Question 1

By itself, risk-taking is

Accepted Answer

A) an inherently positive characteristic 
B) an inherently negative characteristic. 
C) neither an inherently positive nor negative characteristic. 
D) a characteristic that most likely leads to negative outcomes. 
A) an inherently positive characteristic 
B) an inherently negative characteristic. 
C) neither an inherently positive nor negative characteristic. 
D) a characteristic that most likely leads to negative outcomes.

Question 2

What is likely the most frequent type of externalizing problem in childhood?

Accepted Answer

A) oppositional defiant disorder 
B) eating disorders 
C) conduct disorder 
D) ADHD 
A) oppositional defiant disorder 
B) eating disorders 
C) conduct disorder 
D) ADHD

Question 3

Which of the following possible adaptive goals are associated with sadness?

Accepted Answer

A) Conserve energy; learn which goals are realizable; encourage nurturance by others 
B) Attain difficult goals; learn to overcome obstacles; communicate power/dominance 
C) Behave prosocially; learn/maintain social standards; communicate submission to others 
D) Behave appropriately; learn/maintain social standards; maintain others' respect and affection; preserve self-esteem 
A) Conserve energy; learn which goals are realizable; encourage nurturance by others 
B) Attain difficult goals; learn to overcome obstacles; communicate power/dominance 
C) Behave prosocially; learn/maintain social standards; communicate submission to others 
D) Behave appropriately; learn/maintain social standards; maintain others' respect and affection; preserve self-esteem

Question 4

Which of the following has not been found in research into adolescents who experience emotional disturbances?

Accepted Answer

A) Males display more internalizing problems and females display more externalizing problems. 
B) Oppositional defiant disorder often predicts the more serious conduct disorder. 
C) Rates of childhood and adolescent psychopathology nearly doubled after 1990. 
D) Fewer than half of children and adolescents with serious emotional problems graduate from high school 
A) Males display more internalizing problems and females display more externalizing problems. 
B) Oppositional defiant disorder often predicts the more serious conduct disorder. 
C) Rates of childhood and adolescent psychopathology nearly doubled after 1990. 
D) Fewer than half of children and adolescents with serious emotional problems graduate from high school

Question 5

Smiles of infants that are elicited by internal states are associated with all of the following except

Accepted Answer

A) that they are endogenous smiles. 
B) that they are social smiling. 
C) that they might be precursors of the emotion joy. 
D) that they are signs of some positive bodily state. 
A) that they are endogenous smiles. 
B) that they are social smiling. 
C) that they might be precursors of the emotion joy. 
D) that they are signs of some positive bodily state.

Question 6

Secondary emotions become apparent

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A) at birth. 
B) at about 3 months of age. 
C) at about 12 months of age. 
D) at about 15 and 18 months of age. 
A) at birth. 
B) at about 3 months of age. 
C) at about 12 months of age. 
D) at about 15 and 18 months of age.

Question 7

Discrete emotion theory is the belief that basic emotions are innate and associated with distinctive bodily and facial reactions.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

In many ways, slow-to-warm-up babies are like difficult babies, although they became easier
as they grew older.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Which of the following is linked to the capacity to inhibit a dominant response and predirect attention to another goal?

Accepted Answer

A) negative emotionality 
B) surgency, or extraversion 
C) orienting/regulation 
D) biological sensitivity to context 
A) negative emotionality 
B) surgency, or extraversion 
C) orienting/regulation 
D) biological sensitivity to context

Question 10

Which of the following reflects a child's awareness of other people's evaluation of his or her actions?

Accepted Answer

A) jealousy. 
B) nonevaluative embarrassment. 
C) emotional bonding. 
D) empathy. 
A) jealousy. 
B) nonevaluative embarrassment. 
C) emotional bonding. 
D) empathy.

Question 11

During the third period of emotional development, between age 9 to about 11 years, children are developing an increased ability to

Accepted Answer

A) understand the mixed nature of emotions. 
B) understand the possibility hiding emotions. 
C) take the perspective of others. 
D) understand the role of desires and belief on emotions. 
A) understand the mixed nature of emotions. 
B) understand the possibility hiding emotions. 
C) take the perspective of others. 
D) understand the role of desires and belief on emotions.

Question 12

Which of the following is a difference between temperament and personality?

Accepted Answer

A) only personality includes reliable behavioral traits that describe how individuals interact with their world 
B) only temperament is observable early in life 
C) only personality is biologically based 
D) personality includes higher-order cognitions and societal influences 
A) only personality includes reliable behavioral traits that describe how individuals interact with their world 
B) only temperament is observable early in life 
C) only personality is biologically based 
D) personality includes higher-order cognitions and societal influences

Question 13

According to Lewis, in the second half of the second year of life, all of the following new secondary emotions emerge except

Accepted Answer

A) envy. 
B) nonevaluative embarrassment. 
C) emotional bonding. 
D) empathy. 
A) envy. 
B) nonevaluative embarrassment. 
C) emotional bonding. 
D) empathy.

Question 14

During the second period of emotional development, between age 7 to about 9 years, children experience all of the following components except

Accepted Answer

A) morality. 
B) reminder. 
C) desire. 
D) hiding. 
A) morality. 
B) reminder. 
C) desire. 
D) hiding.

Question 15

When are infants able to recognize most emotional expressions of others in terms of people's faces or voices?

Accepted Answer

A) at about I month 
B) at about 3 months 
C) at about 6 months 
D) at about I year 
A) at about I month 
B) at about 3 months 
C) at about 6 months 
D) at about I year

Question 16

During the first period of emotional development, between age 3 to about 7 years, children are developing an increased ability to

Accepted Answer

A) understand the mixed nature of emotions. 
B) understand the possibility of regulating emotions through cognition. 
C) take the perspective of others. 
D) understand the role of desires and belief on emotions. 
A) understand the mixed nature of emotions. 
B) understand the possibility of regulating emotions through cognition. 
C) take the perspective of others. 
D) understand the role of desires and belief on emotions.

Question 17

Which of the following are the last things for which children develop disgust?

Accepted Answer

A) people who frighten them 
B) core disgusts 
C) the animal reminder category 
D) social and moral infractions 
A) people who frighten them 
B) core disgusts 
C) the animal reminder category 
D) social and moral infractions

Question 18

Which of the following has the greatest influence on adolescent risk-taking behavior?

Accepted Answer

A) parenting styles 
B) peers 
C) genetics 
D) personality 
A) parenting styles 
B) peers 
C) genetics 
D) personality

Question 19

Which of the following is an example of the social and temporal comparisons process?

Accepted Answer

A) Children high on Openness may find complex and novel stimuli to be reinforcing. 
B) Children high on Conscientiousness may pursue challenging activities. 
C) Children high on Extraversion may actively persuade other children to choose them as leaders of school groups. 
D) Children high on Neuroticism may wrongly view themselves as inadequate relative to their peers. 
A) Children high on Openness may find complex and novel stimuli to be reinforcing. 
B) Children high on Conscientiousness may pursue challenging activities. 
C) Children high on Extraversion may actively persuade other children to choose them as leaders of school groups. 
D) Children high on Neuroticism may wrongly view themselves as inadequate relative to their peers.

Question 20

Which factor focuses on how afraid, touchy, tearful, and steady (in the reverse direction) individuals are?

Accepted Answer

A) Extraversion 
B) Neuroticism 
C) Agreeableness 
D) Openness-to-Experience 
A) Extraversion 
B) Neuroticism 
C) Agreeableness 
D) Openness-to-Experience

By itself, risk-taking is

What is likely the most frequent type of externalizing problem in childhood?

Which of the following possible adaptive goals are associated with sadness?

Which of the following has not been found in research into adolescents who experience emotional disturbances?

Smiles of infants that are elicited by internal states are associated with all of the following except

Secondary emotions become apparent

Discrete emotion theory is the belief that basic emotions are innate and associated with distinctive bodily and facial reactions.

In many ways, slow-to-warm-up babies are like difficult babies, although they became easier as they grew older.

Which of the following is linked to the capacity to inhibit a dominant response and predirect attention to another goal?

Which of the following reflects a child's awareness of other people's evaluation of his or her actions?

During the third period of emotional development, between age 9 to about 11 years, children are developing an increased ability to

Which of the following is a difference between temperament and personality?

According to Lewis, in the second half of the second year of life, all of the following new secondary emotions emerge except

During the second period of emotional development, between age 7 to about 9 years, children experience all of the following components except

When are infants able to recognize most emotional expressions of others in terms of people's faces or voices?

During the first period of emotional development, between age 3 to about 7 years, children are developing an increased ability to

Which of the following are the last things for which children develop disgust?

Which of the following has the greatest influence on adolescent risk-taking behavior?

Which of the following is an example of the social and temporal comparisons process?

Which factor focuses on how afraid, touchy, tearful, and steady (in the reverse direction) individuals are?

Introduction to Child and Adolescent Development

Theories and Contexts of Development

Genetics, Prenatal Development, and the Neonate

Physical Development

What Do Infants Know and When and How Do They Know It

The Symbolic Child: Piagets Theory and Beyond

Understanding Self and Others

Becoming Self-Directed Thinkers: Problem Solving and Memory

Language Development

Intelligence and School Achievement

Attachment and Early Parent-Child Care

The Family and Other Contexts for Socialization

Competing and Cooperating With Peers

The Development of Sexuality and Gender Identity

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Exam 11: Emotion, Temperament, and Personality Development

By itself, risk-taking is

What is likely the most frequent type of externalizing problem in childhood?

Which of the following possible adaptive goals are associated with sadness?

Which of the following has not been found in research into adolescents who experience emotional disturbances?

Smiles of infants that are elicited by internal states are associated with all of the following except

Secondary emotions become apparent

Discrete emotion theory is the belief that basic emotions are innate and associated with distinctive bodily and facial reactions.

In many ways, slow-to-warm-up babies are like difficult babies, although they became easier as they grew older.

Which of the following is linked to the capacity to inhibit a dominant response and predirect attention to another goal?

Which of the following reflects a child's awareness of other people's evaluation of his or her actions?

During the third period of emotional development, between age 9 to about 11 years, children are developing an increased ability to

Which of the following is a difference between temperament and personality?

According to Lewis, in the second half of the second year of life, all of the following new secondary emotions emerge except

During the second period of emotional development, between age 7 to about 9 years, children experience all of the following components except

When are infants able to recognize most emotional expressions of others in terms of people's faces or voices?

During the first period of emotional development, between age 3 to about 7 years, children are developing an increased ability to

Which of the following are the last things for which children develop disgust?

Which of the following has the greatest influence on adolescent risk-taking behavior?

Which of the following is an example of the social and temporal comparisons process?

Which factor focuses on how afraid, touchy, tearful, and steady (in the reverse direction) individuals are?

Introduction to Child and Adolescent Development

Theories and Contexts of Development

Genetics, Prenatal Development, and the Neonate

Physical Development

What Do Infants Know and When and How Do They Know It

The Symbolic Child: Piagets Theory and Beyond

Understanding Self and Others

Becoming Self-Directed Thinkers: Problem Solving and Memory

Language Development

Intelligence and School Achievement

Attachment and Early Parent-Child Care

The Family and Other Contexts for Socialization

Competing and Cooperating With Peers

The Development of Sexuality and Gender Identity

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