Deck 7: Peer Relationships in Childhood

Question 1

Which of the following pairs does not match?

A) Piaget; group socialization
B) Sullivan; friendships
C) Mead; the self
D) Bandura; social learning

Answer 1

Piaget; group socialization

Question 2

Which of the following theorists stressed the importance of peer interactions as opportunities for negotiating multiple perspectives, including conflict and compromise?

A) Piaget
B) Sullivan
C) Harris
D) Bandura

Answer 2

Piaget

Question 3

Which of the following theorists of peer relationships is the most biologically-based?

A) Hinde
B) Mead
C) Sullivan
D) Harris

Answer 3

Hinde

Question 4

_____ is a central feature of peer-oriented social interactions between birth and three months of age:

A) Imitation
B) Vocalizations
C) Shared interest
D) Play

Question 5

Peer interactions as coordinated, complex social exchanges are characteristic of:

A) School-age children
B) Preschoolers
C) Infants
D) Adolescents

Question 6

A reassessment of Parten's original conclusions regarding the developmental sequence of six types of social participation reveals that these changes are largely the result of:

A) Cognitive maturity
B) Parental involvement
C) Biologically-based needs
D) Cultural norms

Question 7

According to developmental scientists, which of the following is not necessarily a characteristic of children's friendships?

A) Equality
B) Dyadic
C) Reciprocity
D) Voluntarism

Question 8

In which of the following periods of development do individuals tend to describe friends as companions who live nearby and share their own expectations about play activities?

A) Middle childhood
B) Late childhood
C) Adolescence
D) Young adulthood

Question 9

In which of the following periods of development do individuals tend to describe friends as people who stick up for, and are loyal to, each other?

A) Late childhood
B) Middle childhood
C) Adolescence
D) Young adulthood

Question 10

In which of the following periods of development do individuals tend to describe friends as people who share similar interests and are willing to engage in shared self-disclosure?

A) Adolescence
B) Late childhood
C) Middle childhood
D) Young adulthood

Question 11

Which of the following types of friendships is LESS likely to be characterized by stability?

A) Female, same gender
B) Male, same gender
C) Female, cross gender
D) Male, cross gender

Question 12

What percentage of young adolescents have researchers found to be friendless (i.e., having no mutual friends)?

A) 15% to 20%
B) 1% to 2%
C) 20% to 30%
D) 40% to 50%