Exam 8: Social and Personality Development in Early Childhood

According to research, which parental characteristic is most consistently related to children's secure attachments, altruistic and empathetic behaviors, and school achievements?

Will rarely turns in his school work and does not seem concerned when he gets bad grades. His parents seem to love him and they give him pretty much whatever he asks for and believe that most parents are too strict. When he was in trouble at school, Will's parents minimized the teacher's concerns as silly and did not punish Will. Which parenting style would you say best describes Will's parents?

Children of gay or lesbian parents

Which of the following is an example of a social convention?

Authoritarian and authoritative parents would vary most widely on which of the following dimensions of parenting?

In early childhood, what characterizes the development of the emotional self?

At what age does prosocial behavior become apparent in children? What are some of the observable characteristics of prosocial behavior?

Which of the following best summarizes young children's understanding of intentions?

While empathy develops fairly early, the more complex emotion of ________ occurs later in childhood and adolescence.

Freud believed that ________ plays a key role in children's development of a gender role concept and a sex role.

According to Li-Grining, how do children learn impulse control?

Which of the following is an accurate statement about cross-gender behavior in childhood?

If Matthew understands gender stability, which of the following will he likely assume?

Instrumental aggression is generally directed to a(n) ________ ; hostile aggression is generally directed toward a(n) ________.

By what age do children generally believe that it is more wrong for a child to hit another person than to forget to say "please"?

Which of the following parental behaviors is linked to higher rates of altruistic or prosocial behavior in their children?

Which develops first, sex-typed behavior or ideas about sex roles?

What are the characteristics of trait aggression?

A friend of yours says that she is concerned about a child adopted by two gay men. She says the child is likely to grow up to be gay or to prefer girls' toys over boys' toys. What would you say to her?

What is Hoffman's first stage of empathy development, which is characterized by an infant matching the strong emotion of another?