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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A are at a time in their development when they do not really care that their parents divorce
B are so successful at adapting to changes that is has little effect upon them
C also blame themselves
D understand that there are other reasons that their parents divorced that have nothing to do with them
Question #2
A popular; high in self-esteem; high in social skills
B controversial; high in self-esteem; low social skills
C rejected-withdrawn; low in self-esteem; low in social skills
D neglected; low in self-esteem; high in social skills
Question #3
A rises; declines; rises
B declines; rises; declines
C declines; plateaus; rises
D rises; peaks; declines
Question #4
A Since he is “nerdish” he probably has very few, if any, friends.
B Intelligence enhances popularity in middle school for those with good social skills, so he probably is quite popular.
C Since other students are jealous of his intelligence, he is probably not very popular.
D He is probably very popular since students really respect intelligence regardless of how good his social skills are.
Question #5
A popular
B neglected
C controversial
D rejected
Question #6
A popular
B neglected
C controversial
D rejected
Question #7
A social construct
B social status
C social knowledge
D social with-it-ness
Question #8
A They probably just have different interests now.
B Her friend betrayed her trust.
C Her friend probably told her that she is moving to a new school.
D Her friend probably showed interest in a boy that your daughter likes.
Question #9
A Heidi, who is in Salima’s class, plays on her soccer team, and attends the church
B Barbara, who is friends with Salima’s older brother and lives in the same neighborhood
C Tom, who attends Salima’s church but is in a different class and plays youth football
D Gary, who was in Salima’s first grade class, invited her to his birthday party, and does poorly in school.
Question #10
A The biological father probably told the children to draw pictures of the family with him omitted to purposefully hurt his feelings.
B This is typical. There is quite a bit of disruption when a divorce occurs and children typically resent their stepfathers.
C You have no idea why his stepchild did this. The stepchild was probably confused.
D Not to worry. This picture was probably drawn before he was part of the family
Question #11
A escalation effect
B mitigating forces
C the Cold War phenomenon
D coercive cycle
Question #12
A internalizing problems
B existential problems
C externalizing problems
D incomplete dominance problems
Question #13
A high; positive
B low; negative
C high; negative
D low; positive
Question #14
A “I’m a fast runner and I like soccer.”
B “I’m really good at math.”
C “I’m good at spelling but there are three kids in my class who are better than me.”
D “Johnny pushed me and then took my toy truck”
Question #15
A social rejection
B social comparison
C social relations
D social template
Question #16
A I really love playing soccer, but I have a little difficulty shooting
B I wish that I could play soccer all day long!
C My soccer team is 4 and 1for the season.
D I like my soccer ball.
Question #17
A He reacts angrily and throws the gift down and runs to his room.
B He begins to cry in disappointment, which makes your parents feel horrible.
C He conceals his true feelings of disappointment because he does not want to hurt his grandparents’ feelings.
D He laughs and yells out, “You are kidding, right?”
Question #18
A He would probably not express much in the way of emotions, as children in middle childhood are not very emotionally mature or responsive.
B He would be enormously happy that he made it. He worked hard to get to the next round.
C He would have mixed emotions. He would be happy that he made it, but also sad that his study partner did not.
D He would be enormously sad that his study partner did not make it to the next round and would not be able to find any joy in making it himself.
Question #19
A unhappiness and emotional instability
B depression and anxiety
C contentment and emotional stability
D agitation and feelings of being tense
Question #20
A rare; increased substantially
B unusual; disappeared
C frequent; declined substantially
D universal; grown exponentially
Question #21
A “Most of the research for bilingualism is positive. Sometimes children have difficulty with syntax; however, it is better to learn a second language sooner than later.”
B “It is generally not recommended to teach bilingualism as it is too much for the child to handle. Their brains are just not ready for it.”
C “If you want your son to be bilingual it is recommended that you wait until he is at least 14 to teach the second language. The brain is further developed at a later age.”
D “If you teach your child both English and Spanish his teacher will become frustrated and take it out on his grades. It is generally not recommended.”
Question #22
A unfavorable; interferes
B detrimental; interferes
C favorable; does not interfere
D stifling; does not interfere
Question #23
A literacy-based rating
B sight words–based reading
C phonics-based reading
D a whole-language approach to reading
Question #24
A analytical intelligence
B practical intelligence
C logical–mathematical intelligence
D creative intelligence
Question #25
A intrapersonal intelligence
B spatial intelligence
C bodily–kinesthetic intelligence
D musical intelligence
Question #26
A spatial and naturalistic
B musical and bodily–kinesthetic
C linguistic and logical–mathematical
D interpersonal and intrapersonal
Question #27
A neurological development
B evolution
C environment
D genetics
Question #28
A reaction range
B variance from the mean
C standard deviation
D heritability ratio
Question #29
A the higher the correlation in their IQ scores
B the greater the diversity in subskills on an intelligence test
C the less correlated their IQ scores are
D the greater the likelihood that there will be children with very low IQ scores in the family
Question #30
A inverted-U; inverted-V
B camelback; double hill
C normal distribution; bell
D variance from the mean; absolute value
Question #31
A families help them remember
B knowledge base gets larger
C strategies become more elaborate and purposeful
D brains get bigger
Question #32
A organization
B repetition
C elaboration
D rehearsal
Question #33
A That the neighbor is correct, the treatment of choice in the United States is relaxation therapy.
B That the neighbor is correct, there must be something else going on too. Medication is not the treatment of choice in the United States.
C It is very common in the United States for physicians to misdiagnose ADHD.
D It is very common in the United States to treat ADHD with medication. About 90% of children with ADHD receive medication.
Question #34
A have a larger corpus collosum
B have neurofibulary tangling and plaques
C have a right hemisphere that is noticeably larger than the left hemisphere
D are slightly smaller and grow more slowly
Question #35
A Since his wife does not have ADHD the baby probably will not either.
B He should worry, almost all children have ADHD today.
C He does not need to worry, ADHD skips a generation.
D He is probably correct to worry, there is a genetic link for ADHD and boys are more likely to have it.
Question #36
A attention hypertensive disorder (AHD)
B attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
C attention displacement disorder (ADD)
D attention deficit disorder (ADD)
Question #37
A motivation and diligence
B attention and memory
C decentering and critical processing
D visual scanning and search routines
Question #38
A parallelism
B seriation
C conservation
D transitive inference
Question #39
A decentering
B reversibility
C animism
D egocentrism
Question #40
A “I can’t tell”
B “the ball”
C “they are both the same”
D “the long one”
Question #41
A His son is probably not going to be athletic. He is too clumsy.
B Perhaps your brother should enroll his son in gymnastics to help him improve his coordination.
C His son’s chance of being a great baseball player are doomed. Your nephew’s fine motor skills seem to be abnormal.
D Gross motor skills continue to develop for quite a while, he should be patient.
Question #42
A Obese children, not overweight children, are the happiest children in most cultures.
B Although overweight children tend to be happier compared to their peers, this is only true in adolescence, not earlier in childhood.
C Not only are they the happiest, they have the most friends.
D Overweight children are at risk for a variety of emotional and behavior problems.
Question #43
A high income families
B White American families
C ethnic minority groups
D first-generation families
Question #44
A underweight; emaciated
B emaciated; underweight
C obese; overweight
D overweight; obese
Question #45
A developing countries; reading, writing, and using computers
B developed countries; hunting, farming, and gathering
C developing countries; hunting, farming, and gathering
D developed countries; reading, writing, and using computers
Question #46
A gender roles
B gender identity
C gender constancy
D gender schemas
Question #47
A a sex schema
B gender socialization
C a biological construct
D sexual-social identity
Question #48
A as it turns out, very aggressive children during early childhood perform at superior levels in school
B she should be concerned, but there is nothing that she can do
C she should not be concerned; most children in early childhood go through this phase and will eventually stop being aggressive
D she should be concerned; aggressive behavior in early childhood is a predictor of aggression in adolescence and adulthood
Question #49
A verbal aggression
B instrumental aggression
C hostile aggression
D relational aggression
Question #50
A Relational aggression; physical aggression
B Hostile aggression; instrumental aggression
C Instrumental aggression; hostile aggression
D Physical aggression; relational aggression
Question #51
A competitive play in which there are clear “winners”
B watching television and engaging in aggressive acting
C quiet play, role playing, fantasy, and cooperative play
D rough and tumble, high activity, and aggressive play
Question #52
A watching television and acting out the roles they are watching
B rough and tumble, high activity, and aggressive play
C quiet play with many individuals cooperatively playing
D very introspective play with considerable role playing
Question #53
A greater the likelihood that they would be aggressive and antisocial in adolescence
B the more likely they would be depressed and psychologically damaged as adults
C the less likely that these children would graduate from high school
D less likely they would be aggressive and antisocial in adolescence
Question #54
A Authoritative parenting style
B An insecure attachment
C Corporal punishment
D Psychological control
Question #55
A parents show a hands-off approach that is characteristic of low demandingness and low responsiveness
B is an emphasis of love, closeness, and mutual obligation within the Latino family
C is a cultural mandate that requires all parents to express high responsiveness and high demandingness to their children
D is common in Asian cultures where children are expected to respect, obey, and revere their parents throughout life
Question #56
A exponential or quadrupling relationship
B one-way or unilateral relationship
C reciprocal or bidirectional relationship
D hypothetical or theoretical relationship
Question #57
A authoritative
B disengaged
C permissive
D authoritarian
Question #58
A high demandingness and low responsiveness.
B low demandingness and low responsiveness.
C low demandingness and high responsiveness.
D high demandingness and high responsiveness.
Question #59
A permissive
B disengaged
C authoritative
D authoritarian
Question #60
A authoritarian
B disengaged
C permissive
D authoritative
Question #61
A limitations; empathy
B warmth; control
C empathy; limitations
D control; warmth
Question #62
A gender socialization
B gender roles
C self-socialization
D gender constancy
Question #63
A He has nothing to be concerned about. Overcontrol is associated with extraordinary academic success.
B He should be concerned in that overcontrol is associated with depression and anxiety when she gets older.
C He should be glad; a friend of yours has a child who has absolutely no self-regulation and that child is very hard to control.
D He should not be concerned; she will lighten up on her own soon.
Question #64
A aggression and conflict in early childhood and beyond
B not realizing their academic potential
C ulcers and other physical problems
D not likely to have serious relationships as adults
Question #65
A the grammatical quality of language
B the morphemic quality of language
C the pragmatic quality of language
D how prosody varies within language
Question #66
A a time period in which children must be exposed to spoken language in order to learn it
B a time period in which the rules of language are best learned
C a time period in which the learning of language must occur or it never will
D a time period in which the capacity for learning new words is especially pronounced
Question #67
A an instructional method that is as formal as the children understand
B the Socratic method
C Piaget’s model of readiness, as strictly as possible
D developmentally appropriate educational practice
Question #68
A child temperament, the parenting style of the children’s home environment, physical facilities, and emotional reactivity of caregivers
B age-appropriate materials and activities, parenting styles of caregivers, temperament and reactivity of the children, and teacher–child interactions
C education and training of teachers, class size and child–teacher ratio, age-appropriate materials and activities, and teacher–child interactions
D parenting style of the caregivers, quality of educational material, temperament and reactivity of the children, and class size and teacher–child ratio
Question #69
A Sigmund Freud
B Carl Rogers
C Jean Piaget
D Lev Vygotsky
Question #70
A Piaget did not really like children.
B Piaget was biased since his theory was mostly based on observation of his children.
C Piaget overestimated children’s capabilities.
D Piaget underestimated children’s capabilities.
Question #71
A symbolic function
B representational operations
C intuitive thought
D formal operations
Question #72
A using a stick as a “magic wand” turning rocks into dolls
B pretending that they are on a different planet
C leaving their footprints in the dirt
D engaging in play in which there are two or more teams
Question #73
A animism
B centration
C egocentrism
D reversibility
Question #74
A what the story is about
B how many pages there are in the book
C what she sees
D what you see
Question #75
A “They often attribute human thoughts and feelings to inanimate objects and forces.”
B “They lack the ability to distinguish between their own perspective and another person’s perspective.”
C “They have difficulty understanding that objects can be simultaneously part of more than one class or group.”
D “They often focus on one noticeable aspect of a cognitive problem to the exclusion of other important aspects.”
Question #76
A operate
B center
C conserve
D tertiary operate
Question #77
A writing; throwing
B throwing; writing
C jumping; running
D running; jumping
Question #78
A infantile amnesia
B false memories
C brain damage
D childhood forgetfulness
Question #79
A the hippocampus
B the reticular formation
C the corpus callosum
D the cerebellum
Question #80
A superior genetics
B the new preschool that she is now attending
C growth in her frontal lobe
D superior parenting