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