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A rejected-withdrawn; low in self-esteem; low in social skills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