DR. MACs

POSITIVE PARENTING PRACTICES

Post-Podcast Exam

Questions for each chapter are found below.

A link to the answer key is found at the bottom of this page.

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INTRODUCTION

1. Select the choice below that most accurately identifies an action plan:

a. Helps us to teach the behaviors that we would like to see our children display.

b. Is the opposite of "inaction plans".

c. Refers to the lines that we will say when the play's director shouts "Action!"

d. Should be approved by the person that it was developed to help.

2. Which of the following choices below most correctly identifies the correct application of directions?

a. Should be followed by a reward for compliance.

b. Be followed by a threat for non-compliance

c. Promote the display of the desired behaviors, reducing the need for future directions.

d. Include the word "Now" at the end.

3. We can reduce our need to exert our outer control over our children's behavior when:

a. When the schools start to do their job right.

b. They start to listen like they ought to do.

c. When the sitter comes over to watch them

d. We teach our children how to use inner control to guide their actions.

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4. Identify the choice below that most correctly identifies the definition of Positive Parenting Practices.

a. Based on scientific research and long-term evidence-based practice.

b. A bunch of new-age, wishy-washy, afraid-to-do-real-parenting crapola.

c. Pie-in-the-sky, unrealistic ideals that rarely work in the real world of parenting.

d. Sure to turn out a wild, undisciplined kid into the world.

5. The purpose of praise is to:

a. Enhance the chances of the child showing the appreciated behavior in the future.

b. Let the young one know that the activity has ended.

c. Impress other adults who are standing nearby and might notice our commentary.

d. Make nearby kids who are misbehaving feel bad for their poor behavior choices.

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BEHAVIOR 101

1. Which is NOT a MAJOR reason for why most individuals show certain behaviors?

a. Receiving a reward for showing the behavior.

b. Medical, biological or genetically based conditions.

c. The weather and/or phases of the moon.

d. Frustration in reaching a goal.

2. The behaviors that accompany conditions such as ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) and Autism:

a. Are inexplicable and do not respond to interventions.

b. Are "set in stone" & unchangeable due to how they have been rewarded in the past.

c. Are "set in stone" and unchangeable due to the nature of the disorder.

d. Can be changed for the better with positive behavior change procedures.

3. The behaviors that accompany mental health conditions such as schizophrenia depression, anxiety, and oppositional defiant disorder:

a. Only respond to medication. They do not respond to behavior change interventions.

b. Are receptive to behavior change interventions on the part of parents & others.

c. Can only be treated by psychotherapy ("talk therapy").

d. Are non-changeable characteristics of the thought disorders.

4. Just like in their children, change for the better in parents, (whose actions are not yet effective or positive):

a. Is easy to accomplish, but will not last.

b. Comes quickly and easily, and remains for life.

c. Is nearly impossible to build.

d. Takes persistence and dedication to the use of the new, more effective ways.

5. Parents should intervene in ___________ ways.

a. Assertive

b. Aggressive

c. Non-assertive

d. Magical

6. Persistent, consistent use of positive parenting practices increases the effectiveness of those practices.

a. True

b. False

c. Sometimes true & sometimes false.

d. Not enough information provided.

7. Assume that you've listened to the whole podcast and have been using the ideas mentioned here. A friend or spouse sees your change in approach, and tells you that youre too soft in your response to your childs sometimes inappropriate behavior. What response might you give to this person?

a. "OK. Let's create followers who blindly obey orders & can't think for themselves."

b. "You're right. I'll go back to using more of what already wasn't working."

c. "OK. I'll mistreat the chid that I love ."

d. "I'm not soft on behavior. I'm smart on behavior."

8. Making use of positive parenting practices:

a. Will create a spoiled child.

b. Results in nearly overnight positive change in children and youth.

c. Requires a Ph.D. and 12 full-time assistants.

d. Requires avoidance of harsh ways, & steadfast use of the powerful proven ways.

9. "Stockholm Syndrome" is when a person:

a. Engages in the actions that they disliked, taking on the traits of the oppressor.

b. Has an uncontrollable urge to listen to the 80's rock group named ABBA.

c. Puts on long underwear and straps on a pair of nordic skis

d. Laughs at the chef on the Muppet show.

10. To change the behavior pattern of a child, we must first:

a. Change our ways of acting and reacting.

b. Devise more punishing responses.

c. Send the child to a boarding school.

d. Learn how to look meaner.

11. Your ability to guide your child's behavior in a positive direction depends on all the following, EXCEPT:

a. Remembering & implementing practices used to guide you when you were a child.

b. Your ability to identify the influences upon your child's actions.

c. Your knowledge of effective positive parenting practices.

d. Your ability to proficiently implement effective positive parenting practices.

12. The most effective parenting style for creating well-behaved and well-adjusted kids is:

a. Aggressive

b. Assertive

c. Non-assertive

d. Expressive

13. Choose the answer below that correctly identifies the nature of following statement:

All behaviors, whether they are appropriate, inappropriate, or neutral in nature can be explained by the same set of behavior principles.

a. True statement.

b. False statement.

c. Statement does not apply to good parenting.

d. Statement is sometimes true & sometimes false.

14. The strongest influence on the development of a youngster's behavior pattern is:

a. Genetic makeup

b. The way that adults react to his/her behaviors.

c. Media (TV, video games, internet, etc.)

d. Exposure to educational experiences.

15. To "model" something, means to:

a. Copy, imitate, or emulate a behavior of another.

b. Mold behavior, as one might create something from modeling clay.

c. Create a complex behavior like one creates a multi-piece airplane or ship model.

d. Show exaggerated behavior with no facial emotion (like a runaway fashion model).

16. Choose the answer below that correctly identifies the nature of following statement:Most parents have taken advantage of the widespread availability of training in positive parenting practices. The vast majority of parents are aware of proven practices and use them proficiently.

a. This is a true statement.

b. This is a false statement.

c. 60% of parents spend their time researching new parenting methods.

d. Parents don't need new parental training.

17. Choose the answer below that correctly identifies the nature of following statement:By observing parental (re)actions to their child's behavior, it is often possible to determine why one child behaves well in most situations, while another exhibits an inappropriate pattern of behavior.

a. This is a true statement.

b. This is a false statement.

c. There is no scientific evidence to defend either answer.

d. Each of the answer choices has some validity.

18. Choose the answer below that correctly identifies the nature of following statement:Many traditional childrearing practices have been found to be ineffective or counterproductive to raising moral, well-behaved children. Those practices are best removed from measures used by parents. Overall, though, some have been proven useless or harmful. Others are supported by research.

a. This is a true statement.

b. This is a false statement.

c. Traditional ways haven't been researched.

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THE ABCs OF BEHAVIOR

1. The first step in understanding a behavior and why it happens is to:

a. Ask a friend.

b. Give the behavior a label or name.

c. Define the behavior by identifying the actions that are witnessed.

d. Get a college degree in child development.

2. The A in the A-B-C formula stands for:

a. Antecedent

b. Agreement

c. Anytime

d. Aftermath

3. A youngster receives a sticker (on the home refrigerator chart) for every time that he cleans up after his activities. The percentage of times that he cleans up after himself increases over time. The motivator for this improved responsibility for ones actions was:

a. Positive reinforcement

b. Negative reinforcement

c. A combination of the two types of reinforcement

d. Punishment

4. You hear your (pre)adolescent child u