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FINAL EXAMINATION PAPER ff ff




WGU D094
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STUDENT NAME: ________________________________ ff ff DATE: _____________ ff




COURSE: Child Development Final Exam ff ff ff ff TIME: _____________ ff




EXAM CODE: WGU D094-101 ff ff ff




EXAM INSTRUCTIONS: ff



1. Print your full name and date clearly in the header above.
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2. This exam booklet contains both Test Questions (Part I) and Verified Solutions (Part II).
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3. Answer all multiple-choice questions clearly. Double-check your work.
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4. Do not break the seal or open this booklet until instructed to do so by the proctor.
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Q1. How do the cognitive requirements of a sense of self and a set of standards differ for these emot
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ions: embarrassment, empathy, pride, shame, and guilt?
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[Verified Solution]: Embarrassment and empathy: sense of self as a separate person Pride, shame, and guilt:
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standards, rules, and goals as well as the sense of self as a separate person
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Q2. Lewis et al. asked children to complete puzzles and unbeknownst to the child varied the amoun
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t of time they had to complete the puzzle. How did children respond when they succeeded at these t
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asks? When they failed?ff ff ff




[Verified Solution]: Success: showed pride and happiness (jumped, threw hands in air, etc) Failure: showed
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shame and embarrassment (dropped head, hunched shoulders, sad/blank expression)
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Q3. How do shame and guilt differ? How are they related to prosocial behavior?
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[Verified Solution]: Shame: accepting failure in terms of fulfilling standards, rules, and goals, core self as ba
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d, wish to hide/disappear Guilt: accepting failure in terms of fulfilling standards, rules, and goals, action as ba
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d (focus on specific action rather than totality of self), action pattern directed outward toward reparation -
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Shame is considered an inhibitor of prosocial behavior whereas guilt is considered a motivator
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Q4. How did Drummond et al distinguish shame-prone and guilt-
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prone toddlers in their experiment with the climbing monkey?
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[Verified Solution]: Child shown adult's favorite toy, adult lets child play with toy, toy breaks as soon as chil
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d plays with it Children experienced both shame and guilt Shame prone: averted gaze from adult, seldom conf
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ess, seldom try to fix toy Guilt-prone: seldom avoid adult, often confess, often try to repair toy
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,Q5. How did Drummond et al measure instrumental helping in their experiment with the climbing
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monkey?
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[Verified Solution]: E "accidentally" drops sticks on the floor, help by handing sticks to E E opens cabinet a
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nd papers fall out, help by picking up papers - Both groups had high levels of helping
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Q6. How did Drummond et al test empathetic helping in their experiment with the climbing monk
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ey?
[Verified Solution]: Blanket task: E pretends to be cold and put blanket on then leaves blanket on floor and g
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oes somewhere else and pretends to shiver, help by bringing blanket to E Sad task: E shows that toy makes hi
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m happy, gets phone call that makes him sad, help by bringing toy - More helping from guilt-
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prone than shame-prone children
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Q7. Were there any differences in what the shame-prone and guilt-
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prone toddlers did in these situations?
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[Verified Solution]: Both groups had high levels of instrumental helping More empathetic helping from guil
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t-prone than shame-prone children ff ff ff




Q8. What parenting practices elicit shame?
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[Verified Solution]: Parental practices that emphasize the child rather than the act "You're a bad child" Publi
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cly humiliate the child
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Q9. What parenting practices elicit guilt?
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[Verified Solution]: Parental practices that emphasize the 'badness' of the behavior "You did a bad thing" He
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lp child understand consequences their actions have for others Teach them to repair the damage Communicat
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e love and respect while disciplining the child
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Q10. What is the essence of collaboration?
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[Verified Solution]: Means acting as "equals" Both have the power to derail the joint activity Partners can s
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witch roles ff




Q11. Provide examples of two-year-olds collaborating? Do they like to do so?
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[Verified Solution]: Two year old playing with the experimenter to lift up the cylinder to the other person ca
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n grab the toy Yes they want to collaborate
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, Q12. For Tomasello, the three-year-
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olds moral sense is rooted in cooperative activity. How are these social interactions transformed as
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children develop a moral sense? ff ff ff ff




[Verified Solution]: Social interactions transformed - ff ffff ff ff ff



emerging understanding of and respect for moral standards Obligation to one's partner Treat others fairly Nee
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d to conform to rules Feel guilty when don't do these things
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Q13. Tomasello presented children with different games where they had to work together to win a
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prize (marbles or a chance to work the jiggle machine). What age-
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related changes did he see in children's performance on these tasks?
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[Verified Solution]: 92% of 2.5 year olds stopped when they got the block and both went to toy with one blo
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ck 3.5 year olds kept pushing until their partner got a block too
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Q14. Is there any reason to believe that young children are sensitive to rules? Explain.
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[Verified Solution]: Yes, because if they see a puppet that starts to destroy someone's property, 3 yr olds will
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intervene If a puppet starts to play a game the wrong way, 3 yr olds will intervene
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Q15. Describe some of the experiences that facilitate moral development.
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[Verified Solution]: - Noting the effects of one's actions on others -
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Vicarious learning: watching as as adult helps her, watching other children help each other -
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Intentional socialization and instruction -
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After 3 yrs of age interactions with peers involving reciprocity/perspective-
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taking and adult normative instruction also help with moral development
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Q16. What are some of the ways a parent might respond to a child's wrongdoing?
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Love withdrawal: withholding attention, affection, or approval after a child misbehaves -
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Power assertion: using power to threaten, chastise, spank, or take away privileges (forceful "no" or repriman
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d can also work) -
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Induction: explaining to a child why the behavior is wrong and should be changed by emphasizing how it affe
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Q17. What parenting practice seems to most effective for promoting moral reasoning?
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[Verified Solution]: Induction is associated with more mature moral reasoning
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