Exam 8: Understanding and Guiding Childrens Behavior

While guiding children's behavior it is important to discourage

The guidance system described in our text consists of children, adults, and

Piaget and Kohberg found that around ____ years of age, children's reasoning changes and they begin to take intentions into account when they determine how badly someone has behaved.

Five to seven-year old children usually operate on Kohlberg's Level ____ of Moral Reasoning, which means they follow the rules mostly because they want to avoid punishment, or because they think there might be a reward for good behavior.

Behavior that benefits others, or makes others feel good is called

B.F. Skinner defined a "reinforcer" as anything that causes a behavior to be repeated. Which of these situations reinforces undesirable behavior?

The model of operant conditioning, based on shaping a child's behavior through reinforcement of random acts was created by

Entering and maintaining friendships requires all of the following skills except

School age programs with participants from kindergarten to grade six usually have children who are in either intimate, mutually shared relationships, or one of the following two developmental stages of friendship:

A logical consequence of being late for school several times in one week might be:

A term that describes anything that causes a behavior to repeat is

At around the age of ten, children have a strong sense of the need for things to be

The natural consequence of forgetting one's lunchbox and not being "rescued" by a parent, would be

What is the difference between natural and logical consequences?

Problem solving and conflict-resolution techniques can be taught to children. They can also be ____________, which means that the adults working with the children demonstrate these techniques in everyday events.

How would you describe the purpose of out-of-school care, keeping in mind the Generations theory developed by Laurie Olhoff?

Another word for discipline is