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Child Psychology: A Contemporary Viewpoint, First Canadian Edition

E. Mavis Hetherington, University of Virginia
Ross D. Parke, University of California
Mark Schmuckler, University of Toronto at Scarborough

Peers and Friends

True/False Quiz


1	Pretend play is particularly important in the development of social competence.
		A)	True
		B)	False


2	Peer status groupings are: popular, average, controversial, and neglected.
		A)	True
		B)	False


3	Even three-year-olds can differentiate attractive from unattractive children.
		A)	True
		B)	False


4	Children with relationship goals are more likely to toionship goals are more liketo be hostile in conflict situations.
		A)	True
		B)	False


5	Social status is linked with particular kinds of social behaviours.
		A)	True
		B)	False


6	Unpopular children are no more likely to report feeling lonely and socially dissatisfied than are popular children.
		A)	True
		B)	False


7	In the reward-cost stage, children expect friends to accept and admire them.
		A)	True
		B)	False


8	The most salient social process in early childhood is negative gossip.
		A)	True
		B)	False


9	Social groups in childhood tend to be ordered in a random fashion.
		A)	True
		B)	False


10	A crowd is a collection of people based on shared attitudes or activities that define a particular stereotype.
		A)	True
		B)	False


11	By grades 6 to 7, children expect friends to self disclose.
		A)	True
		B)	False


12	Parents influence their child's peer relationships by serving as coaches or educators.
		A)	True
		B)	False


13	Socially unpopular children are unlikely to remain that way over time.
		A)	True
		B)	False


14	Children of high social status are more likely to be sympathetic to other children.
		A)	True
		B)	False


15	Children form first impressions on the basis of surface characteristics.
		A)	True
		B)	False


16	Up to about 9 years of age, children are willing to choose playmates of either gender.
		A)	True
		B)	False


17	The play styles of the two sexes are remarkably similar.
		A)	True
		B)	False


18	Nonaggressive rejected children are withdrawn, anxious, and socially unskilled.
		A)	True
		B)	False


19	Domestic fantasy play declines in the school years as children play more structured games.
		A)	True
		B)	False


20	Typically, pretend play appears halfway through the second year.
		A)	True
		B)	False

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