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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A Uninvolved
B Permissive
C Authoritative
D Authoritarian
Question #2
A Sometimes engage in neglect
B Engage in psychological control
C Promote maturity and adjustment in children of diverse temperaments
D Are overindulgent
Question #3
A Brigham, who has low self-esteem
B Ryan, who is fearless
C Bonny who is impulsive
D Isabella, who is cooperative
Question #4
A Parents commit more than 80 percent of abusive incidents
B Neglect includes ridicule, humiliation and intimidation
C Child abuse is modern problem and is especially common in non-industrialized nations
D Nonparent relatives commit about 30 percent of abusive incidents
Question #5
A Lower than rates of sexual abuse
B Fairly similar for mothers and fathers
C Higher for fathers than for mothers
D Higher for mothers than for fathers
Question #6
A The child’s temperament
B The parents’ characteristics
C The child’s gender
D Family size
Question #7
A Hyperfocus on their children
B Have developmental problems
C Lack “lifelines”
D Are skilled at establishing social relationships
Question #8
A Few long-term problems
B Cognitive gains
C Serious adjustment problems
D Improved executive function
Question #9
A Providing social supports to families
B Involvement with Child Protective Services
C The use of anti-depression
D The use of anti-aggression medication
Question #10
A Lack of confidence in their ability to influence their child’s behavior
B Are emotionally detached and depressed, with little time and energy for children
C Insist on mature behavior and give reasons for their expectations
D Exercise firm, reasonable control over their children
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 Exert control, yell, command, criticize, and threaten their children
D Insist on mature behavior and give reason for their expectations
Question #12
A Gender constancy; gender identity
B Self-perceptions, behavior
C Behavior, self-perceptions
D Gender constancy; gender awareness
Question #13
A Preschoolers often engage in “cross-gender” activities at home but rarely do so in the presence of peers
B Preschoolers play in mixed-gender groups more than they play in same-sex groups
C Girls are especially intolerant of “cross-gender” play in other girls
D When preschoolers engage in “cross-gender” activities, peers criticize them
Question #14
A Quiet over active play
B “ladylike” behavior
C Girl playmates
D Trucks and blocks over dolls
Question #15
A A boy quietly looking at a book
B A girl wearing overalls
C A boy playing with a Barbie doll
D A girl running in a race
Question #16
A modeling
B Identify
C Typing
D Selection
Question #17
A Cognitive- developmental
B Social learning
C Behaviorist
D Psychoanalytic
Question #18
A Remains optional for new television sets in the US
B Identifies violent TV and computer programs
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 Does not spark hostile behavior in nonaggression children
C Impacts girls more than boys
D Increases the likelihood of aggressive children
Question #20
A Consider physical punishment to be wrong
B Are usually highly agitated when they use physical punishment
C Seem to mete out physical punishment differently
D Culturally approve of physical discipline
Question #21
A They want to foster long-term goals
B Children are verbally aggressive towards others
C Immediate obedience is necessary
D Very serious transgression occur
Question #22
A Children behave morally because they are capable of effortful control
B Morality is acquired through reinforcement and modeling
C Guilt is the only force that compels us to act morally
D Prosocial acts often occur spontaneously in early childhood
Question #23
A Rely on rewards and punishment to shape their child’s 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 Threaten to withdraw their love to motivate good behavior
Question #24
A Listen to the id to avoid shame and doubt
B Obey the superego to avoid guilt
C Listen to the id to avoid shame and doubt
D Obey the ego to avoid feelings of mistrust
Question #25
A At birth
B In early childhood
C Prenatally
D In late childhood
Question #26
A Roger should arrange informal peer play activities
B Roger should encourage his son to make his own play dates
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 Will be in a relationship with you for a long time
C Likes you and shares toys
D Trusts you and who you trust
Question #28
A More make-believe play than parallel play
B More parallel play than nonsocial activity
C More solitary play than play with peers
D Nonsocial functional play involving repetitive motor action
Question #29
A Nonsocial, parallel, associative, cooperative
B Nonsocial, parallel, cooperative, associative
C Cooperative, parellel, nonsocial, associative
D Associative, cooperative, parallel, nonsocial
Question #30
A Anxiety and distress
B Frowning and lip biting
C Fear and anger
D Sympathetic concern
Question #31
A The tendency to focus on ones own anxiety increases
B Sympathetic feelings decrease
C Children rely less on words to convey empathic feelings
D Empathic responding increases
Question #32
A Explain strategies for controlling feelings
B Rarely express emotion
C Label children’s feelings as overemotional
D React boldly when angry or frustrated
Question #33
A Encourage peer sociability and demand that their children share with peers
B Label their children’s successes and failures and point out when their children make errors
C Label emotions, explain them, and express warmth and enthusiasm when conversing with preschoolers
D Expect their children to behave like adults
Question #34
A Preschoolers focus less intently on qualities that make them unique
B Emotional self-regulation improves
C The ego begins to cause children to feel guilt
D Self-esteem develops from repeated experiences with failure
Question #35
A Self-concept, self-esteem
B Identity, self-concept
C Self-esteem, 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 their preschoolers stories about the child’s misdeeds
D Irish-American parents told stories interpreting the child’s misbehavior as a negative act
Question #37
A “I have new blue shoes”
B “I am cheerful”
C “I am friendly”
D “I am shy”
Question #38
A Identify too closely with the same-sex parent
B Identify to closely with other-sex parent
C Have an overly lenient superego
D Are threatened, criticized, and punished excessively by adults
Question #39
A Discipline
B Scaffolding
C Play
D Modeling
Question #40
A Have a new sense of purposefulness
B Achieve the psychological conflict of the preschool years
C Become hesitant to try new things
D Become less contrary than they were as toddlers