Lab Activity 24: Supporting Details and Concept Maps

Chapter 5: Outlines and Concept Maps
Lab Activity 24: Supporting Details and Concept Maps

Objective
To identify the major and minor details that support the main idea in a college textbook selection.

Step 2: Referring to the selection, "Child-Rearing Styles" in Lab Activity 24 as needed, answer the questions.

1. The central idea of the selection is

a. child psychology.

b. child-rearing styles.

c. parenting teenagers.

d. authoritative and authoritarian child rearing.

2. What is the thesis statement of the selection?

a. Child-rearing styles are combinations of parenting behaviors that occur over a wide range of situations, creating an enduring child-rearing climate.

b. In a landmark series of studies, Diana Baumrind gathered information on child rearing by watching parents interact with their preschoolers.

c. Her findings, and those of others who have extended her work, reveal three features that consistently differentiate an authoritative style from less effective styles: (1) acceptance and involvement, (2) control, and (3) autonomy granting.

d. There is no thesis statement.

3. The topic of paragraph 2 is

a. authoritative child rearing.

b. autonomy.

c. reasonable control.

d. the parent-child relationship.

4. The topic sentence of paragraph 2 is

a. The authoritative style—the most successful approach to child rearing—involves high acceptance and involvement, adaptive control techniques, and appropriate autonomy granting.

b. Authoritative parents are warm, attentive, and sensitive to their child's needs.

c. They establish an enjoyable, emotionally fulfilling parent-child relationship that draws the child into close connection.

d. Finally, authoritative parents engage in gradual, appropriate autonomy granting, allowing the child to make decisions in areas where he is ready to make choices.

5. Paragraph 2 contains how many sentences with major details supporting the main idea?

a. two

b. three

c. four

d. five

6. Which is a transition word used to introduce a supporting detail in paragraph 2?

a. authoritarian

b. they

c. Finally

d. There are no transition words introducing the supporting details.

7. The thesis statement of paragraphs 4 and 5 is

a. Parents who use an authoritarian style are low in acceptance and involvement, high in coercive control, and low in autonomy granting.

b. Authoritarian parents appear cold and rejecting; they frequently degrade their child by putting her down.

c. To exert control, they yell, command, and criticize.

d. If the child disobeys, authoritarian parents resort to punishment. In addition, they make decisions for their child and expect the child to accept their word in an unquestioning manner.

8. "‘Do it because I said so!’ is the attitude of these parents." What kind of supporting detail is this sentence?

a. major

b. minor

9. Which is not a detail used to support the central idea of paragraphs 4 and 5?

a. Parents who use the authoritarian style appear cold and rejecting.

b. Parents who use an authoritarian style frequently degrade their child.

c. Authoritarian parents allow their children to make their own decisions.

d. Children of authoritarian parents are anxious and unhappy.

10. Which is not a detail listed about permissive parents in paragraph 6?

a. They are warm and accepting.

b. They are very involved in their child's life.

c. They exercise little control in their child's behavior.

d. They often lack confidence in their ability to influence their child's behavior.

11. The topic of paragraph 8 is

a. the unloving parent.

b. parenting styles.

c. unemotional parenting.

d. the uninvolved style of parenting.

12. Which statement is the topic sentence of paragraph 8?

a. The uninvolved style combines low acceptance and involvement with little control and general indifference to autonomy granting.

b. Often these parents are emotionally detached and depressed and so overwhelmed by life stress that they have little time and energy for children.

c. At its extreme, uninvolved parenting is a form of child maltreatment called neglect.

d. Especially when it begins early, it disrupts virtually all aspects of development, including attachment, cognition, and emotional and social skills.

13. Which is not a detail in paragraph 8?

a. The uninvolved parent is emotionally detached and depressed.

b. Uninvolved parents tend to be overwhelmed by the stresses of life.

c. In its extreme form, uninvolved parenting becomes neglect.

d. Uninvolved parents encourage self-reliance and learning in their children.

14. Which is the best concept map of this passage for a student to create when studying for a test?

a.

b.

c.

d.

15. "Finally, authoritative parents engage in gradual, appropriate autonomy granting, allowing the child to make decisions in areas where he is ready to make choices."

Autonomy means

a. guidance.

b. self-reliance.

c. dependence.

d. quick decision making.

16. "These include an upbeat mood, self-control, task persistence, cooperativeness, high self-esteem, social and moral maturity, and favorable school performance."

Persistence means

a. self-control.

b. cooperativeness.

c. determination.

d. moral maturity.

17. "Characterized by unquestioning obedience as that of a dictator" best defines which word below?

a. authoritarian

b. authoritative

c. permissive

18. "Asserting authority and fond of giving orders" best defines which word below?

a. authoritarian

b. authoritative

c. permissive

19. "Allowing a large measure of freedom, especially toward behavior others would consider unacceptable" best defines which word below?

a. authoritarian

b. authoritative

c. permissive

20. What would be the best summary for the passage?

a. Of the four child-rearing styles (authoritarian, authoritative, permissive, and uninvolved), the most effective and happiest parents are authoritative, because they are sensitive, involved, and are able to establish high behavior expectations and provide opportunities for independence.

b. The best child-rearing style is an authoritative one in which parents are able to exercise the most control and thus prevent their children from making bad choices or practicing too much autonomy.

c. Psychologists have studied several child-rearing styles and divided them into four categories.

d. Of the four child-rearing styles, psychologists believe the uninvolved parent creates the must problems because their behavior can lead to neglect.