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1 |  |  School-age children have trouble recognizing apparently contradictory aspects of themselves. |
|  | A) | True |
|  | B) | False |
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2 |  |  When 8- to 12-year-old children evaluate themselves, they give the most importance to physical appearance. |
|  | A) | True |
|  | B) | False |
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3 |  |  According to some research, school-age children spend only about half an hour a day interacting with their parents. |
|  | A) | True |
|  | B) | False |
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4 |  |  As children become preadolescents, the quality of family problem solving improves. |
|  | A) | True |
|  | B) | False |
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5 |  |  Parents' approach to child rearing generally changes as children grow older. |
|  | A) | True |
|  | B) | False |
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6 |  |  Children tend to be adversely affected by their mothers' employment. |
|  | A) | True |
|  | B) | False |
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7 |  |  Self-care children generally live with poor single parents in urban neighborhoods. |
|  | A) | True |
|  | B) | False |
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8 |  |  Husbands of working mothers tend to be more involved in housework and child care than husbands of at-home mothers. |
|  | A) | True |
|  | B) | False |
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9 |  |  Children tend to do better in intact families. |
|  | A) | True |
|  | B) | False |
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10 |  |  Children often blame themselves for their parents' divorce. |
|  | A) | True |
|  | B) | False |
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11 |  |  The final task children face, in their adjustment to divorce, is accepting its permanence. |
|  | A) | True |
|  | B) | False |
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12 |  |  Children whose parents have joint custody generally adjust to divorce better than those who are in sole custody of one parent. |
|  | A) | True |
|  | B) | False |
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13 |  |  During the 1980s, the number of father-only families grew three times as fast as the number of mother-only families. |
|  | A) | True |
|  | B) | False |
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14 |  |  Boys tend to have more trouble than girls in accepting a stepfather. |
|  | A) | True |
|  | B) | False |
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15 |  |  Younger siblings tend to be good at sensing other people's needs. |
|  | A) | True |
|  | B) | False |
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16 |  |  Elder siblings more regularly take care of younger ones in nonindustrialized than in industrialized societies. |
|  | A) | True |
|  | B) | False |
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17 |  |  A study of school-age children in Montreal found that ethnic prejudice increases with age. |
|  | A) | True |
|  | B) | False |
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18 |  |  In China, sensitive, shy children tend to be unpopular during middle childhood. |
|  | A) | True |
|  | B) | False |
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19 |  |  During middle childhood, friends disagree more than children who are not friends. |
|  | A) | True |
|  | B) | False |
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20 |  |  Children who are victims of bullies often continue to be victimized even when they have different classmates. |
|  | A) | True |
|  | B) | False |
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21 |  |  A child who exhibits school phobia should be allowed to stay home until the phobia subsides. |
|  | A) | True |
|  | B) | False |
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22 |  |  Ten-year-olds frequently make up stories about their exploits and lie to avoid punishment. |
|  | A) | True |
|  | B) | False |
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23 |  |  In family therapy, the child whose problem causes the family to seek treatment is sometimes the healthiest member. |
|  | A) | True |
|  | B) | False |
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24 |  |  Drug therapy is treatment for drug addiction. |
|  | A) | True |
|  | B) | False |
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25 |  |  Therapy for specific problems tends to be more effective than therapy aimed at improving social adjustment in general. |
|  | A) | True |
|  | B) | False |
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26 |  |  Children generally take frequent moves in stride. |
|  | A) | True |
|  | B) | False |
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27 |  |  School is a source of worry for many children. |
|  | A) | True |
|  | B) | False |
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28 |  |  Resilient children are likely to have at least one close relationship with a competent, caring adult. |
|  | A) | True |
|  | B) | False |
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