Deck 8: Understanding and Guiding Childrens Behavior

Question 1

At around the age of ten, children have a strong sense of the need for things to be

A) Interesting
B) Fair
C) Familiar
D) Challenging

Answer 1

Fair

Question 2

Entering and maintaining friendships requires all of the following skills except

A) Understanding how to gain entry into a group
B) Being a supportive, caring and approving playmate
C) Understanding the dynamics of the friendship
D) Being able to express one's own rights and feelings

Answer 2

Understanding the dynamics of the friendship

Question 3

While guiding children's behavior it is important to discourage

A) Aggressive behavior
B) Back-talking behavior
C) Challenging behavior
D) Antisocial behavior

Answer 3

Aggressive behavior

Question 4

The model of operant conditioning, based on shaping a child's behavior through reinforcement of random acts was created by

A) Jean Piaget
B) Albert Bandura
C) B.F. Skinner
D) Lawrence Kohlberg

Question 5

A term that describes anything that causes a behavior to repeat is

A) Positive reinforcement
B) Repeater
C) Problem solving
D) Reinforcer

Question 6

Another word for discipline is

A) punishment
B) curriculum
C) behavior
D) guidance

Question 7

School age programs with participants from kindergarten to grade six usually have children who are in either intimate, mutually shared relationships, or one of the following two developmental stages of friendship:

A) momentary playmateship and one-way assistance
B) one-way assistance and two-way fair weather cooperation
C) one-way assistance and autonomous interdependent friendships

Question 8

The guidance system described in our text consists of children, adults, and

A) activities
B) the environment
C) pets

Question 9

Five to seven-year old children usually operate on Kohlberg's Level ____ of Moral Reasoning, which means they follow the rules mostly because they want to avoid punishment, or because they think there might be a reward for good behavior.

A) two
B) one
C) three
D) four

Question 10

What is the difference between natural and logical consequences?

A) a logical consequences result from an adult structuring the events that follow a misdeed
B) natural consequences are dangerous
C) logical consequences are never unpleasant
D) logical consequences are a form of punishment

Question 11

A logical consequence of being late for school several times in one week might be:

A) sleeping to late in the morning
B) not being allowed to go to soccer on Saturday
C) being tired at night
D) being awakened a half hour earlier by a parent

Question 12

Problem solving and conflict-resolution techniques can be taught to children. They can also be ____________, which means that the adults working with the children demonstrate these techniques in everyday events.

A) modeled
B) managed
C) mirrored

Question 13

The natural consequence of forgetting one's lunchbox and not being "rescued" by a parent, would be

A) not being allowed to play with a friend
B) staying late after school
C) being reminded to take the lunchbox the next day
D) not having his/her lunch at lunch time

Question 14

Piaget and Kohberg found that around ____ years of age, children's reasoning changes and they begin to take intentions into account when they determine how badly someone has behaved.

A) 9
B) 12
C) 11
D) 10
E) 13

Question 15

Behavior that benefits others, or makes others feel good is called

A) antisocial
B) prosocial
C) social
D) presocial

Question 16

B.F. Skinner defined a "reinforcer" as anything that causes a behavior to be repeated. Which of these situations reinforces undesirable behavior?

A) holding a competition to see who has the most organized cubby
B) giving a child a star for cleaning up the game area promptly when asked
C) promising a whining five year old a treat if he will stop whining and come along

Question 17

How would you describe the purpose of out-of-school care, keeping in mind the Generations theory developed by Laurie Olhoff?