Question 1

Discrete facial expressions that occur early in infancy are called basic emotions because they

Accepted Answer

A)  are the emotions that are most easily identified by experimenters who study emotion. 
B)  constitute a set of emotions that appear to be biologically determined. 
C)  are the simplest and first emotions the infant learns. 
D)  are the emotions first identified by caregivers. 
A)  are the emotions that are most easily identified by experimenters who study emotion. 
B)  constitute a set of emotions that appear to be biologically determined. 
C)  are the simplest and first emotions the infant learns. 
D)  are the emotions first identified by caregivers. B

Question 2

Children begin to become verbally proficient in describing the causes and consequences of emotions at about three or four years of age.All but which of the following is true concerning this emotional advancement?

Accepted Answer

A)  Around this time,children tend to agree that receiving a compliment leads to happy emotions. 
B)  Around this time,children tend to agree that being called a name leads to a negative feeling. 
C)  Around this time,children begin to center their concepts of emotions on internal psychological states. 
D)  Around this time,children can offer suggestions for ameliorating another person's negative emotions. 
A)  Around this time,children tend to agree that receiving a compliment leads to happy emotions. 
B)  Around this time,children tend to agree that being called a name leads to a negative feeling. 
C)  Around this time,children begin to center their concepts of emotions on internal psychological states. 
D)  Around this time,children can offer suggestions for ameliorating another person's negative emotions. C

Question 3

Ethologists who study attachment believe that the infant has an innate tendency to send signals to the caregiver.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 4

Which of the following is not considered a complex emotion?

Accepted Answer

A)  Anger 
B)  Envy 
C)  Guilt 
D)  Shame 
A)  Anger 
B)  Envy 
C)  Guilt 
D)  Shame

Question 5

Adolescents who develop and use ineffective emotion-regulation strategies are more prone to

Accepted Answer

A)  internalize their emotions. 
B)  externalize their emotions. 
C)  internalize and externalize their emotions. 
D)  neutralize their emotions. 
A)  internalize their emotions. 
B)  externalize their emotions. 
C)  internalize and externalize their emotions. 
D)  neutralize their emotions.

Question 6

Taylor's mother discusses and explains emotions to her children on a regular basis,making sure that they understand why their reactions are or are not appropriate in certain situations.Taylor and her siblings will likely

Accepted Answer

A)  develop conduct disorders. 
B)  have a difficult time acquiring display rules. 
C)  have greater knowledge about emotions. 
D)  become emotionally introverted. 
A)  develop conduct disorders. 
B)  have a difficult time acquiring display rules. 
C)  have greater knowledge about emotions. 
D)  become emotionally introverted.

Question 7

Approximately 70 percent of all infant-caregiver interactions are _________ and play an important role in normal emotional development.

Accepted Answer

A)  synchronous 
B)  asynchronous 
C)  negative 
D)  positive 
A)  synchronous 
B)  asynchronous 
C)  negative 
D)  positive

Question 8

Explain the dimensions of the Rothbart explanation of temperament.

Accepted Answer

Rothbart believed infants differed in te

Question 9

How is an emotion different from a mood?

Accepted Answer

An emotion is a particular and

Question 10

Shana's parents have been physically abusive toward her.Shana will most likely exhibit a deficiency in identifying the emotional expressions that correspond to particular situations.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

The strong emotional bond that exists between infants and caregivers is called

Accepted Answer

A)  bonding. 
B)  attachment. 
C)  synchrony. 
D)  temperament. 
A)  bonding. 
B)  attachment. 
C)  synchrony. 
D)  temperament.

Question 12

Internal working models of relationships are _________ that develop as children interact with their parents.

Accepted Answer

A)  mental frameworks 
B)  attachment mechanisms 
C)  cognitive biases 
D)  developmental categories 
A)  mental frameworks 
B)  attachment mechanisms 
C)  cognitive biases 
D)  developmental categories

Question 13

The Strange Situation is a standardized task administered

Accepted Answer

A)  in the laboratory to determine sex differences in emotional expressions. 
B)  in the laboratory to measure the quality of attachment. 
C)  in the child's home to measure the quality of attachment. 
D)  in the child's home to determine sex differences in emotional expressions. 
A)  in the laboratory to determine sex differences in emotional expressions. 
B)  in the laboratory to measure the quality of attachment. 
C)  in the child's home to measure the quality of attachment. 
D)  in the child's home to determine sex differences in emotional expressions.

Question 14

One physiological system that has been examined in relation to emotional attachment is the action of the stress hormone norepinephrine.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Which of the following statements regarding emotion regulation is not true?

Accepted Answer

A)  Girls tend to express more negative emotions than boys do. 
B)  Infants who have difficulty regulating their emotions at six months of age are more likely to be noncompliant children later on. 
C)  Preschoolers who have trouble with anger and emotion regulation display poor social competence later on. 
D)  The inability to regulate negative emotions is part of the behavioral profile of children with conduct disorders. 
A)  Girls tend to express more negative emotions than boys do. 
B)  Infants who have difficulty regulating their emotions at six months of age are more likely to be noncompliant children later on. 
C)  Preschoolers who have trouble with anger and emotion regulation display poor social competence later on. 
D)  The inability to regulate negative emotions is part of the behavioral profile of children with conduct disorders.

Question 16

Emotional display rules

Accepted Answer

A)  are cognitive structures that permit children to understand complex emotions. 
B)  describe the use of emotions that center on internal physiological states. 
C)  are cultural guidelines about when,how,and to what degree to display emotions. 
D)  describe the methods by which researchers study emotional expression in infants and children. 
A)  are cognitive structures that permit children to understand complex emotions. 
B)  describe the use of emotions that center on internal physiological states. 
C)  are cultural guidelines about when,how,and to what degree to display emotions. 
D)  describe the methods by which researchers study emotional expression in infants and children.

Question 17

Development of emotion regulation seems to be linked to ________ in specific areas of the brain.

Accepted Answer

A)  slower dendrite connections 
B)  greater neural activity 
C)  less cortex firing 
D)  faster parietal spacing 
A)  slower dendrite connections 
B)  greater neural activity 
C)  less cortex firing 
D)  faster parietal spacing

Question 18

In the newborn,most smiling occurs

Accepted Answer

A)  during states of wakefulness. 
B)  as a result of gas. 
C)  during REM sleep. 
D)  in a social manner. 
A)  during states of wakefulness. 
B)  as a result of gas. 
C)  during REM sleep. 
D)  in a social manner.

Question 19

Which of the following is not true of parent-child interactions that may be linked to gender differences in emotion?

Accepted Answer

A)  Mothers and fathers spend more time trying to get their infant sons to smile than their infant daughters. 
B)  Mothers are more facially expressive when they play with their two-year-old daughters than with their two-year-old sons. 
C)  Parents tend to expose their daughters to a wider range of emotions than their sons. 
D)  Parents tend to encourage girls to maintain close emotional relationships whereas they encourage their sons to control their emotions. 
A)  Mothers and fathers spend more time trying to get their infant sons to smile than their infant daughters. 
B)  Mothers are more facially expressive when they play with their two-year-old daughters than with their two-year-old sons. 
C)  Parents tend to expose their daughters to a wider range of emotions than their sons. 
D)  Parents tend to encourage girls to maintain close emotional relationships whereas they encourage their sons to control their emotions.

Question 20

Which of the following is not true regarding gender differences in emotion?

Accepted Answer

A)  Girls tend to show more positive emotions than boys within the first six months of life. 
B)  Girls show less anxiety than boys about tests and family issues. 
C)  Girls smile more than boys during adolescence. 
D)  Girls are better at decoding the emotional expressions of others. 
A)  Girls tend to show more positive emotions than boys within the first six months of life. 
B)  Girls show less anxiety than boys about tests and family issues. 
C)  Girls smile more than boys during adolescence. 
D)  Girls are better at decoding the emotional expressions of others.

Discrete facial expressions that occur early in infancy are called basic emotions because they

Children begin to become verbally proficient in describing the causes and consequences of emotions at about three or four years of age.All but which of the following is true concerning this emotional advancement?

Ethologists who study attachment believe that the infant has an innate tendency to send signals to the caregiver.

Which of the following is not considered a complex emotion?

Adolescents who develop and use ineffective emotion-regulation strategies are more prone to

Taylor's mother discusses and explains emotions to her children on a regular basis,making sure that they understand why their reactions are or are not appropriate in certain situations.Taylor and her siblings will likely

Approximately 70 percent of all infant-caregiver interactions are _________ and play an important role in normal emotional development.

Explain the dimensions of the Rothbart explanation of temperament.

How is an emotion different from a mood?

Shana's parents have been physically abusive toward her.Shana will most likely exhibit a deficiency in identifying the emotional expressions that correspond to particular situations.

The strong emotional bond that exists between infants and caregivers is called

Internal working models of relationships are _________ that develop as children interact with their parents.

The Strange Situation is a standardized task administered

One physiological system that has been examined in relation to emotional attachment is the action of the stress hormone norepinephrine.

Which of the following statements regarding emotion regulation is not true?

Emotional display rules

Development of emotion regulation seems to be linked to ________ in specific areas of the brain.

In the newborn,most smiling occurs

Which of the following is not true of parent-child interactions that may be linked to gender differences in emotion?

Which of the following is not true regarding gender differences in emotion?

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Exam 11: Emotion

Discrete facial expressions that occur early in infancy are called basic emotions because they

Children begin to become verbally proficient in describing the causes and consequences of emotions at about three or four years of age.All but which of the following is true concerning this emotional advancement?

Ethologists who study attachment believe that the infant has an innate tendency to send signals to the caregiver.

Which of the following is not considered a complex emotion?

Adolescents who develop and use ineffective emotion-regulation strategies are more prone to

Taylor's mother discusses and explains emotions to her children on a regular basis,making sure that they understand why their reactions are or are not appropriate in certain situations.Taylor and her siblings will likely

Approximately 70 percent of all infant-caregiver interactions are _________ and play an important role in normal emotional development.

Explain the dimensions of the Rothbart explanation of temperament.

How is an emotion different from a mood?

Shana's parents have been physically abusive toward her.Shana will most likely exhibit a deficiency in identifying the emotional expressions that correspond to particular situations.

The strong emotional bond that exists between infants and caregivers is called

Internal working models of relationships are _________ that develop as children interact with their parents.

The Strange Situation is a standardized task administered

One physiological system that has been examined in relation to emotional attachment is the action of the stress hormone norepinephrine.

Which of the following statements regarding emotion regulation is not true?

Emotional display rules

Development of emotion regulation seems to be linked to ________ in specific areas of the brain.

In the newborn,most smiling occurs

Which of the following is not true of parent-child interactions that may be linked to gender differences in emotion?

Which of the following is not true regarding gender differences in emotion?

Themes and Theories

Studying Child Development

Genetics and Heredity

The Prenatal Period and Birth

Brain, Motor Skill, and Physical Development

Basic Learning and Perception

Language

Cognition

Social Cognition

Achievement

Self and Values

Gender

The Family

Peers

Beyond Family and Peers

Filters