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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A also blame themselves
B are so successful at adapting to changes that is has little effect upon them
C are at a time in their development when they do not really care that their parents divorce
D understand that there are other reasons that their parents divorced that have nothing to do with them
Question #2
A rejected-withdrawn; low in self-esteem; low in social skills
B controversial; high in self-esteem; low social skills
C neglected; low in self-esteem; high in social skills
D popular; high in self-esteem; high in social skills
Question #3
A declines; rises; declines
B declines; plateaus; rises
C rises; peaks; declines
D rises; declines; rises
Question #4
A Intelligence enhances popularity in middle school for those with good social skills, so he probably is quite popular.
B He is probably very popular since students really respect intelligence regardless of how good his social skills are.
C Since other students are jealous of his intelligence, he is probably not very popular.
D Since he is “nerdish” he probably has very few, if any, friends.
Question #5
A controversial
B popular
C neglected
D rejected
Question #6
A rejected
B neglected
C controversial
D popular
Question #7
A social status
B social knowledge
C social with-it-ness
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 Her friend probably showed interest in a boy that your daughter likes.
D They probably just have different interests now.
Question #9
A Gary, who was in Salima’s first grade class, invited her to his birthday party, and does poorly in school.
B Heidi, who is in Salima’s class, plays on her soccer team, and attends the church
C Barbara, who is friends with Salima’s older brother and lives in the same neighborhood
D Tom, who attends Salima’s church but is in a different class and plays youth football
Question #10
A Not to worry. This picture was probably drawn before he was part of the family
B This is typical. There is quite a bit of disruption when a divorce occurs and children typically resent their stepfathers.
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 coercive cycle
B escalation effect
C the Cold War phenomenon
D mitigating forces
Question #12
A internalizing problems
B existential problems
C externalizing problems
D incomplete dominance problems
Question #13
A low; negative
B low; positive
C high; negative
D high; positive
Question #14
A “I’m really good at math.”
B “I’m good at spelling but there are three kids in my class who are better than me.”
C “I’m a fast runner and I like soccer.”
D “Johnny pushed me and then took my toy truck”
Question #15
A social rejection
B social relations
C social comparison
D social template
Question #16
A My soccer team is 4 and 1for the season.
B I like my soccer ball.
C I wish that I could play soccer all day long!
D I really love playing soccer, but I have a little difficulty shooting
Question #17
A He begins to cry in disappointment, which makes your parents feel horrible.
B He laughs and yells out, “You are kidding, right?”
C He conceals his true feelings of disappointment because he does not want to hurt his grandparents’ feelings.
D He reacts angrily and throws the gift down and runs to his room.
Question #18
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 probably not express much in the way of emotions, as children in middle childhood are not very emotionally mature or responsive.
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 #19
A unhappiness and emotional instability
B contentment and emotional stability
C depression and anxiety
D agitation and feelings of being tense
Question #20
A unusual; disappeared
B universal; grown exponentially
C frequent; declined substantially
D rare; increased substantially
Question #21
A “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.”
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 “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 “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.”
Question #22
A detrimental; interferes
B favorable; does not interfere
C unfavorable; interferes
D stifling; does not interfere
Question #23
A phonics-based reading
B literacy-based rating
C a whole-language approach to reading
D sight words–based reading
Question #24
A analytical intelligence
B practical intelligence
C creative intelligence
D logical–mathematical intelligence
Question #25
A spatial intelligence
B bodily–kinesthetic intelligence
C musical intelligence
D intrapersonal intelligence
Question #26
A linguistic and logical–mathematical
B interpersonal and intrapersonal
C musical and bodily–kinesthetic
D spatial and naturalistic
Question #27
A evolution
B genetics
C environment
D neurological development
Question #28
A heritability ratio
B variance from the mean
C reaction range
D standard deviation
Question #29
A the greater the likelihood that there will be children with very low IQ scores in the family
B the higher the correlation in their IQ scores
C the greater the diversity in subskills on an intelligence test
D the less correlated their IQ scores are
Question #30
A camelback; double hill
B inverted-U; inverted-V
C variance from the mean; absolute value
D normal distribution; bell
Question #31
A brains get bigger
B strategies become more elaborate and purposeful
C families help them remember
D knowledge base gets larger
Question #32
A rehearsal
B repetition
C organization
D elaboration
Question #33
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 #34
A have a right hemisphere that is noticeably larger than the left hemisphere
B are slightly smaller and grow more slowly
C have neurofibulary tangling and plaques
D have a larger corpus collosum
Question #35
A He does not need to worry, ADHD skips a generation.
B Since his wife does not have ADHD the baby probably will not either.
C He should worry, almost all children have ADHD today.
D He is probably correct to worry, there is a genetic link for ADHD and boys are more likely to have it.
Question #36
A attention hypertensive disorder (AHD)
B attention displacement disorder (ADD)
C attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
D attention deficit disorder (ADD)
Question #37
A visual scanning and search routines
B attention and memory
C decentering and critical processing
D motivation and diligence
Question #38
A transitive inference
B parallelism
C conservation
D seriation
Question #39
A animism
B decentering
C reversibility
D egocentrism
Question #40
A “they are both the same”
B “the ball”
C “the long one”
D “I can’t tell”
Question #41
A His son’s chance of being a great baseball player are doomed. Your nephew’s fine motor skills seem to be abnormal.
B Perhaps your brother should enroll his son in gymnastics to help him improve his coordination.
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 #42
A Obese children, not overweight children, are the happiest children in most cultures.
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 Although overweight children tend to be happier compared to their peers, this is only true in adolescence, not earlier in childhood.
Question #43
A high income families
B first-generation families
C ethnic minority groups
D White American families
Question #44
A overweight; obese
B obese; overweight
C emaciated; underweight
D underweight; emaciated
Question #45
A developed countries; reading, writing, and using computers
B developing countries; reading, writing, and using computers
C developing countries; hunting, farming, and gathering
D developed countries; hunting, farming, and gathering
Question #46
A gender schemas
B gender roles
C gender identity
D gender constancy
Question #47
A a sex schema
B sexual-social identity
C gender socialization
D a biological construct
Question #48
A she should not be concerned; most children in early childhood go through this phase and will eventually stop being aggressive
B as it turns out, very aggressive children during early childhood perform at superior levels in school
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 #49
A hostile aggression
B relational aggression
C instrumental aggression
D verbal aggression
Question #50
A Physical aggression; relational aggression
B Relational aggression; physical aggression
C Instrumental aggression; hostile aggression
D Hostile aggression; instrumental aggression
Question #51
A watching television and engaging in aggressive acting
B quiet play, role playing, fantasy, and cooperative play
C rough and tumble, high activity, and aggressive play
D competitive play in which there are clear “winners”
Question #52
A very introspective play with considerable role playing
B rough and tumble, high activity, and aggressive play
C quiet play with many individuals cooperatively playing
D watching television and acting out the roles they are watching
Question #53
A the more likely they would be depressed and psychologically damaged as adults
B greater the likelihood that they would be aggressive and antisocial in adolescence
C the less likely that these children would graduate from high school
D less likely they would be aggressive and antisocial in adolescence
Question #54
A An insecure attachment
B Authoritative parenting style
C Corporal punishment
D Psychological control
Question #55
A is a cultural mandate that requires all parents to express high responsiveness and high demandingness to their children
B is common in Asian cultures where children are expected to respect, obey, and revere their parents throughout life
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 #56
A reciprocal or bidirectional relationship
B hypothetical or theoretical relationship
C one-way or unilateral relationship
D exponential or quadrupling relationship
Question #57
A disengaged
B permissive
C authoritarian
D authoritative
Question #58
A low demandingness and low responsiveness.
B high demandingness and low responsiveness.
C high demandingness and high responsiveness.
D low demandingness and high responsiveness.
Question #59
A authoritarian
B authoritative
C disengaged
D permissive
Question #60
A disengaged
B permissive
C authoritarian
D authoritative
Question #61
A limitations; empathy
B warmth; control
C control; warmth
D empathy; limitations
Question #62
A gender roles
B self-socialization
C gender constancy
D gender socialization
Question #63
A 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.
B He should be concerned in that overcontrol is associated with depression and anxiety when she gets older.
C He has nothing to be concerned about. Overcontrol is associated with extraordinary academic success.
D He should not be concerned; she will lighten up on her own soon.
Question #64
A not likely to have serious relationships as adults
B not realizing their academic potential
C ulcers and other physical problems
D aggression and conflict in early childhood and beyond
Question #65
A the pragmatic quality of language
B the morphemic quality of language
C how prosody varies within language
D the grammatical quality of language
Question #66
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 learning of language must occur or it never will
C a time period in which the rules of language are best learned
D a time period in which the capacity for learning new words is especially pronounced
Question #67
A an instructional method that is as formal as the children understand
B developmentally appropriate educational practice
C the Socratic method
D Piaget’s model of readiness, as strictly as possible
Question #68
A child temperament, the parenting style of the children’s home environment, physical facilities, and emotional reactivity of caregivers
B education and training of teachers, class size and child–teacher ratio, age-appropriate materials and activities, 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 age-appropriate materials and activities, parenting styles of caregivers, temperament and reactivity of the children, and teacher–child interactions
Question #69
A Sigmund Freud
B Carl Rogers
C Jean Piaget
D Lev Vygotsky
Question #70
A Piaget was biased since his theory was mostly based on observation of his children.
B Piaget did not really like children.
C Piaget underestimated children’s capabilities.
D Piaget overestimated children’s capabilities.
Question #71
A intuitive thought
B symbolic function
C formal operations
D representational operations
Question #72
A engaging in play in which there are two or more teams
B pretending that they are on a different planet
C leaving their footprints in the dirt
D using a stick as a “magic wand” turning rocks into dolls
Question #73
A centration
B animism
C reversibility
D egocentrism
Question #74
A what you see
B how many pages there are in the book
C what the story is about
D what she sees
Question #75
A “They often focus on one noticeable aspect of a cognitive problem to the exclusion of other important aspects.”
B “They often attribute human thoughts and feelings to inanimate objects and forces.”
C “They lack the ability to distinguish between their own perspective and another person’s perspective.”
D “They have difficulty understanding that objects can be simultaneously part of more than one class or group.”
Question #76
A tertiary operate
B center
C operate
D conserve
Question #77
A writing; throwing
B throwing; writing
C running; jumping
D jumping; running
Question #78
A childhood forgetfulness
B infantile amnesia
C false memories
D brain damage
Question #79
A the corpus callosum
B the hippocampus
C the reticular formation
D the cerebellum
Question #80
A the new preschool that she is now attending
B superior parenting
C superior genetics
D growth in her frontal lobe