Question 1

Attributional retraining is most effective when

Accepted Answer

A)  parents engage in authoritarian child rearing. 
B)  begun early, before children's views of themselves become hard to change. 
C)  children are presented with simple tasks that require little effort. 
D)  low-effort students are encouraged to focus more on grades and less on mastering a task for its own sake. 
A)  parents engage in authoritarian child rearing. 
B)  begun early, before children's views of themselves become hard to change. 
C)  children are presented with simple tasks that require little effort. 
D)  low-effort students are encouraged to focus more on grades and less on mastering a task for its own sake.

Question 2

Amina realistically evaluates her characteristics and competencies, and also has an attitude of self-acceptance and self-respect. Amina has __________ self-esteem.

Accepted Answer

A)  high 
B)  low 
C)  average 
D)  unrealistic 
A)  high 
B)  low 
C)  average 
D)  unrealistic

Question 3

A large survey of high school students found that part-black biracial teenagers

Accepted Answer

A)  report as much discrimination as their black monoracial counterparts. 
B)  are almost always identity achieved. 
C)  have a stronger sense of ethnic identity than their monoracial black peers. 
D)  usually select the identity that most closely matches their physical appearance. 
A)  report as much discrimination as their black monoracial counterparts. 
B)  are almost always identity achieved. 
C)  have a stronger sense of ethnic identity than their monoracial black peers. 
D)  usually select the identity that most closely matches their physical appearance.

Question 4

Despite their higher academic achievement, Chinese and Japanese children score lower in self-esteem than U.S. children. Research suggests that this difference may be partly due to __________ among Chinese and Japanese children.

Accepted Answer

A)  a strong emphasis on social comparison 
B)  conditional parental support 
C)  low achievement motivation 
D)  high levels of anxiety and depression 
A)  a strong emphasis on social comparison 
B)  conditional parental support 
C)  low achievement motivation 
D)  high levels of anxiety and depression

Question 5

Because her mother and grandmother were teachers, Melissa has decided to become a teacher. Melissa is demonstrating identity

Accepted Answer

A)  moratorium. 
B)  achievement. 
C)  foreclosure. 
D)  diffusion. 
A)  moratorium. 
B)  achievement. 
C)  foreclosure. 
D)  diffusion.

Question 6

Appreciation of second-order false belief requires __________, a form of perspective taking that involves the ability to reason simultaneously about what two or more people are thinking.

Accepted Answer

A)  making mental inferences 
B)  identity diffusion 
C)  self-recognition 
D)  recursive thought 
A)  making mental inferences 
B)  identity diffusion 
C)  self-recognition 
D)  recursive thought

Question 7

Many studies indicate that attending integrated classrooms leads to

Accepted Answer

A)  poor self-esteem among ethnic minority students. 
B)  lower academic achievement, educational attainment, and occupational aspirations among ethnic minority students. 
C)  higher academic achievement, educational attainment, and occupational aspirations among ethnic minority students. 
D)  identity confusion among biracial students. 
A)  poor self-esteem among ethnic minority students. 
B)  lower academic achievement, educational attainment, and occupational aspirations among ethnic minority students. 
C)  higher academic achievement, educational attainment, and occupational aspirations among ethnic minority students. 
D)  identity confusion among biracial students.

Attributional retraining is most effective when

Amina realistically evaluates her characteristics and competencies, and also has an attitude of self-acceptance and self-respect. Amina has __________ self-esteem.

A large survey of high school students found that part-black biracial teenagers

Despite their higher academic achievement, Chinese and Japanese children score lower in self-esteem than U.S. children. Research suggests that this difference may be partly due to __________ among Chinese and Japanese children.

Because her mother and grandmother were teachers, Melissa has decided to become a teacher. Melissa is demonstrating identity

Appreciation of second-order false belief requires __________, a form of perspective taking that involves the ability to reason simultaneously about what two or more people are thinking.

Many studies indicate that attending integrated classrooms leads to

History, Theory, and Applied Directions

Research Strategies

Biological Foundations, Prenatal Development, and Birth

Infancy: Early Learning, Motor Skills, and Perceptual Capacities

Physical Growth

Cognitive Development: Piagetian, Core Knowledge, and Vygotskian Perspectives

Cognitive Development: an Information-Processing Perspective

Intelligence

Language Development

Emotional Development

Moral Development

Development of Sex Differences and Gender Roles

The Family

Peers, Media, and Schooling

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Exam 11: Self and Social Understanding

Attributional retraining is most effective when

Amina realistically evaluates her characteristics and competencies, and also has an attitude of self-acceptance and self-respect. Amina has __________ self-esteem.

A large survey of high school students found that part-black biracial teenagers

Despite their higher academic achievement, Chinese and Japanese children score lower in self-esteem than U.S. children. Research suggests that this difference may be partly due to __________ among Chinese and Japanese children.

Because her mother and grandmother were teachers, Melissa has decided to become a teacher. Melissa is demonstrating identity

Appreciation of second-order false belief requires __________, a form of perspective taking that involves the ability to reason simultaneously about what two or more people are thinking.

Many studies indicate that attending integrated classrooms leads to

History, Theory, and Applied Directions

Research Strategies

Biological Foundations, Prenatal Development, and Birth

Infancy: Early Learning, Motor Skills, and Perceptual Capacities

Physical Growth

Cognitive Development: Piagetian, Core Knowledge, and Vygotskian Perspectives

Cognitive Development: an Information-Processing Perspective

Intelligence

Language Development

Emotional Development

Moral Development

Development of Sex Differences and Gender Roles

The Family

Peers, Media, and Schooling

Filters