Psychology 041 - Lifespan Psychology » Spring 2016 » Chapter 10 Quiz

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Question #1
According to Erikson's psychological theory, the negative outcome of middle childhood is 
A.   Role confusion
B.   Shame
C.    Industry 
D.    Inferiority
Question #2
Erik son's sense of ______ combines several developments of middle childhood: a positive but realistic self-concept, pride in accomplishment, moral responsibility, and cooperative participation with age mates 
A.   Autonomy
B.   Industry
C.   Trust
D.   Identity
Question #3
In middle childhood, children begin to 
A.   Compare their own characteristics to those of peers
B.   reject conventional standards for moral behavior
C.   Describe themselves in unrealistically positive terms
D.   Experience role confusion
Question #4
As children internalize others' expectations and make social comparisons, they
A.   Develop a strong sense of superiority
B.   Seldom look to people beyond the family for information about themselves 
C.   experience shame, the negative outcome of middle childhood
D.   Form an ideal self that they use to evaluate their real self 
Question #5
Which of the following statements about the development of self-concept is true?
A.   In middle childhood, self-descriptions rarely include reference to social groups
B.   A large discrepancy between an ideal self and a real self boosts self esteem
C.   School-age children often avoid making social comparisons when describing themselves
D.   As children move into adolescences, self concept is increasingly vested in feedback from close friends
Question #6
Which of the following statements about self esteem in middle childhood is true?
A.   From fourth grade on, self esteem drops for the majority of young people
B.   Children's self evaluations become increasingly vague and overlapping with age
C.   Perceived physical appearance correlates more strongly with overall self-worth than any other self-esteem factor
D.   Throughout middle childhood, girls' self esteem tends to be higher than boys'
Question #7
Children and adolescents who _______ have fewer self-esteem problems
A.   Have permissive parents
B.   Spend longer hours in child care
C.   Attend school where their SES and ethnic groups are well-represented
D.   Attend schools in high SES neighborhoods, regardless of their own SES
Question #8
The best way for parents to foster a positive, secure self-image is to 
A.   Use frequent social comparisons 
B.   Use a firm, controlling parenting style
C.   Make decisions for their children 
D.    Encourage their children to stave for worthwhile goals
Question #9
Mastery-oriented children are most likely to attribute failure to 
A.   The malicious intent of another person
B.   Insufficient effort
C.   Ability
D.   Bad luck
Question #10
Again parents and teachers are more likely than their American counterparts to view _______ as key to success
A.   Intelligence
B.   Ability
C.   Effort
D.   Luck 
Question #11
Which of the following statements about attribution retaining is true
A.   Attribution retraining is an alternative to instruction in effective strategies and self-regulation
B.   One approach is to encourage low-effort students to focus more on grades and less on mastering a task for individual improvement 
C.   Following a failure, children are given repeated feedback that helps them revise their attributions, such as "You can do it if you try harder."
D.   Attribution retraining encourages children to believe that success should be attributed to ability, rather than luck or effort
Question #12
Excessive guilt is linked to 
A.   Ignoring responsibilities 
B.   Intentional wrongdoing
C.    Lying and cheating
D.    Depressive symptoms
Question #13
Appreciating mixed emotions helps children realize that
A.   People's expressions may not reflect their true feelings
B.   Postive and negative emotions cannot be experienced simultaneously 
C.   Tone of voice is a more accurate predicator of emotion than facial expressions
D.   Negative emotions are more frequent than positive emotions
Question #14
In problem-centered coping, children 
A.   Think about thinking 
B.   Appraise the situation as changeable, identify the difficulty and decide what to do about it 
C.   Opt for distraction when faced with outcomes beyond their control, such as receiving a bad grade
D.   Redefine the situation and appraise it as unchangeable 
Question #15
By middle childhood, children
A.   Have internalized rules for good conduct 
B.   Pick up morally relevant behaviors,but do not understand the reasons behind them
C.   Reject conventional standards for moral behavior
D.   Begin to recognize that the context of behavior is more important than the intent
Question #16
Which of the following children is the most likely to volunteer to help the needy?
A.   Angie, who has very low self esteem
B.   Jane, who has overly high self esteem 
C.   Lisa, who views others traits as changeable
D.   Helen, who views others traits as fixed
Question #17
In middle childhood, the ______ becomes an increasingly important context for development 
A.   Society of peers
B.   home
C.   Extended family 
D.   Church
Question #18
Popular-antisocial children
A.   Are anxious, unhappy, and low in self-esteem
B.   Combine academic and social competence
C.   Show high rates of absenteeism and prosocial behavior
D.   Include "tough" boys and relationally aggressive boys and girls
Question #19
Marc is passive and socially awkward. As he entered second grade, his classroom participation declined and his academic achievement faltered, Marc is a ____ child 
A.   Rejected-assertive
B.   Rejected-withdrawn
C.   Popular-aggressive
D.   Popular-prosocial 
Question #20
When the victim of bullying develops a close or gratifying friendship
A.   Bullying often comes to an end
B.   The new friend is often ostracized by other children 
C.    The children are more likely to team up and retaliate against the bully
D.   The bully often targets the new friend
Question #21
Training in ______ often improve the peer relations and psychological adjustment of rejected children
A.   Positive social skills
B.   Personal defense 
C.   Public speaking
D.   Public speaking
Question #22
School age children often regard _____ as a ____ subject 
A.   Music; masculine
B.   physical education; feminine
C.   Language arts; masculine
D.   Reading; feminine
Question #23
Child rearing becomes easier in middle childhood for parents who established an ______ style during the early years
A.   Authoritarian 
B.   Permissive
C.   Uninvolved 
D.   Authoritative 
Question #24
As children demonstrate that they can manage daily activities and responsibilities, effective parents engage in
A.   Permissive parenting
B.   Coregulation
C.   Transitive inference 
D.   Distributive justice
Question #25
Coregulation
A.   Involves general parental oversight while letting the child make moment by moment decisions 
B.    involves from parental control and greater child dependence
C.   Is an agreement between parents and other caregivers to be consistent with rules 
D.    Is a permissive child-rearing style where the child takes responsibly or making rules
Question #26
During middle childhood 
A.   Each parents tends to devote more time to children of his or her own sex
B.   Fathers are more knowledgeable than mothers about children's everyday activities 
C.   Fathers spend more time than meters with school-age children 
D.   Fathers engage in as much caregiving as mothers
Question #27
Paternal involvement is associated with in childhood and adolescence with 
A.   Lower achievement 
B.   Higher intelligence 
C.   More gender-stereotyped beliefs
D.   More immature social behavior 
Question #28
Children in self-care, who regularly look themselves for some period of time after school ______ than children in after-school programs
A.   Are less likely to bend to peer pressure
B.   Show greater academic achievement 
C.   Have fewer emotional difficulties
D.   Are more likely to engage in antisocial behavior
Question #29
Seven-year-old Frankie comes home from school at 4pm and is without adult supervision ntl his mother arrives home from work around 5pm. Frankie is one of 5 million ______ children in the U.S.
A.   Rejected
B.   Self-care
C.   Controversial
D.   After-care
Question #30
A common fear during the school years, which is not especially common during the preschool years, is 
A.   Ghosts and goblins
B.   The dark 
C.   Peer rejection
D.   Thunder and lightning
Question #31
Children with _______ temperaments are at high risk for displaying phobias 
A.   Easy
B.   Active
C.    Inhibited
D.   Impulsive
Question #32
Children who have been victims of sexual abuse
A.   Adjust better when allowed to face their abuser in court 
B.   Trend to avoid sexual activity in adolescence 
C.   Usually tell a parent or teacher what has happened
D.   Frequently displayed precocoious sexual knowledge and behavior 
Question #33
Studies examining the relationship between stressful experiences and psychological disturbance 
A.   Often just one or a few protective factors account for a child being "stress-resilient"
B.   Traits and experiences that protect children against psychological disturbance are unknown
C.   There is a strong relationship between stressful experiences and psychological disturbance 
Question #34
Resilience 
A.   Is less common among children whose parents use an authoritative child rearing style
B.   Enables children to use internal and external resources to cope with adversity
C.   Is less common among children with a mastery-oriented approach to new situations
D.   Is a preexisting attribute weather than a capacity that develops over time
Question #35
In Western nations, the most frequent source of children's fears is
A.   Direct exposure to frightening events
B.   School or neighborhood bullies
C.   Exposure to negative information in media 
D.   Exposure to fairy tales
Question #36
Ryan suffers from school phobia, Ryan is most likely a _______ who ______ 
A.   5 to 7 year old is afraid of academic failure
B.   8 to 10 year old has permissive parents 
C.   11 to 13 year old, fears a bully
D.   8 to 10 year old, is afraid to be separated from his mother
Question #37
Children in blended families usually have _______ than children in stable, first-marriage families 
A.   Higher self-esteem
B.   Fewer behavior problems
C.   Better relationships with their parents
D.   More adjustment problems 
Question #38
Hank, a noncustodial father of four, is remarrying, which of hanks children is more likely to have difficulty getting along with his new wife?
A.   Harry, his 6 year old son
B.   Kate, his 9 year old daughter
C.   Max, his 11 year old son
D.   Liem, his 3 year old son
Question #39
_________ grants parents an equal say in important decisions about the child's upbringing 
A.   Joint custody 
B.   Coregulation
C.   Divorce mediation
D.   Mediated custody
Question #40
Regardless of the extent of their friction, divorcing parents who manage to engage in _______ greatly improve the chances of favorable child outcomes
A.   Joint physical custody
B.   Mediation 
C.   Authoritarian parenting
D.   Coparenting 

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