Which Statement About Cultural Differences in the Effect of Parenting

question 128

Multiple Choice

Which statement about cultural differences in the effect of parenting style on child outcome is TRUE?

• A) Consistent effects of the four parenting styles have been found in all cultures that have been examined.
• B) The particular effects of permissive and uninvolved parents have been found to differ cross-culturally.
• C) The meaning of discipline and control can differ cross-culturally, and this difference in meaning can change the effects of the authoritarian style.
• D) Parenting styles have been examined only in the United States, and thus we have no information about cultural differences in the impact of parenting style.

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Definitions:

Defense Mechanisms

Tactics the ego uses to reduce anxiety by unconsciously distorting reality.

Ego Uses

Refers to the ways in which the ego, as conceptualized in psychoanalytic theory, attempts to mediate between the demands of the id, superego, and reality.

Anxiety

A feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease, typically about an imminent event or something with an uncertain outcome.

Pleasure Principle

A psychoanalytic concept proposing that instinctual drives seek immediate gratification to relieve internal tensions.