PSYC 333 Exam 4 – Psychology course exam material
Children with cross-racial or cross-ethnic friendships tend to be: - correct answer ✔✔socially
competent
Parenting monitoring becomes especially important during: - correct answer ✔✔adolescence
At approximately what age do children tend to define their friends, to a greater extent, in terms
of taking care of one's needs, reducing loneliness, and sharing feelings? - correct answer ✔✔9
years old
Which trend tends NOT to be true of middle-childhood cliques? - correct answer
✔✔Membership is stable over the long term.
The idea that youth who already have good social skills benefit from the Internet and related
technology in the development of friendships supports: - correct answer ✔✔the rich-get-richer
hypothesis.
_____ social skills are enhanced if their _____ engaged in emotion coaching - correct answer
✔✔Girls, mothers
For May, an Asian American child in the United States, which variable is likely to be the LEAST
important factor in her selection of friends? - correct answer ✔✔antisocial behavior
Which statements about the support provided to school-age children by friends is not true? -
correct answer ✔✔Chronic friendlessness is associated with depression
, Cultural differences in values and expectations about the skills that are necessary for children
appear NOT to be associated with: - correct answer ✔✔parents' concern for children's well-
being.
When having a negative experience, children's stress reactions: - correct answer ✔✔are more
stable when a best friend is present for the experience.
Which infant is unable to actively influence his environment? - correct answer ✔✔Andrew,
Bobby, and Elias are all able to actively influence their environments.
Which statement BEST summarizes the relationship between nature and nurture and their
effect on child development? - correct answer ✔✔Nature and nurture are in constant
interaction
Whether one primarily sees continuities or discontinuities in development is, to a great deal,
dependent on which factor? - correct answer ✔✔the breadth of one's focus
Parental conflict is associated with children's antisocial and aggressive behavior because parents
who have high marital conflict tend to: - correct answer ✔✔exhibit all of these characteristics
Prosocial behavior: - correct answer ✔✔is less common than self-focused discomfort (in
response to others' distress) before the age of 18 months.
Which statement constitutes postconventional moral reasoning? - correct answer ✔✔"I
shouldn't do that because it is not in the best interest of society."
Imagine this prosocial moral dilemma: "On his way to school, a boy named Freddie sees another
boy fall in the mud and start to cry. The boy says he hurt himself and asks Freddie to help him
up, but Freddie is worried that if he helps him, he will get himself all muddy. What should
Freddie do?" Which response would be categorized into Kohlberg's stage of preconventional
Children with cross-racial or cross-ethnic friendships tend to be: - correct answer ✔✔socially
competent
Parenting monitoring becomes especially important during: - correct answer ✔✔adolescence
At approximately what age do children tend to define their friends, to a greater extent, in terms
of taking care of one's needs, reducing loneliness, and sharing feelings? - correct answer ✔✔9
years old
Which trend tends NOT to be true of middle-childhood cliques? - correct answer
✔✔Membership is stable over the long term.
The idea that youth who already have good social skills benefit from the Internet and related
technology in the development of friendships supports: - correct answer ✔✔the rich-get-richer
hypothesis.
_____ social skills are enhanced if their _____ engaged in emotion coaching - correct answer
✔✔Girls, mothers
For May, an Asian American child in the United States, which variable is likely to be the LEAST
important factor in her selection of friends? - correct answer ✔✔antisocial behavior
Which statements about the support provided to school-age children by friends is not true? -
correct answer ✔✔Chronic friendlessness is associated with depression
, Cultural differences in values and expectations about the skills that are necessary for children
appear NOT to be associated with: - correct answer ✔✔parents' concern for children's well-
being.
When having a negative experience, children's stress reactions: - correct answer ✔✔are more
stable when a best friend is present for the experience.
Which infant is unable to actively influence his environment? - correct answer ✔✔Andrew,
Bobby, and Elias are all able to actively influence their environments.
Which statement BEST summarizes the relationship between nature and nurture and their
effect on child development? - correct answer ✔✔Nature and nurture are in constant
interaction
Whether one primarily sees continuities or discontinuities in development is, to a great deal,
dependent on which factor? - correct answer ✔✔the breadth of one's focus
Parental conflict is associated with children's antisocial and aggressive behavior because parents
who have high marital conflict tend to: - correct answer ✔✔exhibit all of these characteristics
Prosocial behavior: - correct answer ✔✔is less common than self-focused discomfort (in
response to others' distress) before the age of 18 months.
Which statement constitutes postconventional moral reasoning? - correct answer ✔✔"I
shouldn't do that because it is not in the best interest of society."
Imagine this prosocial moral dilemma: "On his way to school, a boy named Freddie sees another
boy fall in the mud and start to cry. The boy says he hurt himself and asks Freddie to help him
up, but Freddie is worried that if he helps him, he will get himself all muddy. What should
Freddie do?" Which response would be categorized into Kohlberg's stage of preconventional
