When Children Are Asked What They Want to Be When

question 32

Multiple Choice

When children are asked what they want to be when they grow up, the implication is that:​  

• A)they will not be grown up until they decide on a career. 
• B)those who ask the question are completely inappropriate and are violating boundaries by pressuring the children. 
• C)they are destined to become eminent in their fields one day. 
• D)what they choose is what they must decide to do later in life.

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Definitions:

Lifetime

The duration of a person's existence from birth to death.

Neolocal

Pertains to the sociological pattern in which newly married couples establish their residence separately from their families of origin.

Patrilocal

A marital residence pattern in which couples live with or near the husband's parents, often associated with patriarchal societies.

Married

Married refers to the state of being united to someone in a legal or recognized social bond, typically as a spouse in a consensual and contractual relationship.