Exam 7: Expanding Social Horizons: Socioemotional Development in Middle Childhood

Mauricio is very prejudiced against White people. Use research from your text to describe two methods you might use to attempt to reduce this prejudice.

In Selman's initial stage of perspective-taking, children appear unable to understand why someone would want to do something different than they want to do.

Preschool children's thinking is ________, which is why they frequently have difficulty seeing the world from another's point of view.

Parents tend to be more affectionate and more punitive toward

One effective way to counter prejudice among children is through ________, where children are exposed to people and thoughts from different groups, and are informed about the history of racism and discrimination that has occurred in their culture.

Which BEST describes the relationship between parenting styles and children's temperaments?

List and describe the five stages of perspective taking, according to Robert Selman. Make sure that your answer includes the approximate ages of each of these stages.*

Anjali's parents are divorced. Anjali spends weekends with his father and the rest of the week with his mother. In legal terms, this arrangement is an aspect of what is known as

Most American children and adolescents have a computer in their home, and they use them primarily to access the internet.

Which of the following pairs of siblings is most likely to have the closest, warmest relationship?

P.J.'s parents provide neither warmth for him nor control of his actions. They do not spend much time with him, and they do give him much opportunity for any real emotional bonding with them. According to Baumrind (1975, 1991), P.J. is receiving ________ parenting.

For children, peer rejection in childhood can have serious long-term consequences, including all but which of the following outcomes?

If you were advising a friend on the benefits or harms of allowing her young children to watch television, you would be most correct if you informed her that the most important factor in this question is

The most striking similarity between the effects on children of watching television and the effects on children of playing video games is that

Disagreements between parents should always be kept away from the eyes and ears of children, because there are no positive lessons that a child can learn from watching their parents argue.

The typical U.S. high school graduate has watched ________ hours of television.

As a typical parent in Latin America, Maria would place great emphasis on developing a strong sense of _____ in her children.

"I'd really like to stay home all day and lounge on the sofa eating chips and watching television," Denny says to himself. "I really shouldn't do that, though, because others might think it is foolish to stay inside on such a beautiful day." Denny's evaluation of his plan reflects the ________ level of perspective taking in Selman's theory.

What kind of parent intervention focuses on two different sets of skills-building warm relationships with a child and developing reasonable expectations and using appropriate discipline with the child?

Research finds that a very common use of computers, particularly for boys, is to