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Dep20047074 - Essentials of Life Span Development
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Boys are more _______ aggressive, whereas girls are more _______ aggressive | physically; verbally |
| When her mother asks Selena why she feels so sad, Selena says it is because her best friend just lost her puppy. Selena is exhibiting | empathy. |
| When Travis decided he wanted to catch a bird with a butterfly net, his parents encouraged him to test out his idea. Because his parents supported his plan, he will probably grow up with | initiative. |
| Five-year old Joe is crying because his favorite aunt is moving away. His parents are in the kitchen arguing about how to respond to the situation. Joe's father wants to tell him "big boys don't cry." Joe's mother wants to tell him | Joe's mother's response |
| Joe's father wants to tell him "big boys don't cry." Joe's mother wants to tell him "it is okay to cry when you feel sad." According to research, which response will be most helpful for Joe? | Joe's mother's response |
| Penelope has low self-esteem and is unhappy. She appears to be anxious around her peers and has few friends. | authoritarian |
| Her teacher asks her why she sat by herself at lunch.Penelope stated that the other kids would not want her to join them, because she is ugly and dumb. It is most likely that she grew up in a home with parents who were | authoritarian |
| Two identical glasses are filled to the same level with juice. A child then watches as the juice from one glass is poured into a taller, thinner glass. A child who is capable of concrete operational thought might say | "It's still the same amount of juice—you can tell by just pouring it back." |
| Research on the effects and consequences of bilingualism has shown that | bilingualism does not impair a child's ability to speak either language. |
| In response to child misbehavior, most child psychologists recommend | removing the child from a setting that offers positive reinforcement.C) reasoning with the child.D) explaining the consequences of the child's actions for others. |
| The __________ theory of gender holds that gender development is governed by a child's attraction to his or her opposite-sex parent | psychoanalytic |
| Recent research has revealed which of the following eating pattern(s) as contributing to an increase in obesity from age 2 through adulthood? | an increase in hours of watching televisionC) the increase in the consumption of soft drinksD) an increase intake of salty snacks and pizza |
| Research linking corporal punishment and child behavior has been associated with all of the following, EXCEPT | high levels of moral internalization. |
| Ursula just brought home her report card. She earned Cs and Ds in all of her classes. Ursula's mom's first response was "Oh, you must be very disappointed." | authoritative parent |
| Then, the two of them sat down and tried to determine why she was having difficulty and what they could do to help her get her grades up. They decided that Ursula would start seeing a tutor after school. Ursula's mom is most likely a(n) | authoritative parent |
| In general, the "average male" outperforms the "average female" on all of the following tasks, EXCEPT | verbal. |
| "My computer doesn't like me—it keeps eating my pictures," says Sarah. This is an example of | animism. |
| Recent research suggests that __________ is the most effect treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). | a combination of medication and behavior management |
| When a 2-year-old pretends to "eat" a book and uses this type of play as a funny way to explore ideas, this play is referred to as | symbolic |
| Jeff is independent, flexible, cheerful, friendly, assertive, tactful, comfortable with making decisions, sensitive to the feelings of others, and sympathetic. Jeff can best be described as | androgynous. |
| The drawings that 3-year-old Sally creates tend to be rather inventive and include scribbled designs that represent people, houses, cars, dogs, and so on. Which Piagetian stage/substage of cognitive development is Sally in? | symbolic function substage |
| Mimi looks at her mother and says, "Grandma can't be your mother, because she is my grandmother." Mimi does not yet understand | classification |
| Although Casey has scored poorly on standardized intelligence tests, he has street smarts. According to Sternberg, he has _______ intelligence | practical |
| Luis is able to organize coins in a row from the largest in size (the silver half dollar) to the smallest (a dime). His newfound ability is called | seriation. |
| Amber is given a Stanford-Binet intelligence test. Her mental age is determined to be 12.8 and her chronological age is 11.0. Which of the following can be said about Amber? | Her IQ score is above that of the majority of the population. |
| A police officer visits Laura's and Brett's class to discuss safety rules. To attract the children's attention, the officer brings colorful balloons and lots of jars of bubbles for the children to blow. | salient. |
| Later, Laura tells her parents all about the balloons and bubbles but cannot remember any of the safety rules the officer presented. Laura obviously paid more attention to what was | salient |
| Jermaine and Latoya want to help their daughter develop high self-esteem. What should they do? | Teach her to face problems realistically and cope with them |
| Blanca is a "bully," and no one likes to play with her. Blanca's sociometric status is PROBABLY | rejected |
| Lonnie is in a preschool that is academically focused. The children are all required to do several paper-and-pencil activities each day and are formally tested every Friday on their knowledge | Lonnie will be less positive toward school than a child who attends a less academically oriented preschool. |
| of simple math facts, letter recognition, and simple reading skills. According to the research on developmentally appropriate and inappropriate practices, which of the following is likely to be true? | Lonnie will be less positive toward school than a child who attends a less academically oriented preschool. |
| Sadie has a learning disability and has been placed in a classroom where she is educated in the least restrictive environment possible. This means that Sadie | is placed in as regular a classroom as possible. |
| Colin does not earn high grades on standardized tests but has a black belt in martial arts. According to Gardner, Colin has _______ skills. | bodily-kinesthetic |
| Howie and his little sister, Stephie, are each given one large cookie. The mother breaks Stephie's cookie into four pieces to help her eat it more easily. | conservation. |
| Jacob is a third-grader with a disability that had caused him to be separated from his peers during the school day. Just recently, Jacob has been moved to the regular third-grade classroom. What is this change called? | inclusion |
| In talking with Grandma on the phone, little Marcelo suddenly exclaims, "Oh, look at that pretty red bird!" | egocentrism |
| When his grandmother asks him to describe the bird, Marcelo says, "Out there, out there! Right there, Grandma!" He finally gets frustrated and hangs up. This is an example of | egocentrism |
| Her pediatrician has just told Karly that her 4-year-old son, Manuel, has gained 6 pounds in the last year. Karly should | understand that this is normal |
| Three year old Finn is shown a band-aid box and asked what's inside. Then he is shown that there are really M&Ms inside. | M&Ms; M&Ms |
| When asked what he first thought was inside the box, he will answer __________ and believe that his mother, who has not seen the box, will know that ________ are in the box. | M&Ms; M&Ms |
| Suzie just brought home her report card. She earned Cs and Ds in all of her classes. When looking at the grades, her father stated, "You are an embarrassment to me! You better get those grades up, or else!" Suzie's Dad is most likely a(n) | authoritarian parent. |
| Blanche is 4 years old. What would Blanche MOST likely say if you asked her to describe who she is? | "I have brown hair, and I have a bicycle." |
| Pointing to a tree, young Ramal says, "Bird flied away." Ramal's interesting but inaccurate use of the "-ed" word ending shows that he is trying to learn ________ rules of language. | morphological |
| Julio cannot get his science project to work. In fact, it seems to him that nothing he makes ever works properly. According to Erik Erikson, Julio is at risk for developing a sense of | inferiority |
| Steur, Applefield, and Smith (1971) randomly assigned children to two groups. One group watched cartoons containing violence, and the other group watched cartoons with the violence removed. | We can say that the violent TV caused the increased aggression if all other factors in the groups were equal. |
| During a free-play session, the children who watched the cartoons containing violence showed more aggression than children who watched the nonviolent cartoons. Which conclusion can be drawn from this study? | We can say that the violent TV caused the increased aggression if all other factors in the groups were equal. |
| Jerome and Hani got up early on Saturday morning and decided to make "breakfast in bed" for their mother. While reaching for the bed tray in the back of the hall cabinet | |
| they accidentally bumped, and broke, one of their mother's favorite porcelain dolls. Jerome KNEW that he is going to get into "big trouble"; and, he thought that he SHOULD get into big trouble | |
| Hani told him not to worry because Mom would understand that it was an accident. In what stage would Jean Piaget categorize the moral reasoning of Jerome and Hani? | Jerome—heteronomous morality; Hani—autonomous morality |
| Children who grew up in gay and lesbian families usually identify themselves as: | heterosexual |
| Bernard just brought home his report card and placed it on the television set | |
| Bernard told his dad that he was required to bring the card back to school tomorrow with the signature of one of his parents. | |
| Bernard's dad told him to move out of the way because he could not see the TV set. | |
| The next morning, Bernard found his report card where he left it, unsigned. He signed his dad's name and put it in his backpack. Bernard's dad is most likely a(n) | neglectful parent |
| 42. If you were to advise parents about the preschool program they should select for their children, which of the following would be the BEST advice to give them? | Choose a preschool program which is tightly structured in its activities |
| Which of the following parenting styles has low demands and high responsiveness? | indulgent |
| Julio understands that although he is older than his brother, he is younger than his sister. This is because Julio understands | transitivity. |
| When asked why she participated with other students in a protest against treatment of women on her campus, | |
| Kai says that all humans have the fundamental right to be treated fairly, and that she is morally against the continuing discrimination against women. What is Kai's likely moral level according to Lawrence Kohlberg? | postconventional |
| Latoya talks to herself frequently, especially when she is trying to solve a difficult problem. Lev Vygotsky would say that Latoya is | using private speech to organize and regulate her thinking. |
| When adults are working with young children, they often provide a lot of hints, assistance, instruction, and other support to help the children succeed | |
| As the children demonstrate they can do more for themselves, the adults begin to withdraw these supports. This shows the adults' involvement in the children's | zone of proximal development (ZPD). |
| Carmenita is teaching her son to read by sounding out words in storybooks she reads to him. What approach is she using? | phonics |
| Jack is cutting up a pizza for himself and his little brother, Craig. | |
| He starts to cut it into eight pieces, but his brother says, "Don't cut it into so many pieces; I can't eat that many." | |
| Jack laughs but obeys. Craig's reactions characterize _______ thought, and Jack's reactions characterize _______ thought. | preoperational; concrete operational |
| Paul has an IQ of 68. He lives in his own apartment and supports himself with a job. He has many friends, goes bowling, and eats out frequently. He has no difficulty adapting to everyday life. According to the definition of mental retardation, Paul is | mildly retarded |
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