Exam 2: Theories and Causes

 Discuss how children learn from their emotions and the emotional expression of others.

 The ____ gives us the distinct qualities that make us human and allows us to think about the future, to be playful, and to be creative.

 Most often, adaptational failure is due to a(n) ____.

 Which part of the brain is implicated in disorders affecting motor behavior?

 The ____ gland produces epinephrine in response to stress.

 Individual differences in emotion ____ account for differing responses to a stressful environment.

 Which statement about our genetic makeup is false?

 The ____ gland oversees the body's regulatory functions by producing several hormones, including estrogen and testosterone.

 A child who cannot control his temper has problems in emotion ____.

 _____ theorists argue that a child's behavior can only be understood in terms of relationships with others.

 Jace is a baby that often seems nervous in new situations and around new people and is not easily comforted by his mother in these situations. Jace most likely has which attachment pattern?

 The role that a child's primary caretaker has in terms of that child's brain development is crucial, since those early experiences form the part of the brain that is responsible for their__.

 When developmental psychopathologists view adaptive and maladaptive behaviors as the result of previous interactions and experiences spread over several years, they refer to the process as

 ____ models portray the child's environment as a series of nested and interconnected structures.

 ____, The brain develops and grows over a lifetime, but from birth to 11 years, the most dramatic changes occur. Problems or disruptions that occur when a child is young can lead to

 The problem with family aggregation studies is that they ____.

 Caspi (2003) conducted a study that connected early temperament style in children, and their personality traits as adults. Is this study practically helpful in terms of what we can do, if anything, to prevent a difficult child with self-control issues from being a difficult adult with self-control issues?

 Briefly describe the three primary dimensions of temperament.

 Brett is an aggressive preschooler, who often bites other children and throws toys at his teacher. When Brett finished 3rd grade, he was asked to find another school to attend since he had repeatedly hit his classmates and kicked the principal. Brett's behavioral patterns are an example of

 Children's problems must be considered in the context of their ____.