DEVELOPMENTAL 2025/2026 PSYCHOLOGY NEW EDITION
According to the text, peer rejection is _____ in promoting
reactive aggression and antisocial behaviour. - very
important
Which is an example of a (1) gross motor talent and (2) a
fine motor talent? - (1) climbing a tree; (2) forming letters
Which sixth grader is NOT at risk for being rejected? -
Paulina, who did not make the soccer team
Which "aggression" statement is MOST accurate? -
"Aggression is vitally important in life; it only becomes a
serious problem when people make that behaviour their
main life mode."
Based on the text's information-processing section,
parents can help children "remember" by doing all 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. - using power assertion.
Which person is showing pro-social behaviour?
-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 -
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: - 1980s.
Carlo is the MOST aggressive "out of control" child in
kindergarten. In elementary school, Carlo will probably
be: - 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. - making children intensely angry.
The core difference between friendships and popularity is
that friendships are: - 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. - 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 - 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. - 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": - (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?
-Is this parent under severe life stress?
-Is this parent socially isolated? - 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? -
inhibition and selective attention
Child abuse is probably: - more common than the
"objective" statistics show.
Which part of the brain develops last? - frontal lobes
Children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder
(ADHD) have problems with all of the following EXCEPT:
-selective attention.
-inhibition.
-executive functions. - expressing emotions.
According to the text, peer rejection is _____ in promoting
reactive aggression and antisocial behaviour. - very
important
Which is an example of a (1) gross motor talent and (2) a
fine motor talent? - (1) climbing a tree; (2) forming letters
Which sixth grader is NOT at risk for being rejected? -
Paulina, who did not make the soccer team
Which "aggression" statement is MOST accurate? -
"Aggression is vitally important in life; it only becomes a
serious problem when people make that behaviour their
main life mode."
Based on the text's information-processing section,
parents can help children "remember" by doing all 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. - using power assertion.
Which person is showing pro-social behaviour?
-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 -
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: - 1980s.
Carlo is the MOST aggressive "out of control" child in
kindergarten. In elementary school, Carlo will probably
be: - 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. - making children intensely angry.
The core difference between friendships and popularity is
that friendships are: - 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. - 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 - 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. - 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": - (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?
-Is this parent under severe life stress?
-Is this parent socially isolated? - 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? -
inhibition and selective attention
Child abuse is probably: - more common than the
"objective" statistics show.
Which part of the brain develops last? - frontal lobes
Children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder
(ADHD) have problems with all of the following EXCEPT:
-selective attention.
-inhibition.
-executive functions. - expressing emotions.
