Eight-year-old Ayanna is asked to rate herself on personality traits. Ayanna rates herself as
ambitious, competitive, cheerful, and soft-spoken. Ayanna has a(n) __________ gender
identity.
A)”feminine”
B)”masculine”
C)androgynous
D)stereotypical
After age 8, girls begin __________ at a faster rate than boys.
A)accumulating fat
B)adding muscle
C)pruning synapses
D)upper body growth
When war and social crises are temporary, most children
A)cannot be comforted.
B)do not show long-term emotional difficulties.
C)lose their sense of safety.
D)build a pessimistic view of the future.
Research examining cultural variations in personal storytelling revealed that
A)Irish-American parents often told stories about the child’s misdeeds.
B)Chinese parents downplayed the child’s misdeeds, attributing them to assertiveness.
C)Chinese parents did little to cultivate their child’s individuality.
D)Irish-American parents generally saw self-esteem as unimportant or even negative.
The relationship between heredity and environment is
A)is a one-way street.
B)moves from genes to environment to behavior.
C)is best measured using heritability estimates.
D)is bidirectional.
Yolanda entered school low in phonological awareness. Without __________, Yolanda
will probably be behind her agemates in text comprehension skills by third grade.
A)early phonics training
B)reading across the curriculum
C)metacognitive training
D)special education services
After a trip to the zoo, 4-year-old Jaden is able to remember the animals he saw and the
context in which he saw them. This is an example of
A)scripts.
B)recognition without recall.
C)autobiographical memory.
D)overlapping waves.
Which of the following children has the highest risk for serious adjustment problems?
A)Zane, a boy who lives with his divorced mother
B)Logan, a boy who lives with his divorced father
C)Madisyn, a girl who lives with her divorced mother
D)Kennedy, a girl who lives with her divorced father
Mrs. Cybrig would like to help her low-effort daughter gain a sense of academic
competence. Which of the following would you recommend to her?
A)Select tasks that challenge, but do not overwhelm, her daughter.
B)Attribute her daughter’s successes to intelligence rather than effort.
C)Compare her daughter to her higher-achieving son by using prizes for good grades.
D)Select tasks that her daughter can easily do, so she can have success.
By the time a child of adolescent parents starts school,
A)fewer than one-fourth have regular paternal contact.
B)nearly half visit with their fathers regularly.
C)less than two-thirds receive financial assistance from their fathers.
D)most have established lasting ties to their fathers.
Bao, an only child, lives in China. Which of the following is probably true?
A)Bao’s development is not as favorable as only children in the United States.
B)Bao tends to feel emotionally insecure and lonely.
C)Bao differs from agemates with siblings in social skills.
D)Bao does not differ from agemates with siblings in peer acceptance.