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Erikson's stage for children in early childhood is __________. |
| | A) | industry versus inferiority. |
| | B) | initiative versus guilt. |
| | C) | identity versus identity confusion. |
| | D) | intimacy versus isolation. |
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In early childhood, children tend to think of themselves in terms of a(n) __________ self. |
| | A) | physical |
| | B) | active |
| | C) | abstract |
| | D) | physical and active |
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Which of the following is a characteristic of the 2- to 3-year-old's emotion language and understanding of emotion? |
| | A) | incorrectly labeling simple emotions in self and others. |
| | B) | using emotion language in pretend play. |
| | C) | understanding that the same event may cause different feelings in different people. |
| | D) | unable to talk about the causes and consequences of emotions. |
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__________ is Piaget's first stage of moral development in which rules are conceived of as unchangeable properties of the world. |
| | A) | Empathy |
| | B) | Imminent justice |
| | C) | Heteronomous morality |
| | D) | Autonomous morality |
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__________ is a set of expectations that prescribe how females or males should think, act, and feel. |
| | A) | Gender |
| | B) | Gender role |
| | C) | Gender identity |
| | D) | Sex |
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Which statement best describes the explanation given by the gender schema theory for gender development? |
| | A) | An individual's attention and behavior are guided by an internal motivation to conform to cultural schemas that set out gender-based standards and stereotypes. |
| | B) | Children's gender typing occurs after they have developed a concept of gender, at which point they organize their worlds on the basis of gender. |
| | C) | Children learn expected gender behaviors through rewards and punishments, as well as through observation and imitation of models. |
| | D) | Identification with the same-sex parent, as well as incorporation of gender behavior similar to that expressed by the parent, results after resolution of the Oedipal conflict. |
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__________ parenting involves a restrictive, punitive style in which parents expect children to obey their rules without many questions. |
| | A) | Indulgent |
| | B) | Neglectful |
| | C) | Authoritative |
| | D) | Authoritarian |
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Diana Baumrind's research suggests that parenting which is __________ and __________ leads to the best outcomes for children. |
| | A) | accepting; demanding |
| | B) | accepting; undemanding |
| | C) | rejecting; demanding |
| | D) | rejecting; undemanding |
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Regarding child maltreatment, which of the following statements is TRUE? |
| | A) | Sexual abuse is now recognized as a more widespread problem than was believed in the past. About one-third of parents who were abused themselves when young abuse their own children. |
| | B) | Child abuse does not place the child at risk for a number of different developmental problems. |
| | C) | The majority of maltreated children suffer life-threatening and/or disabling injuries. |
| | D) | Parents who abuse their children rarely come from families where physical punishment was used. |
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WhichWhat percentage of American children have siblings is the INCORRECT statement concerning siblings? |
| | A) | 50 percent Children interact more positively and in more varied ways with their siblings than with their parents.. |
| | B) | 65 percent Children can obtain emotional support from their siblings. |
| | C) | Children interact more positively and in more varied ways with their parents than with their siblings. 80 percent. |
| | D) | 90 percent Siblings may be a stronger socializing influence on the child than their parents are. |
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Regarding the changing family, which of these statements is TRUE? |
| | A) | A common experience of working parents is not feeling guilty about being away from their children. |
| | B) | There is consensus among psychologists that children from divorced families show adjustment problems to a greater extent than do children from nondivorced families. |
| | C) | Research suggests that there are long-term negative effects on children when their mothers work outside the home. |
| | D) | Disengagement from the family is higher among girls than boys in divorced families. |
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Regarding cultural, ethnic, and socioeconomic variation in families, which of the following statements is TRUE? |
| | A) | The most common parenting style around the world is authoritarian. |
| | B) | African American and Latino children are more likely than White American children are to live in smaller families. |
| | C) | Higher-income families use discipline that emphasizes externalization, whereaswhile low-income families emphasize internalization. |
| | D) | African American and Latino children are more likely than White American children are to live in extended families. |
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Apparently, peers are important in normal social development because __________. |
| | A) | they serve as powerful socialization agents. |
| | B) | those children who are accepted by their peers are likely to suffer fewer developmental problems. |
| | C) | they provide a source of information and comparison about the world outside of the family. |
| | D) | All of thesethe above are reasons that peers are important in normal social development. |
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Regarding play, which of the following statements is TRUE? |
| | A) | Play is not essential to a young child's health. |
| | B) | Play therapy is not successful in analyzing a child's conflicts and helping with coping with them. |
| | C) | Vygotsky de-emphasized the role of play in cognitive development, whereaswhile Piaget emphasized it. |
| | D) | Play is defined as a pleasurable activity that is engaged in for its own sake. |
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Who developed an elaborate classification of children's play? |
| | A) | Mildred Parten |
| | B) | Diana Baumrind |
| | C) | Martin Hoffman and William Damon |
| | D) | Judith Harris |
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In this type of play, a child plays separately from others but with toys similar to those of others or using a manner that mimics their play. |
| | A) | solitary. |
| | B) | onlooker. |
| | C) | parallel. |
| | D) | cooperative. |
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__________ play involves the repetition of behavior when new skills are being learned. |
| | A) | Sensorimotor |
| | B) | Practice |
| | C) | Symbolic |
| | D) | Constructive |
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The highest incidence of game playing occurs __________. |
| | A) | in the preschool years. |
| | B) | between ages 10 and 12. |
| | C) | between ages 12 and 15. |
| | D) | at no particular age; there are no age differences in the playing of games. |
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Regarding children and television, the following statement is TRUE. |
| | A) | Television violence can induce aggression in children. |
| | B) | Prosocial behaviors on television are associated with increased negative behavior in children. |
| | C) | Children watch only moderate amounts of television. |
| | D) | Television viewing is positively related to children's creativity skills. |
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In which of the following countries do 9-year-old children watch the most television? |
| | A) | United States. |
| | B) | Switzerland. |
| | C) | Spain. |
| | D) | Canada. |
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