-sequential studies: combine the hallmarks of longitudinal and cross-sectional
studies.
44. describe cross-sectional studies: allow researchers to study different ages of participants at
the same time.
45. What are the major parts of research articles (e.g. abstract)?: abstract, intro- duction,
hypothesis/research question, method, results, discussion, and references.
46. what part of research articles can be argued to be the most important?: -
discussion
47. Define theory. Why do scientists rely on them?: a set of interconnected ideas that logically
8 / explain a particular pattern of behavior or events. Scientists rely on theory because it provides the foundation for research and practice to move forward logically.
48. what is the lifespan perspective and how does it differ from the life course perspective: involves
the study of development throughout the lifespan and under- standing normative biological development while considering environmental factors and personal traits. The life course perspective focuses on the timing and order of events that shape development.
49. what is the bioecological systems theory?: proposes the idea that develop- ment occurs
within a number of nested and interactive environmental systems.
50. what is the symbolic interaction theory?: focuses on how social rules are created through
human interactions.
51. what is the social exchange theory: proposes that human behavior is guided by perceptions
of rewards and costs associated with actions, with the ultimate goal of maximizing rewards.
52. what is the feminist theory?: examines families and human development with attention to
the influences of gender, power, privilege, context, and diversity
53. what is the sociobiological theory?: examines how biological needs and human nature
influence social behaviors.
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61. what happens in the "strange situation"?: infants and their caregivers are placed into an
experimental room. a stranger enters the room and interacts with the infant, the parent then leaves for a short period of time and returns, the child is then left alone, the stranger again enters the room and interacts with the infant, and finally the parent enters the room and greets the infant while the stranger leaves. an infant who is securely attached will freely explore the room, engage with the stranger, and can be upset with the caretaker leaves, but he/she is happy to see the caregiver return.
62. Describe conflict theory.: recognizes that tensions, stressors, and divergent interests are
an important and normal part of family life
63. When is conflict considered beneficial?: when it addresses dissatisfaction with something
like household responsibilities and child care.
64. How does family systems theory account for family dynamics?: argues that family members
mutually influence each other and it is necessary to look at the
11 / entire family rather than just two individuals in order to understand family patterns and conflicts.
65. what are the domains of the family practice model?: illustrate similarities and differences
between family life education, family therapy, and family case manage- ment.
66. Why did the authors write this paper?: as a reaction and disagreement to Doherty, who
considered family therapy and family life education in a hierarchical manner where family therapy is above family life education with defined boundaries of family therapy that FLE shouldn't cross into. due to their disagreements, they wrote this article to clarify the definition of family life education and redefine boundaries.
67. What are the differences between the three groups they compared (why): - FLE focuses on
helping families build knowledge and skills, Family therapy helps families repair relationships and functioning and family case management helps families comply with legal and policy systems and locate resources.
68. What are the differences between the three groups they compared (what)-
: FLE focuses on FLE methodology, normal, healthy functioning, broad/inclusive knowledge base, education/prevention focus. FT focuses on therapeutic interven- tions, assessment and diagnosis, and psychotherapy. FCM focuses on coordination of services, family advocacy, and meeting family needs.
69. What are the differences between the three groups they compared (when)-
: FLE focuses on primary prevention, FT on secondary prevention, and FCM on tertiary
13 / planning and implementing a welcome session, Three core sessions, and a goodbye session; processing and evaluation questions
74. What is meant by a professional identity?: how we define ourselves in a professional
role
75. Why is it beneficial to start working on your professional identity now?: to help refine and steer
your interests and allow you to build professional connections.
76. What is considered a scholarly source?: include peer-review journals, reports published by
government agencies, reports published by reputable non-governmen- tal organizations, and some books.
77. What are the various ways that you can go about acquiring knowledge and expertise in
HDFS?: through coursework, reading, presentations, training, workshops, and gaining professional experience.
78. Why should we be aware of our digital identities?: we should be aware of our digital identities
because it can have an inference on our future career opportunities.
79. How can you build your professionalism?: can be built in the classroom through attendance
and participation in courses, engagement in critical thought, reflection, dialogue, communicating professionally, responsibility. outside of the classroom, professionalism can be built by demonstrating responsibility, leadership, being present, participating in collaborative work/meeting, being detail-oriented, doing your job well, and treating others with respect.
80. What are ethical codes of conduct? Why are they important?: guide the behavior and
14 / decision making of professional organizations and outline their re- sponsibilities and core values. They are important to identify responsibilities and ensure expected behavior in relation to diversity, equity, power, confidentiality and assessment.
