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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A Authoritarian parenting
B Coparenting
C Mediation
D Joint physical custody
Question #2
A Divorce mediation
B Coregulation
C Joint custody
D Mediated custody
Question #3
A Liem, his 3 year old son
B Kate, his 9 year old daughter
C Max, his 11 year old son
D Harry, his 6 year old son
Question #4
A Fewer behavior problems
B Better relationships with their parents
C More adjustment problems
D Higher self-esteem
Question #5
A 8 to 10 year old has permissive parents
B 11 to 13 year old, fears a bully
C 5 to 7 year old is afraid of academic failure
D 8 to 10 year old, is afraid to be separated from his mother
Question #6
A Exposure to negative information in media
B Direct exposure to frightening events
C Exposure to fairy tales
D School or neighborhood bullies
Question #7
A Is less common among children whose parents use an authoritative child rearing style
B Is a preexisting attribute weather than a capacity that develops over time
C Is less common among children with a mastery-oriented approach to new situations
D Enables children to use internal and external resources to cope with adversity
Question #8
A Traits and experiences that protect children against psychological disturbance are unknown
B Often just one or a few protective factors account for a child being “stress-resilient”
C There is a strong relationship between stressful experiences and psychological disturbance
Question #9
A Adjust better when allowed to face their abuser in court
B Frequently displayed precocoious sexual knowledge and behavior
C Trend to avoid sexual activity in adolescence
D Usually tell a parent or teacher what has happened
Question #10
A Easy
B Active
C Impulsive
D Inhibited
Question #11
A Ghosts and goblins
B The dark
C Thunder and lightning
D Peer rejection
Question #12
A Self-care
B Rejected
C Controversial
D After-care
Question #13
A Have fewer emotional difficulties
B Are more likely to engage in antisocial behavior
C Are less likely to bend to peer pressure
D Show greater academic achievement
Question #14
A Lower achievement
B More immature social behavior
C Higher intelligence
D More gender-stereotyped beliefs
Question #15
A Fathers are more knowledgeable than mothers about children’s everyday activities
B Fathers spend more time than meters with school-age children
C Each parents tends to devote more time to children of his or her own sex
D Fathers engage in as much caregiving as mothers
Question #16
A Is a permissive child-rearing style where the child takes responsibly or making rules
B involves from parental control and greater child dependence
C Involves general parental oversight while letting the child make moment by moment decisions
D Is an agreement between parents and other caregivers to be consistent with rules
Question #17
A Transitive inference
B Permissive parenting
C Distributive justice
D Coregulation
Question #18
A Authoritative
B Authoritarian
C Uninvolved
D Permissive
Question #19
A Language arts; masculine
B physical education; feminine
C Music; masculine
D Reading; feminine
Question #20
A Public speaking
B Positive social skills
C Personal defense
D Public speaking
Question #21
A The bully often targets the new friend
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 Bullying often comes to an end
Question #22
A Popular-prosocial
B Rejected-withdrawn
C Rejected-assertive
D Popular-aggressive
Question #23
A Show high rates of absenteeism and prosocial behavior
B Are anxious, unhappy, and low in self-esteem
C Include “tough” boys and relationally aggressive boys and girls
D Combine academic and social competence
Question #24
A Extended family
B Church
C home
D Society of peers
Question #25
A Angie, who has very low self esteem
B Jane, who has overly high self esteem
C Helen, who views others traits as fixed
D Lisa, who views others traits as changeable
Question #26
A Begin to recognize that the context of behavior is more important than the intent
B Pick up morally relevant behaviors,but do not understand the reasons behind them
C Reject conventional standards for moral behavior
D Have internalized rules for good conduct
Question #27
A Redefine the situation and appraise it as unchangeable
B Opt for distraction when faced with outcomes beyond their control, such as receiving a bad grade
C Think about thinking
D Appraise the situation as changeable, identify the difficulty and decide what to do about it
Question #28
A People’s expressions may not reflect their true feelings
B Tone of voice is a more accurate predicator of emotion than facial expressions
C Negative emotions are more frequent than positive emotions
D Postive and negative emotions cannot be experienced simultaneously
Question #29
A Ignoring responsibilities
B Intentional wrongdoing
C Depressive symptoms
D Lying and cheating
Question #30
A One approach is to encourage low-effort students to focus more on grades and less on mastering a task for individual improvement
B Following a failure, children are given repeated feedback that helps them revise their attributions, such as “You can do it if you try harder.”
C Attribution retraining is an alternative to instruction in effective strategies and self-regulation
D Attribution retraining encourages children to believe that success should be attributed to ability, rather than luck or effort
Question #31
A Effort
B Luck
C Intelligence
D Ability
Question #32
A Ability
B The malicious intent of another person
C Insufficient effort
D Bad luck
Question #33
A Make decisions for their children
B Encourage their children to stave for worthwhile goals
C Use a firm, controlling parenting style
D Use frequent social comparisons
Question #34
A Attend schools in high SES neighborhoods, regardless of their own SES
B Spend longer hours in child care
C Have permissive parents
D Attend school where their SES and ethnic groups are well-represented
Question #35
A Throughout middle childhood, girls’ self esteem tends to be higher than boys’
B From fourth grade on, self esteem drops for the majority of young people
C Children’s self evaluations become increasingly vague and overlapping with age
D Perceived physical appearance correlates more strongly with overall self-worth than any other self-esteem factor
Question #36
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 As children move into adolescences, self concept is increasingly vested in feedback from close friends
D School-age children often avoid making social comparisons when describing themselves
Question #37
A Develop a strong sense of superiority
B Seldom look to people beyond the family for information about themselves
C Form an ideal self that they use to evaluate their real self
D experience shame, the negative outcome of middle childhood
Question #38
A Describe themselves in unrealistically positive terms
B Compare their own characteristics to those of peers
C reject conventional standards for moral behavior
D Experience role confusion
Question #39
A Autonomy
B Industry
C Trust
D Identity
Question #40
A Shame
B Role confusion
C Industry
D Inferiority