Deck 9: Parenting Early Elementary School Children

Question 1

When schoolchildren face problems,they take action in those situations where they __________.

Answer 1

feel they have control

Question 2

What matters most in peer relationships is not popularity but having a __________.

Answer 2

quality friendship that involved sharing

Question 3

When children are age 10,parents' __________ messages are related to a strong and positive ethnic identity.

Answer 3

racial socialization messages

Question 4

Compared with children in other ethnic groups,Asian American children spend more time in __________ activities.

Question 5

Ross Greene believes children have temper explosions because they lack necessary skills for one of two reasons: ______________ or _____________.

Question 6

Immigrant children who put family obligations first,nevertheless see excelling at school as __________.

Question 7

Boys often describe stress as coming from __________.

Question 8

Children do not perceive racial segregation in jobs until they are between ages eight and ten of age.

Question 9

Children see __________ as being the best "multipurpose social provider available."

Question 10

Adding just __________ of sleep can improve children's memory and reaction times in cognitive tests.

Question 11

First grade classrooms with a calm,positive emotional tone reduce the feelings of __________ that highly anxious boys experience.

Question 12

Victims of bullies tend to be children who are __________.

Question 13

Children's night time sleep increases when parents and children __________.

Question 14

Children around the world consider __________ the most stressful life event.

Question 15

A social skills autopsy involves parents' identifying what children did wrong in the situation and then telling them how to avoid the problem in the future.

Question 16

Developing academic competence and social skills in elementary school serve as a __________ against delinquency and substance abuse.

Question 17

Compared with children in other ethnic groups,African American children spend more time in __________ activities.

Question 18

If an adult tells them to,children in elementary school will violate a rule.

Question 19

The children most flexible and tolerant about gender activities are children who come from families where parents and siblings are flexible in their activities.

Question 20

Children know what is gender appropriate for boys and girls,but they use their own interests and preferences to decide what is appropriate for them as individuals.

Question 21

Parents of children who may experience prejudice help children maintain high self-esteem when they

A) acknowledge barriers and social restrictions.
B) encourage expression of anger and separation.
C) encourage self-development and ethnic pride.
D) A and C

Question 22

Parents' first step in Ross Greene's collaborative problem-solving approach is to:

A) gather all the facts.
B) empathize with the child's problems.
C) define the problem.
D) understand the source of the problem.

Question 23

Conflicts between children and parents include all of the following EXCEPT

A) children's interpersonal behaviors like teasing.
B) children's personality characteristics like irritability.
C) chores.
D) children's humor.

Question 24

Children whose attachments with their mother changed from insecure in the preschool years to secure in the school years were those whose mothers developed more open and supportive communication with them.

Question 25

Victims of bullies

A) accept the aggression and withdraw.
B) become depressed and develop behavior problems.
C) in childhood are prone to depression in adulthood.
D) all of these

Question 26

Children gave all of the following reasons for hiding their feelings EXCEPT

A) to assert their personal choice
B) to protect their self-esteem.
C) to observe social conventions.
D) to avoid offending others.

Question 27

Children describe themselves as being as loving and happy as their parents are.

Question 28

A mother complains that her daughter spends about 15 percent of her time with her friends,and her mother thinks that is too much.What do you say?

A) She is right, as the average schoolchild spends only 5 percent of her time with friends.
B) Most mothers of children this age have the same complaint.
C) Her child spends less time with friends than the average child her age.
D) A and B

Question 29

A ten-year intervention program to prevent psychiatric problems in high-risk children had little impact but subjects are being followed to see if effects appear later.

Question 30

When both physical and relational aggression are included as measures of aggression,boys and girls are about equal in aggressive behavior.

Question 31

Parents are eager to help children with homework to insure achievement at school.

Question 32

When they start school,children lack confidence in their ability to succeed.

Question 33

When bullied,children who want to get along with others are successful when they

A) learn social skills.
B) adopt a low-profile in social interactions.
C) demonstrate their success in social interactions so others are aware of them.
D) A and C

Question 34

Ross Greene believes most children with temper explosions feel alienated and angry and need to express their anger.

Question 35

Parents can help their aggressive children when they

A) help children choose the right friends who can tolerate their behavior.
B) teach positive social skills.
C) help them accept their aggressiveness.
D) refuse to allow them to be involved in social activities.

Question 36

Studies of three immigrant groups find that families differ in many qualities,but their children are similar in

A) finding adjustment to school difficult.
B) having positive attitudes toward school and teachers.
C) feeling shy and inhibited with peers.
D) A and C

Question 37

Sleep problems at age four are predictive of later problems with depression in adolescence.

Question 38

An extensive study of bullying in elementary,middle,and high schools in Colorado found all of the following EXCEPT

A) school climate is unrelated to bullying.
B) both bullies and victims have low-self-esteem.
C) bullying is related to getting and keeping power.
D) programs for building self-esteem prevent bullying.

Question 39

Children who are able to see negative qualities in their own group are able to see positive qualities in other groups.

Question 40

Research shows children do not experience loneliness until adolescence.

Question 41

Describe and illustrate four actions parents take to help children develop prosocial behavior and self-regulation.

Question 42

The first step in dealing with a child's school difficulties is

A) venting frustration about the problem to a friend.
B) talking to friends.
C) complaining about the quality of school personnel.
D) getting an accurate diagnosis of the child's problem.

Question 43

Describe three steps parents of ten-year-old children take to encourage their children to develop positive ethnic identities and give everyday life examples.

Question 44

A successful program for dealing with bullying includes all of the following EXCEPT

A) commitment of parents, students, and school personnel.
B) monitoring that occurs in and out of school.
C) emphasizing positive behaviors in all children.
D) ignores negative behaviors.

Question 45

Describe and illustrate five ways in which parents and schools can form partnerships to provide children an excellent education.

Question 46

Ellen Galinsky believes that,in the elementary school years,parents are in the stage where they

A) nurture children.
B) give children freedom and independence.
C) interpret the world to children.
D) are focused on their own mid-life crisis.

Question 47

Physically aggressive children are

A) more likely to be girls.
B) more likely to have many other problems like few friends.
C) less likely to have academic problems.
D) sure to grow out of such behavior.

Question 48

Blake Taylor described all of the following as ways he used to deal with his ADHD EXCEPT

A) taking medications.
B) not mentioning his diagnosis to other children.
C) developing new skills.
D) involvement in community activities.

Question 49

Well-liked children are

A) gregarious, happy, and immature.
B) outgoing, happy, and aggressive.
C) quiet, unassuming, and accommodating.
D) friendly, cooperative, and supportive of others.

Question 50

Describe and illustrate the five steps in Richard Lavoie's social skills autopsy designed to increase children's social competence.

Question 51

When children get discouraged about their performance in some area,Martin Seligman believes parents play an important role in helping children cope with feelings by:

A) supplying new interpretations of the problem.
B) pointing out where the child made mistakes.
C) ignoring children's negative interpretations of events.
D) withdrawing and letting children handle the problem.

Question 52

Elementary schoolchildren describe both mothers and fathers as

A) loving and happy.
B) self-confident and responsible.
C) A and B
D) neither A nor B

Question 53

Describe five sources of children's stress during this age period,and how children help themselves feel better.

Question 54

Parents' beliefs in their children's abilities

A) encourage children's feelings of competence through the entire school period.
B) contribute to children's feelings of pressure to achieve.
C) encourage boys and girls to participate in activities associated with the opposite gender.
D) A and C

Question 55

Children's emotional responses of _______________ and ___________ at age 5 decrease learning and predict lower grades in elementary school than those of children who do not have the traits.

A) aggression and impulsivity.
B) guilt and shame.
C) withdrawal and distance.
D) all of these.

Question 56

Parents promote children's school success when they do all of the following EXCEPT

A) leave education to the experts at school.
B) provide a home with a place and time to study.
C) contribute their labor to schools in tutoring, being a room parent.
D) participate in school organizations like the PTA to make schools better.

Question 57

Parents who homeschool children report their primary reason for doing so is concerns about all of the following EXCEPT

A) safety.
B) drugs.
C) negative peers.
D) family time together.

Question 58

Children who are identified as being at risk for academic and social problems at the end of kindergarten and who have effective and emotionally supportive first-grade teachers

A) still remain at high risk for problems at the end of first grade.
B) resist teachers' rules and regulations.
C) feel isolated and rejected.
D) learn and perform as well as low-risk students.

Question 59

Children's ongoing sleepiness over a three-year period predicted

A) increases in classroom behavior problems.
B) decreases in attention skills.
C) decreased growth in reasoning skills.
D) decreased growth in math skills.

Question 60

A social skills autopsy involves all of the following steps EXCEPT

A) asking the child to describe what happened.
B) creating a social scenario to illustrate the problem and see if the child recognizes the problem.
C) telling the child how to fix the problem.
D) practicing the remedy at least once in the next week.