PSYC 160: Ch. 8

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Preconventional morality involves:
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seeking pleasure and avoiding pain.
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Which is NOT a common value among 6- to 11-year-old children?
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dressing like adults
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One study found that 98 percent of surveyed children believed that sports teams should exclude:
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no child based on race or gender.
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Joel, age 8, lives in a very stressful, chaotic home where he sometimes witnesses his mother being physically abused by her boyfriend. Joel's problems may be overcome by:
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being actively involved in his church.
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The percentage of school-age children that live in single-parent households is:
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31 percent.
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What is the first stage of moral reasoning in Kohlberg's theory?
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preconventional
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The kind of bully who is the most strongly disliked by peers is called a:
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bully-victim.
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In childhood, how children react to a serious stressor depends primarily on:
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how many total stressors are present.
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Family structure refers to:
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the legal and genetic relationships of people in a household.
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Child labor has been deemed _____ by the United Nations.
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immoral
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What factors generally determine whether a child is well liked by his or her peers?
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culture and cohort
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Huong moved often as a child. His parents did not spend much time helping him with homework, and he did not participate in extracurricular activities. The MOST likely reason for this is his:
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parents' SES.
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What is the third stage of moral reasoning in Kohlberg's theory?
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postconventional
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The Piagetian stage of development that is similar to Kohlberg's stage of preconventional morality is:
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the preoperational stage.
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Girls who bully typically:
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mock and ridicule their victim.
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Olivia is an extremely shy and anxious 8-year-old girl. Other children seem to dislike her. She appears to be a(n):
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withdrawn-rejected child.
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When children act as parents and try to take care of everyone, it is called:
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parentification
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By the time children are the age of 10, which statement is true?
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Both boys and girls want to have best friends.
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According to Erikson's theory, children in middle childhood tend to judge themselves as either:
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industrious or inferior.
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Postconventional morality involves:
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the careful consideration of all options.
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The most common type of family for children in the United States is the:
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nuclear family.
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When 9-year-old children were asked to choose between retribution and restitution for a punishment:
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about half chose restitution and half chose retribution.
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Family function refers to:
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how a family cares for its members.
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When one assesses one's abilities, achievements, social status, and other attributes by measuring them against one's peers, one is engaging in:
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social comparison.
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In a typical military family, income is _____ and _____ is absent.
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higher; stability
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Research shows that a child is most likely to be a victim of bullying if the child is:
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withdrawn-rejected.
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Lawrence Kohlberg built on the theories of ______ in his description of the stages of moral development.
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Jean Piaget
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About _____ of school-age children live in a two-parent family.
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two-thirds
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More than people of any other age, children between the ages of 6 and 11 are:
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industrious, practicing the skills valued by their culture.
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The statement that best reflects moral reasoning at the preconventional level is:
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"I am careful not to get caught."
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Since Carter's mother suffers from depression and his father is an alcoholic, Carter is often neglected. Despite his circumstances, he maintains a positive outlook. What may be helping Carter to maintain his positive attitude?
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his circle of friends and their activities
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Which scenario is typical of the industry versus inferiority stage?
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Rudy is having difficulty in learning math, but he continues to practice.
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Mr. Cortez had a good conversation about the fairness of restitution and retribution with 9-year old Sherrod. The next day, Sherrod still thought retribution was most fair. Scientific study shows us that this MOST likely means that talking about moral values with children:
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will not bring about immediate change.
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Chance steals food to feed himself and his little brother because they are starving. If another child hears about this and states, "Chance shouldn't steal because stealing is against the law," that child is MOST likely in Kohlberg's stage ______ of moral development.
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conventional
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Susan decides not to tell the teacher that her classmate Ian is cheating on the math exam because she is afraid the other kids will call her a snitch. This is an example of Kohlberg's stage ______ of moral development.
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conventional
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Dimitri has been married before and has two biological children. He has just married Natasha, who has also been married before and has a biological son. Their family is an example of a:
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stepparent family.
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According to Erikson, if 9-year-old Anna is successful in solving her psychosocial conflict, she should be developing a(n) ______ view of herself.
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industrious
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Define industry.
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doing things by yourself; sense of reward from independence.
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Define inferiority.
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Failing to do things alone; feeling less than others.
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Define transitive inference.
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Known relationships can be used to infer other relationships.
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Define class inclusion/classification.
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Understanding that things can be organized into groups based on common characteristics.
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Piaget predicted that you can do ___ if in the ___ stage.
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Class inclusion task, preoperational thought.
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Define information processing.
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How we take in, store, and use info.
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Explain information processing.
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Information is taken and 1. Sensory register: info help for a brief period of time. 2. Working memory: hold info while working with it. 3. Long-term memory: hippocampus encodes info and sends it for storage.
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Maturing corpus callosum enables...?
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Balance and improved handedness.
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Myelintion speeds up...?
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Thoughts and behavior.
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Developing prefrontal cortex coordinates...?
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Massive interconnections between the parts of the brain that deal with sound, vision, and comprehension.
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Describe the capacity of memory working.
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1. Increased myelination. 2. Dendrites forming in prefrontal cortex. 3. Automotization.
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Define metacognition.
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Thinking about thinking (planning, monitoring, evaluating.)
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Control processes/executive function include..?
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Selective attention and emotional regulation.
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Self-efficacy comes from...?
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1. Previous performance 2. Various learning 3. Verbal encouragement 4. Emotional reactions
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Define self efficacy.
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My belief in my ability to do things.
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Define self-awareness.
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My knowledge of myself.
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Social support should be ___ and discrepancy between real and ideal self should be ___.
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high, low.
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High self esteem results in ___ consequences.
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good.
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Define resilience.
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capacity to adapt well to significant adversity and to overcome serious stress.