Deck 10: Early Childhood: Social and Emotional Development

Question 1

Power assertion by parents affects children in the following ways: less acceptance by peers, lower grades, and higher rates of antisocial behavior.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

An individual would be described as transgender only after having had surgery on their external genitals.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

On the dimension of restrictiveness and control, Baumrind (1989) found that permissive-indulgent parents are

A) high.
B) low.
C) neither high nor low.
D) sometimes high and sometimes low.

Answer 3

low.

Question 4

Children who show high levels of independence, self-esteem, exploration, and self-reliance are likely to have what kind of parents?

A) Authoritarian
B) Permissive
C) Rejecting
D) Authoritative

Question 5

A study by Merry (2020) found that a benefit of having siblings is that every sibling decreases the probability of

A) becoming excessively competitive.
B) suffering from lifelong depression.
C) doing poorly in school.
D) getting divorced.

Question 6

Two-year-old Jesse has found another child at day-care whom he prefers over all others. Jesse's preference for this child is a sign of

A) competition.
B) interest.
C) friendship.
D) jealousy.

Question 7

Asal does much better in school than either of her two siblings. What might account for this fact?

A) She is the oldest child.
B) She is the youngest child.
C) She is the middle child.
D) She is a twin.

Question 8

Parten focused on what aspects of play?

A) Cognitive
B) Emotional
C) Social
D) Physical

Question 9

According to Piaget, building Legos would be considered what kind of play?

A) Functional
B) Symbolic
C) Constructive
D) Informal

Question 10

According to Parten, solitary play comes before what other kind of play?

A) Onlooker
B) Associative
C) Cooperative
D) Solitary

Question 11

Aggression in preschoolers is most often

A) person oriented.
B) random.
C) possession oriented.
D) unpredictable.

Question 12

Altruism means

A) taking someone else's perspective.
B) sharing equally with someone else.
C) helping someone else without hoping for a reward.
D) having more than one friend.

Question 13

According to research by Smith and Ferguson (2019), what form of media represents the greatest risk of violence in children?

A) Violent TV shows
B) Violent books
C) Violent movies
D) Violent video games