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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A Permissive
B Authoritative
C Uninvolved
D Authoritarian
Question #2
A Engage in psychological control
B Promote maturity and adjustment in children of diverse temperaments
C Are overindulgent
D Sometimes engage in neglect
Question #3
A Ryan, who is fearless
B Bonny who is impulsive
C Isabella, who is cooperative
D Brigham, who has low self-esteem
Question #4
A Parents commit more than 80 percent of abusive incidents
B Neglect includes ridicule, humiliation and intimidation
C Nonparent relatives commit about 30 percent of abusive incidents
D Child abuse is modern problem and is especially common in non-industrialized nations
Question #5
A Fairly similar for mothers and fathers
B Higher for fathers than for mothers
C Higher for mothers than for fathers
D Lower than rates of sexual abuse
Question #6
A The child’s temperament
B Family size
C The parents’ characteristics
D The child’s gender
Question #7
A Lack “lifelines”
B Are skilled at establishing social relationships
C Hyperfocus on their children
D Have developmental problems
Question #8
A Improved executive function
B Few long-term problems
C Serious adjustment problems
D Cognitive gains
Question #9
A Providing social supports to families
B Involvement with Child Protective Services
C The use of anti-aggression medication
D The use of anti-depression
Question #10
A Are emotionally detached and depressed, with little time and energy for children
B Exercise firm, reasonable control over their children
C Insist on mature behavior and give reasons for their expectations
D Lack of confidence in their ability to influence their child’s behavior
Question #11
A Combine low acceptance and involvement with little control and general indifference to issues of autonomy
B Insist on mature behavior and give reason for their expectations
C Simply lack confidence in their ability to influence their child’s behavior
D Exert control, yell, command, criticize, and threaten their children
Question #12
A Gender constancy; gender identity
B Self-perceptions, behavior
C Gender constancy; gender awareness
D Behavior, self-perceptions
Question #13
A Girls are especially intolerant of “cross-gender” play in other girls
B Preschoolers play in mixed-gender groups more than they play in same-sex groups
C When preschoolers engage in “cross-gender” activities, peers criticize them
D Preschoolers often engage in “cross-gender” activities at home but rarely do so in the presence of peers
Question #14
A Trucks and blocks over dolls
B Quiet over active play
C Girl playmates
D “ladylike” behavior
Question #15
A A boy quietly looking at a book
B A boy playing with a Barbie doll
C A girl wearing overalls
D A girl running in a race
Question #16
A Typing
B modeling
C Selection
D Identify
Question #17
A Behaviorist
B Cognitive- developmental
C Psychoanalytic
D Social learning
Question #18
A Remains optional for new television sets in the US
B Violates the First Amendment right to free speech
C Allows parents to block undesired TV programs
D Identifies violent TV and computer programs
Question #19
A Has a greater impact on teens than on preschool and young school-age children
B Increases the likelihood of aggressive children
C Does not spark hostile behavior in nonaggression children
D Impacts girls more than boys
Question #20
A Consider physical punishment to be wrong
B Culturally approve of physical discipline
C Seem to mete out physical punishment differently
D Are usually highly agitated when they use physical punishment
Question #21
A Children are verbally aggressive towards others
B Very serious transgression occur
C Immediate obedience is necessary
D They want to foster long-term goals
Question #22
A Prosocial acts often occur spontaneously in early childhood
B Guilt is the only force that compels us to act morally
C Morality is acquired through reinforcement and modeling
D Children behave morally because they are capable of effortful control
Question #23
A Point out the effects of their child’s misbehavior on others
B Threaten to withdraw their love to motivate good behavior
C Rely on rewards and punishment to shape their child’s behavior
D Model the behavior that they want their child to follow
Question #24
A Listen to the id to avoid shame and doubt
B Obey the superego to avoid guilt
C Obey the ego to avoid feelings of mistrust
D Listen to the id to avoid shame and doubt
Question #25
A Prenatally
B At birth
C In late childhood
D In early childhood
Question #26
A Roger should talk to his son about the values associated with friendship
B Roger should encourage his son to make his own play dates
C Roger should arrange informal peer play activities
D Roger should encourage his son to play group sports
Question #27
A Likes you and shares toys
B Will be in a relationship with you for a long time
C Understands you and cares about you
D Trusts you and who you trust
Question #28
A More make-believe play than parallel play
B Nonsocial functional play involving repetitive motor action
C More solitary play than play with peers
D More parallel play than nonsocial activity
Question #29
A Nonsocial, parallel, associative, cooperative
B Associative, cooperative, parallel, nonsocial
C Nonsocial, parallel, cooperative, associative
D Cooperative, parellel, nonsocial, associative
Question #30
A Frowning and lip biting
B Fear and anger
C Sympathetic concern
D Anxiety and distress
Question #31
A Empathic responding increases
B The tendency to focus on ones own anxiety increases
C Children rely less on words to convey empathic feelings
D Sympathetic feelings decrease
Question #32
A Explain strategies for controlling feelings
B Label children’s feelings as overemotional
C Rarely express emotion
D React boldly when angry or frustrated
Question #33
A Label emotions, explain them, and express warmth and enthusiasm when conversing with preschoolers
B Encourage peer sociability and demand that their children share with peers
C Expect their children to behave like adults
D Label their children’s successes and failures and point out when their children make errors
Question #34
A Emotional self-regulation improves
B Self-esteem develops from repeated experiences with failure
C The ego begins to cause children to feel guilt
D Preschoolers focus less intently on qualities that make them unique
Question #35
A Self-concept, self-esteem
B Self-esteem, self-concept
C Self-concept, identify
D Identity, self-concept
Question #36
A Chinese parents told stories stressing the impact of the child’s misdeeds on others
B Irish-American parents told stories interpreting the child’s misbehavior as a negative act
C Irish-American parents told their preschoolers stories about the child’s misdeeds
D Chinese parents rarely told their preschoolers stories about children’s transgressions
Question #37
A “I am cheerful”
B “I am friendly”
C “I have new blue shoes”
D “I am shy”
Question #38
A Have an overly lenient superego
B Are threatened, criticized, and punished excessively by adults
C Identify to closely with other-sex parent
D Identify too closely with the same-sex parent
Question #39
A Modeling
B Play
C Discipline
D Scaffolding
Question #40
A Achieve the psychological conflict of the preschool years
B Have a new sense of purposefulness
C Become hesitant to try new things
D Become less contrary than they were as toddlers