Ashford PSY304 Week 4 Quiz Latest 2020 December

PSY304 Lifespan Development

Week 4 Quiz

Question 1Dylan is very shy and reserved and he often finds new situations scary. He will be staying overnight at his cousin’s house for the first time. Which of the following examples represents goodness of fit between Dylan’s temperament and his mom’s parenting? His mom

  drops Dylan off at his cousin’s and leaves quickly.

  refuses to hug Dylan when he cries and tells him to be a “big boy.”

  decides to not let Dylan go to his cousin’s house.

  reassures Dylan everything will be okay and stays with him until he calms down.

 Question 2According to Kohlberg, a child who decides to cheat on a test because receiving a good grade would make her father proud would be showing what level of morality?

  preconventional

  conventional

  postconventional

  heteronomous

 Question 3According to socio-emotional selectivity theory, as adults age they choose to engage ____ with people who do not make them feel happy.

  more

  less

  slowly

  quickly

 Question 4Jeff is a freshman in high school and has just found out that he did not make the football team. Jeff thinks to himself that this is a good thing because he can spend more time on his schoolwork to prepare for college. Jeff is using

  social referencing.

  emotional suppression.

  cognitive reappraisal.

  nonverbal encoding.

 Question 5According to Giff, Renshaw, and Allen (2018) PTSD symptoms were positively associated with the use of _____________ discipline.

  inconsistent

  consistent

  non-formal

  effective

 Question 6During what age period do children become better at hiding their emotions?

  infancy

  toddlerhood

  early childhood

  middle childhood

 Question 7Eight-month-old Gregory is playing at the park with his mother when a stranger walks up to them. Gregory looks at the stranger and then looks at his mother and sees she is smiling and talking to the stranger. Gregory resumes his play. This is an example of

  social referencing.

  separation anxiety.

  stranger anxiety.

  nonverbal encoding.

Question 8Harlow’s study found that ____ was very important because the baby monkeys chose to stay close to their cloth mothers except for food.

  temperament

  goodness of fit

  secure attachment

  contact comfort

 Question 9It takes two-year-old Erika a little while to adjust to new situations. According to Thomas and Chess, Erika would be classified as

  easy.

  difficult.

  slow to warm up.

  uncategorized.

 Question 10When 18-month-old Keenan gets too excited, he will often suck his thumb to calm himself down. According to Rothbart and Bates, which temperamental category best fits Keenan?

  extraversion/surgency

  negative affectivity

  effortful control

  uncategorized

 Question 11Identity answers the question

  “What do I like?”

  “What do I not like?”

  “Who am I?”

  “Who do I want to be like?”

 Question 12Self-esteem tends to decline during ____ but rise again during ____.

  infancy; early childhood

  early childhood; middle childhood

  middle childhood; adolescence

  adolescence; adulthood

Question 13Eighty-four-year-old David looks back over his life and realizes that while he made some mistakes, overall he had a good life and helped a lot of people. David is engaging in

  life reflection.

  integrity.

  life review.

  positive recollection.

 Question 14People who experience learned helplessness often attribute their successes to ____ instead of effort.

  parents

  teachers

  emotions

  ability

 Question 15Ten-year-old Shiloh understands that she is a big sister, a soccer player, and a good friend. This is an example of Shiloh’s

  personality.

  self-regulation.

  temperament.

  self-understanding.

 Question 16As people age, self-concept becomes more

  complex.

  simplified.

  unrealistic.

  inflated.

 Question 17A college student who has done a lot of research on his or her future career path, has completed an internship, and feels confident about his or her choice of career is most likely in

  identity diffusion.

  foreclosure.

  moratorium.

  identity achievement.

Question 18Frieda is in tenth grade and decides to try out for the track team. Which of the following is an example of selection?

  Frieda decides that trying out for the track team is more important than studying for her math test.

  Frieda plans to run four days a week to train for the team.

  Frieda asks another student on the track team to help her train.

  Frieda misses one of her training sessions and decides to give up some of her allotted free time to train.

 Question 19In early childhood, self-understanding tends to be unrealistic and overly

  negative.

  positive.

  confusing.

  descriptive.

 Question 20Which of the following is an example of self-esteem?

  I am a boy.

  I feel good when I get good grades in school.

  I’m a good soccer player.

  I’m not a good soccer player.

 Question 21Euree is a four-year-old who just became a big sister. All of the following behaviors are typical reactions that Euree’s parents should expect in response to the new baby except

  regression.

  yelling at the baby.

  increased maturity.

  anger.

 Question 22According to Baumrind’s parenting styles, parents who are low on warmth and low on restrictiveness are considered

  authoritative.

  authoritarian.

  permissive-indulgent.

  rejecting-neglecting.

Question 23Nathan’s mother often tells him that he is worthless and just makes her life more difficult. This is an example of

  physical abuse.

  physical neglect.

  emotional abuse.

  emotional neglect.

 Question 24Compared to children raised in heterosexual homes, children raised in gay and lesbian homes

  are more likely to be gay or lesbian.

  get higher grades.

  experience more bullying.

  are equally well adjusted.

 Question 25Children and adolescents who are bullies tend to

  get lower grades.

  be popular.

  have distant relationships with their parents.

  enter puberty earlier.

 Question 26Living in an intergenerational household benefits

  children.

  parents.

  grandparents.

  everyone.

 Question 27Joe is the second-born child in his family; compared to his older sibling, he is more likely to be

  anxious.

  motivated to achieve.

  cooperative.

  aggressive.

 Question 28During adolescence, female friendships focus on maintaining intimacy, while male friendships focus on

  excitement.

  companionship.

  impressing females.

  building trust.

 Question 29Kendra is growing up in a single-parent household. Compared to her peers in two-parent households, Kendra is likely to experience

  more parental involvement.

  higher academic achievement.

  lower intelligence scores.

  less financial hardships.

 Question 30Child abuse is often not reported for all the following reasons except

  many people believe child abuse doesn’t cause any long-term damage to the child.

  fear of embarrassing the family.

  confusion between what is normal discipline and what is abuse.

  fear of legal action.

 Question 31In your substantive essay,

•         Discuss the suggestion that there are biological predispositions to a certain temperament.

•         Identify signs have been suggested to align to differing temperaments.

•         Identify behaviors that parents and caregivers can utilize to support challenging temperaments.