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PSYC 140 Module 5 Exam
True or false? Research indicates that girls have more negative consequences
when growing up in a single parent household, compared to boys.
Answer:
False
By what methods did Lawrence Kohlberg study moral development? Be specific
in your answer.
Answer:
Interviewing Method, Moral Dilemma He used the Intervewing method to study
moral development. He introduced a Moral dilema in the form of a story and got
responses from his subjects focusing more on the 'Why" than on the moral
reasoning based on right or wrong that is if Heinz was right in stealing the drugs to
cure his wife.
Describe the cultural critique of Piaget's theory of cognitive development. What
is the issue? Be specific.
Answer:
,Piaget failed to realize that cultural and educational experiences were enormous
and important when it came to cognitive development. Piaget thought more as a
biologist and proposed that childrens thinking and thought pattern evolves as they
mature in age. He believed that children in the concrete operational stage should
have been able to learn scientifically. whereas, if children are not taught a certain
thing they do not get to develop that aspect of their thinking. Also, in some
cultures children are taught different things and their cognitive development is
geared towards the area they are taught. Hence its possible that not all children will
be able to operate in same ways as piaget proposed that they develop in their
thinking as they mature.
True or false? In early childhood and the beginning of middle childhood, boys
tend to show more advances in fine motor skills compared to girls.
Answer:
False
Describe the following two social categories of children: Prosocial popular
children and Antisocial popular children.
Answer:
Prosocial Popular Children: These are childen who are liked by their peers. They get
high positive votes and they have really good social skills. They are good listeners,
get along with their peers and they do not use their popularitry or social skills
towards harm.
Antisocial Popular Children These children on the other hand use ther social skills
and popularity in a harmful way. They could use their popularity to bully others,
including gossiping and bringing down others to get popular.
, What can parents do to increase the likelihood that children will cope optimally
with a divorce? Provide two suggestions, based on the module.
Answer:
To help children cope Optimally with divorce, parents could; Adopt good and
balanced parenting style that is the authoritative parenting style.
Parents should also interact and communicate warmly with their children
Categorize the following symptoms as either a symptom of Inattention or
Hyperactivity-Impulsivity: Blurts out answers before the question is fully asked.
Answer:
Hyperactivity-Impulsivity
__________ is the term that Piaget used for a child's ability to order objects in a
row.
Answer:
seriation
Categorize the following symptoms as either a symptom of Inattention or
Hyperactivity-Impulsivity: Has great difficulty waiting for his/her turn while
playing games.
Answer:
hyperactivity-impulsivity