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A Child's World: Infancy through Adolescence, 9/e
Diane E. Papalia, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Sally Wendkos Olds
Ruth Duskin Feldman

Psychosocial Development during the First Three Years

Multiple Choice



1

Which of the following emotions does not seem to appear during the first year?
A)anger
B)guilt
C)fear
D)surprise
2

An infant suddenly begins to cry loudly and then holds her breath. This is which pattern of crying?
A)hunger cry
B)pain cry
C)frustration cry
D)angry cry
3

The earliest smile of newborns is produced by
A)gas
B)pleasure
C)recognition of parents
D)spontaneous nervous system activity
4

All but which of the following are probably attributable to temperament?
A)insomnia
B)frequent constipation
C)creativity
D)cheerfulness
5

Which of the following 3-year-olds is likely to be best adjusted?
A)Abbie, an "easy" child whose parents are in the midst of a contested divorce
B)Ben, a "slow-to-warm-up" child whose family has had to move four times because of job changes
C)Carol, a "difficult" child whose parents feed her on a flexible schedule
D)none of the above; temperament is not a major factor in adjustment
6

Research suggests that temperamental differences are influenced by
A)heredity
B)parental treatment
C)both a and b
D)neither a nor b
7

Experiments with rhesus monkeys, raised in cages with plain and cloth-covered wire-mesh surrogate "mothers," produced all but which of the following conclusions?
A)Baby monkeys cling more to a surrogate "mother" that provides soft bodily contact than to one that feeds them.
B)Baby monkeys will not take food from an inanimate "mother."
C)Baby monkeys raised with inanimate "mothers" do not grow up normally.
D)Baby monkeys remember a cloth surrogate "mother" better than a plain wire one.
8

Which of the following statements about fathers' relationships with their babies is true?
A)Fathers promote gender-typing more than mothers do.
B)Fathers spend less time playing with their babies than mothers do.
C)Fathers' tendency to be less responsive than mothers is biologically based.
D)In all cultures, fathers' style of playing with their babies is vigorous and highly physical.
9

Differences between infant boys' and girls' personalities
A)are evident almost from birth
B)reflect physiological differences between the sexes
C)may reflect different treatment by adults
D)show up consistently in a number of studies
10

Which of the following grandparents is likely to spend the most time with a grandchild?
A)50-year-old African American living out of town
B)72-year-old African American with teenage grandchild
C)55-year-old white, estranged from child's mother
D)65-year-old white living in the same city
11

Erikson maintained that the resolution of the crisis of trust versus mistrust occurs primarily in
A)the first few hours after birth
B)the period from 18 months to three years of age
C)the feeding situation
D)toilet training
12

Research suggests that the least securely attached babies may be those whose attachment pattern is characterized as
A)disorganized-disoriented
B)ambivalent
C)avoidant
D)resistant
13

Which of the following was the earliest instrument for measuring attachment?
A)Strange Situation
B)Attachment Q-Set
C)Preschool Assessment of Attachment
D)Adult Attachment Interview
14

Which of the following has been identified as a probable factor in security of attachment?
A)number of siblings close in age
B)normal hearing in the baby
C)mother's employment
D)mother's memory of her early attachment to her own mother
15

Which of the following involves a baby's "reading" a caregiver's behavior or expression and adjusting his or her own behavior accordingly?
A)mutual regulation model
B)social referencing
C)both a and b
D)neither a nor b
16

The "still-face" paradigm is used to assess
A)security of attachment
B)mutual regulation
C)stranger anxiety
D)social referencing
17

Babies of severely or chronically depressed mothers tend to do all but which of the following?
A)comfort themselves by rocking or sucking
B)act upset when separated from the mother
C)show poor cognitive development
D)become depressed themselves
18

Stranger anxiety seems to be related to all but which of the following?
A)insecure attachment
B)temperament
C)cultural patterns
D)caregiver's reaction to the stranger
19

As 12-month-old Emily plays in the sandbox, her mother sits nearby on a park bench. When another woman sits down on the bench, Emily looks at her mother uncertainly. Only after Emily sees her mother give the woman a friendly greeting does Emily smile and resume playing. This seems to be an example of
A)internalization
B)separation anxiety
C)insecure attachment
D)social referencing
20

Which of the following stages of self-concept development comes first?
A)self-recognition
B)self-description
C)self-evaluation
D)self-regulation
21

According to Erikson, the "virtue" that should emerge during toddlerhood is
A)will
B)hope
C)self-determination
D)trust
22

Language is a key factor in personality development during Erikson's crisis of
A)basic trust versus basic mistrust
B)autonomy versus shame and doubt
C)mutual regulation versus self-regulation
D)independence versus negativism
23

Which of the following does not seem to be a precursor of conscience?
A)inhibitory control
B)committed compliance
C)situational compliance
D)concern with flawed objects
24

All but which of the following statements about sibling relationships in infancy and toddlerhood are true?
A)Most behavioral problems of older siblings disappear by the time a new baby is 8 months old.
B)Young children become attached to older brothers and sisters.
C)Siblings who are farther apart in age tend to fight more.
D)Two-year-olds often tease older siblings.
25

Which of the following is not necessarily a criterion of good day care?
A)small groups of children
B)college-educated caregivers
C)child-related training of caregivers
D)high staff-child ratio
26

When tested for intelligence and on other cognitive measures, 2-to-4-year-olds in good day care centers
A)Score slightly lower than home-raised children.
B)Score significantly lower than home-raised children.
C)Score as high or higher than home-raised children, but this gain is often temporary.
D)Appear to attain a permanent advantage over home-raised children.
27

In research on children in a semirural area who entered day care before the age of 8 months, which of the following was a better predictor of social adjustment?
A)age of entry
B)quality of care
C)hours spent in care
D)All were equally good predictors.