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