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

Which technique is always based on modeling?

The key to effective use of time-out lies in placing a child in an overstimulating environment.

Which parenting style tends to be most common for American parents of lower socioeconomic status?

A child's temperament can impact the type of parenting style exhibited by the parent.

Educational television programs have virtually no discernable impact on cognitive development in children.

Friendship involves mutual and voluntary liking.

Hiroko watches shows that display and encourage being friendly and helpful to other people. After watching this, Hiroko is more likely to

Describe parental and environmental risk factors for child maltreatment. Then discuss factors that appear to mediate the impact of abuse.

Who would likely have the highest self-esteem?

Use your own school experiences to provide examples of school-based cliques and crowds and the concept of dominance hierarchy. If you cannot think of a specific instance, make one up.

Doug and Meredith are getting divorced, and they have one son in elementary school and one daughter in middle-school. Explain what they can do to limit the amount of problems their children will have with this impending divorce.

Co-rumination would most likely take place between

As the third child born in his family, Fletcher should expect that his parents will ____ than they did with his oldest sibling.

The main problem with a negative reinforcement trap is that it

Which explanation best explains the reason for changes in prejudice during adolescence?

Parenting styles vary both across cultures and within cultures.

Which advice should you give to parents who are trying to reduce their children's sibling conflict?

Julie watches her sister swing her pet cat by the tail and sees her gets punished by her parents for that behavior. Consequently, Julie learns not to swing her pet cat by the tail. Which term best describes this scenario?

Which adopted child is most likely to have the most problems?

Once the youngest sibling gets to be about ____, he or she will start talking more to older siblings than to mom.