Exam 11: Understanding Self and Others

Recently your friends' 8-year-old daughter has made prejudiced comments about members of other racial groups. Your friends don't find this behavior acceptable and they want to reduce their daughter's prejudice. What advice can you give your friends?

Darnel is eager to try any sport and feels that he's pretty good at most of them. Mason doesn't enjoy any sports, mainly because he doesn't think he's very good at them. Darnel's and Mason's perceived competencies are different in the domain of

Which of the following most accurately describes a typical preschooler in terms of self-esteem?

Identifying with mainstream culture strengthens ethnic identity in most groups.

As individuals move from early adolescence to young adulthood, Marcia's __________ and __________ identity statuses become less common while __________ and __________ become more common.

When children have one European American parent and the other is African American, Asian American, or Hispanic, children tend to adopt the

Who is most likely to reach achievement status?

Are parent-child relationships in adolescence always positive?

Evidence for growing self-awareness between the ages of 18 and 24 months includes the fact that children of this age

In Marcia's theory, __________ describes individuals who have identities that are determined largely by adults, rather than from personal exploration.

Teenagers' tendency to believe that their experiences and feelings are unique, and that no one has ever felt or thought as they do is known as

As children grow from preschoolers to adolescents, their self-concepts become

Self-esteem becomes less differentiated during adolescence.

Fourteen-year-old Tyler is overwhelmed by the task of achieving an identity and has done little to achieve one. Tyler appears to be in Marcia's __________ identity status.

Self-awareness emerges between 18 and 24 months.

Research supports the idea that adolescence is a time of storm and stress.

Stella is a depressed adolescent. She is likely to

Children with low self-esteem are more likely to be involved in bullying.

Rina's self-concept includes mention of emotions, social groups to which she belongs, and comparisons of herself to others. How old is Rina?

The first step in the development of self-concept is the child's awareness that he or she exists independently of others.