The behaviorist model does NOT include which of the following concepts?
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Punishment
Reinforcement
Stimulus
Insight
According to Freud, the primitive psychic force that represents basic needs and drives, and upon which other personality factors are built, is called the
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Preconscious
Ego
Id
Conscious
A child’s temperament is learned by watching his or her parents’ way of responding.
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True
False
A child who gets overwhelmed easily is only trying to manipulate his or her parents.
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True
False
Boundaries are a concept used in systems theory. Select the example that does NOT describe the concept of boundaries as used within systems theory.
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The limits regarding how much an infant should be fed between meals in order to stay healthy
The definition of roles within an organization regarding who is to do what jobs
Physically, your skin provides a boundary between you as an independent, living system and the external environment
Characteristics of people that define who is in a group and who is not
Early caregiving stimulates brain development.
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True
False
All of the below are developmental achievements that a 6-month old should be able to do, EXCEPT
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Able to follow objects with his or her eyes
Able to show a preference for people over objects
Able to stand while holding on
Able to roll over
Enjoy gross motor activities such as running and kicking balls
The theorist who developed a model of the mind’s psychic structure is
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John Bowlby
Jean Piaget
Erik Erikson
Sigmund Freud
Child development is affected by micro, mezzo, and macro factors. An example of a macro factor that can affect child development is
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The parent’s divorce
The baby’s health at birth
The mother’s work schedule
Racism
John Bowlby and Mary Ainsworth developed attachment theory. They described four types of attachment classifications that can be observed in young children. Which of the following is NOT one of these four classifications?
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insecure-disorganized attachment
Secure attachment
Insecure-avoidant attachment
Insecure-oppositional attachment
The wordless dialogue that occurs in infancy is only relevant for deaf children who need to communicate without words
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True
False
Which of the following statements is false regarding brain development?
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A child’s brain growth occurs most rapidly at age 6, when he or she begins school.
Brain development is most important during the first two years of life.
Parent/child caregiving experiences influence the wiring of the neurons in the brain.
Positive parent/infant interactions affect the development of the child’s brain.
Which of the following is NOT true? The early attachment relationship
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Promotes the child’s capacity to make sense of his or her feelings and communicate these feelings with others
Serves as a base for exploration
Helps the child regulate his or her emotions and frustrations
Is responsible for the young child’s fine motor development
The definition of the “working model” is the
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Positive effects of having had a role model of a working parent
Child’s resolution of ego and super-ego conflicts
Child’s mental internalization of his or her primary caregiver’s responsiveness or lack of responsiveness to the child’s needs
Child’s reaction to the mother’s absence due to her work schedule
Select which statement does NOT refer to the definition of “object constancy.”
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A developmental milestone that Margaret Mahler’s theory describes as occurring from age 2 through adulthood.
An ability to remember that people or objects are consistent, trustworthy, and reliable, especially when they are out of your immediate field of vision.
The ability to understand that some things or people remain constant, even when we can’t see them or verify that they are “still there.”
A spiritual belief that young children learn from their parents.
Winning a large lottery would be considered which kind of stressful life event?
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Challenge
Internal emotional resource
Loss
Threat
Which of the following would be a coping mechanism?
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Losing one’s job
Getting a very large job promotion
Taking tangible aid from a social service agency
Expressing positive and negative emotions
A good example of tangible social support would be
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Being able to express positive and negative emotions
Going to see a therapist
Receiving food from a social service agency
Being taught a job skill by a social service agency
It is clear that one needs to see resilience as a phenomenon that is situated within a childhood set of experiences.
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True
False
Secure attachment is an important factor in predicting resilience in children.
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True
False
Which of the following is illustrative of a macro risk factor that can be disruptive to a child’s resilience?
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Witnessing parental violence
Insecure attachment
Slow-to-warm-up temperament
Structural racism
Optimism can best be thought of as
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An example of internal resources that can protect one
An adaptive coping mechanism
An illustration of cognitive social support
Part of one’s social network
Resilience can best be understood by looking at the relative relationship of promotive and risk factors that the child encounters within his or her immediate family.
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True
False
Adolescence is best understood as a
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Reproductive imperative
Myth
Cultural concept
Biological event\
Sex characteristics that are tied directly to sex organs and reproduction are known as
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Secondary
Gonadal
Primary
Genital
Individuals who fall into Marcia’s _______ phase don’t experience an identity crisis; they glide into adulthood without experiencing much turbulence or anxiety.
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morotorium
foreclosure
role diffusion
identity achievement
In the ___________ stage of Kohlberg’s model of moral development, rules are obeyed in order to receive rewards and, often, favors are exchanged.
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conformity
social justice
brute authority
reciprocity
Kohlberg’s theory of moral development describes ____ levels.
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three
four
two
six
Sex refers to the social and psychological characteristics associated with being female or male.
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True
False
The social construction of gender examines the structure of the gendered social order as a whole and the processes that construct and maintain it.
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True
False
The term intersexdescribes a person born with fully formed ovaries and fully formed testes.
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True
False
The maturation of the brain takes place until one is 35 and leads to more impulsive behavior in women.
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True
False
Erikson hypothesized that individuals go through a set of stages tied to
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Genital libido stages
Psychosocial stages
Psychosexual stages
Insecure attachment stages
Kohlberg argued that moral decision-making occurred in children between the ages of 4 and 7.
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True
False
Transgender refers to the situation where the body is at odds with one’s sense of identity, whereas cisgender refers to the situation where one’s body and sense of self are unified.
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True
False
The sense that one feels different from others in late childhood and is the basis for later awareness of one’s same sex attraction is
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Identity tolerance
Identity confusion
Psychosocial identity
Identity pride
Sexual orientation refers to the subjective feeling of one’s internal sense of gender.
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True
False
Gilligan criticized the Kohlberg model of moral development by saying that women would be rated at a lower stage of moral development than men due to their “caring perspective.”