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D rejected-withdrawn; low in self-esteem; low in social skills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