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D rejected-withdrawn; low in self-esteem; low in social skills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