Quiz Week 5 HSCO 502.docx

Self-esteem has been mistakenly touted as the “holy grail” of mental health, and this has meant that Many preventive and remedial efforts have focused directly on improving low self-esteem. Many therapeutic approaches employ social cognitive strategies to improve social skills. Many therapists have focused too much on the importance of their own self-esteem. Preventative efforts have never embraced a “skills first” approach. A coping style which has been linked to higher levels of depression among adolescent girls and women is rumination. distraction. support seeking. withdrawal. High levels of parental monitoring and control are associated with which of the following outcomes regardless of ethnicity or social class? More drug use but less involvement in other criminal activity among adolescents. More deviant behavior and drug use among adolescents. More gang membership among adolescents. Less deviant behavior and drug use among adolescents. One gender-related characteristic of peer evaluations is that Boys are more likely than girls to be rejected for behaving in gender-inconsistent ways. Girls are more likely than boys to be rejected for behaving in gender-inconsistent ways. Whether or not children behave in gender-inconsistent ways seems to have no effect on peer evaluations. Gender-inconsistent behavior leads to equally strong rejection for both boys and for girls Question 5 2 / 2 pts Stanley is 7 years old. His parents are quite concerned about his school progress. Although he has begun to learn to read, he reverses some letters when he writes. Based on research, Stanley’s school counselor should tell his parents that Brain development can be quite uneven in childhood and as a result, it is not unusual for children to show poor performance in isolated skills. Stanley almost certainly has a serious learning disorder which requires immediate intervention. If a child shows normal progress in other reading related skills, like Stanley does, the child is probably faking the letter reversals in a bid for attention Stanley needs glasses. Which of the following statements is FALSE with respect to the moral self: Adults who lead exemplary lives tend to have clear beliefs about what is right and those beliefs are central to their identity. Moral sense is the capacity to make judgements about what is right, versus what is wrong and preferring to act in ways that are considered right. Moral development and religious experience are equivalent, in order to develop morally, own must have a religious affiliation. Morality involves self-control, which includes inhibiting one’s selfish or aggressive impulses. Video response. Review video example 10.5 from your book; from the 3 statements select which one(s) are correct. Statement 1: The video suggests that the media does apply peer pressure to adolescents to dress and act according popular trends. Statement 2: The video suggests that text messaging is the most popular form of communication and even increases responses to parents. Statement 3: The video suggests that there are both positive and negative influences of social media on adolescents. Statement 1 & 2 are correct Statement 2 & 3 are correct Statement 1 is correct Statement 1,2&3 are correct The term refers to the description of a person’s attributes, whereas the term refers to how a person feels about those attributes. self-esteem / self-efficacy self-concept / self-system self-efficacy / self-esteem self-concept / self-esteem Piaget’s description of the differences between preoperational thought (characteristic of preschool aged children) and concrete operational thought (characteristic of elementary school aged children), includes which of the following? Preoperational thought is reversible, but concrete operational thought is not. Preoperational thought is fast, but concrete operational thought is slow. Preoperational thought occurs in the frontal lobes, but concrete operational thought occurs in the corpus callosum. Preoperational thought is centered, but concrete operational thought is decentered. Which of the following is a temperamental characteristic that is associated with prosocial behavior? Low social anxiety.