Exam 7: Early Childhood: Personality and Sociocultural Development

At what age do children typically acquire gender constancy?

According to the views of Erik Erickson, which of the following statements best reflects the negative side of the developmental crisis experienced by typical 2-year-olds?

Statistically, _______ children are more likely to be abused and _______ children are likely to sustain more serious injuries when abuse does occur.

Megan sees her mother feeling and looking sad. This in turn makes Megan sad. She is experiencing which phenomenon?

If Maria's parents are concerned that her inability to cope with one of her emotions is disrupting her sense of identity, the emotion that is most likely to be involved would be:

Maria has a feeling of uneasiness, but doesn't know the source of her apprehension. Which of the following terms best describes Maria's state?

According to the views of Erik Erikson, which of the following statements best reflects the developmental crisis for 2-year-old Tommy?

Parents who are low in control and also low in warmth are referred to as:

According to the text, which parent is more important in establishing how children's ideas about gender develop?

Suppose that a 3-year-old begins to ask his mother to check under the bad for wolves every night at bedtime. Generalizing from information presented in the text, the best response from the parent would be:

Which of the following factors is positively related to being popular in childhood?

To say that "brain plasticity is high in childhood" means that:

According to the text, which of the following would NOT be advised as a means of helping a child cope with stress?

According to Erikson, what is the primary developmental conflict of the years from 3 to 6?

Ronnie's favorite statement is "I can do it MYSELF!" Lanny's favorite statement is "I can do it WELL!" Based on only this information you should infer that Ronnie is about __ years old and Lanny is about __ years old.

According to the views of Erik Erikson, which of the following statements best reflects the developmental crisis for 2-year-old Tommy?

Generalizing from the text, a child who is frequently punished at home is likely to develop a tendency to become:

According to research cited in the text, about what percent of U. S. children under age 6 have a TV in their bedroom?

Seven-year-old Andy reacted to his newborn sister's birth by sucking his thumb, a behavior he had quit long ago. His way of coping with his anxiety is in the form of what defense mechanism?

The text reports a study in which female college students interacted with a 6-month-old infant who was either a boy or a girl, and who was dressed as either a boy or a girl. (For example, sometimes a boy was dressed as a boy, sometimes he was dressed as a girl.) Results showed that the college students were more likely to treat a baby as a boy when: