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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 are so successful at adapting to changes that is has little effect upon 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A rejected-withdrawn; low in self-esteem; low in social skills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 popular; high in self-esteem; high in social skills
D controversial; high in self-esteem; low social skills
Question #3
A rises; peaks; declines
B declines; rises; declines
C declines; plateaus; rises
D rises; declines; rises
Question #4
A Since other students are jealous of his intelligence, he is probably not very popular.
B Since he is “nerdish” he probably has very few, if any, friends.
C Intelligence enhances popularity in middle school for those with good social skills, so he probably is quite popular.
D He is probably very popular since students really respect intelligence regardless of how good his social skills are.
Question #5
A neglected
B controversial
C rejected
D popular
Question #6
A neglected
B controversial
C rejected
D popular
Question #7
A social knowledge
B social with-it-ness
C social status
D social construct
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 You have no idea why his stepchild did this. The stepchild was probably confused.
B The biological father probably told the children to draw pictures of the family with him omitted to purposefully hurt his feelings.
C Not to worry. This picture was probably drawn before he was part of the family
D This is typical. There is quite a bit of disruption when a divorce occurs and children typically resent their stepfathers.
Question #11
A the Cold War phenomenon
B coercive cycle
C escalation effect
D mitigating forces
Question #12
A existential problems
B externalizing problems
C internalizing problems
D incomplete dominance problems
Question #13
A high; positive
B high; negative
C low; positive
D low; 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 comparison
B social relations
C social template
D social rejection
Question #16
A I wish that I could play soccer all day long!
B I like my soccer ball.
C My soccer team is 4 and 1for the season.
D I really love playing soccer, but I have a little difficulty shooting
Question #17
A He would be enormously happy that he made it. He worked hard to get to the next round.
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 have mixed emotions. He would be happy that he made it, but also sad that his study partner did not.
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 contentment and emotional stability
B unhappiness and emotional instability
C depression and anxiety
D agitation and feelings of being tense
Question #19
A universal; grown exponentially
B unusual; disappeared
C frequent; declined substantially
D rare; increased 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 “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.”
D “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.”
Question #21
A unfavorable; interferes
B detrimental; interferes
C stifling; does not interfere
D favorable; does not interfere
Question #22
A a whole-language approach to reading
B phonics-based reading
C sight words–based reading
D literacy-based rating
Question #23
A creative intelligence
B practical intelligence
C analytical intelligence
D logical–mathematical intelligence
Question #24
A spatial intelligence
B musical intelligence
C intrapersonal intelligence
D bodily–kinesthetic intelligence
Question #25
A spatial and naturalistic
B interpersonal and intrapersonal
C musical and bodily–kinesthetic
D linguistic and logical–mathematical
Question #26
A evolution
B genetics
C environment
D neurological development
Question #27
A variance from the mean
B heritability ratio
C standard deviation
D reaction range
Question #28
A the higher the correlation in their IQ scores
B the greater the likelihood that there will be children with very low IQ scores in the family
C the greater the diversity in subskills on an intelligence test
D the less correlated their IQ scores are
Question #29
A inverted-U; inverted-V
B normal distribution; bell
C camelback; double hill
D variance from the mean; absolute value
Question #30
A knowledge base gets larger
B strategies become more elaborate and purposeful
C families help them remember
D brains get bigger
Question #31
A It is very common in the United States to treat ADHD with medication. About 90% of children with ADHD receive medication.
B That the neighbor is correct, the treatment of choice in the United States is relaxation therapy.
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 for physicians to misdiagnose ADHD.
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 He does not need to worry, ADHD skips a generation.
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 Since his wife does not have ADHD the baby probably will not either.
Question #34
A attention displacement disorder (ADD)
B attention deficit disorder (ADD)
C attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
D attention hypertensive disorder (AHD)
Question #35
A decentering and critical processing
B visual scanning and search routines
C attention and memory
D motivation and diligence
Question #36
A conservation
B parallelism
C seriation
D transitive inference
Question #37
A reversibility
B decentering
C animism
D egocentrism
Question #38
A “they are both the same”
B “the long one”
C “I can’t tell”
D “the ball”
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 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 first-generation families
B White American families
C ethnic minority groups
D high income families
Question #42
A overweight; obese
B emaciated; underweight
C underweight; emaciated
D obese; overweight
Question #43
A developed countries; hunting, farming, and gathering
B developing countries; reading, writing, and using computers
C developing countries; hunting, farming, and gathering
D developed countries; reading, writing, and using computers
Question #44
A a sex schema
B a biological construct
C gender socialization
D sexual-social identity
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 verbal aggression
B hostile aggression
C relational aggression
D instrumental aggression
Question #47
A Relational aggression; physical aggression
B Hostile aggression; instrumental aggression
C Instrumental aggression; hostile aggression
D Physical aggression; relational aggression
Question #48
A competitive play in which there are clear “winners”
B watching television and engaging in aggressive acting
C quiet play, role playing, fantasy, and cooperative play
D rough and tumble, high activity, and aggressive play
Question #49
A watching television and acting out the roles they are watching
B very introspective play with considerable role playing
C rough and tumble, high activity, and aggressive play
D quiet play with many individuals cooperatively playing
Question #50
A the more likely they would be depressed and psychologically damaged as adults
B less likely they would be aggressive and antisocial in adolescence
C the less likely that these children would graduate from high school
D greater the likelihood that they would be aggressive and antisocial in adolescence
Question #51
A Corporal punishment
B Psychological control
C An insecure attachment
D Authoritative parenting style
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 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 reciprocal or bidirectional relationship
B hypothetical or theoretical relationship
C one-way or unilateral relationship
D exponential or quadrupling relationship
Question #54
A authoritarian
B permissive
C authoritative
D disengaged
Question #55
A authoritarian
B disengaged
C authoritative
D permissive
Question #56
A authoritative
B disengaged
C permissive
D authoritarian
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 be concerned in that overcontrol is associated with depression and anxiety when she gets older.
D He should not be concerned; she will lighten up on her own soon.
Question #58
A ulcers and other physical problems
B not realizing their academic potential
C aggression and conflict in early childhood and beyond
D not likely to have serious relationships as adults
Question #59
A the pragmatic quality of language
B how prosody varies within language
C the grammatical quality of language
D the morphemic quality of language
Question #60
A a time period in which the rules of language are best learned
B a time period in which children must be exposed to spoken language in order to learn it
C a time period in which the capacity for learning new words is especially pronounced
D a time period in which the learning of language must occur or it never will
Question #61
A developmentally appropriate educational practice
B the Socratic method
C an instructional method that is as formal as the children understand
D Piaget’s model of readiness, as strictly as possible
Question #62
A child temperament, the parenting style of the children’s home environment, physical facilities, and emotional reactivity of caregivers
B age-appropriate materials and activities, parenting styles of caregivers, temperament and reactivity of the children, and teacher–child interactions
C parenting style of the caregivers, quality of educational material, temperament and reactivity of the children, and class size and teacher–child ratio
D education and training of teachers, class size and child–teacher ratio, age-appropriate materials and activities, and teacher–child interactions
Question #63
A Carl Rogers
B Sigmund Freud
C Lev Vygotsky
D Jean Piaget
Question #64
A Piaget overestimated children’s capabilities.
B Piaget underestimated children’s capabilities.
C Piaget was biased since his theory was mostly based on observation of his children.
D Piaget did not really like children.
Question #65
A formal operations
B intuitive thought
C representational operations
D symbolic function
Question #66
A leaving their footprints in the dirt
B using a stick as a “magic wand” turning rocks into dolls
C engaging in play in which there are two or more teams
D pretending that they are on a different planet
Question #67
A centration
B animism
C reversibility
D egocentrism
Question #68
A how many pages there are in the book
B what you see
C what the story is about
D what she sees
Question #69
A “They often focus on one noticeable aspect of a cognitive problem to the exclusion of other important aspects.”
B “They lack the ability to distinguish between their own perspective and another person’s perspective.”
C “They often attribute human thoughts and feelings to inanimate objects and forces.”
D “They have difficulty understanding that objects can be simultaneously part of more than one class or group.”
Question #70
A conserve
B tertiary operate
C center
D operate
Question #71
A throwing; writing
B writing; throwing
C jumping; running
D running; jumping
Question #72
A brain damage
B infantile amnesia
C false memories
D childhood forgetfulness
Question #73
A the corpus callosum
B the cerebellum
C the reticular formation
D the hippocampus