PSYC 333 Final Exam Study Guide: Complete Abnormal Psychology Review
Compared with boys in late elementary school, their female peers report that their friendships:
- ✔✔have similar levels of conflict.
Relational aggression does NOT involve: - ✔✔physical harm.
Loosely organized groups of adolescents that identify as a group and often engage in illegal
activity are referred to as: - ✔✔gangs.
Which characteristic is NOT one displayed by teens who bully their peers? - ✔✔They tend to
be lower in social status.
At what age are children capable of showing preference for some children over others? -
✔✔toddlerhood
In terms of the association between acceptance by the peer group and important
developmental outcomes such as dropping out of school, peer acceptance is: - ✔✔associated
with these outcomes, over and above the effect of friendships and other relationships.
When having a negative experience, children's stress reactions: - ✔✔are higher when a best
friend observes the event.
Children's choices of friends exhibit which pattern? - ✔✔"Birds of a feather flock together."
Children's long-term adjustment appears to be caused in part by: - ✔✔both their sociometric
status and the quality of their social behavior.
, What type of bullying involves insulting, teasing, harassing, or intimidating someone? -
✔✔verbal bullying
Which form of cyberbullying is the MOST common - ✔✔spreading rumors
Which statement is NOT an example of the importance of timing on the relation between
nature and nurture? - ✔✔Infants who are impulsive are more likely than other infants to
exhibit antisocial behavior in later childhood.
Which statement about historical changes in the United States is TRUE? - ✔✔Some historical
changes have been positive and some negative; some have made life different, but neither
better nor worse.
Knowledge of child-development research can inform social policy decisions of both citizens and
politicians. Which social policy area is NOT impacted by research findings? - ✔✔parenting
Which phase is NOT one of Kohlberg's stages of moral reasoning? - ✔✔unconventional
An approach to youth intervention that focuses on developing and nurturing strengths and
assets rather than on correcting weaknesses and deficits is called: - ✔✔positive youth
development.
A child in which of Piaget's stages of moral development does NOT take intentions into account
when determining whether a behavior is moral or immoral? - ✔✔heteronomous morality of
constraint
The reciprocal role of children's behavior and parents' discipline in promoting antisocial
behavior is NOT illustrated in which statement? - ✔✔Parents who are depressed may be less
likely to monitor their children, and parents who are punitive are more likely to have children
who are antisocial.
Compared with boys in late elementary school, their female peers report that their friendships:
- ✔✔have similar levels of conflict.
Relational aggression does NOT involve: - ✔✔physical harm.
Loosely organized groups of adolescents that identify as a group and often engage in illegal
activity are referred to as: - ✔✔gangs.
Which characteristic is NOT one displayed by teens who bully their peers? - ✔✔They tend to
be lower in social status.
At what age are children capable of showing preference for some children over others? -
✔✔toddlerhood
In terms of the association between acceptance by the peer group and important
developmental outcomes such as dropping out of school, peer acceptance is: - ✔✔associated
with these outcomes, over and above the effect of friendships and other relationships.
When having a negative experience, children's stress reactions: - ✔✔are higher when a best
friend observes the event.
Children's choices of friends exhibit which pattern? - ✔✔"Birds of a feather flock together."
Children's long-term adjustment appears to be caused in part by: - ✔✔both their sociometric
status and the quality of their social behavior.
, What type of bullying involves insulting, teasing, harassing, or intimidating someone? -
✔✔verbal bullying
Which form of cyberbullying is the MOST common - ✔✔spreading rumors
Which statement is NOT an example of the importance of timing on the relation between
nature and nurture? - ✔✔Infants who are impulsive are more likely than other infants to
exhibit antisocial behavior in later childhood.
Which statement about historical changes in the United States is TRUE? - ✔✔Some historical
changes have been positive and some negative; some have made life different, but neither
better nor worse.
Knowledge of child-development research can inform social policy decisions of both citizens and
politicians. Which social policy area is NOT impacted by research findings? - ✔✔parenting
Which phase is NOT one of Kohlberg's stages of moral reasoning? - ✔✔unconventional
An approach to youth intervention that focuses on developing and nurturing strengths and
assets rather than on correcting weaknesses and deficits is called: - ✔✔positive youth
development.
A child in which of Piaget's stages of moral development does NOT take intentions into account
when determining whether a behavior is moral or immoral? - ✔✔heteronomous morality of
constraint
The reciprocal role of children's behavior and parents' discipline in promoting antisocial
behavior is NOT illustrated in which statement? - ✔✔Parents who are depressed may be less
likely to monitor their children, and parents who are punitive are more likely to have children
who are antisocial.
