Question 1

Which parenting style has the most consistently positive outcomes?

Accepted Answer

A)  Permissive 
B)  Authoritative 
C)  Submissive 
D)  Authoritarian 
A)  Permissive 
B)  Authoritative 
C)  Submissive 
D)  Authoritarian

Question 2

Which of the following is NOT a descriptive characteristic of 3-year-old boys who, according to some studies, have poor social relationships?

Accepted Answer

A)  Poor group entry skills 
B)  Aggressive behavior 
C)  Inductive influences 
D)  Rejection by peers 
A)  Poor group entry skills 
B)  Aggressive behavior 
C)  Inductive influences 
D)  Rejection by peers

Question 3

Which of the following is the best description of Bowlby's goal-corrected partnership?

Accepted Answer

A)  The new level of attachment relationships that evolves around age four 
B)  Children's ability to correct each other's pretend play into a more cooperative interaction 
C)  Children's desire to set tangible goals for their relationships with their friends 
D)  Children's understanding of the concept of familiarity 
A)  The new level of attachment relationships that evolves around age four 
B)  Children's ability to correct each other's pretend play into a more cooperative interaction 
C)  Children's desire to set tangible goals for their relationships with their friends 
D)  Children's understanding of the concept of familiarity

Question 4

A style of communicating that usually involves girls using suggestions, support, and agreement between themselves is called ________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of A style of communicating that usually involves...

Question 5

The authors of your text describe the period of early childhood in terms of which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  "Learning boundaries" 
B)  "Stepping out" 
C)  "Sensing autonomy" 
D)  "Parental infatuation" 
A)  "Learning boundaries" 
B)  "Stepping out" 
C)  "Sensing autonomy" 
D)  "Parental infatuation"

Question 6

Which of the following is a central theme that emerges from both Freud's and Erikson's view of development during the preschool period?

Accepted Answer

A)  Language, cognition, and motor skills are developmentally intertwined, and one aspect of development supports other aspects of development. 
B)  Families must balance their children's emerging skills and desire for autonomy with their parental need to protect and control their children. 
C)  The basis for children's social and personality development is their cognitive development. 
D)  Children's sexual development is triggered by social and emotional interactions with peers. 
A)  Language, cognition, and motor skills are developmentally intertwined, and one aspect of development supports other aspects of development. 
B)  Families must balance their children's emerging skills and desire for autonomy with their parental need to protect and control their children. 
C)  The basis for children's social and personality development is their cognitive development. 
D)  Children's sexual development is triggered by social and emotional interactions with peers.

Question 7

Which of the following is one of the dimensions of family functioning conceptualized by Diana Baumrind in her study of parenting styles?

Accepted Answer

A) Mother/father power sharing 
B)  Disobedience 
C)  Clear and consistent rules 
D)  Discipline 
A) Mother/father power sharing 
B)  Disobedience 
C)  Clear and consistent rules 
D)  Discipline

Question 8

Which of the following is the best example of the typical pattern of obedience to parents' wishes for a two-year-old?

Accepted Answer

A)  When his mother said, "Be careful! Don't spill your juice!" Benjamin angrily threw the glass on the floor. 
B)  When her father said, "No, you can't talk to Gramma now," Elizabeth alternately whined and threw tantrums for thirty minutes. 
C)  When his father said, "Let's go, it is beginning to rain," William said, "No! Won't go!" and continued to play. 
D)  When Muhammed's mother said, "Don't touch that! It's hot!" Muhammed pulled away from the stove. 
A)  When his mother said, "Be careful! Don't spill your juice!" Benjamin angrily threw the glass on the floor. 
B)  When her father said, "No, you can't talk to Gramma now," Elizabeth alternately whined and threw tantrums for thirty minutes. 
C)  When his father said, "Let's go, it is beginning to rain," William said, "No! Won't go!" and continued to play. 
D)  When Muhammed's mother said, "Don't touch that! It's hot!" Muhammed pulled away from the stove.

Question 9

Beginning in the 1990s, which group experienced the most rapid growth in single motherhood?

Accepted Answer

A)  Caucasian teenagers 
B)  African American teenagers 
C)  Middle class professional women 
D)  Women over the age of 30 
A)  Caucasian teenagers 
B)  African American teenagers 
C)  Middle class professional women 
D)  Women over the age of 30

Question 10

Which of the following terms is used to describe behavior that is not typical of one's own gender?

Accepted Answer

A)  Homosexual 
B)  Transgendered 
C)  Cross-typed 
D)  Cross-gender 
A)  Homosexual 
B)  Transgendered 
C)  Cross-typed 
D)  Cross-gender

Question 11

List all four stages of Hoffman's theory of empathy development.

Accepted Answer

1: global empathy; 2: egocentr

Question 12

"The psychological and social associates and implications of biological sex" defines which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  Sexual self 
B)  Gender 
C)  Social sexuality 
D)  Sexuality 
A)  Sexual self 
B)  Gender 
C)  Social sexuality 
D)  Sexuality

Question 13

Which of the following best summarizes the biological influence on the psychological differences between males and females?

Accepted Answer

A)  The presence or absence of testosterone prenatally has a strong influence on behavior. 
B)  The fetus's receptivity to estrogen is the primary influence of gender roles. 
C)  Prenatally, the absence of testosterone will have a stronger influence on behavior than will the presence of estrogen. 
D)  Prenatal hormones have very little, if any, influence on behavior and gender role. 
A)  The presence or absence of testosterone prenatally has a strong influence on behavior. 
B)  The fetus's receptivity to estrogen is the primary influence of gender roles. 
C)  Prenatally, the absence of testosterone will have a stronger influence on behavior than will the presence of estrogen. 
D)  Prenatal hormones have very little, if any, influence on behavior and gender role.

Question 14

Crystal labels boys and girls according to their hair style and the types of clothes they wear. Crystal has not yet developed which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  Gender schema 
B)  Gender role 
C)  Gender script 
D)  Gender stereotyping 
A)  Gender schema 
B)  Gender role 
C)  Gender script 
D)  Gender stereotyping

Question 15

Studies suggest that children can make judgments about others' intentions when they are personally motivated by a desire to avoid ________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Studies suggest that children can make judgments...

Question 16

What did Piaget say about young children's ability to understand others' intentions?

Accepted Answer

Because of egocentri

Question 17

Hoffman's first stage of empathy development, which is characterized by an infant matching the strong emotion of another, is called ________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Hoffman's first stage of empathy development, which...

Question 18

Which of the following best defines the term parenting styles?

Accepted Answer

A)  The strategies that parents employ to reward their children 
B)  The characteristic strategies that parents use to manage children's behaviors 
C)  The temperamental tendencies that children show toward their children 
D)  The behavior that parents demonstrate when their children misbehave 
A)  The strategies that parents employ to reward their children 
B)  The characteristic strategies that parents use to manage children's behaviors 
C)  The temperamental tendencies that children show toward their children 
D)  The behavior that parents demonstrate when their children misbehave

Question 19

According to Freud, how do children acquire gender?

Accepted Answer

through id

Question 20

When four-year-old Deidra wants an item or an activity, she will attack her parents with her fists until they laughingly and protestingly give her what she wants. Her parents' decision to give into Deidra's demands in this fashion

Accepted Answer

A)  will eventually help her moderate and regulate her emotions by protecting her from frustration and unhappiness. 
B)  will be effective in teaching her prosocial behavior because their behavior will be a model for her. 
C)  is appropriate and understandable because unresolved conflict would not be an effective parenting strategy. 
D)  will reinforce her behavior and possibly create a long-lasting pattern of aggression and defiance. 
A)  will eventually help her moderate and regulate her emotions by protecting her from frustration and unhappiness. 
B)  will be effective in teaching her prosocial behavior because their behavior will be a model for her. 
C)  is appropriate and understandable because unresolved conflict would not be an effective parenting strategy. 
D)  will reinforce her behavior and possibly create a long-lasting pattern of aggression and defiance.

Which parenting style has the most consistently positive outcomes?

Which of the following is NOT a descriptive characteristic of 3-year-old boys who, according to some studies, have poor social relationships?

Which of the following is the best description of Bowlby's goal-corrected partnership?

A style of communicating that usually involves girls using suggestions, support, and agreement between themselves is called ________.

The authors of your text describe the period of early childhood in terms of which of the following?

Which of the following is a central theme that emerges from both Freud's and Erikson's view of development during the preschool period?

Which of the following is one of the dimensions of family functioning conceptualized by Diana Baumrind in her study of parenting styles?

Which of the following is the best example of the typical pattern of obedience to parents' wishes for a two-year-old?

Beginning in the 1990s, which group experienced the most rapid growth in single motherhood?

Which of the following terms is used to describe behavior that is not typical of one's own gender?

List all four stages of Hoffman's theory of empathy development.

"The psychological and social associates and implications of biological sex" defines which of the following?

Which of the following best summarizes the biological influence on the psychological differences between males and females?

Crystal labels boys and girls according to their hair style and the types of clothes they wear. Crystal has not yet developed which of the following?

Studies suggest that children can make judgments about others' intentions when they are personally motivated by a desire to avoid ________.

What did Piaget say about young children's ability to understand others' intentions?

Hoffman's first stage of empathy development, which is characterized by an infant matching the strong emotion of another, is called ________.

Which of the following best defines the term parenting styles?

According to Freud, how do children acquire gender?

When four-year-old Deidra wants an item or an activity, she will attack her parents with her fists until they laughingly and protestingly give her what she wants. Her parents' decision to give into Deidra's demands in this fashion

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Social and Personality Development in Middle Childhood

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Social and Personality Development in Adolescence

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Social and Personality Development in Early Adulthood

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Exam 8: Social and Personality Development in Early Childhood

Which parenting style has the most consistently positive outcomes?

Which of the following is NOT a descriptive characteristic of 3-year-old boys who, according to some studies, have poor social relationships?

Which of the following is the best description of Bowlby's goal-corrected partnership?

A style of communicating that usually involves girls using suggestions, support, and agreement between themselves is called ________.

The authors of your text describe the period of early childhood in terms of which of the following?

Which of the following is a central theme that emerges from both Freud's and Erikson's view of development during the preschool period?

Which of the following is one of the dimensions of family functioning conceptualized by Diana Baumrind in her study of parenting styles?

Which of the following is the best example of the typical pattern of obedience to parents' wishes for a two-year-old?

Beginning in the 1990s, which group experienced the most rapid growth in single motherhood?

Which of the following terms is used to describe behavior that is not typical of one's own gender?

List all four stages of Hoffman's theory of empathy development.

"The psychological and social associates and implications of biological sex" defines which of the following?

Which of the following best summarizes the biological influence on the psychological differences between males and females?

Crystal labels boys and girls according to their hair style and the types of clothes they wear. Crystal has not yet developed which of the following?

Studies suggest that children can make judgments about others' intentions when they are personally motivated by a desire to avoid ________.

What did Piaget say about young children's ability to understand others' intentions?

Hoffman's first stage of empathy development, which is characterized by an infant matching the strong emotion of another, is called ________.

Which of the following best defines the term parenting styles?

According to Freud, how do children acquire gender?

When four-year-old Deidra wants an item or an activity, she will attack her parents with her fists until they laughingly and protestingly give her what she wants. Her parents' decision to give into Deidra's demands in this fashion

Basic Concepts and Methods

Theories of Development

Prenatal Development and Birth

Physical, Sensory, and Perceptual Development in Infancy

Cognitive Development in Infancy

Social and Personality Development in Infancy

Physical and Cognitive Development in Early Childhood

Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle Childhood

Social and Personality Development in Middle Childhood

Physical and Cognitive Development in Adolescence

Social and Personality Development in Adolescence

Physical and Cognitive Development in Early Adulthood

Social and Personality Development in Early Adulthood

Physical and Cognitive Development in Middle Adulthood

Social and Personality Development in Middle Adulthood

Physical and Cognitive Development in Late Adulthood

Social and Personality Development in Late Adulthood

Death Dying and Bereavement

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