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Question #1

When divorce occurs in early childhood, children blame themselves. What about middle childhood? Children in middle childhood ____.

A understand that there are other reasons that their parents divorced that have nothing to do with them

B also blame themselves

C are so successful at adapting to changes that is has little effect upon them

D are at a time in their development when they do not really care that their parents divorce

Question #2

Victims of bullying are most often ____ children who are ____ and ____.

A neglected; low in self-esteem; high in social skills

B rejected-withdrawn; low in self-esteem; low in social skills

C controversial; high in self-esteem; low social skills

D popular; high in self-esteem; high in social skills

Question #3

The prevalence of bullying ____through middle childhood and ____ in early adolescence, then ____ substantially by late adolescence.

A rises; declines; rises

B rises; peaks; declines

C declines; plateaus; rises

D declines; rises; declines

Question #4

Your nephew is extremely intelligent. Your family jokes with him that he is a giant nerd not just because he is very intelligent, but because he also likes to learn and studies quite a bit. He has great social skills and enjoys the joking around. What would you guess about his popularity at school?

A Intelligence enhances popularity in middle school for those with good social skills, so he probably is quite popular.

B Since other students are jealous of his intelligence, he is probably not very popular.

C He is probably very popular since students really respect intelligence regardless of how good his social skills are.

D Since he is “nerdish” he probably has very few, if any, friends.

Question #5

Miriam is in 2nd grade. When her classmates are asked who she is they have difficulty remembering her and find it hard describing her. She is neither liked nor disliked by her classmates, but for the most part, goes unnoticed. From the four categories of social status, Miriam would fall into the category of ____.

A neglected

B controversial

C popular

D rejected

Question #6

Researchers have described four categories of social status. Which children were the ones who were the most often “disliked” and rarely “liked”?

A controversial

B neglected

C rejected

D popular

Question #7

Age is a key determinant of ________, in that older children tend to have more authority than younger children.

A social status

B social with-it-ness

C social knowledge

D social construct

Question #8

Your 10-year-old daughter and her best friend just ended their nearly four-year-long friendship. Your daughter will not tell you why. Thinking about middle childhood from your development class, what is probably the reason?

A They probably just have different interests now.

B Her friend probably told her that she is moving to a new school.

C Her friend betrayed her trust.

D Her friend probably showed interest in a boy that your daughter likes.

Question #9

Salima is in 2nd grade, does well in school, plays youth soccer, attends a Catholic church, and gets along with others. Based upon selective association principles, Salima will most likely be friends with ____.

A Tom, who attends Salima’s church but is in a different class and plays youth football

B Barbara, who is friends with Salima’s older brother and lives in the same neighborhood

C Heidi, who is in Salima’s class, plays on her soccer team, and attends the church

D Gary, who was in Salima’s first grade class, invited her to his birthday party, and does poorly in school.

Question #10

Your brother just remarried a woman who has been divorced for a year. He is now the stepfather of three children ranging in ages from 2 to 7 years. He is trying to do his best and support his new wife with parenting duties and to show her children that he cares for them. He called last night and was very upset. He found a picture that his oldest stepchild drew and it did not include him. What would you tell him?

A Not to worry. This picture was probably drawn before he was part of the family

B You have no idea why his stepchild did this. The stepchild was probably confused.

C This is typical. There is quite a bit of disruption when a divorce occurs and children typically resent their stepfathers.

D The biological father probably told the children to draw pictures of the family with him omitted to purposefully hurt his feelings.

Question #11

Caleb’s parents are in the process of divorce. Every so often he will get into arguments with his mom where he in turn responds more harshly than he normally would because of the added stress. As an individual in middle childhood, Caleb does not understand what his mother is going through, but responds with greater resistance and more defiant behaviors. From both Caleb’s and his mother’s perspective their battle continues to escalate. Which of the following best describes the scenario?

A escalation effect

B the Cold War phenomenon

C mitigating forces

D coercive cycle

Question #12

Children who display impulsive or unruly behavior and experience high conflict with others are showing ____.

A incomplete dominance problems

B existential problems

C internalizing problems

D externalizing problems

Question #13

For middle childhood, overall self-esteem is ____ for most children, reflecting generally ____ emotional states.

A low; positive

B high; positive

C low; negative

D high; negative

Question #14

Which of the following statements is an accurate portrayal of a 10-year-old social comparison?

A “I’m good at spelling but there are three kids in my class who are better than me.”

B “I’m really good at math.”

C “I’m a fast runner and I like soccer.”

D “Johnny pushed me and then took my toy truck”

Question #15

What is the term that is used to describe how persons view themselves in relation to others with regard to status, abilities, or achievements?

A social comparison

B social relations

C social rejection

D social template

Question #16

You are impressed with the social development of your son, who is in middle childhood. The way that he describes his positive and less strong attributes is noticeably different than the way he discussed himself when he was in early childhood. What is a likely comment that your son would say at this time?

A I really love playing soccer, but I have a little difficulty shooting

B My soccer team is 4 and 1for the season.

C I like my soccer ball.

D I wish that I could play soccer all day long!

Question #17

Your son, who is in middle childhood, made it to the next round of the annual spelling bee even though his best friend who studied with him did not. What is his likely response?

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

The overall conclusion of the Experience Sampling Method (ESM) research with regard to middle childhood is that it is a time of remarkable ____.

A unhappiness and emotional instability

B depression and anxiety

C agitation and feelings of being tense

D contentment and emotional stability

Question #19

Outbursts of crying and anger are fairly ____ in the early years of life; by middle childhood the frequency of such emotions has ____.

A rare; increased substantially

B universal; grown exponentially

C unusual; disappeared

D frequent; declined substantially

Question #20

Assume that you have a friend who is bilingual and is contemplating whether or not to teach her child both English and Spanish. Based on the research, which of the following should be your response?

A “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.”

B “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.”

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 “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.”

Question #21

For the most part, becoming bilingual is ____ to language development and learning a secondary language ____ with mastering the primary language.

A stifling; does not interfere

B favorable; does not interfere

C detrimental; interferes

D unfavorable; interferes

Question #22

Ms. Silman proposes that children learn how to read best when they are taught to examine the overall meaning of words, rather than breaking down each word into its smallest component. She encourages her students to guess at the meaning of words they do not know, based on the context of the word within the poem or story. Which of the following does Ms. Silman practice in her classroom?

A literacy-based rating

B a whole-language approach to reading

C sight words–based reading

D phonics-based reading

Question #23

Great inventors such as Leonardo da Vinci, Benjamin Franklin, and Alexander Graham Bell all possess which of Sternberg’s triarchic theory of intelligence?

A analytical intelligence

B logical–mathematical intelligence

C practical intelligence

D creative intelligence

Question #24

Morris is an engineer. He has always been especially skilled at looking at a two-dimensional blueprint of a building and visualizing that image as it relates into a three-dimensional structure in the real world. According to Gardner, Morris possesses ____.

A intrapersonal intelligence

B musical intelligence

C bodily–kinesthetic intelligence

D spatial intelligence

Question #25

In Gardner’s view, only two types of intelligence are measured by traditional intelligence tests: ____.

A spatial and naturalistic

B linguistic and logical–mathematical

C interpersonal and intrapersonal

D musical and bodily–kinesthetic

Question #26

The Flynn effect, which is the raising of the median IQ score in Western countries in the course of the 20th century, is explained by ____.

A evolution

B genetics

C neurological development

D environment

Question #27

Every child has a genetically based ____ for intelligence, meaning a range of possible developmental paths.

A heritability ratio

B standard deviation

C variance from the mean

D reaction range

Question #28

In terms of intellectual development, one important conclusion from adoption and twin studies is that the more two people in a family are alike genetically, ____.

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 less correlated their IQ scores are

D the greater the diversity in subskills on an intelligence test

Question #29

IQ scores for a population-based sample usually fall into a ____ or ____ curve, in which most people fall near the middle and the proportions decrease at the low and high extremes.

A camelback; double hill

B normal distribution; bell

C variance from the mean; absolute value

D inverted-U; inverted-V

Question #30

Another reason that memory improves from early childhood to middle childhood is that children’s ____.

A families help them remember

B knowledge base gets larger

C brains get bigger

D strategies become more elaborate and purposeful

Question #31

You are talking to your mother and she is telling you about a neighbor who has a daughter with ADHD. She tells you that the neighbor is extremely upset because her daughter’s pediatrician has suggested medication to treat her ADHD. She thinks that is very unusual and thinks that there might be something else wrong with her daughter that the pediatrician is not telling her. What would you tell your mother to tell the neighbor?

A That the neighbor is correct, the treatment of choice in the United States is relaxation therapy.

B It is very common in the United States for physicians to misdiagnose ADHD.

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 to treat ADHD with medication. About 90% of children with ADHD receive medication.

Question #32

How are the brains of children who have ADHD different than the brains of children who do not have ADHD? The brains of children with ADHD ____.

A have neurofibulary tangling and plaques

B have a right hemisphere that is noticeably larger than the left hemisphere

C have a larger corpus collosum

D are slightly smaller and grow more slowly

Question #33

Your neighbor is a 36-year-old male who has struggled with ADHD his entire life. His wife is pregnant and ultrasound has determined that they are going to have a boy. He is very concerned that his son might have ADHD too. What would you tell him?

A He does not need to worry, ADHD skips a generation.

B He should worry, almost all children have ADHD today.

C Since his wife does not have ADHD the baby probably will not either.

D He is probably correct to worry, there is a genetic link for ADHD and boys are more likely to have it.

Question #34

Children with especially notable difficulties in maintaining attention may be diagnosed with ____, which includes problems of inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsiveness.

A attention deficit disorder (ADD)

B attention displacement disorder (ADD)

C attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)

D attention hypertensive disorder (AHD)

Question #35

Your sister-in-law is amazed at her 9-year-old son. She can remember when her son was not able to sit and listen to a story for very long and now he is able to listen intently and remember the story in very good detail. What two advances occur during middle childhood in information processing abilities that assist with his newly developed abilities?

A visual scanning and search routines

B motivation and diligence

C decentering and critical processing

D attention and memory

Question #36

If Julia is taller than Anna and Anna is taller than Lynn, then Julia must be taller than Lynn. According to Piaget, what concept does this question illustrate?

A parallelism

B conservation

C seriation

D transitive inference

Question #37

Piaget’s cognitive task where individuals can take more than one aspect of a problem into account is ____.

A decentering

B reversibility

C animism

D egocentrism

Question #38

Ashton is shown two round balls of clay equal in size. He watches as the experimenter rolls one ball into a long sausage shape and asks which of the shapes has more clay. If Ashton is in Piaget’s preoperational stage he will reply, ____.

A “I can’t tell”

B “the long one”

C “they are both the same”

D “the ball”

Question #39

Your brother was an All-American baseball shortstop. His 8-year-old son is not nearly as good at catching a baseball as your brother would like. He was hoping that your nephew would also be interested in and good at baseball. Although you think that your brother should support his son’s interests rather than have your nephew pursue what your brother wants him to do, what can you tell your brother about his son’s athletic abilities?

A Gross motor skills continue to develop for quite a while, he should be patient.

B Perhaps your brother should enroll his son in gymnastics to help him improve his coordination.

C His son’s chance of being a great baseball player are doomed. Your nephew’s fine motor skills seem to be abnormal.

D His son is probably not going to be athletic. He is too clumsy.

Question #40

Your roommate believes that overweight children are happy children. What is the truth about this myth?

A Obese children, not overweight children, are the happiest children in most cultures.

B Not only are they the happiest, they have the most friends.

C Overweight children are at risk for a variety of emotional and behavior problems.

D Although overweight children tend to be happier compared to their peers, this is only true in adolescence, not earlier in childhood.

Question #41

In the U.S., rates of overweight and obesity are higher in ____.

A first-generation families

B White American families

C ethnic minority groups

D high income families

Question #42

Internationally, children ages 6 to 10 are considered to be ____ if their BMI exceeds 18 and ____ if their BMI exceeds 21.

A overweight; obese

B obese; overweight

C emaciated; underweight

D underweight; emaciated

Question #43

Myopia is more likely to occur in _____ as it is positively correlated with _____.

A developed countries; reading, writing, and using computers

B developed countries; hunting, farming, and gathering

C developing countries; hunting, farming, and gathering

D developing countries; reading, writing, and using computers

Question #44

As soon as Grant started to play patty-cake with his classmate Emma, he was teased and ridiculed by the boys in the class. Grant quickly learned that patty-cake is a form of play that is reserved for girls and not boys. Grant’s process of learning the roles of “maleness” and “femaleness” is ____.

A sexual-social identity

B a biological construct

C a sex schema

D gender socialization

Question #45

Your nephew has always had a difficult personality. He is now in early childhood and is very aggressive in most things that he does. Your sister is very concerned and asked you what your thoughts are. You tell her that ____.

A she should be concerned, but there is nothing that she can do

B as it turns out, very aggressive children during early childhood perform at superior levels in school

C she should be concerned; aggressive behavior in early childhood is a predictor of aggression in adolescence and adulthood

D she should not be concerned; most children in early childhood go through this phase and will eventually stop being aggressive

Question #46

What type of aggression involves damaging another person’s reputation among peers through exclusion and malicious gossip?

A hostile aggression

B relational aggression

C verbal aggression

D instrumental aggression

Question #47

____ involves using aggressive behaviors to get an item that is wanted, whereas ____ is aggressive behavior that is intended to inflict pain or harm to another person.

A Physical aggression; relational aggression

B Hostile aggression; instrumental aggression

C Relational aggression; physical aggression

D Instrumental aggression; hostile aggression

Question #48

Numerous studies have determined that girls play in what ways in their play groups? They engage in ____.

A quiet play, role playing, fantasy, and cooperative play

B watching television and engaging in aggressive acting

C competitive play in which there are clear “winners”

D rough and tumble, high activity, and aggressive play

Question #49

Numerous studies have determined that boys play in what ways in their play groups? They engage in ____.

A quiet play with many individuals cooperatively playing

B very introspective play with considerable role playing

C rough and tumble, high activity, and aggressive play

D watching television and acting out the roles they are watching

Question #50

There are interesting cultural differences in the use of physical punishment during early childhood. For African American children, the more physical punishment they received during early childhood the ____.

A greater the likelihood that they would be aggressive and antisocial in adolescence

B less likely they would be aggressive and antisocial in adolescence

C the less likely that these children would graduate from high school

D the more likely they would be depressed and psychologically damaged as adults

Question #51

_____ is a parental practice in which shame and the withdrawal of love are used to control the behaviors of children.

A Authoritative parenting style

B An insecure attachment

C Corporal punishment

D Psychological control

Question #52

Filial piety ____.

A is common in Asian cultures where children are expected to respect, obey, and revere their parents throughout life

B is an emphasis of love, closeness, and mutual obligation within the Latino family

C is a cultural mandate that requires all parents to express high responsiveness and high demandingness to their children

D parents show a hands-off approach that is characteristic of low demandingness and low responsiveness

Question #53

The relationship between parents and children tends to be complex, and parenting style alone is not the end-all and be-all of answers. It is known that parents have a significant effect on their children, but children also have an effect on their parents; this relationship between parent and child is also known as ____.

A exponential or quadrupling relationship

B reciprocal or bidirectional relationship

C one-way or unilateral relationship

D hypothetical or theoretical relationship

Question #54

What parenting style is associated with the most favorable outcomes for children?

A authoritative

B authoritarian

C disengaged

D permissive

Question #55

A drill sergeant who expects his or her subordinates to follow commands without questioning their authority is more similar to which of the following parenting styles?

A authoritative

B permissive

C authoritarian

D disengaged

Question #56

Coach Paige has clear guidelines and rules for his players. He wants them to try their hardest to give 100% all the time. But, Coach Paige also cares for his players and tends to understand each player’s individual needs. Which of the following best describes Coach Paige’s coaching style?

A disengaged

B authoritarian

C permissive

D authoritative

Question #57

Your brother has a daughter in early childhood who has an excessive degree of self-regulation. He is not quite sure if he should be happy, since she very rarely has any difficulties, or if he should be concerned. What would you tell him?

A He should not be concerned; she will lighten up on her own soon.

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 has nothing to be concerned about. Overcontrol is associated with extraordinary academic success.

Question #58

Children who have problems of undercontrol of their emotions are at risk for ____.

A ulcers and other physical problems

B not likely to have serious relationships as adults

C not realizing their academic potential

D aggression and conflict in early childhood and beyond

Question #59

Phrases like “please,” “thank you,” and “bye-bye” are examples of ____.

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

Which of the following best describes the concept of a sensitive period for language learning?

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 #61

The broad consensus among early childhood scholars is that preschool teaching should be based on ____.

A Piaget’s model of readiness, as strictly as possible

B developmentally appropriate educational practice

C the Socratic method

D an instructional method that is as formal as the children understand

Question #62

Which of the following are cited by the author as factors that contribute to the quality of preschool?

A education and training of teachers, class size and child–teacher ratio, age-appropriate materials and activities, and teacher–child interactions

B child temperament, the parenting style of the children’s home environment, physical facilities, and emotional reactivity of caregivers

C age-appropriate materials and activities, parenting styles of caregivers, temperament and reactivity of the children, and teacher–child interactions

D parenting style of the caregivers, quality of educational material, temperament and reactivity of the children, and class size and teacher–child ratio

Question #63

Which of the following theorists proposed that children learn not through their individual interactions with the environment but through social process of guided by participation?

A Lev Vygotsky

B Carl Rogers

C Sigmund Freud

D Jean Piaget

Question #64

What is one of the criticisms that other cognitive theorists and researchers have regarding Piaget’s theory of cognitive development during the preoperational stage?

A Piaget overestimated children’s capabilities.

B Piaget was biased since his theory was mostly based on observation of his children.

C Piaget underestimated children’s capabilities.

D Piaget did not really like children.