Question 1

From Research Report on page 144: What two factors are likely to contribute to gender differences in temperament?

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Question 2

Roberto is 11 months old. He smiles a lot, is generally cheerful and shows little anxiety around strangers. Which type of temperament does Roberto have?

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A)  Difficult 
B)  Slow-to-warm-up 
C)  Easy 
D)  Approachful

Question 3

Based on the video BLANK, explain why it is important that children learn to regulate emotions.

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Question 4

Which of the following is NOT a self-conscious emotion?

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A)  Shame 
B)  Embarrassment 
C)  Pride 
D)  Happiness

Question 5

Define objective self. What is another term for objective self?

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Question 6

Bart depends on his mother for everything he needs. When he cries, she responds with food or a clean diaper or a cuddle. Erikson would say that Bart's mother is helping him resolve the conflict known as

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A)  trust versus mistrust. 
B)  the oral stage. 
C)  fear versus comfort. 
D)  the dependent stage.

Question 7

In the Harlow monkey studies, with which "mother" did the infant monkeys spend the most time?

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A)  The mother without a bottle or terrycloth 
B)  The mother with the bottle 
C)  The mother covered in terrycloth 
D)  The mother with a bottle and covered in terrycloth

Question 8

Your neighbor Sarah told you that her two children were obviously very different and it was noticeable right from birth. According to Sarah, her son was fussy and rarely slept through the night, while her daughter was calm and adapted very easily to any situation. Sarah is describing which aspect of her children's differing personalities?

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A)  Attachment pattern 
B)  Patterns of sociability 
C)  Temperament 
D)  Mood

Question 9

Children become self aware around the age of ________ months.

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Question 10

List some of the behaviors you would expect to see in a child with an insecure/ambivalent attachment,

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Question 11

The type of attachment seen in phase 3 of Bowlby's attachment theory is called ________ .

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Question 12

_________ is most associated with the view that infants are biologically predisposed to form emotional bonds with caregivers and that the characteristics of those bonds shape later social and personality development.

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A)  Freud 
B)  Erikson 
C)  Harlow 
D)  Bowlby

Question 13

________ attachment is characterized by dazed or confused behavior by the infant, with a contradictory pattern of responding to the primary caregiver.

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Question 14

What is unique about the Efe culture in regard to child rearing?

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A)  Children typically have only one primary caregiver. 
B)  Children are raised by their fathers, not their mothers. 
C)  Children are raised by the entire community. 
D)  Children are left to fend for themselves as soon as they are able to walk.

Question 15

Which of the following is associated with shyness?

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A)  Temporal lobe deficiency 
B)  Frontal lobe asymmetry 
C)  Occipital lobe favoring 
D)  Cortical stimulation

Question 16

Jaslin is a caregiver in a local day care. Parents often describe her as involved, positive, and responsive to the children. Jaslin would be defined as what type of caregiver?

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A)  Sympathetic 
B)  Knowledgeable 
C)  Well organized 
D)  Sensitive

Question 17

Gregory cries and his mother responds immediately. When he coos at his mother, she smiles and cuddles him. Developmentalists would say that this is an example of ________.

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Question 18

What did researchers find in cross-cultural studies of attachment?

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A)  Insecure attachment was more common in western cultures. 
B)  European countries value independence, fostering insecure attachment. 
C)  Avoidant children were more common in Israel and Japan. 
D)  Secure attachment is the most common pattern in the eight countries studied.

Question 19

________ is a pattern of responding to people and objects in the environment.

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Question 20

What is unique about the day care center shown in the video?

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A)  It cares for special needs children. 
B)  It cares for the very young and the very old. 
C)  It cares for elderly adults. 
D)  It cares for children who are orphaned.

Exam 6: Social and Personality Development in Infancy