The capacity to __________ permits school-age children to combine their separate
self-evaluations into an overall sense of self-esteem.
A)master increasingly complex social challenges
B)view the self in terms of stable dispositions
C)understand the perspectives of others
D)evaluate the behaviors and intentions of others
Greater freedom to choose whether, when, and how to have children makes contemporary
family planning __________ than it was in the past.
A)less challenging
B)more intentional
C)less important
D)more random
In Piaget’s sensorimotor stage, infants and toddlers
A)assimilate more than they accommodate.
B)represent their experiences in speech, gesture, and play.
C)”think” with their eyes, ears, hands, and other sensorimotor equipment.
D)solve everyday practical problems and carry out many activities inside their heads.
In Piaget’s theory, during __________, toddlers use their current schemes to interpret the
external world.
A)equilibrium
B)assimilation
C)accommodation
D)organization
Which of the following teens is more likely to have early sex or frequent teenage sexual
activity?
A)Uli, who feels a strong sense of personal control over life events
B)Howie, who is an only child
C)Darwin, who was a late maturer
D)Ryan, whose parents do not monitor his activities
Perhaps the most complex self-help skill of early childhood is
A)self-dressing.
B)shoe tying.
C)self-feeding.
D)tooth brushing.
One of the goals of the Nurse-Family Partnership is to
A)eradicate prenatal drug use.
B)lessen the effects of teratogens on developing organisms.
C)promote early competent caregiving.
D)provide family planning and genetic counseling.
According to social learning theorists,
A)morality has a unique course of development.
B)reinforcement for good behavior is enough for children to acquire moral responses.
C)children learn to behave morally largely through modeling.
D)positive reinforcement for a child’s character decreases a behavior’s frequency.
Of the small number of young people who increase in religiosity during the late teens and
early twenties, many are
A) Caucasian males.
B) women, African American, or Hispanic.
C) Jewish, Catholic, or Muslim.
D) lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender youths.
__________ is an especially important form of stimulation for preterm infants.
A)Music
B)Aromatherapy
C)Touch
D)Fresh air
In many sexual abuse cases, the use of anatomically correct dolls or body diagrams
A)misleads older children to give false information.
B)increases the suggestibility of preschoolers.
C)helps very young witnesses sort through confusion.
D)helps preschoolers provide more detail.
When do boys start to outperform girls in mathematics?
A)from preschool age
B)by the age of 7 or 8
C)by early adolescence
D)by late adolescence
__________ can help prevent escalating demands on families that give way to chaos.
A)Ethnographic research
B)Absence of daily structure
C)Compression of family routines
D)High-quality child care that is affordable and reliable