PSYC 255 QUIZ 7 2026 COMPREHENSIVE
ASSESSMENT SCRIPT SOLVED QUESTIONS
ANSWERS UPDATED REVIEW SET
◉ Which of the following are likely characteristics for children of
authoritarian parents?
Answer: Weak communication skills
Failure to initiate activity
Anxiety about comparing themselves with others
Unhappiness and fear
◉ What term is defined as "the sense of being male or female"?
Answer: Gender identity
◉ parenting style encourages children to be independent but still
places limits and controls on their actions. Extensive verbal give-
and-take is allowed, and parents are warm and nurturing toward the
child.
Answer: authoritative
◉ In 1971, Diana Baumrind presented ______ of parenting based on
various levels of warmth and involvement.
,Answer: 4 types
◉ According to Erikson, the psychosocial stage associated with early
childhood is _____. At this point in development, children have
become convinced that they are persons of their own; during early
childhood, they begin to discover what kind of person they will
become.
Answer: initiative versus guilt
◉ In Erikson's portrait of early childhood, the young child clearly
has begun to develop ____, which is the representation of self, the
substance and content of self-conceptions
Answer: self understanding
◉ Easy self understanding involves ____
Answer: self recognition
◉ Although young children mainly describe themselves in terms of
concrete, observable features and activities, at age 4 to 5, as they
hear others use psychological trait and emotion terms, they begin to
include these in their ____. Thus, in a ____ a 4-year-old might say, "I'm
not scared. I'm always happy."
Answer: self descriptions
, ◉ Ross Thompson comes down on the side of viewing young
children as ____, while Susan Harter argues that there is still evidence
to support the conclusion that young children are essentially ____
Answer: socially sensitive
egocentric
◉ During the early childhood years, emotions such as ___ and ___
become more common.
Answer: pride guilt
◉ Between ages 2 and 4, children considerably increase the number
of terms they use to describe ____. During this time, they are also
learning about the causes and consequences of ____
Answer: emotions
feelings
◉ ____ is an important aspect of development. In particular, it plays a
key role in children's ability to manage the demands and conflicts
they face in interacting with others
Answer: emotion regulation
◉ Cybelle Raver and her colleagues are using ____, such as increasing
caregiver emotional expressiveness, to improve young children's ____
and reduce behavior problems in Head Start families.
ASSESSMENT SCRIPT SOLVED QUESTIONS
ANSWERS UPDATED REVIEW SET
◉ Which of the following are likely characteristics for children of
authoritarian parents?
Answer: Weak communication skills
Failure to initiate activity
Anxiety about comparing themselves with others
Unhappiness and fear
◉ What term is defined as "the sense of being male or female"?
Answer: Gender identity
◉ parenting style encourages children to be independent but still
places limits and controls on their actions. Extensive verbal give-
and-take is allowed, and parents are warm and nurturing toward the
child.
Answer: authoritative
◉ In 1971, Diana Baumrind presented ______ of parenting based on
various levels of warmth and involvement.
,Answer: 4 types
◉ According to Erikson, the psychosocial stage associated with early
childhood is _____. At this point in development, children have
become convinced that they are persons of their own; during early
childhood, they begin to discover what kind of person they will
become.
Answer: initiative versus guilt
◉ In Erikson's portrait of early childhood, the young child clearly
has begun to develop ____, which is the representation of self, the
substance and content of self-conceptions
Answer: self understanding
◉ Easy self understanding involves ____
Answer: self recognition
◉ Although young children mainly describe themselves in terms of
concrete, observable features and activities, at age 4 to 5, as they
hear others use psychological trait and emotion terms, they begin to
include these in their ____. Thus, in a ____ a 4-year-old might say, "I'm
not scared. I'm always happy."
Answer: self descriptions
, ◉ Ross Thompson comes down on the side of viewing young
children as ____, while Susan Harter argues that there is still evidence
to support the conclusion that young children are essentially ____
Answer: socially sensitive
egocentric
◉ During the early childhood years, emotions such as ___ and ___
become more common.
Answer: pride guilt
◉ Between ages 2 and 4, children considerably increase the number
of terms they use to describe ____. During this time, they are also
learning about the causes and consequences of ____
Answer: emotions
feelings
◉ ____ is an important aspect of development. In particular, it plays a
key role in children's ability to manage the demands and conflicts
they face in interacting with others
Answer: emotion regulation
◉ Cybelle Raver and her colleagues are using ____, such as increasing
caregiver emotional expressiveness, to improve young children's ____
and reduce behavior problems in Head Start families.
