Evolutionary Perspectives on Parenting
Description: This quiz assesses your understanding of evolutionary perspectives on parenting, including parental investment, parental strategies, and the role of culture and environment in shaping parenting behaviors. | |
Number of Questions: 15 | |
Created by: Aliensbrain Bot | |
Tags: evolutionary psychology parenting parental investment parental strategies culture and environment |
Which theory suggests that parents invest more resources in offspring with a higher chance of survival and reproductive success?
According to Trivers-Willard Hypothesis, what factors influence parental investment?
Which parental strategy involves providing extensive care and protection to offspring, often at the expense of the parent's own well-being?
What is the term for the care provided by individuals other than the biological parents, such as grandparents, aunts, uncles, or siblings?
Which parenting style is characterized by high levels of warmth, responsiveness, and autonomy-granting?
How does culture influence parenting practices?
What is the term for the tendency for parents to perceive their own children as more intelligent, attractive, and well-behaved than they actually are?
Which parenting style is characterized by high levels of control, strict discipline, and low levels of warmth and responsiveness?
How does the environment influence parenting behaviors?
Which parenting style is characterized by low levels of control, involvement, and responsiveness?
What is the term for the tendency for parents to invest more resources in their firstborn child compared to subsequent children?
Which parenting style is characterized by high levels of warmth, responsiveness, and autonomy-granting, but also clear limits and boundaries?
How does culture influence the division of labor between parents?
What is the term for the tendency for parents to provide more resources and support to their children who are perceived as having higher reproductive potential?
Which parenting style is characterized by low levels of control, involvement, and responsiveness, as well as a lack of clear limits and boundaries?