Question 1

Which of the following is not important to answer about children's emotional development?

Accepted Answer

A) emotional expression 
B) emotional recognition 
C) emotional understanding 
D) emotional universality 
A) emotional expression 
B) emotional recognition 
C) emotional understanding 
D) emotional universality

Question 2

Adolescents who are low on _______ are more apt to engage in health-risk behaviors, such as smoking, poor eating habits, reckless driving, and unprotected sex.

Accepted Answer

A) conscientiousness 
B) neuroticism 
C) agreeableness 
D) openness-to-Experience 
A) conscientiousness 
B) neuroticism 
C) agreeableness 
D) openness-to-Experience

Question 3

Which aspects of temperament and personality emerge earliest in life?

Accepted Answer

A) irritability 
B) effortful control 
C) dominance 
D) sociability 
A) irritability 
B) effortful control 
C) dominance 
D) sociability

Question 4

All of the following have been found to be associated with high reactive children except

Accepted Answer

A) about 40% of children are low-reactive. 
B) they tend to become unsociable and fearful when they are about 2 years old. 
C) if they are minimally fearful, they are called uninhibited. 
D) they show low levels of motor activity and irritability when they are 4 months old. 
A) about 40% of children are low-reactive. 
B) they tend to become unsociable and fearful when they are about 2 years old. 
C) if they are minimally fearful, they are called uninhibited. 
D) they show low levels of motor activity and irritability when they are 4 months old.

Question 5

A milestone in the development of emotional recognition that refers to "the use of another's emotional cues to clarify the interpretation of an ambiguous or uncertain event" is

Accepted Answer

A) emotional autonomy. 
B) biological sensitivity to context. 
C) social referencing. 
D) extraversion. 
A) emotional autonomy. 
B) biological sensitivity to context. 
C) social referencing. 
D) extraversion.

Question 6

During the second period of emotional development, between age 7 to about 9 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 7

What is the best analogy of comparison with the Five Factor Model of personality?

Accepted Answer

A) a computer 
B) a documentary 
C) a sound system 
D) a road map 
A) a computer 
B) a documentary 
C) a sound system 
D) a road map

Question 8

The idea that infants and children (as well as monkeys) are prepared by natural selection to attend to and acquire some things more readily than others is called

Accepted Answer

A) prepared learning. 
B) evolutionary instincts. 
C) instinctive fear. 
D) social learning. 
A) prepared learning. 
B) evolutionary instincts. 
C) instinctive fear. 
D) social learning.

Question 9

Research has shown that boys tend to exhibit higher ___ than girls.

Accepted Answer

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

Question 10

Devries studies suggest that the babies most likely to survive in famine in Kenya were

Accepted Answer

A) babies with easy temperaments.b babies who cried the least. 
B) babies who cried the most. 
C) babies who were the most ill. 
A) babies with easy temperaments.b babies who cried the least. 
B) babies who cried the most. 
C) babies who were the most ill.

Question 11

The median age of onset for both anxiety disorders and impulse control disorders, which include conduct disorders, is

Accepted Answer

A) 5 years. 
B) 8 years. 
C) 11 years. 
D) 13 years. 
A) 5 years. 
B) 8 years. 
C) 11 years. 
D) 13 years.

Question 12

All of the following have been found to be associated with high reactive children except

Accepted Answer

A) about 2% of children are high reactive. 
B) they show vigorous motor activity and distress in response to unfamiliar stimuli when they are 4 months old. 
C) in their second year, they tend to become shy, timid, and fearful in response to unfamiliar events. 
D) in their second year, about one-third of them will become inhibited. 
A) about 2% of children are high reactive. 
B) they show vigorous motor activity and distress in response to unfamiliar stimuli when they are 4 months old. 
C) in their second year, they tend to become shy, timid, and fearful in response to unfamiliar events. 
D) in their second year, about one-third of them will become inhibited.

Question 13

Which of the following is not one of the lower-order traits of conscientiousness?

Accepted Answer

A) cynicism 
B) orderliness 
C) conventiality 
D) attention 
A) cynicism 
B) orderliness 
C) conventiality 
D) attention

Question 14

The traditional, or essentialist, position regarding the stability of personality holds that

Accepted Answer

A) experiences and life transitions are most important in shaping personality. 
B) it is parallel to the stability of cognitive abilities. 
C) personality is highly relatively heritable and unstable in comparison to other psychological characteristics. 
D) stability should be high throughout life because temperament/personality is first and foremost an essential and biologically based aspect of the individual. 
A) experiences and life transitions are most important in shaping personality. 
B) it is parallel to the stability of cognitive abilities. 
C) personality is highly relatively heritable and unstable in comparison to other psychological characteristics. 
D) stability should be high throughout life because temperament/personality is first and foremost an essential and biologically based aspect of the individual.

Question 15

Which of the following is not true of easy, difficult, and slow-to-warm-up babies?

Accepted Answer

A) Easy babies and difficult babies are most alike. 
B) Easy babies and slow-to-warm-up babies are most alike. 
C) Slow-to-warm-up and difficult babies are most alike. 
D) The three types of babies are not alike in any significant way. 
A) Easy babies and difficult babies are most alike. 
B) Easy babies and slow-to-warm-up babies are most alike. 
C) Slow-to-warm-up and difficult babies are most alike. 
D) The three types of babies are not alike in any significant way.

Question 16

Which factor focuses on how original, creative, aesthetically sensitive, knowledgeable, and curious individuals are?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 17

The belief that basic emotions are innate and associated with distinctive bodily and facial reactions is called the

Accepted Answer

A) discrete emotion theory. 
B) functionalist perspective. 
C) adaptive direction. 
D) personal fable. 
A) discrete emotion theory. 
B) functionalist perspective. 
C) adaptive direction. 
D) personal fable.

Question 18

During the first period of emotional development, between age 3 to about 7 years, children experience all of the following components except

Accepted Answer

A) recognition 
B) external cause 
C) desire 
D) belief 
A) recognition 
B) external cause 
C) desire 
D) belief

Question 19

Secondary emotions are also called

Accepted Answer

A) subconscious emotions.b other-conscious emotions. 
B) self-centered emotions. 
C) distressful emotions. 
A) subconscious emotions.b other-conscious emotions. 
B) self-centered emotions. 
C) distressful emotions.

Question 20

Which of the following is not true?

Accepted Answer

A) Infants have an innate fear of snakes.b Infants are prepared to acquire a fear of snakes. 
B) Infants are particularly attentive to evolutionarily relevant animals in comparison to animals that are less likely to have caused harm to our ancestors. 
C) People attend more quickly to evolutionarily relevant stimuli than to evolutionarily irrelevant stimuli. 
A) Infants have an innate fear of snakes.b Infants are prepared to acquire a fear of snakes. 
B) Infants are particularly attentive to evolutionarily relevant animals in comparison to animals that are less likely to have caused harm to our ancestors. 
C) People attend more quickly to evolutionarily relevant stimuli than to evolutionarily irrelevant stimuli.

Which of the following is not important to answer about children's emotional development?

Adolescents who are low on _______ are more apt to engage in health-risk behaviors, such as smoking, poor eating habits, reckless driving, and unprotected sex.

Which aspects of temperament and personality emerge earliest in life?

All of the following have been found to be associated with high reactive children except

A milestone in the development of emotional recognition that refers to "the use of another's emotional cues to clarify the interpretation of an ambiguous or uncertain event" is

During the second period of emotional development, between age 7 to about 9 years, children are developing an increased ability to

What is the best analogy of comparison with the Five Factor Model of personality?

The idea that infants and children (as well as monkeys) are prepared by natural selection to attend to and acquire some things more readily than others is called

Research has shown that boys tend to exhibit higher ___ than girls.

Devries studies suggest that the babies most likely to survive in famine in Kenya were

The median age of onset for both anxiety disorders and impulse control disorders, which include conduct disorders, is

All of the following have been found to be associated with high reactive children except

Which of the following is not one of the lower-order traits of conscientiousness?

The traditional, or essentialist, position regarding the stability of personality holds that

Which of the following is not true of easy, difficult, and slow-to-warm-up babies?

Which factor focuses on how original, creative, aesthetically sensitive, knowledgeable, and curious individuals are?

The belief that basic emotions are innate and associated with distinctive bodily and facial reactions is called the

During the first period of emotional development, between age 3 to about 7 years, children experience all of the following components except

Secondary emotions are also called

Which of the following is not true?

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

Which of the following is not important to answer about children's emotional development?

Adolescents who are low on _______ are more apt to engage in health-risk behaviors, such as smoking, poor eating habits, reckless driving, and unprotected sex.

Which aspects of temperament and personality emerge earliest in life?

All of the following have been found to be associated with high reactive children except

A milestone in the development of emotional recognition that refers to "the use of another's emotional cues to clarify the interpretation of an ambiguous or uncertain event" is

During the second period of emotional development, between age 7 to about 9 years, children are developing an increased ability to

What is the best analogy of comparison with the Five Factor Model of personality?

The idea that infants and children (as well as monkeys) are prepared by natural selection to attend to and acquire some things more readily than others is called

Research has shown that boys tend to exhibit higher ___ than girls.

Devries studies suggest that the babies most likely to survive in famine in Kenya were

The median age of onset for both anxiety disorders and impulse control disorders, which include conduct disorders, is

All of the following have been found to be associated with high reactive children except

Which of the following is not one of the lower-order traits of conscientiousness?

The traditional, or essentialist, position regarding the stability of personality holds that

Which of the following is not true of easy, difficult, and slow-to-warm-up babies?

Which factor focuses on how original, creative, aesthetically sensitive, knowledgeable, and curious individuals are?

The belief that basic emotions are innate and associated with distinctive bodily and facial reactions is called the

During the first period of emotional development, between age 3 to about 7 years, children experience all of the following components except

Secondary emotions are also called

Which of the following is not true?

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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