Emotion
Schooling
Peers
The Family
Hodgepodge
100
Which emotion do newborns experience? A. Happiness B. Anger C. Distress D. Disgust
C. Distress
100
When is having a small class size the most important? A. Elementary school B. Middle school C. High school
A. Elementary school
100
Which is a unidimensional measure of how well liked a child is by the peer group? A. Peer acceptance B. Friendship C. Peer victimization
A. Peer acceptance
100
Authoritative parents: A. Are warm, but set appropriate boundaries B. Dictate all the rules and are cold C. Let their children do whatever they want D. Are emotionally detached
A. Are warm, but set appropriate boundaries
100
Harlow found that which of the following is most important for developing an attachment bond? A. Food B. Comfort C. Two biological parents D. Consistent discipline
B. Comfort
200
When is a child most likely to start to cover his eyes if afraid? A. Infancy B. Toddlerhood C. Preschool D. Elementary School
C. Preschool
200
Ability group is most harmful for which group usually? A. Low achieving youth B. High achieving youth C. Kids who fall right in the middle of achievement ability D. It’s equally harmful for all
A. Low achieving youth
200
Research shows for peer rejection: A. If a child is rejected in the 3rd grade, she will definitely be rejected in the 4th grade B. If a child is rejected in the 3rd grade, she is likely to be rejected in the 4th grade C. If a child is rejected in the 3rd grade, it is difficult to know if she will be rejected in the 4th grade D. Children who are rejected should enter another school to be in a more accepting peer group
B. If a child is rejected in the 3rd grade, she is likely to be rejected in the 4th grade.
200
Lower SES parents tend to emphasize: A. Academic achievement B. Children’s happiness C. Obedience and neatness D. Earning money
C. Obedience and neatness
200
Avoidant children: A. Treat their caregivers the same way that they treat strangers B. Are clingy C. Seek out their caregivers when upset D. Have flat affect
A. Treat their caregivers the same way that they treat strangers
300
If a child is unsure of how to react in a situation, she will do which of the following if securely attached? A. Social referencing B. Self-distraction C. Use display rules D. Try her back away from the caregiver
A. Social referencing
300
Which study found that if teachers are told that children will bloom during the school year, those children actually show improvements in their academic performance? A. The Brown Eyes, Blue Eyes Experiment B. The Pygmalion Effect Study C. The Still Face Paradigm D. The New York Longitudinal Study
B. The Pygmalion Effect Study
300
If a child is bumped by a peer in the hallway, he is likely to figure out how to respond by doing what first? A. Encoding the social cues B. Forming an interpretation about what happened C. Figuring how what his goal is in the situation D. Weighing all his possible options of ways to respond
A. Encoding the social cues
300
Research on only children shows that they are: A. Spoiled B. Have small vocabularies C. Are well-adjusted overall D. Have high levels of peer acceptance
C. Are well-adjusted overall
300
Theory of Mind is: A. Knowing that other people have minds B. Understanding one’s own thoughts C. Knowing that the mind is separate from the brain D. Being able to take someone else’s perspective
D. Being able to take someone else's perspective
400
Parents who help a child to label his emotions are doing what? A. Emotion describing B. Emotion supporting C. Emotion dismissing D. Emotion coaching
D. Emotion coaching
400
What does recent research say about the academic achievement of boys? A. All boys are doing worse than they used to B. All boys are doing better than they used to C. Middle class and high SES boys are doing worse than they used to D. Low SES boys are doing worse than they used to
D. Low SES boys are doing worse than they used to
400
Victims of bullying often respond by: A. Telling the teacher B. Hitting the bully C. Crying or withdrawing D. Spreading rumors about the bully
C. Crying or withdrawing
400
Having a stepfather is harder on: A. Girls B. Boys C. It’s equally hard for both boys and girls, but in different ways D. It’s usually not particularly hard for either gender
A. Girls
400
If an individual is exploring his goals and values but hasn’t committed to any ones in particular yet, he is in which stage? A. Identity diffusion B. Identity moratorium C. Identity foreclosure
B. Identity moratorium
500
Children who have fairly regular eating and sleeping patterns may have which kind of temperament? A. Easy B. Slow to warm up C. Easy and slow to warm up D. Easy and fast to warm up
C. Easy and slow to warm up
500
A child who does poorly on a history test and says it’s because she didn’t study hard enough has what kind of view of ability? A. External B. Avoidant C. Incremental D. Entity
C. Incremental
500
When it comes to the number of friendships children have: A. The more friendships, the better B. Even just one friendship makes a big difference C. It doesn’t matter how many friends a child has if she is being bullied
B. Even just one friendship makes a big difference
500
The effect that maternal employment has on children depends upon: A. How many hours the mother is working B. How happy mothers are in their job C. The IQ level of the child D. How much money the mother is making
B. How happy mothers are in their job
500
For children under the age of 2 years, TV watching is okay if: A. It’s only educational tv B. It’s purely entertainment tv and doesn’t put pressure on them to learn academic skills yet C. Parents watch along with them D. It’s thought to never be okay
D. It's thought to never be okay