Deck 10: Emotional Development

Question 1

Which of the following is a true statement of a child's emotional development?

A) Children are born with the ability to control their emotions
B) Children learn in the first year of life how to separate their true feelings from the emotions they express
C) Children can display characteristics such as laughter, anger, interest, surprise
D) Children are able to exhibit emotional display rules

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Social referencing is a concept best defined as:

A) Using another's emotional expressions as a source of information, allowing for interpretation of meanings of events and situations
B) The process by which parents, siblings, peers and others work to shape children's behaviour
C) The way in which the individual can regulate their emotions
D) Recognising individuals according to how they have been remembered through experience

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Attachment theory according to Bowlby, draws on a number of concepts. Which of the following does not represent one of these?

A) Psychoanalytic theory
B) Emotional stimulation
C) Cognitive psychology
D) Eethological theory

Answer 3

B

Question 4

In the development of an attachment relationship, a phase called 'attachment-in-the-making' occurs. At what age is this stage usually experienced?

A) 1-2 months
B) 2-7 months
C) 3-8 months
D) 4-10 months

Question 5

At two years of age the final phase of attachment is achieved. What is this stage called?

A) Clear-cut attachment
B) Preattachment
C) Goal-corrected partnership
D) Secure attachment

Question 6

Insecure ambivalent attachment is usually displayed by which of the following behaviours?

A) Severe distress in absence of care giver followed by seeking contact alternating with pushing away
B) Often engaging in repetitive movements such as rocking or showing a tendency to freeze
C) Showing little distress on separation from the caregiver, but clearly distressed by his or her departure
D) Minimally disturbed by separation from the care giver and show a positive effect to the caregiver on his or her return

Question 7

Which of the following is not an example of a secure attachment relationship:

A) Independent of help from the classroom teacher
B) Functioning well in interpersonal contexts at 7 years old
C) Acting out in class and hostile towards peers
D) Competent and good at theory of mind tasks at 4 years old

Question 8

According to Ainsworth, which of the following is not considered to be a 'safe haven'?

A) A secure base
B) A refuge
C) A source of comfort
D) A call for an increase in proximity of the caregiver

Question 9

Of the following, which would not be considered one of Thomas and Chess dimensions of temperament?

A) Slow-to-warm
B) Rhythmicity
C) Adaptability
D) Distractibility

Question 10

The skills of being able to control attention and emotions is related to-which of the following?

A) Sympathy and social skills
B) Acting out and aggression
C) Shyness and inhibition
D) Irritability and negative mood