Developmental Psych Exam 2 questions with complete solution

Developmental Psych Exam 2 questions with
complete solution

Veronica is a normal 5-month-old infant. Veronica's father hears her cry. The cry occurs
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suddenly with no preliminary moaning and is followed by Veronica holding her breath.
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This suggests that Veronica is - answer-in pain
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Children cannot develop self-conscious emotions, such as embarrassment, empathy, or
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envy, until they have developed - answer-self-awareness
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Which toddler is most likely to remain shy at age 3? - answer-Jay, whose parents accept
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his reactions
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Rory cries and fusses frequently and does not like new situations. His mom and dad
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never know quite what will upset him, and they cannot predict his sleeping and eating
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schedule from day to day. Rory would be classified as having which temperament? -
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answer-Difficult
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One of the earliest behavioral differences between boys and girls occurs between 1 and
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2 years of age, when - answer-both boys and girls prefer toys, play activities, and
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playmates consistent with their own gender
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Which of the following describes the roles of fathers across the world? - answer-
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Fathering is a social construction, different in different cultures
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Babies who eress their wariness of new people are showing - answer-stranger anxiety
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When 1-year-old May was placed in the "Strange Situation," she responded to her
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mother's return with anger, although she stayed close to her mother during most of the
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observations. May shows which attachment behavior? - answer-Avoidant
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Sensitive give-and-take in communication between infants and their caregivers that
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results in emotional comfort is known as - answer-mutual regulation
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When 2-year-old Li says "No! I do it," Li is showing a desire for - answer-autonomy
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A clown approaches 18-month-old Jon at a fair. Jon seems not quite sure how to react to
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the clown and looks at this dad for some guidance. Jon is engaging in - answer-social
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referencing
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Which child is most likely to pay more attention to her toys than to other children? -
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answer-12-month-old Xenia
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, Which child is most likely to become what Kochanska would call a committed complier? -
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answer-Talya, whose mother uses gentle guidance to achieve compliance
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Which of the following factors affects the impact of early child care upon children's well-
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being? - answer-All of these (The warmth and sensitivity of the caregiver, Time spent in
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care, Ratio of children to caregivers)
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In more than 8 out of 10 cases of physical child abuse or neglect, the perpetrator is -
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Culture has little influence on our emotions - answer-False
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Empathy depends on social cognition: being able to imagine how another person might
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feel in a particular situation. - answer-True
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Brain development has little to do with changes in emotions during infancy - answer-
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False

Neglect is the most common type of child maltreatment. - answer-True
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"Goodness of fit" is a term used to remind parents to replace their infants' car seats with
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larger ones as their babies grow. - answer-False
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Even for children who spend a lot of time in child care, family factors seem to have more
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influence on development than child-care factors. - answer-True
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Fathers are more likely than mothers to promote gender typing. - answer-True
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In order to measure their attachment to caregivers, babies are subjected a series of
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vevents known as the Stressful Sequence. - answer-False
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The "terrible 2's" do not happen in all cultures. - answer-True
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The most important element in the quality of child care is how much time the child
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spends in care. - answer-False
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In some developing countries, such as Egypt, Morocco, and Zambia, a larger proportion
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vof 4-year-olds suffer from obesity than from - answer-malnutrition
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Enuresis is not unusual, affecting _____ of children. - answer-10-15%
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Research on compensatory preschool programs has found that - answer-compensatory
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intervention programs that begin earlier and last longer provide the best results.
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