Chapter 12 Exam

A  identity vs. identity confusion

B  trust vs. mistrust

C  generativity vs. self-absorption

D  initiative vs. guilt

A  Special talents can surface in adolescence or in later life.

B  The more stimulation a baby gets, the better.

C  Crying is the only way that babies can tell parents that they are hungry.

D  Parental conflicts affect babies.

A  Research indicates that setting fewer boundaries for children helps them become more self-reliant.

B  Studies show that children with responsive parents are able to assume leadership positions in adulthood more efficiently.

C  Adolescents raised in lenient households tend to be less mature and less responsible.

D  A majority of children who grow up in homes with disciplinary parents tend to be hyperactive and irritable.

A  unresponsive

B  helicopter

C  problem

D  reactive

A  play stage, children learn to respond to and fulfill social roles

B  play stage, children distinguish between self and others

C  imitation stage, children participate in organized activities

D  imitation stage, children learn to play multiple roles

A  permissive

B  authoritarian

C  authoritative

D  uninvolved

A  threatening to kick a child out of the house

B  employing physical punishment

C  using positive reinforcements

D  calling a child names

A  low-SES families are more likely to seek professional advice about a child’s development

B  low-SES families experience more problems associated with unemployment

C  middle-SES families face more problems of unemployment and racism

D  low-SES families have more occupational skills

A  Heterosexual families are subjected to more prejudice and discrimination than homosexual families.

B  Parents in homosexual families do not have to juggle work and domestic responsibilities like parents in heterosexual families.

C  There exists a genderless division of labor in homosexual families unlike in heterosexual parents.

D  Parents in homosexual families tend to co-parent more equally than parents in heterosexual families.

A  begin to use language

B  distinguish between self and others

C  learn social norms

D  mimic the behavior of significant others

A  parenting that is warm, responsive, and indulgent

B  parenting that is neither supportive nor demanding because parents are indifferent

C  parenting that is demanding, controlling, and rigid

D  parenting that is supportive and responsive

A  demanding

B  punitive

C  indulgent

D  indifferent

A  indifferent

B  uninvolved

C  authoritative

D  authoritarian