Exam 5: Entering the Social World: Socioemotional Development in Infancy and

Your authors suggest that several factors may explain gender roles and differences. They include biology, socialization, and a child's own efforts. Which of the following words best encapsulates your author's view of the contributions of these three factors to such understanding?

What is it that distinguishes 'early' make-believe play from 'later' make-believe play?

Which developmentalist is credited with having proposed the psychosocial theory of development?

All cultures have gender stereotypes.

Any behavior that benefits another person is ________.

Imaginary friends are psychologically unhealthy and should be discouraged.

The phrase, "interest but no interaction," best describes _____ play.

In gender-________ theory, children are believed to learn more about an activity only after first deciding whether it is masculine or feminine.

A social ________ refers to a set of culturally-determined guidelines about how one should behave, especially around other people.

Do children typically develop attachments to their fathers? If so, what is the nature of those relationships?

Infants as early as four months of age will attend more to a face depicting a negative emotional expression than to a face depicting a positive one.

Your textbook presents three different types of play in which young children can engage. Which of the following is the correct chronological order in which you would expect each type of play to appear?

How might a five-month-old infant best demonstrate emotional regulation when confronted with a frightening stimulus?

Boys' interactions with each other, which often involve one trying to emerge as a victorious leader by threatening or contradicting the others, might best be described as ________.

"Girls should play with dolls," and "boys should roughhouse with each other" are both examples of ________.

Maccoby and Jacklin (1974) found that girls are more likely to comply with the directions of adults than boys, and they are more readily influenced by others than boys are. One explanation your authors offer for these findings is that

Bowlby described four phases in the growth of attachment. They are, in correct order:

Your friend Nadia has recently had a child, and is struggling with the decision to return to work. "I miss my job terribly," she says," but if I put the baby in day care, she might lose her bond with me!" Knowing the research in this area as well as you do, you reply:

How does temperament contribute to attachment?

What is often the first indication that a child has developed the ability to experience the emotion of fear?