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According to the text, peer rejection is _____ in promoting reactive aggression and antisocial
behavior. - Answer✔very important
Which is an example of a (1) gross motor talent and (2) a fine motor talent? - Answer✔(1)
climbing a tree; (2) forming letters
Which sixth grader is NOT at risk for being rejected? - Answer✔Paulina, who did not make the
soccer team
Which "aggression" statement is MOST accurate? - Answer✔"Aggression is vitally important in
life; it only becomes a serious problem when people make that behavior their main life mode."
Based on the text's information-processing section, parents can help children "remember" by
doing all of the following EXCEPT:
-teaching organizational strategies.
-understanding that simultaneously completing different tasks will be especially difficult.
-keeping children "on task" by keeping them away from tempting distractions. - Answer✔using
power assertion.
Which person is showing pro-social behavior?
-Oscar, who is an outgoing, people person
-Patty, who would rather go to a party than be alone
-Rosa, who believes that money makes people greedy - Answer✔Quentin, who goes out of his
way to be nice to the new boy in class
Obesity rates in the United States rose the most dramatically during the: - Answer✔1980s.
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Carlo is the MOST aggressive "out of control" child in kindergarten. In elementary school, Carlo
will probably be: - Answer✔rejected by his teachers and his peers.
Under-nutrition—or not having enough food—has all of the following effects EXCEPT:
-impairing physical development.
-compromising social relationships.
-affecting play. - Answer✔making children intensely angry.
The core difference between friendships and popularity is that friendships are: - Answer✔close
one-to-one relationships; popularity refers to group status.
All are core symptoms of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) EXCEPT for:
-difficulties with selective attention.
-problems with inhibition.
-difficulties performing a sequence of tasks. - Answer✔serious depression.
Which developmental pathway is MOST likely to produce a highly aggressive "antisocial" fourth
grader?
-overindulging a difficult toddler, and then the child gets rejected in elementary school
-yelling, screaming at, and spanking a difficult toddler, and then the elementary school kids
reinforce that child's aggressive acts
-overindulging a difficult toddler, and then the elementary school kids reinforce that child's acts
- Answer✔yelling, screaming at, and spanking a difficult toddler, and then the child gets
rejected by his classmates in elementary school
Which ex-spouses are engaged in parental alienation?
-The Saville's constantly badmouth each other with friends.
-The Pearlman's are alienated from one another emotionally.
-The Garcia's are both alienated from their children. - Answer✔The Jones's constantly
badmouth each other in front of their children.
Link the correct language term to the following: (1) the "b" sound in "boy"; (2) the definition of
"boy"; (3) the units of meaning conveyed by the word "boy": - Answer✔(1) phoneme; (2)
semantics; (3) morpheme
A social worker is constructing a questionnaire to measure the risk of child abuse. Which item
should NOT appear on her scale?
-Does this parent have serious personality problems?
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-Is this parent under severe life stress?
-Is this parent socially isolated? - Answer✔What is this parent's gender?
Goran can't resist racing around the classroom while he is supposed to sit still and listen to his
teacher. Goran is having trouble with which two executive functions? - Answer✔inhibition and
selective attention
Child abuse is probably: - Answer✔more common than the "objective" statistics show.
Which part of the brain develops last? - Answer✔frontal lobes
Children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have problems with all of the
following EXCEPT:
-selective attention.
-inhibition.
-executive functions. - Answer✔expressing emotions.
The bottom-line message of the bullying discussion is that this behavior: - Answer✔exists at
every age—because it helps children (and people) gain social status—but we can reduce its
frequency by changing the social norms.
Which person is teaching by using Vygotsky's zone of proximal development (ZPD)?
-Ms. Trong, who spaces the desks in a classroom so that every student can see the board.
-Mrs. Banda, who makes sure that every student learns at the same pace.
-Mr. Doud, who has the class do individual projects. - Answer✔Mr. Smith, who figures out what
each child knows now and then determines what that child is capable of understanding through
instruction.
In general, children do BEST when:
-parents adopt a single discipline style.
-dads leave the disciplining to moms.
-moms leave the disciplining to dads. - Answer✔parents have consistent rules.
The term for any act that endangers children's emotional or physical well-being is _____. -
Answer✔child maltreatment
What force is MOST important in predicting how well children adjust to divorce?
-the economic status of the family
-the age of the child when the breakup took place
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-whether the parents have joint custody - Answer✔the quality of the custodial parent's child-
rearing
A teacher wants her students to tackle challenging tasks. The BEST strategy is for the teacher to
praise her students:
-for being such wonderful kids.
-for being so smart.
-by giving out rewards for getting "A"s. - Answer✔when they work hard.
_____ children are MOST likely to be chronically bullied. - Answer✔Unassertive
The BEST strategy to prevent bullying is to:
-severely punish bullies.
-deprive children of the Internet.
-offer lectures on the evils of bullying. - Answer✔change the classroom norms so peers don't
reinforce this behavior.
According to Erikson, a preschooler's challenge is to try new things; in elementary school, a
child's challenge is to _____. - Answer✔work hard to succeed
Nancy's preschooler has been diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD),
and she asks, "Will my son have this condition as he gets older?" Which is the BEST answer?
-"No; these symptoms tend to go away with age."
-"Yes; symptoms always persist."
-"Over time, symptoms tend to get worse." - Answer✔"It is unclear since symptoms can take
many paths."
Children's mental health problems after divorce: - Answer✔depend on the quality of the
custodial parenting.
All may cause attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms EXCEPT:
-genetic predispositions.
-delayed brain maturation.
-low dopamine output. - Answer✔permissive parenting.
Alicia is being raised in a blended family. This means that Alicia's parents: - Answer✔divorced
and remarried, so Alicia has step-siblings.
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Developmental Psychology Module 4 Exam
Questions With Correct Answers 100%
Verified.
According to the text, peer rejection is _____ in promoting reactive aggression and antisocial
behavior. - Answer✔very important
Which is an example of a (1) gross motor talent and (2) a fine motor talent? - Answer✔(1)
climbing a tree; (2) forming letters
Which sixth grader is NOT at risk for being rejected? - Answer✔Paulina, who did not make the
soccer team
Which "aggression" statement is MOST accurate? - Answer✔"Aggression is vitally important in
life; it only becomes a serious problem when people make that behavior their main life mode."
Based on the text's information-processing section, parents can help children "remember" by
doing all of the following EXCEPT:
-teaching organizational strategies.
-understanding that simultaneously completing different tasks will be especially difficult.
-keeping children "on task" by keeping them away from tempting distractions. - Answer✔using
power assertion.
Which person is showing pro-social behavior?
-Oscar, who is an outgoing, people person
-Patty, who would rather go to a party than be alone
-Rosa, who believes that money makes people greedy - Answer✔Quentin, who goes out of his
way to be nice to the new boy in class
Obesity rates in the United States rose the most dramatically during the: - Answer✔1980s.
1
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Carlo is the MOST aggressive "out of control" child in kindergarten. In elementary school, Carlo
will probably be: - Answer✔rejected by his teachers and his peers.
Under-nutrition—or not having enough food—has all of the following effects EXCEPT:
-impairing physical development.
-compromising social relationships.
-affecting play. - Answer✔making children intensely angry.
The core difference between friendships and popularity is that friendships are: - Answer✔close
one-to-one relationships; popularity refers to group status.
All are core symptoms of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) EXCEPT for:
-difficulties with selective attention.
-problems with inhibition.
-difficulties performing a sequence of tasks. - Answer✔serious depression.
Which developmental pathway is MOST likely to produce a highly aggressive "antisocial" fourth
grader?
-overindulging a difficult toddler, and then the child gets rejected in elementary school
-yelling, screaming at, and spanking a difficult toddler, and then the elementary school kids
reinforce that child's aggressive acts
-overindulging a difficult toddler, and then the elementary school kids reinforce that child's acts
- Answer✔yelling, screaming at, and spanking a difficult toddler, and then the child gets
rejected by his classmates in elementary school
Which ex-spouses are engaged in parental alienation?
-The Saville's constantly badmouth each other with friends.
-The Pearlman's are alienated from one another emotionally.
-The Garcia's are both alienated from their children. - Answer✔The Jones's constantly
badmouth each other in front of their children.
Link the correct language term to the following: (1) the "b" sound in "boy"; (2) the definition of
"boy"; (3) the units of meaning conveyed by the word "boy": - Answer✔(1) phoneme; (2)
semantics; (3) morpheme
A social worker is constructing a questionnaire to measure the risk of child abuse. Which item
should NOT appear on her scale?
-Does this parent have serious personality problems?
2
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-Is this parent under severe life stress?
-Is this parent socially isolated? - Answer✔What is this parent's gender?
Goran can't resist racing around the classroom while he is supposed to sit still and listen to his
teacher. Goran is having trouble with which two executive functions? - Answer✔inhibition and
selective attention
Child abuse is probably: - Answer✔more common than the "objective" statistics show.
Which part of the brain develops last? - Answer✔frontal lobes
Children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have problems with all of the
following EXCEPT:
-selective attention.
-inhibition.
-executive functions. - Answer✔expressing emotions.
The bottom-line message of the bullying discussion is that this behavior: - Answer✔exists at
every age—because it helps children (and people) gain social status—but we can reduce its
frequency by changing the social norms.
Which person is teaching by using Vygotsky's zone of proximal development (ZPD)?
-Ms. Trong, who spaces the desks in a classroom so that every student can see the board.
-Mrs. Banda, who makes sure that every student learns at the same pace.
-Mr. Doud, who has the class do individual projects. - Answer✔Mr. Smith, who figures out what
each child knows now and then determines what that child is capable of understanding through
instruction.
In general, children do BEST when:
-parents adopt a single discipline style.
-dads leave the disciplining to moms.
-moms leave the disciplining to dads. - Answer✔parents have consistent rules.
The term for any act that endangers children's emotional or physical well-being is _____. -
Answer✔child maltreatment
What force is MOST important in predicting how well children adjust to divorce?
-the economic status of the family
-the age of the child when the breakup took place
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-whether the parents have joint custody - Answer✔the quality of the custodial parent's child-
rearing
A teacher wants her students to tackle challenging tasks. The BEST strategy is for the teacher to
praise her students:
-for being such wonderful kids.
-for being so smart.
-by giving out rewards for getting "A"s. - Answer✔when they work hard.
_____ children are MOST likely to be chronically bullied. - Answer✔Unassertive
The BEST strategy to prevent bullying is to:
-severely punish bullies.
-deprive children of the Internet.
-offer lectures on the evils of bullying. - Answer✔change the classroom norms so peers don't
reinforce this behavior.
According to Erikson, a preschooler's challenge is to try new things; in elementary school, a
child's challenge is to _____. - Answer✔work hard to succeed
Nancy's preschooler has been diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD),
and she asks, "Will my son have this condition as he gets older?" Which is the BEST answer?
-"No; these symptoms tend to go away with age."
-"Yes; symptoms always persist."
-"Over time, symptoms tend to get worse." - Answer✔"It is unclear since symptoms can take
many paths."
Children's mental health problems after divorce: - Answer✔depend on the quality of the
custodial parenting.
All may cause attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) symptoms EXCEPT:
-genetic predispositions.
-delayed brain maturation.
-low dopamine output. - Answer✔permissive parenting.
Alicia is being raised in a blended family. This means that Alicia's parents: - Answer✔divorced
and remarried, so Alicia has step-siblings.
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