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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 also blame themselves
D are so successful at adapting to changes that is has little effect upon them
Question #2
A controversial; high in self-esteem; low social skills
B popular; high in self-esteem; high in social skills
C rejected-withdrawn; low in self-esteem; low in social skills
D neglected; low in self-esteem; high in social skills
Question #3
A declines; plateaus; rises
B rises; peaks; declines
C rises; declines; rises
D declines; rises; declines
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 rejected
B controversial
C neglected
D popular
Question #6
A rejected
B neglected
C controversial
D popular
Question #7
A social construct
B social status
C social knowledge
D social with-it-ness
Question #8
A Her friend betrayed her trust.
B Her friend probably told her that she is moving to a new school.
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 Tom, who attends Salima’s church but is in a different class and plays youth football
D Barbara, who is friends with Salima’s older brother and lives in the same neighborhood
Question #10
A You have no idea why his stepchild did this. The stepchild was probably confused.
B Not to worry. This picture was probably drawn before he was part of the family
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
A mitigating forces
B the Cold War phenomenon
C escalation effect
D coercive cycle
Question #12
A incomplete dominance problems
B internalizing problems
C externalizing problems
D existential problems
Question #13
A high; negative
B high; positive
C low; negative
D low; positive
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 template
B social relations
C social comparison
D social rejection
Question #16
A I really love playing soccer, but I have a little difficulty shooting
B I like my soccer ball.
C My soccer team is 4 and 1for the season.
D I wish that I could play soccer all day long!
Question #17
A He reacts angrily and throws the gift down and runs to his room.
B He laughs and yells out, “You are kidding, right?”
C He begins to cry in disappointment, which makes your parents feel horrible.
D He conceals his true feelings of disappointment because he does not want to hurt his grandparents’ feelings.
Question #18
A He would be enormously happy that he made it. He worked hard to get to the next round.
B 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.
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 probably not express much in the way of emotions, as children in middle childhood are not very emotionally mature or responsive.
Question #19
A unhappiness and emotional instability
B depression and anxiety
C contentment and emotional stability
D agitation and feelings of being tense
Question #20
A frequent; declined substantially
B unusual; disappeared
C rare; increased substantially
D universal; grown exponentially
Question #21
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 “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.”
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 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 #22
A stifling; does not interfere
B detrimental; interferes
C favorable; does not interfere
D unfavorable; interferes
Question #23
A sight words–based reading
B phonics-based reading
C literacy-based rating
D a whole-language approach to reading
Question #24
A analytical intelligence
B creative intelligence
C logical–mathematical intelligence
D practical intelligence
Question #25
A intrapersonal intelligence
B musical intelligence
C bodily–kinesthetic intelligence
D spatial intelligence
Question #26
A linguistic and logical–mathematical
B spatial and naturalistic
C musical and bodily–kinesthetic
D interpersonal and intrapersonal
Question #27
A evolution
B neurological development
C environment
D genetics
Question #28
A reaction range
B variance from the mean
C heritability ratio
D standard deviation
Question #29
A the less correlated their IQ scores are
B the greater the likelihood that there will be children with very low IQ scores in the family
C the higher the correlation in their IQ scores
D the greater the diversity in subskills on an intelligence test
Question #30
A variance from the mean; absolute value
B normal distribution; bell
C inverted-U; inverted-V
D camelback; double hill
Question #31
A strategies become more elaborate and purposeful
B knowledge base gets larger
C families help them remember
D brains get bigger
Question #32
A repetition
B rehearsal
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 to treat ADHD with medication. About 90% of children with ADHD receive medication.
D It is very common in the United States for physicians to misdiagnose ADHD.
Question #34
A have a right hemisphere that is noticeably larger than the left hemisphere
B have a larger corpus collosum
C have neurofibulary tangling and plaques
D are slightly smaller and grow more slowly
Question #35
A He should worry, almost all children have ADHD today.
B Since his wife does not have ADHD the baby probably will not either.
C He is probably correct to worry, there is a genetic link for ADHD and boys are more likely to have it.
D He does not need to worry, ADHD skips a generation.
Question #36
A attention hypertensive disorder (AHD)
B attention deficit disorder (ADD)
C attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
D attention displacement disorder (ADD)
Question #37
A attention and memory
B decentering and critical processing
C visual scanning and search routines
D motivation and diligence
Question #38
A transitive inference
B conservation
C parallelism
D seriation
Question #39
A decentering
B egocentrism
C animism
D reversibility
Question #40
A “the long one”
B “the ball”
C “I can’t tell”
D “they are both the same”
Question #41
A His son is probably not going to be athletic. He is too clumsy.
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 Gross motor skills continue to develop for quite a while, he should be patient.
Question #42
A Overweight children are at risk for a variety of emotional and behavior problems.
B Not only are they the happiest, they have the most friends.
C Although overweight children tend to be happier compared to their peers, this is only true in adolescence, not earlier in childhood.
D Obese children, not overweight children, are the happiest children in most cultures.
Question #43
A ethnic minority groups
B first-generation families
C high income families
D White American families
Question #44
A underweight; emaciated
B overweight; obese
C emaciated; underweight
D obese; overweight
Question #45
A developing countries; hunting, farming, and gathering
B developed countries; hunting, farming, and gathering
C developing countries; reading, writing, and using computers
D developed countries; reading, writing, and using computers
Question #46
A gender schemas
B gender roles
C gender constancy
D gender identity
Question #47
A a sex schema
B gender socialization
C a biological construct
D sexual-social identity
Question #48
A she should be concerned; aggressive behavior in early childhood is a predictor of aggression in adolescence and adulthood
B she should be concerned, but there is nothing that she can do
C she should not be concerned; most children in early childhood go through this phase and will eventually stop being aggressive
D as it turns out, very aggressive children during early childhood perform at superior levels in school
Question #49
A hostile aggression
B verbal aggression
C relational aggression
D instrumental aggression
Question #50
A Relational aggression; physical aggression
B Physical aggression; relational aggression
C Hostile aggression; instrumental aggression
D Instrumental aggression; hostile aggression
Question #51
A watching television and engaging in aggressive acting
B competitive play in which there are clear “winners”
C rough and tumble, high activity, and aggressive play
D quiet play, role playing, fantasy, and cooperative play
Question #52
A quiet play with many individuals cooperatively playing
B very introspective play with considerable role playing
C watching television and acting out the roles they are watching
D rough and tumble, high activity, and aggressive play
Question #53
A the less likely that these children would graduate from high school
B less likely they would be aggressive and antisocial in adolescence
C greater the likelihood that they would be aggressive and antisocial in adolescence
D the more likely they would be depressed and psychologically damaged as adults
Question #54
A Authoritative parenting style
B Psychological control
C Corporal punishment
D An insecure attachment
Question #55
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 parents show a hands-off approach that is characteristic of low demandingness and low responsiveness
D is a cultural mandate that requires all parents to express high responsiveness and high demandingness to their children
Question #56
A hypothetical or theoretical relationship
B exponential or quadrupling relationship
C one-way or unilateral relationship
D reciprocal or bidirectional relationship
Question #57
A permissive
B disengaged
C authoritative
D authoritarian
Question #58
A low demandingness and high responsiveness.
B high demandingness and low responsiveness.
C high demandingness and high responsiveness.
D low demandingness and low responsiveness.
Question #59
A permissive
B disengaged
C authoritarian
D authoritative
Question #60
A authoritative
B disengaged
C authoritarian
D permissive
Question #61
A warmth; control
B limitations; empathy
C control; warmth
D empathy; limitations
Question #62
A self-socialization
B gender socialization
C gender roles
D gender constancy
Question #63
A He should not be concerned; she will lighten up on her own soon.
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 be glad; a friend of yours has a child who has absolutely no self-regulation and that child is very hard to control.
Question #64
A not likely to have serious relationships as adults
B ulcers and other physical problems
C not realizing their academic potential
D aggression and conflict in early childhood and beyond
Question #65
A the pragmatic quality of language
B the grammatical quality of language
C the morphemic quality of language
D how prosody varies within 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 Piaget’s model of readiness, as strictly as possible
B the Socratic method
C an instructional method that is as formal as the children understand
D developmentally appropriate educational practice
Question #68
A age-appropriate materials and activities, parenting styles of caregivers, temperament and reactivity of the children, and teacher–child interactions
B education and training of teachers, class size and child–teacher ratio, age-appropriate materials and activities, and teacher–child interactions
C child temperament, the parenting style of the children’s home environment, physical facilities, and emotional reactivity of caregivers
D parenting style of the caregivers, quality of educational material, temperament and reactivity of the children, and class size and teacher–child ratio
Question #69
A Jean Piaget
B Lev Vygotsky
C Carl Rogers
D Sigmund Freud
Question #70
A Piaget overestimated children’s capabilities.
B Piaget was biased since his theory was mostly based on observation of his children.
C Piaget did not really like children.
D Piaget underestimated children’s capabilities.
Question #71
A intuitive thought
B representational operations
C formal operations
D symbolic function
Question #72
A engaging in play in which there are two or more teams
B pretending that they are on a different planet
C using a stick as a “magic wand” turning rocks into dolls
D leaving their footprints in the dirt
Question #73
A reversibility
B animism
C egocentrism
D centration
Question #74
A how many pages there are in the book
B what she sees
C what the story is about
D what you see
Question #75
A “They lack the ability to distinguish between their own perspective and another person’s perspective.”
B “They often focus on one noticeable aspect of a cognitive problem to the exclusion of other important aspects.”
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 #76
A operate
B center
C conserve
D tertiary operate
Question #77
A jumping; running
B writing; throwing
C throwing; writing
D running; jumping
Question #78
A infantile amnesia
B childhood forgetfulness
C false memories
D brain damage
Question #79
A the corpus callosum
B the reticular formation
C the cerebellum
D the hippocampus
Question #80
A growth in her frontal lobe
B the new preschool that she is now attending
C superior genetics
D superior parenting