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Sociopsychological Effects of Divorce on Children

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1.  This is the stage of cognitive development in which Piaget believed that children can use words as symbols to talk about a problem, can mentally imagine doing something, and are egocentric thinkers:
  1. sensorimotor
  2. preoperational
  3. concrete-operational
  4. formal-operational
2.  This psychologist argues that language shapes thought and that thought changes fundamentally once we begin to think in words.
  1. Jean Piaget
  2. Albert Bandura
  3. Harry Stack Sullivan
  4. Lev Vygotsky
3.  Harry Stack Sullivan described these as close childhood relationships that Chumships, defined as close childhood relationships that teach children how to participate in emotionally intimate relationships, is a concept that was proposed by:
  1. Jean Piaget
  2. Albert Bandura
  3. Harry Stack Sullivan
  4. Lev Vygotsky
4.  This construct is important for moral development because it can motivate pro-social behavior and keep us from engaging in antisocial behavior:
  1. empathy
  2. motivation
  3. attention
  4. sympathy
5.  This type of parenting is characterized by reasonable demands which are consistently enforced, with sensitivity to and acceptance of the child:
  1. Authoritarian
  2. Authoritative
  3. Neglectful
  4. Permissive
6.  This method of teaching involves modeling the behaviors that one wants to see in another person; children learn how to behave by watching another’s actions:
  1. observational learning
  2. spontaneous learning
  3. spontaneous observation
  4. operant conditioning
7.  In Piaget’s sensorimotor stage, infants and toddlers:
  1. assimilate more than they accommodate.
  2. represent their experiences in speech, gesture, and play.
  3. “think” with their eyes, ears, hands, and other sensorimotor equipment.
  4. solve every day practical problems and carry out many activities inside their heads.
8.  Eighteen-month-old Mickey is visiting a theme park for the first time. At the park, he sees some zebras, an animal with which he is unfamiliar. Despite this, he looks at the animals and shouts, “Look at the horses!” He had previously formed a mental schema for horses. Piaget would say that Mickey’s reaction best demonstrates the concept of:
  1. accommodation
  2. reversibility
  3. assimilation
  4. formal thought
9.  Nine-month-old Daisy retrieves her pacifier, which her mother has hidden under a cover. Baby Daisy has begun to master:
  1. deferred imitation
  2. object permanence
  3. make-believe play
  4. reflexive schemes
10.  Baby Emma is learning to stand. Each time she falls, she looks at her dad. When he looks concerned, Emma cries. When he smiles and says, “You did it!” she tries again. Emma is using:
  1. a secure base
  2. emotional self-regulation
  3. social referencing
  4. effortful control
11.  Which of the following are self-conscious emotions?
  1. guilt, shame, and pride
  2. shame, doubt, and fear
  3. embarrassment, pride, and sadness
  4. envy, happiness, and disgust
12.  Four attachment styles were discussed in the presentation. Which of the following options is NOT one of those four attachment styles?
  1. Secure
  2. Resistant
  3. Avoidant-Insecure
  4. Secure-Resistant
13.  In designing the strange situation, Mary Ainsworth and her colleagues reasoned that securely attached infants and toddlers:
  1. should use the parent as a secure base from which to explore in an unfamiliar setting.
  2. are just as easily comforted by an unfamiliar adult as by the parent.
  3. combine anger and clinginess when reunited with a parent who has left the room for a time.
  4. do not show distress when the parent leaves the room.
14.  All of the following are parts of a neuron EXCEPT:
  1. Axon
  2. Cell body
  3. Dendrites
  4. Myelin body
15.  According to social learning theorists:
  1. morality has a unique course of development.
  2. reinforcement for good behavior is enough for children to acquire moral responses.
  3. children learn to behave morally largely through modeling.
  4. positive reinforcement for a child’s character decreases a behavior’s frequency.

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