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

Which action would be the most likely cause of anger in a six-month-old?

Five-year-old Lou has a vivid imagination and an imaginary friend. How would this affect Lou's ability to distinguish between fantasy and reality?

Which normally developing child would be most likely to have just begun to experience the emotion of anger?

Phil and Lil are both playing with dolls in the same room. Use them in examples of parallel, simple social, and cooperative play.

A frown is a _____ manifestation of an emotion.

Elise has been playing alone, upset, by herself in her room. When her mother returns, she is not comforted but seems angry with her mother. Elise is most likely exhibiting a(n) ____ attachment.

Define Erikson's notions of hope, will, and purpose. How do these relate to the first three stages of social development?

You are opening a new daycare center. Describe four things you could do at your center to foster secure attachments in the children that come to it.

Seven-month-old Gavin seems very content being held by his mother. When the neighbor from across the street comes over to greet Gavin, he turns his head away from the neighbor and starts to cry. What term best explains Gavin's response to the neighbor?

Constricting play often involves threats.

On average, boys are _____ than girls.

Which aspect of understanding gender is a child likely to demonstrate last?

Congenital adrenal hyperplasia results in alteration of the genitals of male infants.

Will is playing Ferrell in a game and attempts to win by saying, "If you try to do well, I will smack you!" What term best describes this statement?

Michiko was insecurely attached as an infant. Which of the following is least likely to be true?

Research indicates that sending a young child to a high-quality daycare has ____ effects on toddler's attachment to their mothers.

Which child has most successfully resolved the "basic trust versus mistrust" stage of psychosocial development?

Phil believes that all women are emotional, physically weak, and interested in cooking. Phil's beliefs about women would best be described as

Research results have provided evidence that the ability to distinguish facial features associated with different emotions first develops as early as _____ of age.

Stan is playing with his ball, and Olly is playing with his doll, but they are each watching what the other is doing. Stan and Olly are most likely involved in