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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A Cara, whose parents punish her when she loses control of her emotions
B Sal, whose parents rarely express positive emotions
C Louisa, who experiences negative emotion intensely
D Sean, whose parents explain strategies for controlling feelings
Question #2
A play.
B scaffolding.
C modeling.
D discipline.
Question #3
A maintains that children acquire gender-typed responses through modeling and reinforcement.
B maintains that biological factors have a greater impact on gender typing than environmental factors.
C is an information-processing approach that combines social learning and cognitive-development features.
D explains how environmental factors contribute to sex differences in behavior and personality traits.
Question #4
A less often display prosocial behavior.
B less often display sympathetic concern for others.
C experience personal distress when she sees a peer in distress.
D help, share, and comfort others in distress.
Question #5
A Read-aloud books
B Self-evaluative narratives
C Formal lessons
D Concrete rewards
Question #6
A rely on rewards and punishment to shape their child’s behavior.
B threaten to withdraw their love to motivate good behavior.
C model the behavior that they want their child to follow.
D point out the effects of their child’s misbehavior on others.
Question #7
A calling attention to gender.
B asking children to avoid using gender labels.
C affirming children’s stereotypical gender claims.
D labeling gender for children.
Question #8
A children are verbally aggressive towards others.
B very serious transgressions occur.
C they want to foster long-term goals.
D immediate obedience is necessary.
Question #9
A positive parenting.
B an inner standard of morality.
C a disciplinarian moral imperative.
D induction.
Question #10
A more; display prosocial behavior
B less; repair damage after misdeeds
C less; confess after wrongdoing
D more; misbehave
Question #11
A compared with Western parents, Chinese parents praise their children more often.
B Chinese parents report expressing affection and using induction as much as American parents do.
C compared with Western parents, Chinese parents describe their parenting as more permissive.
D compared with Chinese parents, Western parents more often use reason-oriented discipline.
Question #12
A initially helps families with aggressive children, but the effects of the parent training component do not endure.
B is somewhat helpful to control groups but does not improve the parenting of children with conduct problems.
C improves parenting and reduces child behavior problems in families with aggressive children.
D does not have any real lasting impact on children with serious conduct problems.
Question #13
A modeling
B selection
C typing
D identity
Question #14
A relational
B physical
C proactive
D verbal
Question #15
A gender constancy; gender awareness
B behavior; self-perceptions
C gender constancy; gender identity
D self-perceptions; behavior
Question #16
A at birth.
B in early childhood.
C in late childhood.
D prenatally.
Question #17
A authoritarian
B authoritative
C permissive
D uninvolved
Question #18
A Children in collectivist societies generally play in large groups, which require high levels of cooperation.
B Children in individualistic cultures tend to play in larger groups than children in collectivist cultures.
C Children in collectivist cultures spend more time in parallel play than children in individualistic cultures.
D Children in collectivist cultures spend more time in make-believe play than children in individualistic cultures.
Question #19
A more; encourage associative play than to encourage parallel play
B less; encourage pretend play than those who value its cognitive and social benefits
C more; have children who have rich imaginations than those who view play as developmentally beneficial
D more; provide props than those who value its cognitive and social benefits
