PSYC-2314 Lifespan Growth & Development
Exam 2 Study Guide
According to behaviorists, gender role distinctions are the result of nurture -
ANSWER True
According to Erikson's insights children judge themselves as either
___________deciding whether they are competent or incompetent, - ANSWER ...
According to Freud, boys in the Phallic psychoanalytic stage of development: -
ANSWER secretly want to replace their fathers
According to psychoanalytic theory, at the phallic stage children cope with guilt
and fear through identification; young boys copy their fathers' mannerisms,
opinions, actions, and girls copy their mothers' that is, they try to become like
the same sex parent. - ANSWER True
According to the text, sociodramatic play may help children to develop: -
ANSWER theory of mind
According to Vygotsky, a teacher who carefully plans each child's participation
in the learning process within the zone of proximal development uses: - ANSWER
scaffolding
According to Vygotsky, guided participation requires that a child: - ANSWER
interacts with a mentor to accomplish a task
Achievement tests are designed to measure one's: - ANSWER knowledge about
a subject
A child is shown two identical tall containers, both half-filled with water. The
contents of one container are then poured into a short, wide container. If the
child states that both containers still have the same amount, then the child
understands the concept of: - ANSWER conservation
A child's cognitive understanding of sex differences would be his or her: -
ANSWER gender schema
A child's inability to understand that undoing a sequence of events will bring
about the original situation is called: - ANSWER irreversibility
, A disorder that research has suggested may result from abnormal development
of the corpus callosum is: - ANSWER autism
__________ aggression is defined as, hurtful behavior that is intended to get
something that another person has and to keep it - ANSWER Instrumental
A magician's goal is to get the audience to focus on one aspect of his
demonstration while he manipulates another. This is easy to do with
preoperational children, as they are fooled by their tendency to: - ANSWER
demonstrate centration
A person's understanding of the thoughts of other people is called: - ANSWER
theory of mind
Aptitude tests are designed to measure one's: - ANSWER potential for learning
Asthma is a disorder caused by ______ the airways - ANSWER inflammation of
Research on successful ways to halt bullying has revealed that intervention is
more effective in the earlier grades. - ANSWER True
Centration is an obstacle to developing logical operations - ANSWER True
Child-centered programs are often influenced by the theories of ______ and
______. - ANSWER Piaget; Vygotsky
Child maltreatment includes child abuse and child neglect - ANSWER True
Child maltreatment is defined as intentional harm to or ___________
endangerment of anyone under 18 years of age. - ANSWER avoidable
Children's ideas about their intelligence, personality, abilities, gender and ethnic
background form their: - ANSWER self-concept
Children with any form of autism spectrum disorder find it difficult to understand
emotions - ANSWER True
Children with attention-deficit disorders: - ANSWER struggle to pay attention
Conventional morality involves: - ANSWER good boy morality; behave in ways
that win approval of others
During Erikson's psychosocial developmental stage _________________children
undertake new skills and activities and feel guilty when they do not succeed at
them - ANSWER initiative versus guilt
Exam 2 Study Guide
According to behaviorists, gender role distinctions are the result of nurture -
ANSWER True
According to Erikson's insights children judge themselves as either
___________deciding whether they are competent or incompetent, - ANSWER ...
According to Freud, boys in the Phallic psychoanalytic stage of development: -
ANSWER secretly want to replace their fathers
According to psychoanalytic theory, at the phallic stage children cope with guilt
and fear through identification; young boys copy their fathers' mannerisms,
opinions, actions, and girls copy their mothers' that is, they try to become like
the same sex parent. - ANSWER True
According to the text, sociodramatic play may help children to develop: -
ANSWER theory of mind
According to Vygotsky, a teacher who carefully plans each child's participation
in the learning process within the zone of proximal development uses: - ANSWER
scaffolding
According to Vygotsky, guided participation requires that a child: - ANSWER
interacts with a mentor to accomplish a task
Achievement tests are designed to measure one's: - ANSWER knowledge about
a subject
A child is shown two identical tall containers, both half-filled with water. The
contents of one container are then poured into a short, wide container. If the
child states that both containers still have the same amount, then the child
understands the concept of: - ANSWER conservation
A child's cognitive understanding of sex differences would be his or her: -
ANSWER gender schema
A child's inability to understand that undoing a sequence of events will bring
about the original situation is called: - ANSWER irreversibility
, A disorder that research has suggested may result from abnormal development
of the corpus callosum is: - ANSWER autism
__________ aggression is defined as, hurtful behavior that is intended to get
something that another person has and to keep it - ANSWER Instrumental
A magician's goal is to get the audience to focus on one aspect of his
demonstration while he manipulates another. This is easy to do with
preoperational children, as they are fooled by their tendency to: - ANSWER
demonstrate centration
A person's understanding of the thoughts of other people is called: - ANSWER
theory of mind
Aptitude tests are designed to measure one's: - ANSWER potential for learning
Asthma is a disorder caused by ______ the airways - ANSWER inflammation of
Research on successful ways to halt bullying has revealed that intervention is
more effective in the earlier grades. - ANSWER True
Centration is an obstacle to developing logical operations - ANSWER True
Child-centered programs are often influenced by the theories of ______ and
______. - ANSWER Piaget; Vygotsky
Child maltreatment includes child abuse and child neglect - ANSWER True
Child maltreatment is defined as intentional harm to or ___________
endangerment of anyone under 18 years of age. - ANSWER avoidable
Children's ideas about their intelligence, personality, abilities, gender and ethnic
background form their: - ANSWER self-concept
Children with any form of autism spectrum disorder find it difficult to understand
emotions - ANSWER True
Children with attention-deficit disorders: - ANSWER struggle to pay attention
Conventional morality involves: - ANSWER good boy morality; behave in ways
that win approval of others
During Erikson's psychosocial developmental stage _________________children
undertake new skills and activities and feel guilty when they do not succeed at
them - ANSWER initiative versus guilt
