Chapter 12 Exam

A  generativity vs. self-absorption

B  identity vs. identity confusion

C  initiative vs. guilt

D  trust vs. mistrust

A  Special talents can surface in adolescence or in later life.

B  The more stimulation a baby gets, the better.

C  Parental conflicts affect babies.

D  Crying is the only way that babies can tell parents that they are hungry.

A  A majority of children who grow up in homes with disciplinary parents tend to be hyperactive and irritable.

B  Research indicates that setting fewer boundaries for children helps them become more self-reliant.

C  Adolescents raised in lenient households tend to be less mature and less responsible.

D  Studies show that children with responsive parents are able to assume leadership positions in adulthood more efficiently.

A  reactive

B  problem

C  unresponsive

D  helicopter

A  play stage, children learn to respond to and fulfill social roles

B  imitation stage, children learn to play multiple roles

C  imitation stage, children participate in organized activities

D  play stage, children distinguish between self and others

A  authoritative

B  uninvolved

C  permissive

D  authoritarian

A  calling a child names

B  threatening to kick a child out of the house

C  using positive reinforcements

D  employing physical punishment

A  middle-SES families face more problems of unemployment and racism

B  low-SES families are more likely to seek professional advice about a child’s development

C  low-SES families experience more problems associated with unemployment

D  low-SES families have more occupational skills

A  There exists a genderless division of labor in homosexual families unlike in heterosexual parents.

B  Heterosexual families are subjected to more prejudice and discrimination than homosexual families.

C  Parents in homosexual families tend to co-parent more equally than parents in heterosexual families.

D  Parents in homosexual families do not have to juggle work and domestic responsibilities like parents in heterosexual families.

A  begin to use language

B  mimic the behavior of significant others

C  learn social norms

D  distinguish between self and others

A  parenting that is supportive and responsive

B  parenting that is demanding, controlling, and rigid

C  parenting that is neither supportive nor demanding because parents are indifferent

D  parenting that is warm, responsive, and indulgent

A  punitive

B  indulgent

C  indifferent

D  demanding

A  authoritarian

B  uninvolved

C  authoritative

D  indifferent