THE SECOND QUIZ ON BEING A PARENT

1. In my book, "THE METHOD," writing crucial information
   down is emphasized because people:
   
   a) remember 20% of what they read
   b) remember 40% of what they read and hear
   c) remember 60% of what they hear, read and write down
   d) all of the above
   
   
2. One of the main problems with the No Child Left Behind
   act is it encourages:
   
   a) learning by rote memory
   b) teaching to pass the test
   c) boredom
   d) does not encourage fundamental learning principles
   e) all of the above
   
   
3. Learning is improved by:
   
   a) associated positive feelings
   b) reviewing the information regularly
   c) having a regular place and time to study each day
   d) a, b, & c
   e) playing classical music while the student is studying
   
   
4. Researcher, Dr. Renee Fuller, found:
   
   a) IQ is more a measure of computer than human intelligence
   b) that the ability to story measures human intelligence
   c) both a & b
   d) that creativity is the greatest measure of intelligence
   
   
5. Dr. Renee Fuller found that children with learning
   disorders could be taught to learn to read just as
   quickly as normal children using a particular approach
   involving engrams.
   
   T or F
   
   
6. One reason positive parenting techniques work is:
   
   a) positive feelings reinforce learning
   b) they make the problem the problem and not the child
   c) they keep the child happy
   d) both a & b
   e) because the child gets to do what he wants
   f) both c & e
   
   
7. Which of the following is most highly associated to
   teen suicide:
   
   a) TV watching
   b) drugs
   c) alcohol
   d) drugs and alcohol
   
   
8. Which of the following has been reported about Big
   Pharma in the past:
   
   a) illegally fixing vitamin prices
   b) hiring phony patient advocacy groups
   c) hiring ghost writers to write misleading articles
   d) paying academic physicians to sign such articles
   e) hiring doctors to sue doctors who prescribed vitamins
   d) Codex lobbying that makes US vitamins Rx only in 12/09
   e) All of the above
   
   
9. In which ways is TV abusive to children:
   
   a) emotional abuse by creating anxiety and aggression
   b) cognitive abuse by emotions that hamper learning
   c) addiction that causes children to make bad choices
   d) social abuse where children choose TV over kids
   e) behavioral abuse where child chooses TV over play
   f) physical abuse because it leads to skyrocketing obesity
   g) psychological abuse due to Freudian programmed adverts
   h) brainwashing using subliminal advertising
   i) sexually abusive due to exposure to mature material
   f) all of the above
   
   
10. How much meaningful conversational time does a parent
    spend with his or her child, and how many TV murders does a
    child witness by 18 years of age?
    
    a) less than 4 minutes per day & 1000 murders
    b) less than 4 minutes per day & 20,000 murders
    c) less than 4 minutes per week and 200,000 murders
    d) less than 4 minutes per week and 20,000 murders
    
    
    

1. d) Link to good grades now.
   
   
2. e) Link to why is education important.
   
   
3. d) Link to good grades now.
   
   
4. c) Link to what is basic parenting.
   
   
5. T Link to 4 above
   
   
6. d) Link to examples of parenting styles.
   
   
7. a) Link to causes of child abuse.
   
   
8. e) Link to facts about vitamins.
   
   
9. f) Link to causes of child abuse.
   
   
10. c) Link to causes of child abuse for the final answer
    to this quiz on being a parent.