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A rejected-withdrawn; low in self-esteem; low in social skills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