Exam 10: Socioemotional Development in Middle Childhood

Which percentage of children spend some time in a cohabiting-parent family before reaching age 12?

What important finding do resilient children illustrate?

Approximately house many single parent households are headed by men?

Aggressive-rejected and withdrawn-rejected children are similar in that they both ______.

Interactions with parents help children practice, rehearse, and refine skills that are important for ______.

Steven attends the Boys and Girls Club in his neighborhood every day after school. It helps to foster his resilience. Which type of factor associated with resilience does that fall under?

What are the effects of peer rejection on a child?

Ryan's parents are both very intrusive. They are so overprotective that they do not let him go outside alone, even though he is 9 years old. They are very critical of him and nag him daily about trivial things. Based on Ryan's home environment, he is most likely going to ______.

Culture can influence how risk and protective factors manifest in a child in adverse conditions.

Children who are confrontational, hostile toward other children, impulsive, and hyperactive are considered ______.

A characteristic of children in cross-race friendships is that they ______.

Professionals who are legally obligated to report suspicions of child abuse to authorities are called ______.

Children in cohabiting households are more likely to experience ______.

Owen describes himself as someone who is a really good athlete but NOT so good at academics. He says he is happy with who he is and isn't worried about his lower grades in school. Owen is describing ______.

What is another term for blended families?

John is a boy who is always acting out in class. One day on the playground, someone accidentally hit him with a ball. He walked up to the boy who threw the ball and yelled at him for hitting him deliberately. What type of child is John considered?

Parents influence children's achievement through their own beliefs and attitudes about ability.

What is critical for the positive adjustment of a child who has been sexually abused?

As children grow older, from late childhood to adolescence, the frequency and intensity of children's fears ______.

Annabelle's parents just got a divorce. Annabelle is an 9 , an only child, very involved in school, and spends a lot of time with the children in the neighborhood. How is Annabelle likely to respond to her parents' divorce by ______.