Developmental Psychology Ch 6
In Erikson's view, if children do not develop a sense of industry during middle childhood they are at risk of developing a sense of:
inferiority
Piaget labeled the age of reason as what age?
7
Who is LEAST likely to be prosocial in elementary school?
A) a child who was extremely prosocial in preschool B) someone who is happy C) a self-confident person D) a person who gets overwhelmed by anxiety D
An information-processing researcher would state that learning:
A) and memory go through stages. B) takes place in qualitatively different stages. C) occurs according to one's own inner timetable. D) is a collaborative process. A
Children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) can be expected to have problems in which of the following areas?
A) attachment formation B) gross motor skill development C) executive functions D) expressing emotions C
Cyberbullying is _____ than traditional bullying.
A) emotionally easier B) harder to accomplish C) more guilt inducing D) rarer A
Rationalizing moral or ethical lapses by invoking justifications is called:
A) executive function. B) moral disengagement. C) selective attention. D) induction. B
Regular spanking is MOST apt to be dangerous for a child who is:
A) fearless and has trouble controlling her impulses. B) shy and obedient. C) behind academically and failing at school. D) ahead of the rest of the class. A
Which of the following has NO relationship to academic success?
A) fine motor skills B) gross motor skills C) BMI D) cognitive reasoning ability B
When taking this test, which activity is NOT heavily programmed by the frontal lobes?
A) seeing the print on this page B) understanding the test items C) deciding to take this test D) remembering what has been studied A
Bully prevention programs
Change the classroom norms, so bullying becomes unacceptable among the group.
Is a broad term that refers to every frontal lobe feat of self-control.
Executive functions
Sharing, helping, and caring actions.
Prosocial
In information-processing theory, the limited-capacity gateway system, containing all the material that we can keep in awareness at a single time. The material in this system is either processed for more permanent storage or lost.
Working memory
Prosocial behavior:
appears spontaneously at very young ages.
When the fifth grade ranks their classmates, a few people put Dakota on "my favorite person" list, and a few rank him as "most disliked"; but, typically, Dakota doesn't appear in either category. Dakota's social status is
average
Which part of the brain is responsible for thinking through and inhibiting actions?
frontal lobes
If most of José's classmates rank him among the two or three fifth-graders they most like, and no one labels him as disliked, then Jose is in the _____ group.
popular
