Question 1

Ryan is the child of authoritarian,power-assertive parents.He is to be classified as

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A)  popular. 
B)  average. 
C)  rejected. 
D)  dominant.

Question 2

A rejected child is likely to continuously repeat an unsuccessful social behavior.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

_________ who are coordinated,strong,and skilled in physical or sporting activities are rated as more popular by their peers and as more socially competent by their teachers and parents.

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A)  Only boys 
B)  Only girls 
C)  Older children 
D)  Both boys and girls

Question 4

Marcy is just entering second grade,and she is happy because she has many friends who will be there too.According to research findings on peer relations,Marcy is likely to

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A)  experience academic difficulties. 
B)  make the transition to second grade very easily. 
C)  experience school anxiety. 
D)  be socially anxious.

Question 5

When neglected children are asked to enter a group of unfamiliar children already at play,they typically

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A)  passively watch as their peers play. 
B)  make casual statements about the children in the group or about what they are doing. 
C)  join in by trying to dominate the activities. 
D)  join in by disrupting the activities.

Question 6

What is modeling,and how can it be used to train children in social skills?

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Question 7

When popular children are asked to enter a group of unfamiliar children already at play,they typically

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A)  join in by trying to dominate the activities. 
B)  join in by disrupting the activities. 
C)  make casual statements about the children in the group or about what they are doing. 
D)  approach an adult to help convince the group to allow them to join the activities.

Question 8

Most children are likely to include themselves as a member of a ________;but peers tend to assign other children to a ________.

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A)  crowd;clique 
B)  dyad;crowd 
C)  clique;cohesive unit 
D)  clique;crowd

Question 9

Explain dominance hierarchies and their relationship to peer groups.

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Question 10

________ contends that peer interactions prompt,or even coerce,the child to consider the viewpoints of others,thus broadening the child's social perspective taking ability.

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A)  Piaget 
B)  Decasper 
C)  Fifer 
D)  Vygotsky

Question 11

Describe peer relations in infancy and early childhood.

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Question 12

Describe the patterns and conceptions of friendships during the early childhood years.

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Question 13

Playmates who become friends do all of the following except

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A)  use information exchange as a form of distraction. 
B)  escalate play in intensity. 
C)  modulate their actions. 
D)  reveal their feelings.

Question 14

Grant is twelve.As he enters adolescence,he is likely to decrease the amount of his free time spent with peers.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

During adolescence,friends become less positive and reciprocally supportive.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Christopher,Mark,Michael,and Patrick were playing "cops and robbers." They decided who would be the cops and who would be the robbers,and they even played out a robbery scene and a car chase in their back yard.The boys are engaged in _________ play.

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A)  parallel 
B)  rough-and-tumble 
C)  cooperative 
D)  social pretend

Question 17

Discuss the child's active role in his or her peer socialization.In what aspects of peer relations,popularity,and friendships do children take an active part? In what aspects,if any,do children take a passive part?

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Question 18

In her classic studies of children's play,Mildred Parten found that the peer relations of young children are characterized by three forms of play.What are those forms,and what are their main characteristics?

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Question 19

When designing a procedure for asking students to rate who among their peers is popular,Dr.Shaw should try to make sure that

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A)  the children completing the ratings are popular themselves. 
B)  the children completing the ratings are neither popular nor unpopular themselves. 
C)  she and the children have the same connotations of popularity in mind. 
D)  she also obtains parent and teacher ratings of student popularity.

Question 20

________ maintains that contact with peers,especially those who are more skilled in a given domain,stretches the child's intellectual and social capacities,causing the child to internalize new modes of thinking.

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A)  Piaget 
B)  Decasper 
C)  Fifer 
D)  Vygotsky

Exam 15: Peers

Ryan is the child of authoritarian,power-assertive parents.He is to be classified as

A rejected child is likely to continuously repeat an unsuccessful social behavior.

_________ who are coordinated,strong,and skilled in physical or sporting activities are rated as more popular by their peers and as more socially competent by their teachers and parents.

Marcy is just entering second grade,and she is happy because she has many friends who will be there too.According to research findings on peer relations,Marcy is likely to

When neglected children are asked to enter a group of unfamiliar children already at play,they typically

What is modeling,and how can it be used to train children in social skills?

When popular children are asked to enter a group of unfamiliar children already at play,they typically

Most children are likely to include themselves as a member of a ;but peers tend to assign other children to a .

Explain dominance hierarchies and their relationship to peer groups.

________ contends that peer interactions prompt,or even coerce,the child to consider the viewpoints of others,thus broadening the child's social perspective taking ability.

Describe peer relations in infancy and early childhood.

Describe the patterns and conceptions of friendships during the early childhood years.

Playmates who become friends do all of the following except

Grant is twelve.As he enters adolescence,he is likely to decrease the amount of his free time spent with peers.

During adolescence,friends become less positive and reciprocally supportive.

Christopher,Mark,Michael,and Patrick were playing "cops and robbers." They decided who would be the cops and who would be the robbers,and they even played out a robbery scene and a car chase in their back yard.The boys are engaged in _________ play.

Discuss the child's active role in his or her peer socialization.In what aspects of peer relations,popularity,and friendships do children take an active part? In what aspects,if any,do children take a passive part?

In her classic studies of children's play,Mildred Parten found that the peer relations of young children are characterized by three forms of play.What are those forms,and what are their main characteristics?

When designing a procedure for asking students to rate who among their peers is popular,Dr.Shaw should try to make sure that

________ maintains that contact with peers,especially those who are more skilled in a given domain,stretches the child's intellectual and social capacities,causing the child to internalize new modes of thinking.