Class 9: Review
 
A Note on Grading
First, remember that the cumulative quiz and the cumulative essay are normally worth as much as any other quiz or essay. This is because I believe in low-stakes frequent assessment rather than high stakes infrequent assessment.
However, you have the option of making a quiz score and/or an essay score replace a low score.
Example 1:
You missed a quiz on Tuesday and got a 0
You indicated that you want your cumulative quiz score to replace your lowest score.
You scored 8 points on the cumulative quiz
I then replace the 0 score with the cumulative quiz score of 8.
Example 2:
You got a 6 on an essay
You indicated on your cumulative essay that you want your score to replace your lowest essay score
You scored 8 on an essay
The 6 on the previous essay is replaced by the 8 on the essay.
Advantages
No make-ups so I don’t have to worry about the impossible task of making a make-up test equivalent.
Give you an extra chance to make-up work
You have lots of time, twice the amount of time, to work on your cumulative quiz (30 minutes) and your essay (90 minutes).
What to study
Quiz
Ten short-answer questions
You may use your notes but no other materials (INCLUDING OTHER PEOPLE’S NOTES)
No help from peers
Topics we WILL cover in the quiz
Warning: Many questions listed below will appear on the cumulative quiz but most will not. These questions are intended to help guide but not limit your review.
Question 1: Developmental theories and models
Possible questions MAY INCLUDE
What is one of several critical questions developmentalists seek to answer?
Which theory best illustrates a stage-approach to development?
What is the meso-system in ecological systems theory?
How do ambivalently attached and avoidantly attached children differ?
The secure base hypothesis of John Bowlby recognizes that the child must balance his motivation to ___________ with this motivation for _______________
Question 2: Risks, Protectors, and Resilience
Possible questions MAY INCLUDE
What is one problem in deciding what is a risk factor?
Define resilience
What is one key finding from Werner’s longitudinal study of children and adults on Kauai
Question 3: Infancy
Possible questions MAY INCLUDE
What are the earliest attachment behaviors observable in infants?
What is object permanence?
Provide an example of joint attention and social referencing
Question 4: Toddlerhood
Possible questions MAY INCLUDE
What is one of the major development tasks for this period?
Question 5: Preschool-age
Possible questions MAY INCLUDE
How might egocentric reasoning be evident during therapy?
What is one of the major development tasks for this period?
How does play during the preschool period differ from earlier periods?
Question 6: Middle/late childhood
Possible questions MAY INCLUDE
Provide an example indicating that a child client has some ability to decenter.
What is one of the major development tasks for this period?
How does play during this period differ from play during previous periods?
Question 7: Adolescence
Possible questions MAY INCLUDE
What were two issue-stages that adolescents experience during this period according to Erikson?
What is a formal operation?
According to Kohlberg, adolescents are starting to reason about moral issues…
What’s needed for adolescents to develop a health sense of sexuality?
When does Gil recommend using pair therapy rather than group therapy?
Why are adolescents often reluctant to talk during therapy?
Question 8: Play Therapy (Gil)
Possible questions MAY INCLUDE
Provide an example of dissociation that you may observe during a session
Define dissociation
What is one feature of post-traumatic stress disorder
How can a therapist interact with children using puppets
Question 9: Play Therapy (Boyd Webb)
Possible questions MAY INCLUDE
According to Boyd Webb, what is one of the two goals of play therapy
What is one of several questions that should be asked during the initial evaluation
What is one of several questions that should be ask and answered during the follow-up session?
Question 10: Foster children (Robin Ulesich-Foemmel)
Possible questions MAY INCLUDE
What is a common problem shown by foster children?
What is one element of a child’s psychosocial environment that a social worker must assess according to Robin?
Essay Topics
I will not repeat essay questions you previous addressed although there may be some overlap (e.g. see Example 3)
Will be therapy, program, applied oriented
I will try to devise one topic that addresses multiple developmental periods
Example 1
Discuss how the change in egocentric to decentered reasoning may influence the course of therapy.
Example 2
Discuss how signals or indicators of insecure attachment may differ between a toddler and a school-age child (ages 7-11).
Example 3
Given what you have read about abused children in the Davies and Gil texts, describe two protective factors that might be available to (a) preschool-age children and (b) adolescents. How could a therapist or school-program capitalize on these protective factors, assets, or strengths.