Question 1

Grasping the objective self requires which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A) Self-recognition 
B) Self-subjection 
C) Self-attachment 
D) The existential self

Question 2

According to your textbook,which of the following is a predictor of attachment quality?

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A) Marital status 
B) Child's gender 
C) Ethnicity 
D) Number of other children

Question 3

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

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Question 4

Some infants between 6 and 16 months experience a fear of people they do not know.Which of the following terms best identifies this fearful phase that seems to disappear as quickly as it came?

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A) Stranger anxiety 
B) Separation anxiety 
C) Social referencing 
D) Affect dysregulation

Question 5

Which of the following statements about gender and temperament is true?

Accepted Answer

A) Boys are generally more sociable than girls. 
B) Girls are more emotionally intense that boys. 
C) Boys tend to show more fear responses than girls do. 
D) Temperament differences between boys and girls are smaller than what is perceived by parents and other adults.

Question 6

At what age will a toddler show a sharp increase in self-awareness?

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A) 9-12 months 
B) 13-17 months 
C) 18-20 months 
D) 21-24 months

Question 7

What happens to an infant's emotional expression as it begins to comprehend others' emotional expressions?

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Question 8

Research suggests that infants can identify changes in the emotions expressed in others' faces at age ________.

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Question 9

Which term would Freud use when referring to the interdependence between mother and child?

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A) One-way 
B) Symbiotic 
C) Dual 
D) Monotonous

Question 10

_________ 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.

Accepted Answer

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

Question 11

Which of the following groups of children is most likely to benefit the most from non-familial day care?

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A) Children who are physically active 
B) Children from homes that are highly enriched 
C) Children from affluent homes 
D) Children from poor homes

Question 12

What is Freud's view of the relationship between a mother and young infant?

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Question 13

List three countries in which children are likely to be less securely attached than children in the U.S.

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Question 14

For children younger than 2,the teacher/child ratio should be no higher than _____.

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A) 1:2 
B) 1:3 
C) 1:4 
D) 1:6

Question 15

Which of the following is another term for the objective self?

Accepted Answer

A) Categorical self 
B) Subjective self 
C) Irrational self 
D) Regulated self

Question 16

At what age do self-conscious emotions typically arise?

Accepted Answer

A) 18 months 
B) 30 months 
C) 34 months 
D) 36 months

Question 17

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

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Question 18

Identify the characteristics of the slow-to-warm-up child.

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Question 19

What determines whether a child placed in day care will develop a normal range of vocabulary?

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Question 20

Which of the following suggests that humans need and seek to form relationships early in life as a matter of genetics?

Accepted Answer

A) Psychosexual theory 
B) Psychosocial theory 
C) Symbiosis theory 
D) Attachment theory

Exam 6: Social and Personality Development in Infancy