Question 1

The long-term stability of temperament is most properly studied

Accepted Answer

A) experimentally. 
B) cross-sectionally. 
C) longitudinally. 
D) speculatively. 
A) experimentally. 
B) cross-sectionally. 
C) longitudinally. 
D) speculatively.

Question 2

Sarah has just come to understand that seeing a dog will make her best friend thrilled (she loves dogs) but her other friend afraid. Given that Sarah has just developed the ability to understand that the same thing will make different people experience different emotions, how old would you hypothesize Sarah is?

Accepted Answer

A) Four 
B) Six 
C) Eight 
D) 12 
A) Four 
B) Six 
C) Eight 
D) 12

Question 3

Which of these was NOT among Thomas and Chess's three categories of infant temperament?

Accepted Answer

A) Slow to warm up 
B) Difficult 
C) Slow to cool off 
D) Easy 
A) Slow to warm up 
B) Difficult 
C) Slow to cool off 
D) Easy

Question 4

Temperamental traits, for better or worse, are ____ from infancy through early adulthood.

Accepted Answer

A) highly stable 
B) moderately stable 
C) slightly stable 
D) entirely unstable 
A) highly stable 
B) moderately stable 
C) slightly stable 
D) entirely unstable

Question 5

Kelly is furious with her teacher, but she realizes that yelling and throwing a fit will not get her what she wants. So, Kelly gets her anger under control and asks if she can talk to her teacher about what is bothering her in a calm, kind fashion. Kelly is displaying which component of emotional competence?

Accepted Answer

A) Emotional expressivity 
B) Emotional knowledge 
C) Social referencing 
D) Emotional regulation 
A) Emotional expressivity 
B) Emotional knowledge 
C) Social referencing 
D) Emotional regulation

Question 6

Jerome Kagan's cognitive-developmental theory asserts that separation anxiety is strongest when the

Accepted Answer

A) child does not know the missing parent's whereabouts. 
B) parent has been abusive or neglectful. 
C) parent leaves home daily to go to work. 
D) child's ethological attachment instincts are aroused. 
A) child does not know the missing parent's whereabouts. 
B) parent has been abusive or neglectful. 
C) parent leaves home daily to go to work. 
D) child's ethological attachment instincts are aroused.

Question 7

Harlow found that baby monkeys attached themselves to a monkey doll covered with soft cuddly cloth, even when it fed elsewhere. This result ____ Freud's psychoanalytic theory of attachment.

Accepted Answer

A) strongly supported 
B) mildly supported 
C) was irrelevant to 
D) contradicted 
A) strongly supported 
B) mildly supported 
C) was irrelevant to 
D) contradicted

Question 8

Freudian psychoanalysts and ethologists agree that

Accepted Answer

A) unconscious conflicts set the stage for mental disorders. 
B) the "strange situation" is not really strange. 
C) secure attachments in infancy lead later to healthy psychological adjustments. 
D) goodness of fit is the basis for social referencing. 
A) unconscious conflicts set the stage for mental disorders. 
B) the "strange situation" is not really strange. 
C) secure attachments in infancy lead later to healthy psychological adjustments. 
D) goodness of fit is the basis for social referencing.

Question 9

In kindergarten, which aspect of emotional competence is LEAST important to prediction of social competence?

Accepted Answer

A) Emotional expressivity 
B) Emotional knowledge 
C) Emotional regulation 
D) Temperament 
A) Emotional expressivity 
B) Emotional knowledge 
C) Emotional regulation 
D) Temperament

Question 10

Infants who display confusion about whether to approach or withdraw from their caregiver during the "strange situation" assessment are classified as having developed ____ attachment.

Accepted Answer

A) secure 
B) resistant 
C) avoidant 
D) disorganized/disoriented 
A) secure 
B) resistant 
C) avoidant 
D) disorganized/disoriented

Question 11

Fathers' interactions with their babies are most likely to be

Accepted Answer

A) playful physical stimulation. 
B) protective activities like swatting mosquitoes. 
C) routine care such as feeding, bathing, or diapering. 
D) related to formal language instruction. 
A) playful physical stimulation. 
B) protective activities like swatting mosquitoes. 
C) routine care such as feeding, bathing, or diapering. 
D) related to formal language instruction.

Question 12

The ways that parents react to their children's transgressions can influence whether they will feel

Accepted Answer

A) embarrassment or pride. 
B) guilt or shame. 
C) anger or sadness. 
D) sadness or fear. 
A) embarrassment or pride. 
B) guilt or shame. 
C) anger or sadness. 
D) sadness or fear.

The long-term stability of temperament is most properly studied

Which of these was NOT among Thomas and Chess's three categories of infant temperament?

Temperamental traits, for better or worse, are ____ from infancy through early adulthood.

Jerome Kagan's cognitive-developmental theory asserts that separation anxiety is strongest when the

Harlow found that baby monkeys attached themselves to a monkey doll covered with soft cuddly cloth, even when it fed elsewhere. This result ____ Freud's psychoanalytic theory of attachment.

Freudian psychoanalysts and ethologists agree that

In kindergarten, which aspect of emotional competence is LEAST important to prediction of social competence?

Infants who display confusion about whether to approach or withdraw from their caregiver during the "strange situation" assessment are classified as having developed ____ attachment.

Fathers' interactions with their babies are most likely to be

The ways that parents react to their children's transgressions can influence whether they will feel

Introduction to Developmental Psychology and Its Research Strategies

Hereditary Influences on Development

Prenatal Development and Birth

Infancy

Physical Development: the Brain, the Body, Motor Skills, and Sexual Development

Cognitive Development: Piagets Theory and Vygotskys Sociocultural Viewpoint

Cognitive Development: Information-Processing Perspectives

Intelligence: Measuring Mental Performance

Development of Language and Communication Skills

Development of the Self-Concept

Sex Differences and Gender-Role Development

Aggression, Altruism, and Moral Development

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Exam 10: Emotional Development, Temperament, and Attachment

The long-term stability of temperament is most properly studied

Which of these was NOT among Thomas and Chess's three categories of infant temperament?

Temperamental traits, for better or worse, are ____ from infancy through early adulthood.

Jerome Kagan's cognitive-developmental theory asserts that separation anxiety is strongest when the

Harlow found that baby monkeys attached themselves to a monkey doll covered with soft cuddly cloth, even when it fed elsewhere. This result ____ Freud's psychoanalytic theory of attachment.

Freudian psychoanalysts and ethologists agree that

In kindergarten, which aspect of emotional competence is LEAST important to prediction of social competence?

Infants who display confusion about whether to approach or withdraw from their caregiver during the "strange situation" assessment are classified as having developed ____ attachment.

Fathers' interactions with their babies are most likely to be

The ways that parents react to their children's transgressions can influence whether they will feel

Introduction to Developmental Psychology and Its Research Strategies

Hereditary Influences on Development

Prenatal Development and Birth

Infancy

Physical Development: the Brain, the Body, Motor Skills, and Sexual Development

Cognitive Development: Piagets Theory and Vygotskys Sociocultural Viewpoint

Cognitive Development: Information-Processing Perspectives

Intelligence: Measuring Mental Performance

Development of Language and Communication Skills

Development of the Self-Concept

Sex Differences and Gender-Role Development

Aggression, Altruism, and Moral Development

The Context of Development I: the Family

The Context of Development

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