Exam 10: Middle Childhood: Social and Emotional Development

What is the nature of most conflicts among middle childhood friends?

At what point in a marriage is divorce most common?

Bystanders may not intervene to stop bullies because they are afraid of making the situation worse.

According to research, how does the psychological adjustment of children who have lesbian or gay parents compare with the psychological adjustment of children who have heterosexual parents?

Depression and low self-esteem are unrelated problems in childhood.

Children whose mothers work have much higher levels of social conduct problems and academic problems.

Perspective-taking skills are important for children's peer relationships during middle adulthood.

Parents and teachers have an equal and strong impact on self-esteem.

How are depressed children most likely to interpret their failures?

Which statement best represents our knowledge about conduct disorder?

What is the origin of conduct disorders?

What childhood quality is most likely to decrease during the middle childhood years?

During middle childhood, children depend less on external rewards and increasingly regulate their own behaviour.

How do the self-definitions of middle childhood children compare with those of early childhood children?

In middle childhood, children begin to describe themselves using abstract, internal traits.

Which of the following criteria were noted as being qualities of an effective teacher?

Separation anxiety disorder frequently occurs alongside social anxiety.

Regardless of how parents get along, it is better to stay together for the sake of the children than to get divorced.

Ten- to 12-year-olds evaluate their parents more harshly than they did in early childhood.

Contributors to conduct disorders may include genetics, antisocial family members, deviant peers, inconsistent discipline, parental insensitivity to the child's behaviour, physical punishment, and family stress.