Psy 230 Chapter 10 Quiz – Flashcards
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Marty who has two children from a previous marriage has just remarried and now has two stepchildren. Based on information in your text you can anticipate that
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Marty's contact with biological children will decline
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Fernando has reached the self reflective level of Selmans stages of perspective taking. Which of the following statements is most likely true about Fernando?
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He can step into another person shoes and view his own thoughts feelings and behavior from the others persons perspective
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Research on child sexual abuse indicates that
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The abuser is most often a parent or someone the parent knows well
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During childhood and adolescence perceived ______ correlates more strongly with overall self worth than any other self esteem factor
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Physical appearance
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Which of the following is true about children temperament and sex differences in adjustment to parental divorce?
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Coercive maternal behavior and defiance on the part of sons are common in divorcing households
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Mr & Mrs Pribesh have begun to change how they supervise their son. While they exercise general oversight they now allow him to take charge of moment by moment decision making. The Pribeshes are engaging in
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Coregulation
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Jose is a rejected withdrawn child who has developed a learned helpless approach difficulties. This means that Jose
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Assumes that he will never be liked, no matter what he does
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Fifth and sixth graders describe _______ as the most influential people in their lives
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Parents
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Which of the following is true about gender typicality?
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Childrens psychological well being depends to some degree on feeling that they fit in with their same sex peers
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Which of the following statements is true about self esteem in elementary school?
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It declines during the first few years of elementary school and then from fourth grade on rises for the majority of young people
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Which of the following is true about child care for school age children
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Low SES children who participate on in after care programs exceed their self care counterparts in classrooms work habits academics achievements and prosocial behavior
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Maddy spends most of her time with a particular set of friends. Within this group there are specific standards of behavior, a specialized dress code and identified leaders. Maddy is most likely
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Part of a peer group
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Which of the following is true about emotional self regulation in middle childhood?
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By age 10 most children shift adaptively between problem centered and emotion centered coping
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When classmates are asked to rate each other's like ability._______ children get many positive votes where as ______ children are seldom mentioned
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Popular; neglected
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School age children use frequent ______ in their self descriptions
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Social comparisons
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Dwayne feels that his parents and peers disapprove of his knitting hobby. His parents have tried to encourage him to consider other hobbies such as woodworking or coin collecting. Dwayne is distressed and stops knitting
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Felt pressure to conform to gender roles
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Which of the following statements about resilience is true?
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Resilience enables children to use internal and external resources to cope with adversity
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Nadia's parents are repeatedly disapproving and insulting. As a result Nadia probably ______ and relies heavily on ________ to affirm her self worth
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Needs constant reassurance peers
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Eleven year old Leah has develop a sense of competence at a number of useful skills and task. She has a positive but realistic self concept and takes pride in her accomplishments according to erikson Leah has
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Positively resolved the psychological conflict or middle childhood
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Despite their higher achievement ____ often blame poor performance on _______
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Girls; ability
