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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A Permissive
B Authoritarian
C Authoritative
D Uninvolved
Question #2
A Engage in psychological control
B Promote maturity and adjustment in children of diverse temperaments
C Sometimes engage in neglect
D Are overindulgent
Question #3
A Bonny who is impulsive
B Isabella, who is cooperative
C Ryan, who is fearless
D Brigham, who has low self-esteem
Question #4
A Parents commit more than 80 percent of abusive incidents
B Neglect includes ridicule, humiliation and intimidation
C Child abuse is modern problem and is especially common in non-industrialized nations
D Nonparent relatives commit about 30 percent of abusive incidents
Question #5
A Higher for mothers than for fathers
B Higher for fathers than for mothers
C Fairly similar for mothers and fathers
D Lower than rates of sexual abuse
Question #6
A Family size
B The parents’ characteristics
C The child’s gender
D The child’s temperament
Question #7
A Are skilled at establishing social relationships
B Have developmental problems
C Lack “lifelines”
D Hyperfocus on their children
Question #8
A Few long-term problems
B Serious adjustment problems
C Cognitive gains
D Improved executive function
Question #9
A The use of anti-aggression medication
B Involvement with Child Protective Services
C Providing social supports to families
D The use of anti-depression
Question #10
A Exercise firm, reasonable control over their children
B Are emotionally detached and depressed, with little time and energy for children
C Insist on mature behavior and give reasons for their expectations
D Lack of confidence in their ability to influence their child’s behavior
Question #11
A Insist on mature behavior and give reason for their expectations
B Simply lack confidence in their ability to influence their child’s behavior
C Exert control, yell, command, criticize, and threaten their children
D Combine low acceptance and involvement with little control and general indifference to issues of autonomy
Question #12
A Behavior, self-perceptions
B Gender constancy; gender identity
C Gender constancy; gender awareness
D Self-perceptions, behavior
Question #13
A Girls are especially intolerant of “cross-gender” play in other girls
B Preschoolers often engage in “cross-gender” activities at home but rarely do so in the presence of peers
C Preschoolers play in mixed-gender groups more than they play in same-sex groups
D When preschoolers engage in “cross-gender” activities, peers criticize them
Question #14
A Quiet over active play
B Trucks and blocks over dolls
C “ladylike” behavior
D Girl playmates
Question #15
A A girl wearing overalls
B A boy playing with a Barbie doll
C A boy quietly looking at a book
D A girl running in a race
Question #16
A Typing
B Identify
C Selection
D modeling
Question #17
A Psychoanalytic
B Behaviorist
C Cognitive- developmental
D Social learning
Question #18
A Identifies violent TV and computer programs
B Allows parents to block undesired TV programs
C Violates the First Amendment right to free speech
D Remains optional for new television sets in the US
Question #19
A Impacts girls more than boys
B Has a greater impact on teens than on preschool and young school-age children
C Does not spark hostile behavior in nonaggression children
D Increases the likelihood of aggressive children
Question #20
A Seem to mete out physical punishment differently
B Consider physical punishment to be wrong
C Are usually highly agitated when they use physical punishment
D Culturally approve of physical discipline
Question #21
A They want to foster long-term goals
B Children are verbally aggressive towards others
C Immediate obedience is necessary
D Very serious transgression occur
Question #22
A Children behave morally because they are capable of effortful control
B Guilt is the only force that compels us to act morally
C Prosocial acts often occur spontaneously in early childhood
D Morality is acquired through reinforcement and modeling
Question #23
A Point out the effects of their child’s misbehavior on others
B Threaten to withdraw their love to motivate good behavior
C Rely on rewards and punishment to shape their child’s behavior
D Model the behavior that they want their child to follow
Question #24
A Obey the superego to avoid guilt
B Listen to the id to avoid shame and doubt
C Obey the ego to avoid feelings of mistrust
D Listen to the id to avoid shame and doubt
Question #25
A Prenatally
B In late childhood
C In early childhood
D At birth
Question #26
A Roger should talk to his son about the values associated with friendship
B Roger should encourage his son to make his own play dates
C Roger should encourage his son to play group sports
D Roger should arrange informal peer play activities
Question #27
A Will be in a relationship with you for a long time
B Understands you and cares about you
C Likes you and shares toys
D Trusts you and who you trust
Question #28
A More parallel play than nonsocial activity
B Nonsocial functional play involving repetitive motor action
C More solitary play than play with peers
D More make-believe play than parallel play
Question #29
A Associative, cooperative, parallel, nonsocial
B Cooperative, parellel, nonsocial, associative
C Nonsocial, parallel, associative, cooperative
D Nonsocial, parallel, cooperative, associative
Question #30
A Sympathetic concern
B Frowning and lip biting
C Anxiety and distress
D Fear and anger
Question #31
A Empathic responding increases
B Children rely less on words to convey empathic feelings
C Sympathetic feelings decrease
D The tendency to focus on ones own anxiety increases
Question #32
A Label children’s feelings as overemotional
B Explain strategies for controlling feelings
C React boldly when angry or frustrated
D Rarely express emotion
Question #33
A Label emotions, explain them, and express warmth and enthusiasm when conversing with preschoolers
B Encourage peer sociability and demand that their children share with peers
C Label their children’s successes and failures and point out when their children make errors
D Expect their children to behave like adults
Question #34
A The ego begins to cause children to feel guilt
B Preschoolers focus less intently on qualities that make them unique
C Self-esteem develops from repeated experiences with failure
D Emotional self-regulation improves
Question #35
A Self-concept, self-esteem
B Identity, self-concept
C Self-concept, identify
D Self-esteem, self-concept
Question #36
A Irish-American parents told their preschoolers stories about the child’s misdeeds
B Irish-American parents told stories interpreting the child’s misbehavior as a negative act
C Chinese parents told stories stressing the impact of the child’s misdeeds on others
D Chinese parents rarely told their preschoolers stories about children’s transgressions
Question #37
A “I am shy”
B “I have new blue shoes”
C “I am friendly”
D “I am cheerful”
Question #38
A Identify to closely with other-sex parent
B Identify too closely with the same-sex parent
C Are threatened, criticized, and punished excessively by adults
D Have an overly lenient superego
Question #39
A Modeling
B Play
C Discipline
D Scaffolding
Question #40
A Achieve the psychological conflict of the preschool years
B Become hesitant to try new things
C Have a new sense of purposefulness
D Become less contrary than they were as toddlers