Question 1

Mild, patient tactics are sufficient to prompt conscience development in ________ children.

Accepted Answer

A)  all 
B)  fearless 
C)  impulsive 
D)  anxious 
A)  all 
B)  fearless 
C)  impulsive 
D)  anxious

Question 2

Five-year-old Delaney watches a lot of violent television programming and also spends hours playing violent video games. Delaney probably

Accepted Answer

A)  underestimates the violence and danger in society. 
B)  overestimates the violence and danger in society. 
C)  is less willing to tolerate violence in others. 
D)  has few hostile thoughts and behaviors. 
A)  underestimates the violence and danger in society. 
B)  overestimates the violence and danger in society. 
C)  is less willing to tolerate violence in others. 
D)  has few hostile thoughts and behaviors.

Question 3

At a parade, 3-year-old Kyle puts his fingers in his ears when he hears the fire trucks coming down the street. Kyle is displaying

Accepted Answer

A)  scaffolding. 
B)  situational empathy. 
C)  social problem-solving. 
D)  emotional self-regulation. 
A)  scaffolding. 
B)  situational empathy. 
C)  social problem-solving. 
D)  emotional self-regulation.

Question 4

Warmth and responsiveness, competence and power, and consistency between assertions and behavior are all

Accepted Answer

A)  characteristics of a model that increase a child's willingness to imitate the model's behavior. 
B)  characteristics of emotional development that are necessary for moral behavior to occur. 
C)  important characteristics of inductive discipline. 
D)  characteristics of a prosocial child who has learned empathy-based guilt. 
A)  characteristics of a model that increase a child's willingness to imitate the model's behavior. 
B)  characteristics of emotional development that are necessary for moral behavior to occur. 
C)  important characteristics of inductive discipline. 
D)  characteristics of a prosocial child who has learned empathy-based guilt.

Question 5

According to Erikson, play

Accepted Answer

A)  allows young children to escape from the demands of their lives into a fantasy world. 
B)  symbolically represents preschoolers' unconscious wishes and desires. 
C)  is secondary to academic learning for preschoolers. 
D)  permits preschoolers to try out new skills with little risk of criticism or failure. 
A)  allows young children to escape from the demands of their lives into a fantasy world. 
B)  symbolically represents preschoolers' unconscious wishes and desires. 
C)  is secondary to academic learning for preschoolers. 
D)  permits preschoolers to try out new skills with little risk of criticism or failure.

Question 6

If Opal is a gender-schematic child, she

Accepted Answer

A)  seldom views the world in gender-linked terms. 
B)  applies a gender-salience filter to her experiences. 
C)  will play with gender-inappropriate toys. 
D)  will play with a toy she likes, whether or not girls typically play with it. 
A)  seldom views the world in gender-linked terms. 
B)  applies a gender-salience filter to her experiences. 
C)  will play with gender-inappropriate toys. 
D)  will play with a toy she likes, whether or not girls typically play with it.

Question 7

Research shows that interventions designed to teach social problem solving

Accepted Answer

A)  do not benefit children from lower-SES homes. 
B)  rarely improve peer relations. 
C)  offer children a sense of mastery in the face of stressful life events. 
D)  do not reduce the risk of adjustment difficulties for children from troubled families. 
A)  do not benefit children from lower-SES homes. 
B)  rarely improve peer relations. 
C)  offer children a sense of mastery in the face of stressful life events. 
D)  do not reduce the risk of adjustment difficulties for children from troubled families.

Question 8

Jade and Christiana are playing house. Jade is pretending to be the mom and Christiana is pretending to be the dad. Two dolls are used as their children. They are engaged in _______ play.

Accepted Answer

A)  parallel 
B)  cooperative 
C)  associative 
D)  nonsocial 
A)  parallel 
B)  cooperative 
C)  associative 
D)  nonsocial

Question 9

Which of the following is true about social experience and moral understanding?

Accepted Answer

A)  Social experiences are not vital to the development of morality. 
B)  Children rarely benefit from adult-child discussions of moral issues. 
C)  Children learn to care about the welfare of others from warm, sensitive parental communication. 
D)  Children who verbally and physically assault others tend to have parents who tell stories with moral implications. 
A)  Social experiences are not vital to the development of morality. 
B)  Children rarely benefit from adult-child discussions of moral issues. 
C)  Children learn to care about the welfare of others from warm, sensitive parental communication. 
D)  Children who verbally and physically assault others tend to have parents who tell stories with moral implications.

Question 10

Which of the following is supported by research on television violence?

Accepted Answer

A)  Children's programming is below average in violent content. 
B)  Watching violence on TV does not increase the likelihood of aggressive behavior. 
C)  Older children are more likely than preschoolers and young school-age children to imitate TV violence. 
D)  Time spent watching TV in childhood and adolescence predicts aggressive behavior in adulthood. 
A)  Children's programming is below average in violent content. 
B)  Watching violence on TV does not increase the likelihood of aggressive behavior. 
C)  Older children are more likely than preschoolers and young school-age children to imitate TV violence. 
D)  Time spent watching TV in childhood and adolescence predicts aggressive behavior in adulthood.

Question 11

When parents are _________, their children are likely to react in a concerned way to the distress of others.

Accepted Answer

A)  warm and sensitive 
B)  permissive 
C)  authoritarian 
D)  attentive, but discourage emotional expressiveness 
A)  warm and sensitive 
B)  permissive 
C)  authoritarian 
D)  attentive, but discourage emotional expressiveness

Question 12

Training in __________ is an effective treatment for aggressive children.

Accepted Answer

A)  associative play 
B)  social problem solving 
C)  instrumental aggression 
D)  inductive discipline 
A)  associative play 
B)  social problem solving 
C)  instrumental aggression 
D)  inductive discipline

Question 13

Which of the following is true about the psychoanalytic perspective and the development of morality?

Accepted Answer

A)  Freud believed that young children form a superego by internalize the other-sex parent's moral standards. 
B)  Most researchers today agree with Freud's view of conscience development. 
C)  In Freud's theory, fear of punishment and loss of parental love motivate moral behavior. 
D)  Freud believed that moral development is largely complete by 10 to 12 years of age. 
A)  Freud believed that young children form a superego by internalize the other-sex parent's moral standards. 
B)  Most researchers today agree with Freud's view of conscience development. 
C)  In Freud's theory, fear of punishment and loss of parental love motivate moral behavior. 
D)  Freud believed that moral development is largely complete by 10 to 12 years of age.

Question 14

When Roger sees a baby doll on the floor, he asks himself, "Do boys play with dolls?" He then decides not to play with the doll. Roger

Accepted Answer

A)  is a gender-schematic child. 
B)  does not yet have well-developed gender schemas. 
C)  is a gender-aschematic child. 
D)  is not using his gender-salience filter. 
A)  is a gender-schematic child. 
B)  does not yet have well-developed gender schemas. 
C)  is a gender-aschematic child. 
D)  is not using his gender-salience filter.

Question 15

Research on gender typing demonstrates that teachers

Accepted Answer

A)  tend to negotiate with boys who misbehave, coming up with a joint plan to improve behavior. 
B)  use more disapproval and controlling discipline with girls than with boys. 
C)  give girls more encouragement than boys to participate in adult-structured activities. 
D)  seem to expect girls to misbehave more often than boys. 
A)  tend to negotiate with boys who misbehave, coming up with a joint plan to improve behavior. 
B)  use more disapproval and controlling discipline with girls than with boys. 
C)  give girls more encouragement than boys to participate in adult-structured activities. 
D)  seem to expect girls to misbehave more often than boys.

Question 16

Shelby and Sharon are 4 years old and are best friends. They probably

Accepted Answer

A)  count on each other's emotional support. 
B)  have similar values and attitudes. 
C)  feel lasting trust and caring for each other. 
D)  have fun playing together. 
A)  count on each other's emotional support. 
B)  have similar values and attitudes. 
C)  feel lasting trust and caring for each other. 
D)  have fun playing together.

Question 17

Malek is a fearless preschooler. What tactics would you recommend to his parents to prompt guilt reactions and conscience development?

Accepted Answer

A)  mild patient tactics such as requests, suggestions, and explanations 
B)  coercive techniques that force guilt feelings onto the child 
C)  discussions with Malek in which he determines the consequence for his misbehavior 
D)  a combination of firm correction of misbehavior and induction 
A)  mild patient tactics such as requests, suggestions, and explanations 
B)  coercive techniques that force guilt feelings onto the child 
C)  discussions with Malek in which he determines the consequence for his misbehavior 
D)  a combination of firm correction of misbehavior and induction

Question 18

Which of the following is supported by research on child abuse?

Accepted Answer

A)  A single abusive personality type is a common thread among abusers 
B)  Most parents who were abused as children become child abusers. 
C)  Fathers engage in neglect more often than mothers. 
D)  Maternal and paternal rates of physical abuse are fairly similar. 
A)  A single abusive personality type is a common thread among abusers 
B)  Most parents who were abused as children become child abusers. 
C)  Fathers engage in neglect more often than mothers. 
D)  Maternal and paternal rates of physical abuse are fairly similar.

Question 19

Describe the developmental sequence of cognitive play categories. Provide examples of each.

Accepted Answer

-Functional play: Simple, repetitive mot

Question 20

Which of the following is true about the judicial system and child maltreatment?

Accepted Answer

A)  Fewer cases of child maltreatment reach the courts than in decades past. 
B)  Child maltreatment is a crime that is relatively easy to prove. 
C)  In the United States, government intervention into family life is viewed as a last resort. 
D)  Maltreated children and their parents are not usually attached to one another. 
A)  Fewer cases of child maltreatment reach the courts than in decades past. 
B)  Child maltreatment is a crime that is relatively easy to prove. 
C)  In the United States, government intervention into family life is viewed as a last resort. 
D)  Maltreated children and their parents are not usually attached to one another.

Mild, patient tactics are sufficient to prompt conscience development in ________ children.

Five-year-old Delaney watches a lot of violent television programming and also spends hours playing violent video games. Delaney probably

At a parade, 3-year-old Kyle puts his fingers in his ears when he hears the fire trucks coming down the street. Kyle is displaying

Warmth and responsiveness, competence and power, and consistency between assertions and behavior are all

According to Erikson, play

If Opal is a gender-schematic child, she

Research shows that interventions designed to teach social problem solving

Jade and Christiana are playing house. Jade is pretending to be the mom and Christiana is pretending to be the dad. Two dolls are used as their children. They are engaged in _______ play.

Which of the following is true about social experience and moral understanding?

Which of the following is supported by research on television violence?

When parents are _________, their children are likely to react in a concerned way to the distress of others.

Training in __________ is an effective treatment for aggressive children.

Which of the following is true about the psychoanalytic perspective and the development of morality?

When Roger sees a baby doll on the floor, he asks himself, "Do boys play with dolls?" He then decides not to play with the doll. Roger

Research on gender typing demonstrates that teachers

Shelby and Sharon are 4 years old and are best friends. They probably

Malek is a fearless preschooler. What tactics would you recommend to his parents to prompt guilt reactions and conscience development?

Which of the following is supported by research on child abuse?

Describe the developmental sequence of cognitive play categories. Provide examples of each.

Which of the following is true about the judicial system and child maltreatment?

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Exam 10: Emotional and Social Development in Early Childhood

Mild, patient tactics are sufficient to prompt conscience development in ________ children.

Five-year-old Delaney watches a lot of violent television programming and also spends hours playing violent video games. Delaney probably

At a parade, 3-year-old Kyle puts his fingers in his ears when he hears the fire trucks coming down the street. Kyle is displaying

Warmth and responsiveness, competence and power, and consistency between assertions and behavior are all

According to Erikson, play

If Opal is a gender-schematic child, she

Research shows that interventions designed to teach social problem solving

Jade and Christiana are playing house. Jade is pretending to be the mom and Christiana is pretending to be the dad. Two dolls are used as their children. They are engaged in _______ play.

Which of the following is true about social experience and moral understanding?

Which of the following is supported by research on television violence?

When parents are _________, their children are likely to react in a concerned way to the distress of others.

Training in __________ is an effective treatment for aggressive children.

Which of the following is true about the psychoanalytic perspective and the development of morality?

When Roger sees a baby doll on the floor, he asks himself, "Do boys play with dolls?" He then decides not to play with the doll. Roger

Research on gender typing demonstrates that teachers

Shelby and Sharon are 4 years old and are best friends. They probably

Malek is a fearless preschooler. What tactics would you recommend to his parents to prompt guilt reactions and conscience development?

Which of the following is supported by research on child abuse?

Describe the developmental sequence of cognitive play categories. Provide examples of each.

Which of the following is true about the judicial system and child maltreatment?

History, Theory, and Research Strategies

Genetic and Environmental Foundations

Prenatal Development

Birth and the Newborn Baby

Physical Development in Infancy and Toddlerhood

Cognitive Development in Infancy and Toddlerhood

Emotional and Social Development in Infancy and Toddlerhood

Physical Development in Early Childhood

Cognitive Development in Early Childhood

Physical Development in Middle Childhood

Cognitive Development in Middle Childhood

Emotional and Social Development in Middle Childhood

Physical Development in Adolescence

Cognitive Development in Adolescence

Emotional and Social Development in Adolescence

Emerging Adulthood

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