Lifespan - Chapter 6 Practice Questions

Which scenario best illustrates prosocial behavior? A) Savannah takes out the garbage for a quarter. B) Selena helps her mother clean so that her mother will take her to the park. C) Gwen says "please" when asking her mother for a dollar. D) Bethany feeds her baby brother because her mother is sick

Three girls spread a rumor that 7-year-old Heather is a bed-wetter who still uses a pacifier. This is an example of _____ aggression. A) instrumental B) reactive C) bullying D) relational

The five kinds of play identified by Mildred Parten are solitary, onlooker, parallel, associative, and cooperative. A) True B) False

The five kinds of play identified by Mildred Parten (1932) are sequential, meaning that each subsequent one is more interactive than the previous one. A) True B) False

According to behaviorists, gender role distinctions are the result of nurture. A) True B) False

A child's active play during the childhood years correlates with _____. A) increased competitiveness B) increased bullying C) increased aggression D) peer acceptance

When Noah's dad gets home from work, Noah runs to him shouting, "Daddy!" His dad sweeps him up in a bear hug, gives him a gentle knuckle rub on top of his head, then lowers him to the ground in a pretend choke hold. Noah screams with delight, escapes the hold, and climbs on his dad's back to ride him like a horse. Inadvertently, Noah hurt his dad while climbing, and his dad said sternly, "That really hurt. Be nice!" What kind of lesson is Noah's dad teaching him with this rough-and-tumble play bout? A) dominance B) gender roles C) private speech D) emotional regulation

Diana Baumrind is known for her work on _____. A) gender roles B) types of play C) parenting styles D) cognitive stages

Longitudinal research finds that children who are physically punished are more likely to _____. A) behave B) do well in school C) bully D) be obedient

The term for reducing the potential negative consequences of behavior is _____. A) harm prevention B) accident reduction C) secondary prevention D) harm reduction