Social Emotional
Cognitive Development
MISC 1
MISC 2
MISC 3
100

Rebecca is having trouble sleeping and getting out of bed each morning. She does not seem to enjoy her after-school activities as much as she used to and has not been hanging out with her friends on the weekends. Rebecca most likely has

  1. Anxiety
  2. Depression
  3. Conduct disorder
  4. Obsessive-compulsive disorder

b) Depression

100

Compared to pre-operational children, children in the concrete-operational stage are

  1. Less egocentric
  2. More egocentric
  3. Equally high in egocentrism
  4. Equally low in egocentrism

a) Less egocentric

100

Reading is best developed when

  1. A whole-language approach is emphasized
  2. A phonetic approach is emphasized
  3. A combination of whole-language and phonetic approaches is used
  4. None of the above

c) A combination of whole-language and phonetic approaches is used

100

 Achievement is ____________________ whereas intelligence is _________________.

  1. The skills and knowledge that a child has gained through experience; a child’s underlying cognitive abilities
  2. A child’s underlying cognitive abilities; the skills and knowledge that a child has gained through experience
  3. Assessed with the Stanford-Binet; assessed with the Wechsler
  4. Assessed with the Wechsler; assessed with the Stanford-Binet

a) The skills and knowledge that a child has gained through experience; a child’s underlying cognitive abilities

100

Which of the following increases the risk of obesity in children?

  1. Increased TV watching
  2. Lack of healthy food available
  3. Caregiver modeling of unhealthy habits
  4. All of the above

d) All of the above

200

 Jessica becomes friends with Catherine because of their shared interest in Harry Potter. Jessica and Catherine’s parents notice that the two friends’ personalities are very similar. This example illustrates the concept of ___________________.

  1. Homophily
  2. Pragmatics
  3. Social symmetry
  4. Co-regulation

a) Homophily

200

The Flynn Effect is

  1. The finding that IQ is solely determined by environment
  2. The finding that IQ is solely determined by genetics
  3. The finding that males have slightly higher IQ scores than females
  4. The finding that IQ scores have consistently increased from one generation to the next

d) The finding that IQ scores have consistently increased from one generation to the next

200

Unlike in early childhood when children’s self-concept focuses on ______________, during middle childhood, children’s self-concept focuses on _______________.

  1. Concrete external traits; abstract internal traits
  2. Abstract internal traits; concrete external traits
  3. Social traits; academic traits
  4. Academic traits; social traits 

a) Concrete external traits; abstract internal traits

200

Co-regulation is

  1. Emotional regulation provided by peers during middle childhood
  2. Self-regulation skills taught to children with ADHD as part of cognitive behavior therapy (CBT)
  3. The notion that friends tend to be similar in terms of interests and traits
  4. The transfer of some control from the parents to the child during middle childhood

d) The transfer of some control from the parents to the child during middle childhood

200

According to Kohlberg, which level(s) of moral reasoning is/are focused on obeying the law without question and showing a respect for authority?

  1. Preconventional
  2. Conventional
  3. Postconventional
  4. All of the above

b) Conventional

300

As part of a research study, Ryan is presented with a class roster and is told to select children in his class who he likes the most and likes the least. Using this information from Ryan and his classmates, researchers can map the relative peer acceptance of each child in the class. This research methodology is called

  1. Sociometric ratings
  2. Acceptance mapping
  3. Social scaling
  4. Friendship perception questionnaires

a) Sociometric ratings

300

Tony and Peter are both 6 years old and attend different elementary schools. Both Tony and Peter are learning to read. They see the word “TELEPHONE.” Tony recognizes the word from other books he has read and immediately reads it as “telephone!” Peter, on the other hand sounds out the word “tel-e-ph-one” until he works out that the word is “telephone.” When learning to read, it is likely that Tony’s teachers used the _____________ whereas Peter’s teachers used the _______________.

  1. Whole-language approach; phonetic method
  2. Phonetic method; whole-language approach
  3. Sight approach; verbal approach
  4. Verbal approach; sight approach

a) Whole-language approach; phonetic method

300

Which of the following helps consolidate information from short-term to long-term memory?

  1. Separating the information from things already known to make it distinct
  2. Limiting the emotions attached to the information so it remains neutral
  3. Rehearsing the information over and over again
  4. Drawing out a semantic net

c) Rehearsing the information over and over again

300

Children become more susceptible to learned helplessness when

  1. They believe that success and failures are due to abilities (fixed mindset)
  2. They believe that success and failures are due to effort (growth mindset)
  3. They have not passed the pre-operational stage of cognitive development
  4. None of the above

a) They believe that success and failures are due to abilities (fixed mindset)

300

Which of the following is NOT a component of behavioral treatment for ADHD?

  1. Increased use of reinforcement
  2. Increased use of punishment
  3. Increased consistency between caregivers
  4. Development of an individualized reward system (token economy)

b) Increased use of punishment

400

Compared to being popular on the sociometric scale, a higher percentage of negative outcomes is linked with being rejected or neglected. Which is TRUE?

  1. Overall, it is worse to be rejected than neglected
  2. Overall, it is worse to be neglected than rejected
  3. It is equally negative to be rejected versus neglected
  4. Being neglected, but not rejected, is associated with worse academic outcomes

a) Overall, it is worse to be rejected than neglected

400

 Which of the following is the correct sequence of the memory process?

  1. Echoic memory, sensory memory, long-term memory
  2. Sensory memory, short-term memory, long-term memory
  3. Iconic memory, short-term memory, working memory
  4. Sensory memory, working memory, echoic memory

b) Sensory memory, short-term memory, long-term memory

400

Which of the following is FALSE about the impact of divorce on children?

  1. Parents should not necessarily stay together for the sake of the child
  2. Children of divorce have more adjustment problems than children in non-divorced families, but these problems are usually short-lived
  3. Post-divorce conflict is unrelated to children’s adjustment
  4. When both parents are involved, joint custody improves outcomes for children after a divorce

c) Post-divorce conflict is unrelated to children’s adjustment

400

Which of the following is FALSE regarding parent-child relationships in middle childhood?

  1. Parents begin to spend more time with their children
  2. Children evaluate their parents more critically
  3. Children begin to disclose less information to their parents
  4. Parents begin to transfer control to the child

a) Parents begin to spend more time with their children

400

Caleb incorrectly answers three math problems in a row while his classmates seem to be able to answer them correctly. When it comes time to take the math test, Caleb gives up quickly when he encounters difficult problems and does worse than his classmates even though they have equal math knowledge. This example highlights the concept of

  1. Learned helplessness
  2. Cognitive distortion
  3. Executive functioning deficits
  4. Attributional biases

a) Learned helplessness

500

Joan trips and ends up pushing Ted by accident who then falls into Max, Jim, and Susie, causing a pile up of five kids. The next day, Kelly intentionally pushes Sally. Five-year-old Ron sees both events and thinks Joan should be punished more than Kelly because more kids fell down. It is likely that Ron is in the _____________ stage of moral development.


  1. Moral realism
  2. Autonomous morality
  3. Conventional
  4. Postconventional

a) Moral realism

500

Which of the following was NOT discussed in connection to information processing?

  1. Attention
  2. Memory
  3. Habituation
  4. Processing

c) Habituation

500

Which of the following is TRUE regarding the diagnosis of specific learning disorder?

  1. Impairment in actual school performance is not necessary
  2. The child must experience in math, reading, AND writing
  3. The child must not have an intellectual disability
  4. The child must show signs of the disorder by age 2

c) The child must not have an intellectual disability

500

Iconic memory and echoic memory are both types of __________________.

  1. Sensory memory
  2. Working memory
  3. Short-term memory
  4. Long-term memory

a) Sensory memory

500

What is NOT a type of therapy we talked about in class?

  1. Cognitive-behavioral therapy
  2. Interpersonal Psychotherapy for Adolescents
  3. Motivational Interviewing

c) Motivational Interviewing

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