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