Arthur’s vocabulary consists mainly of words that refer to objects. Like most toddlers, he
uses
A)an expressive style.
B)infant-directed speech (IDS).
C)a referential style.
D)an authoritative style.
Compared with Caucasian-American families, African-American families
A)express more conflict over girls reaching sexual maturity.
B)treat menarche as an important milestone.
C)show boys more social support than girls for the changes of puberty.
D)do not prepare girls for menarche as well.
Which of the following statements is supported by research on child abuse?
A)A single abusive personality type is a common thread among abusers.
B)Most parents who were abused as children become child abusers.
C)Fathers engage in neglect more often than mothers.
D)The majority of abusive parents are isolated from both formal and informal social
supports.
A favorable emerging adulthood depends on whether
A)individuals move back to their parents’ homes to get their bearings.
B)it is used to acquire competencies essential for contemporary living.
C)graduates’ delayed leap into adult roles is filled with anxiety and frustration.
D)young adults find a job and stick to it regardless of how rewarding they find the job.
An effective way to ease the strain of school transition in adolescence is to
A)form small units within large schools to promote closer relations with both teachers and
peers.
B)have small groups of students transition at different points during the school year.
C)require some form of extracurricular involvement immediately following the transition.
D)limit extracurricular involvement until teachers determine whether students are socially
ready.
Between ages 4 and 8, children’s magical beliefs decline as they
A)gain familiarity with physical events and principles.
B)understand that television characters are not real.
C)begin to ascribe supernatural causes only to events they can explain.
D)become less likely to confuse fiction with reality.
Newborn babies
A)are not particularly sensitive to touch.
B)are not particularly sensitive to pain.
C)can distinguish the shapes and textures of small objects.
D)are especially sensitive to touch around the torso.
“Baby fat”
A)helps the infant maintain a constant body temperature.
B)peaks at about 6 months.
C)increases very slowly during infancy.
D)helps the infant gain strength and physical coordination.
High exposure to educational programs in the preschool years is associated with
A)a rise in relational aggression.
B)greater acceptance of real-life violence.
C)decreased parental regulation of children’s TV viewing.
D)impaired emotional regulation when faced with real-life violence.
All contemporary child development theories view children as
A)naturally endowed with a sense of right and wrong.
B)passive and emotionally fragile.
C)adults in training.
D)active, purposeful beings.
In most tribal and village societies,
A)adolescence is extended into three phases: early, middle, and late adolescence.
B)young people face postponement of sexual gratification while they prepare for a
productive work roles.
C)adolescence is only a brief intervening phase between childhood and full assumption of
adult roles.
D)adolescence is extended because young people face prolonged dependence on parents.