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Chapter 11: Emotional and Social Development
Test Bank
1. The uncomfortable, anxious feeling a young child experiences when a primary caregiver
leaves is called
2. The uncomfortable, anxious feeling a young child experiences when a stranger approaches is
called
3. The ability to understand the emotional expressions of other people, especially primary
caregivers, and to respond accordingly is called
4. The ability to understand one’s own and other people’s emotions and to appropriately regulate
the expression of one’s own emotions is referred to as
5. Those times when an event or behavior occurs naturally during the day and then you as a
professional teacher take that moment to teach a related concept or further the children’s
development in a related domain is called
6. Being able to maintain good social relationships with other people while also being able to
achieve one’s goals in and through those relationships is called
7. What parenting style can be described as warm and nurturing, setting clear and reasonable
rules and limits, and using supporting disciplinary methods?
8. What parenting style can be described as not very warm or nurturing, having many rules and
setting strict limits, and having high expectations of children to obey orders without explanation?
9. What parenting style can be described as warm and nurturing, having few rules and limits, and
avoidance of confrontation?
10. What parenting style can be described as showing little warmth and having few rules or
limits?
11. What type of culture emphasizes the values of harmony, respect for authority, and group
welfare?
12. What type of culture emphasizes the values of self-expression and individual achievement?
13. Aggressive behavior aimed at hurting, intimidating, or controlling others through physical,
verbal, or emotional abuse, real or threatened, is called
14. When bullying occurs in the context of a peer clique it is called
15. Which of the following is not one of the steps in the three-step process that can be used to
handle bullying in the preschool classroom?
16. ___________ refers to the type of emotional bond that young children have with their
primary caregivers.
17. Children with ________ temperaments are flexible and predictable, and they generally
display a positive mood.
18. Children with ________ temperaments have lots of energy and intensity, irregular moods
that are usually negative, and difficulty adjusting to transitions, new people, or new situations.
19. Children with ________ temperaments are generally thought of as shy, and they have
difficulty adjusting to transitions and new people and new situations.
20. When a person helps or assists another person without any other apparent benefit to him- or
herself, this person is engaging in
21. When children learn that they are either boys or girls and interpret how a boy or girl should
behave in their society, they are beginning the process of
22. Children’s ability to overcome obstacles and fulfill their potential is known as
23. Young children’s emotional and social development depends on their maturation and
readiness, but not the environment around them.
24. Bullying does not occur in the early childhood years.
25. Behaviorists would try to determine which environmental stimuli cause the behavior in the
child.
26. Lev Vygotsky originated the idea of social constructivism, which focuses on the role of
culture.
27. Some experience with the world is necessary to fully express the primary emotions of anger,
sadness, joy, surprise, and fear.
28. It is not important to help infants name their emotions because they cannot understand fully
what you are saying.
29. Children first express the secondary emotions of embarrassment, shame, guilt, envy, and
pride when they turn 4 years old.
30. The ability to understand the emotional expressions of other people does not happen until
children enter preschool.
31. Early attachment relationships are the foundation for all other intimate relationships that a
person develops throughout life.
32. Children with the slow-to-warm-up temperament are generally thought of as shy.
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33. A lack of prosocial behavior in young children is associated with mental health problems that
tend to worsen as time passes.
34. Parents, a child’s culture, a child’s peers, and a child’s teacher all influence the amount of
social competence that a young child displays.
35. Define bullying and its two basic forms.
36. Briefly explain the two types of competence.
37. List some general suggestions for working with children with special needs that can also be
specifically applied to promoting their emotional and social development.
38. Explain the term stereotype threat.
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39. Summarize how teachers can play a role in giving young children alternatives to the gender
roles and gender stereotypes to which they cling.
40. Describe the term prosocial behavior and identify how the child shows this behavior.
41. Explore how teachers can help promote secure attachment.
42. Compare and contrast the three types of temperament.
43. Compare and contrast the differences in attachment for the baby and the caregiver.
44. Explore some of the reasons that preschoolers may engage in bullying.
45. Summarize the four parenting styles.