Child abuse and neglect exam (ch. 1-5)

John Caffey led a group of radiologists to suspect physical abuse in young children because

The X-rays of some infants demonstrated unexplained multiple fractures

According to the National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System (NCANDS), in 2015, 84.7 percent of fatalities were of children under ____ years of age with 77.7 percent of these deaths involving at least one parent

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Jean Martin Charcot recognized that the origin of psychological symptoms such as hysteria might have some physiological basis and discovered that many of the young women he treated…

Had suffered from a variety of violent experiences such as rape and sexual abuse

In the late 1880’s, the settlement house movement arose primarly to…

Reduce child labor

Throughout the 1980’s and 1990’s, the focus of Child Protective Services shifted from that of ‘taking kids away’ to that of family

Rehabilitation

The new knowledge gained about the impact of childhood maltreatment on brain development (trauma-informed) helps us to create better…

Interventions and treatment outcomes for abused children

it was not until that the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children was formed on the model of the…

1875; Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

In the 1960s and 1970s, child protection agencies were feared by some parents as the agency that could ‘take kids away’. In fact…

CPS was largely dependent upon the juvenile court to authorize the removal of children

Intervention ideologies can be broken down into three basic orientations:

Penal, medical, and social welfare

Pederasty refers to:

The practice of adult males indoctrinating young boys sexually

One subsystem of a family can be comprised of

The siblings

The boundaries between subsystems within a family

Promote better functioning of the total family unit

Expected family roles

Could cause family dysfunction

Two factors in the agreement between society and the family that contribute to child maltreatment include…

Society’s belief in the sanctify of the family

The four types of issues that prevent adequate family functioning include all EXCEPT

Failure to protect nuclear family values

A family whose members include grandparents, aunts, and uncles is known as

An extended family

Todays families may include

Group of people who live together with expected roles

The functions of a family include the following elements EXCEPT

Dismissing all boundaries

If the boundaries between the family and the outside world are too rigid, the result is

The family becomes isolated

Communication within family systems include all of the following except

Connection to exosystems, such as banks, schools, or workplaces

“Passive watchfulness” refers to

The constant cautiousness of an abused child

Babies develop non-organic failure-to-thrive syndrome because they

Are not able to take in sufficient nutrition often due to neglect

Which of the following, according to Gilgun, is a way that children demonstrate resiliency?

Through prosocial efforts

Boys who witness sexual abuse of their sisters are…

At risk to become perpetrators themselves

Which of the following is NOT an issue, mentioned by Finkelhor and Browne, for a sexually abused adolescent

The intense fear of failure

According to Freudian psychology, in order to resolve the Oedipal conflict a child must…

Have a non-seductive relationship with both parents

‘Parentified Child” is one who

Takes the parents place as caregiver

Which one of the following describes the abused child between 6-12 months?

Impaired attachment

During pregnancy a mother must

Accept the fetus as part of herself but also as an individual

According to Erickson’s theory, at what age do children begin to develop trust?

Birth to one year

The Child Neglect Index

Assesses neglect in the areas of Supervision, Physical Care, and Health Care

Neglected children may not do well in school due to:

Their inability to conceptualize complex commands

According to the Child Neglect Index, the provision of health care includes

Educational needs

Risk factors for neglect include

Ecological, environmental, and parental variables

Reactive and depressive parents

Are unable to adjust to some aspects of life

Neglect is

Greatly influenced by the values and more of a particular period

Which of the following is NOT one of Polansky’s description of neglectful parents

Endomorphic

The apathetic futile parent

Feels nothing is worth doingA

Substance abusing parents may become neglectful because

Their dulled reactions, euphoria or sleepiness make them often unaware of their children’s needs

Symptoms of neglect during infancy/early childhood include all of the following EXCEPT

Running away from home

‘Identification with the aggressor’ in domestic violence situations refers to

A child who is so fearful of being harmed that he/she joins the abuser in the abuse

Scholars have identified several areas in which abusive parents must be helped. Which of the following is NOT one of those areas?

Parent must learn to talk to their children meaningfully

The child who is severely abused is most likely to exhibit

Withdrawn behavior

Protective services agencies now look at risk factors in determining the danger to a child of being abused. When considering child risk factors most authors agree that

Children do not actually invite abuse, but some factors may put them at higher risk for it

Fictitious disorder imposed another (FDIA), formerly called Munchausen syndrome by proxy, refers to a condition where

Mostly mothers are so in need of attention from authority figures that they inflict injury on their children so as to receive attention from doctors and nurses

Which of these factors would NOT put a child at risk for abuse?

Child if the middle of three

Which of the following does NOT always describe abusive parents?

They have a low-income lifestyleWh

Which of the following is NOT a detectable symptom of physical abuse?

Extremely dirty and torn clothing

Children who were brought up in violent homes tend to show the following behaviors, EXCEPT

Separate feelings from actions

Parents have specific responsibilities toward children. How these are carried out and what they intend to do is the view of the _______ community in their definition of child abuse

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