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QUESTION 48

The dynamics of parents' relationships are related to levels of sibling conflict.

1.  True
2.  False

 

QUESTION 49

Across families, birth order is a stronger predictor of children's development than other factors such as genetic differences.

1.  True
2.  False

 

QUESTION 50

It can be concluded that birth order is a direct cause of developmental differences because such research is experimental.

1.  True
2.  False

 

QUESTION 51

Which of the following kinds of play emerges toward the end of the sensorimotor stage and increases during early childhood?

1. functional play
2. symbolic play
3. constructive play
4. formal games

 

QUESTION 52

Bridgette and Ben have created a game in which they race their bicycles through an obstacle course, and they have rules for how many points you lose if you go outside of the course or knock something over. According to Piaget, Bridgette and Ben are involved in _____.

1. functional play
2. formal games
3. symbolic play
4. constructive games

 

QUESTION 53

Which of the following best describes prosocial behavior?

1. It refers to the participation in illegal behavior by minors.
2. It is behavior that is intended to hurt or injure another person.
3. It is behavior that is intended to benefit other people, generally without expectation of reward.
4. It is behavior that is intended to inhibit aggressive thoughts and behavior amongst other people.

 

QUESTION 54

Which of the following statements regarding social behaviors in early childhood is true?

1. Differences in the brain and sex hormones are largely responsible for gender differences in play during childhood.
2. There is a positive correlation between prosocial behavior, and the development of empathy and perspective-taking, in childhood.
3. Aggressive behavior in both children and adults is largely determined by biological influences.
4. Research consistently demonstrates a direct causal relationship between exposure to media violence and aggressive behavior in real life.

 

QUESTION 55

Preoperational children tend to be able to see things from the vantage point of others.

1.  True
2.  False

 

QUESTION 56

Children who are physically punished are more likely to be aggressive themselves than children who are not physically punished.

1.  True
2.  False

 

QUESTION 57

Aggressive children appear to be

1. more empathic than their peers.
2. more cognitively accurate in interpreting intentions of others.
3. less able to see things from the perspective of others.
4. less egocentric than their peers.

 

QUESTION 58

Preschool girls

1. engage in more rough-and-tumble play and are more aggressive.
2. tend to show more empathy and to report more fears.
3. show somewhat lesser verbal ability than boys.
4. show somewhat greater visual-spatial ability than boys.

 

QUESTION 59

Preschool boys

1. show somewhat lesser visual-spatial ability than girls.
2. show somewhat greater verbal ability than girls.
3. tend to show more empathy and to report more fears.
4. engage in more rough-and-tumble play and are more aggressive.

 

QUESTION 60

A difference between preschool boys and preschool girls is that preschool boys

1. engage in less rough-and-tumble play than girls.
2. show somewhat greater verbal ability than girls.
3. show somewhat greater visual-spatial ability than girls.
4. tend to show more empathy and to report more fears than girls.

 

QUESTION 61

Children's self-concepts become less superficial and concrete during childhood.

1.  True
2.  False

 

QUESTION 62

Children with high self-esteem are more likely to be securely attached and have parents who are attentive to their needs.

1.  True
2.  False

 

QUESTION 63

Children become increasingly traditional in their stereotyping of activities, jobs, and personality traits between the ages of three and nine or ten.

1.  True
2.  False