Quiz 4 and Essay 4
 
I. Quiz 4
A. Instructions: These questions try to apply your knowledge about preschool-age development to foster and adopted children. You are a family therapist and you are working with a family that has just adopted a 4 year old boy. They have had no other children. They are experiencing some problems.
1. They complain that their child is unable to see another person’s perspective. You reassure them by telling that _________________ is a normal characteristic of preschool-age thinking. It does not mean the child will grow up to be selfish.
2. They complain that their child spends much time talking to himself while he is playing. They are concerned that the child may be psychotic. You reassure them by telling them that children at this age engage in ___________.
3. The adoptive parents know that their child was insecurely attached to his caregiver during infancy and toddlerhood. But they are unconcerned that the child will remain insecurely attached to them. You gently remind them that insecure attachment can persist when a  child’s internalized __________    ________ persists.
4. During a play session with the child, you are wary of talking directly to the child about issues that he may be facing. The child often personalizes experiences and events. Instead, you follow the text’s suggestion and...
5. The child frequently overgeneralizes from previous experiences. For example, the child refused to enter his preschool after hearing a fire alarm AND a thunderclap the same time and place on the previous day. You tell the parents that this does not necessarily mean that the child has PTSD but that the child’s thinking has limited ________  __________.
6. The adoptive parents are concerned that the child seems to confuse reality and dreams. You reassure them that, according to the text, a major characteristic of child thinking during this period is _____________  _____________.
7. The text mentions five sources of anxiety or fear for children during this age. Can you briefly mention two that you think would be most relevant in this case? (Note: more than two answers possible but try to select the best two.)
8. You decide to talk to the child about his dreams. You decide that it is important to clarify distortions between reality and dreams. According to the text, why is it important?
9. The child seems to have had a history of avoidant attachment which may underlie the child’s aggression. The text recommends that the therapist work with the child’s _____________ and _______________ (hint: people).
10. The adoptive parents are about to have a baby and as a therapist you are concerned about the adoptive child’s reaction. Which two psychological defense mechanisms, according to the text, do you think the adoptive child is most likely to engage in?
II. Short Essay
A. Apply your knowledge about preschool-age development to help foster and adopted children.  I also want you to apply what you have learned from our guest speaker. I want you to write a brief pamphlet for parents that have recently adopted or become foster parents to a preschool-age child. In this pamphlet I want you to address THREE of the important problems that you think adoptive and foster parents are most likely to face in raising preschool-age children. Please try to keep your response relevant to this age-group (i.e., not toddlers or older children). I will be mainly evaluating your ability to provide developmentally-appropriate help.
1. First step: outline your answer on some scratch paper after reviewing your chapter notes and talking with your peers.
2. Second step: write your response after listening to the speaker.