Question

George was happy he did so well on his math test after doing poorly on the last one. He knew he had the ability, but just didn’t study last time. This time he felt confident in his ability and his practice of the material. When it comes to math George has developed a:

	a.	Social comparison.
	b.	Mastery-oriented attribution.
	c.	Learned helplessness attribution.
	d.	Gender stereotyped expectation.

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Question 7

By middle childhood, children who hold flexible beliefs about what boys and girls can do:

	a.	Are more likely to be androgynous.
	b.	Are more likely to notice instances of gender discrimination.
	c.	Get more encouragement from teachers to participate in gender-typed activities.
	d.	Show more in-group favoritism.

5 points   

Question 8

One factor that can reduce performance on intelligence tests is a child’s anxiety about being negatively judged based on a preconceived expectation of performance for his or her race, culture, or gender, also known as:

	a.	Stereotype threat.
	b.	Knowledge threat.
	c.	Judgment threat.
	d.	Nature threat.

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Question 9

The most common psychological problem experienced by adolescents is:

	a.	Suicidal ideation.
	b.	Anxiety.
	c.	Eating disorders.
	d.	Depression.

5 points   

Question 10

Sternberg identified three types of intelligence that work together in various ways, depending on the task at hand. He describe these three types as:

	a.	Logical, spatial, and kinesthetic.
	b.	Mathematical, linguistic, and common sense.
	c.	Analytical, creative, and linguistic.
	d.	Analytical, creative, and practical.

5 points   

Question 11

A contributor to obesity in early childhood is:

	a.	Heredity.
	b.	Lack of knowledge about proper nutrition.
	c.	Family stress.
	d.	All of the above.

5 points   

Question 12

Research has identified some advantages and disadvantages of being an only child. Overall, only children report:

	a.	Higher self-esteem as compared to children with siblings.
	b.	Higher self-rated personality traits.
	c.	Better ability to negotiate conflict with peers.
	d.	All of the above.

5 points   

Question 13

The families of chronically delinquent youth are more often characterized as:

	a.	Low in warmth.
	b.	High in conflict.
	c.	Use harsh and inconsistent discipline with low monitoring.
	d.	All of the above.

5 points   

Question 14

Effective sex education programs have been shown to delay the age of initiation of sex, and to reduce the frequency of sex and the number of sexual partners. Berk (2014) lists effective elements for sex education programs. Which of the following is NOT considered an effective element of sex education:

	a.	Parents should avoid or delay talking with their children about sex.
	b.	Role-playing techniques for handling potential sexual situations, such as pressure from a date.
	c.	Clear, accurate messages based on an adolescent’s culture and experience.
	d.	Specific and accurate information about contraceptives.

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Question 15

Adolescents who are actively involved in a religious community tend to _______________ their peers who are not involved in religious activities.

	a.	Score higher in empathy and prosocial behavior as compared to.
	b.	To show no significant differences from.
	c.	Score lower in empathy and prosocial behavior as compared to.
	d.	Report a more fragile sense of moral identity as compared to.

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Question 16

Although no one was nearby, Eric tells his mother that she is embarrassing him when she asks about his homework on the way to the car. He checks his hair in the mirror when he gets in the car and worries that someone will see that his hair is out of place. Eric is concerned with:

	a.	His mother’s inappropriate behavior.
	b.	An imaginary audience.
	c.	A personal fable.
	d.	Idealism.

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Question 17

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the industrialized country with the highest divorce rate is:

	a.	The United Kingdom.
	b.	The United States.
	c.	Sweden.
	d.	Canada.

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Question 18

Olivia is preparing for a Friday test of vocabulary words. On Wednesday, Olivia checks her progress on learning the vocabulary words. She is pleased with how well she has learned some of them, but is having a harder time with others. She decides to look some up on the Internet to get additional help in understanding them. She checks her progress again on Thursday. Olivia is using the process of ____________ to help her reach her goal.

	a.	Cognitive mapping.
	b.	Cognitive self-regulation.
	c.	Whole language approach.
	d.	Phonics approach.

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Question 19

Which of the following about children from divorced parents is NOT accurate?

	a.	Children of high conflict families tend to transition better to a single parent home following divorce.
	b.	Children of low conflict families tend transition better to a single parent home following divorce.
	c.	Children adjust better when parents are able to coparent cooperatively following divorce.
	d.	Children adjust better when they have frequent and warm contact with the noncustodial parent.

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Question 20

As they are developing identities, many adolescents from immigrant cultures experience a clash, or ______________ due to conflicting pressures between family values and the host culture.

	a.	Identity domains.
	b.	Acculturation stress.
	c.	Cultural bias.
	d.	Identity status.

Answer 1

George was happy he did so well on his math test after doing poorly on the last one. He knew he had the ability, but just didn’t study last time. This time he felt confident in his ability and his practice of the material. When it comes to math George has developed a:

	a.	Social comparison.
	b.	Mastery-oriented attribution.----------------ANSWER
	c.	Learned helplessness attribution.
	d.	Gender stereotyped expectation.
		Mastery-oriented attribution. IT IS a confounded idea, yet it basically alludes to a kid's yearning to end up capable on an undertaking. Kids with high dominance introduction emerge. Guardians and educators don't need to urge these youngsters to learn. Rather, these understudies need to practice lessons in school only for turning out to be all the more very talented. What Sets Students With Mastery Orientation Apart Understudies with authority introduction have a place with the select gathering of youth who are not basically roused by outside prizes.Many skilled kids have this attribute. In addition, kids who have high dominance introduction have a tendency to have high characteristic inspiration, or conduct driven by inner prizes. This appears differently in relation to extraneous inspiration, or conduct driven by outer prizes or by dread of discipline. Understudies with outward inspiration have an attitude portrayed as execution introduction. In a school setting, kids who have high authority introduction need to learn for learning. They are not engrossed by their execution (i.e., their evaluations or educator's endorsement) and continue taking a shot at school undertakings regardless of the possibility that they get poor input. Actually, they invite challenges and new learning encounters. Investigate shows that authority introduction can enhance a kid's scholastic execution both in the transient and in the long haul

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By middle childhood, children who hold flexible beliefs about what boys and girls can do:

	a.	Are more likely to be androgynous.
	b.	Are more likely to notice instances of gender discrimination. .----------------ANSWER Sexual orientation separation implies segregation in view of a man's sex or sex, which all the more regularly influences young ladies and ladies. In light of sexual orientation separation, young ladies and ladies don't have an indistinguishable open doors from young men and men for instruction, significant professions, political impact, and monetary headway.
	c.	Get more encouragement from teachers to participate in gender-typed activities.
	d.	Show more in-group favoritism.

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One factor that can reduce performance on intelligence tests is a child’s anxiety about being negatively judged based on a preconceived expectation of performance for his or her race, culture, or gender, also known as:

	a.	Stereotype threat. .----------------ANSWER It is characterized as a situational issue in which people are at danger of affirming adverse generalizations about their gathering. It is the subsequent sense that one may be judged regarding antagonistic generalizations about one's gathering rather than on individual legitimacy.
	b.	Knowledge threat.
	c.	Judgment threat.
	d.	Nature threat.

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Question 9

The most common psychological problem experienced by adolescents is:

	a.	Suicidal ideation.
	b.	Anxiety.----ANSWER
	c.	Eating disorders.
	d.	Depression.

5 points   

Question 10

Sternberg identified three types of intelligence that work together in various ways, depending on the task at hand. He describe these three types as:

	a.	Logical, spatial, and kinesthetic.
	b.	Mathematical, linguistic, and common sense.
	c.	Analytical, creative, and linguistic.
	d.	Analytical, creative, and practical. .----ANSWER ·         Analytical (componential) ·         Creative (experiential) ·         Practical (contextual) Though Sternberg clarifies that the essential data handling segments hidden the three sections of his triarchic hypothesis are the same, diverse settings and distinctive undertakings require various types of knowledge (Sternberg, 2001). Componential – diagnostic subtheory[edit] Sternberg related the componential subtheory with diagnostic talent. This is one of three sorts of skill that Sternberg perceives. Diagnostic talent is persuasive in having the capacity to dismantle issues and having the capacity to see arrangements not frequently observed. Shockingly, people with just this sort are not as proficient at making novel thoughts of their own. This type of skill is the sort that is tried frequently (Sternberg, 1997). Experiential – inventive subtheory[edit] Sternberg's second phase of his hypothesis is his experiential subtheory. This stage bargains for the most part with how well an assignment is performed as to how natural it is. Sternberg parts the part of experience into two sections: oddity and robotization. A novel circumstance is one that you have never experienced. Individuals that are proficient at dealing with a novel circumstance can take the errand and find better approaches for tackling it that the lion's share of individuals would not see . A procedure that has been mechanized has been played out various times and should now be possible with next to zero additional idea. Once a procedure is automatized, it can be keep running in parallel with the same or different procedures. The issue with curiosity and computerization is that being gifted in one part does not guarantee that you are talented in the other . The experiential subtheory likewise corresponds with another of Sternberg's proposed sorts of skill. Manufactured skill is found in inventiveness, instinct, and an investigation of expressions of the human experience. Individuals with engineered skill are not regularly observed with the most astounding IQ's on the grounds that there are not at present any tests that can adequately gauge these traits, yet manufactured talent is particularly valuable in making new thoughts to make and tackle new issues. Sternberg likewise related another of his understudies, "Barbara", to the manufactured skill. Barbara did not execute and additionally Alice on the tests taken to get into school, yet was prescribed to Yale University in light of her remarkable imaginative and instinctive abilities. Barbara was later extremely important in making new thoughts for research . Reasonable – logical subtheory Sternberg's third subtheory of knowledge, called down to earth or logical, "manages the mental action required in accomplishing fit to setting" . Through the three procedures of adjustment, molding, and determination, people make a perfect fit amongst themselves and their surroundings. This sort of insight is frequently alluded to as "road smarts." Adjustment happens when one rolls out an improvement inside oneself so as to better change in accordance with one's surroundings .. For instance, when the climate changes and temperatures drop, individuals adjust by wearing additional layers of apparel to stay warm. Molding happens when one changes their surroundings to better suit one's needs .. An educator may conjure the new manage of raising hands to address guarantee that the lesson is instructed with slightest conceivable interruption

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Question 11

A contributor to obesity in early childhood is:

	a.	Heredity. .------------ .----ANSWER
	b.	Lack of knowledge about proper nutrition.
	c.	Family stress.
	d.	All of the above

5 points   

Question 12

Research has identified some advantages and disadvantages of being an only child. Overall, only children report:

	a.	Higher self-esteem as compared to children with siblings-ANSWER
	b.	Higher self-rated personality traits.
	c.	Better ability to negotiate conflict with peers.
	d.	All of the above.

5 points   

Question 13

The families of chronically delinquent youth are more often characterized as:

	a.	Low in warmth.
	b.	High in conflict.
	c.	Use harsh and inconsistent discipline with low monitoring.
	d.	All of the above.------ANSWER