Friendships provide children with all of the following EXCEPT: - Answers companionship and fun.
-neglected sociometric status.
models of intimate relationships.
contexts to develop basic social skills.
Compared to children with no friends, children with best friends tend to: - Answers be timid.
-score higher on measures of self-esteem.
be overly sensitive.
score lower on measures of self-esteem.
Thomas feels most successful when he and his friends help each other do their best. What type of
basic social goal is Thomas exhibiting? - Answers ego-oriented goal
task-oriented goal
nonhostile social comparison
-cooperation goal
Sigmund Freud argued that the idea of God for children and adults: - Answers is a property of the
collective unconscious.
is unrelated to psychosocial systems.
-is a projection of our need for a protective parent figure.
changes with the development of new cognitive systems of thinking.
As children spend more time with their peers during middle childhood, they must learn how to: -
Answers regulate their behavior with help from adults.
-create a satisfying place for themselves within the social group.
not compete for social status.
avoid conflicts with peers.
Luka likes to set group activities and control the toys and play spaces in his second-grade class. Luka
would be considered a(n) ____________ child. - Answers controversial
-dominant
active
recessive
Kohlberg's "Heinz dilemma" asked children to decide whether a man should have stolen drugs for his
sick wife when he couldn't pay for the drugs. Children's answers would occur in which order as they
age from 6 to 10 years old? - Answers He shouldn't steal the drug because he might get in trouble; he
should steal the drug because he might need someone to steal it for him someday; he should steal
the drug if he really loves his wife.
Sky is very shy and lonely. She wants to have friends and is very upset that she doesn't. In a rating of
sociometric status, we would expect Sky to be rated as: - Answers neglected.
popular.
controversial.
-rejected.
One's evaluation of one's own self-worth is called: - Answers -self-esteem.
self-concept.
social comparison.
a sociogram.
Jill believes that she is really good in her language arts class but not very good in her math class. This
conflicting view represents the _____. - Answers possible self
-differentiated self
self-exploration
self-esteem
A review of contemporary research on children's and adults' conceptions of God justifies which
conclusion? - Answers Children's conceptions of God are anthropomorphic, whereas adults'
conceptions of God are abstract.
-Conceptions of God change for both adults and for children as a function of context.
Conceptions of God are universal and unchanging across age-level, cultural group, and context.
Conceptions of God change for children across contexts but do not change for adults.
Children who have been maltreated are at risk for peer rejection. The likely reason for this correlation
is that: - Answers maltreated children are stigmatized by their peers and rejected.