PSYC Quiz 3

Sternberg described ______________ intelligence as producing novel ideas or doing innovative work?

Creative

Psychologist and other mental health professionals?

Disagree on the value of occasions spanking

Over the last 100 years IQ test scores have been steadily increasing. This is referred to as the _______ effect?

Flynn

Paula's IQ is 114, yet she reads on a 3rd grade level in 7th grade. Paula most likely?

Has a learning disability

Which of the following is often a characteristic of maltreated children?

They may be highly aggressive

For contemporary U.S parents, the MOST popular discipline strategy is?

Time out or removal of privileges

Shame, or the feeling of being personally humiliated, makes one want to?

Withdraw from others

Effective interventions to reduce bullying center on?

Making bullying a socially unacceptable activity

Which statement about school is false?

Most children hate going to kindergarten

When 5 year old Carla is punished by her mom, she pretends she is a princess. This is a(n)?

Normal response since she is using fantasy play to cope with stress

In collectivist cultures, parents put more emphasis on ________ than parents in individualistic cultures?

Obedience

Nolan, a ten year old, is the envy of his classmates because he doesn't have a set bedtime and is free to stay up as late as he wants. Nolan is a well-adjusted child who feels that his parents love him. Based on this description, his parents are MOST likely?

Permissive

Which statement is true about popular children as they move into middle school?

Popular middle- school children may not be liked well

One in _____________ U.S. children are being raised by single parents?

4

Tawanda uses induction when discipling her child. After witnessing her daughter teasing a playmate, she says?

"Think of how terrible that child feels being teased"

Over _________ million children are raised by their grandparents alone?

1

_______________ is a broad label referring to acts designed to cause harm?

Aggression

______________ is the measure that emulates a child's knowledge in specific school-related areas?

An achievement test

Sternberg's successful intelligence includes a combination of ______ abilities?

Analytic, creative, and practical

Which factor has the LEAST influence on a person's behavior?

Appearance

The MOST inflexible, rigid parenting style is?

Authoritarian

Internalizing and externalizing problems?

Cause social difficulties around the world

The capacity to manage one's feels is called?

Emotion regulation

Five ear old Brenda is often loud, rude, aggressive, and disruptive. She probably has ___________ tendencies?

Externalizing

Children with _________ act on their immediate emotions and behave aggressively?

Externalizing tendencies

Studying only in order to raise one's GPA is an example of?

Extrinsic motivation

All are examples of blended families EXCEPT for children living?

In traditional two-parent families

The WISC is given?

Individually by a psychologist

This age group should NEVER be spanked?

Infants

Children who are excessively timid, self conscious, and depressed may have ________ tendencies?

Internalizing

In Sternberg's framework, intelligence encompasses all these components EXCEPT for _________ abilities?

Intrapersonal

"This test predicts the outcome that the test should measure" This test?

Is valid

To help a child rebound from the trauma of a divorce, parents should?

Keep consistency in the child's life

Children with internalizing tendencies are more likely to develop?

Learned helplessness

This is a state that develops when a person feels incapable of affecting the outcome of events and gives up without trying?

Learned helplessness

Pick the statement that Howard Gardner might make?

Lets focus on measuring a child's unique talents and gifts

What is the parenting style in which children are given total freedom and unconditional love?

Permissive

_________ Has been proven the MOST effective strategy for dealing with a child's misbehavior?

Postive reinforcement

Which of the following is NOT a teaching tip described by the text?

Praise students for their brilliance

When a person feels guilty, that person is motivated to?

Reconnect with others

___________ children land in the disliked category often and never appear in the preferred list. They also stand our amongst their classmates in a negative way?

Rejected

Children who rebound from serious early life traumas and construct a successful adult life are?

Resilient

Which of the following is NOT a tip for making school more intrinsically motivating?

Reward the children who do well with special prizes

Collaborative pretend play involves _________, and develops around age ____________?

Two children fantasizing together, 4

Elementary schools that are "beating the odds" or exceeding expectations, do NOT?

Use worksheets to drill students for standardized tests

The arithmetic portion of the WISC (Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children) is in the _________ section of the test?

Verbal

Charles Spearman believed that a score an an IQ test reflects a general underlying intelligence factor called?

"g"

Less than ___________ U.S. families are considered to be traditional, nuclear families?

1/2

What percentage of children are subjected to chronic harassment?

10 to 20 percent

William expects instant obedience from his children when he tells them to clean up their rooms. Richard is willing to negotiate with his children regarding household chores. In Baumrind's parenting styles framework, William is _______ and Richard is __________?

Authoritarian; Authoritative

John has sympathy for his friend Tom who recently went through a divorce. This means that John feels?

Bad for Tom, without feeling his intense distress

When married parents have children from former unions, their families is called a(n) ____________ family?

Blended

Ian goes to school and pulls the hair of a younger child. When Ian returns home, his brother's friends push Ian around and pretend like they are going to punch him. The next day at school Ian trips another child on the school bus. Ian's behavior appears to be of a(n)?

Bully-victim

Discipling by physical measures such as spanking is called?

Corporal punishment

Humans are biologically programmed to retaliate or strike back when threaten. This is called?

Frustration- agression

Makayla is in the gifted program at her school. This means she?

Has an IQ of at least 130

Which characteristic would NOT promote child resilience?

Having a self oriented temperament

Boys' play is defined by?

High energy competition and the effort to establish dominance in large groups

Children who live in single-parent mother-headed families are often?

Impoverished

Vincent enjoys playing the guitar and practices for hours at a time. Practicing is a very pleasurable activity for him, and he does not do so for any kind of tangible reward. Vincent is ____________ motivated to play the guitar?

Intrinsically

How well a child adjusts to the parents' divorce depends primarily on?

The quality of care the custodial parent provides