Exam 13: Development of the Self and Social Cognition

What characterizes the parental behaviour of those children who show a high need to achieve?

According to Selman's stages of social perspective taking,when a child is able to assume the perspective of a disinterested third party and anticipate how each participant will react,which stage of role taking has the child reached?

During which achievement phase do children show evidence of pride in their achievements?

Which type of mastery motivation are children demonstrating when they first seek recognition after mastering a challenging task?

Which identity status is associated with the highest self-esteem?

Eder studied children's self-concepts by asking them to choose between two descriptive statements.Do her findings support those obtained using the method of self-description?

Which of the following best summarizes the research findings regarding identity status as evaluated within the area of religious values?

Describe four different types of achievement attributions that might be made for success or failure.In addition,indicate whether each involves a stable or unstable factor,and an internal or external cause for the attribution.

Which type of self is most dependent on the development of autobiographical memory?

Jessa is usually happy at school but she is always sad when she is at home with her parents.Despite these inconsistencies,she makes an extra effort to pretend to be happy whenever she is with her parents.How would a developmentalist view Jessa's change in behaviour?

According to Weiner,which of the following patterns of causal attribution for successes and failures characterizes high achievers?

Which of the following teacher comments would be most likely to encourage a child to exert more effort on a task rather than to give up?

Children who have achieved concrete operational thinking are also likely to be categorized as being in which of Selman's stages of perspective taking?

Which of the following is the best description of what developmentalists refer to as false-self behaviour?

Which of the following best characterizes children's behaviour during the joy-in-mastery phase of achievement?

Which of the following is true with respect to suicide during adolescence?

Despite being warm and loving,why are permissive parents more likely to have children who are low in academic achievement?

Which of the following is an unstable internal cause for an achievement outcome?

According to Harter and Monsour,what is the basis for the integration and understanding of self-inconsistencies?

Which parenting style is typical of parents whose children are high achieving and successful?