ECHD 2435 CHILD DEVELOPMENT UNIT 13 QUIZ
TRUE OR FALSE: Prosocial children can not be aggressive.
ANSWER: FALSE
True or False: Rough and Tumble play is always aggressive.
ANSWER: FALSE
TRUE or FALSE: Rejected-aggressive children think that they are even less popular than they are.
ANSWER: False
In this type of aggression, the intent is to harm another person, such as hitting, kicking, or threatening to beat up someone.
ANSWER: Hostile
Two-year-old Katie pushes down another child as she grabs for the toy truck the child was playing with. This is an example of
ANSWER: Instrumental Aggression
This sociometric status group is low in prosocial behavior and low in aggreessive behavior.
ANSWER: Neglected
This is a form of limited social participation in which the child plays near other children with similar materials but does not interact with them.
ANSWER: Parallel play
The type of aggression involves harming others through manipulating their relationships or peer status (e.g., spreading rumors, excluding from a social clique)
ANSWER: Relational Aggression
Behavior that benefits someone else at the expense of the self without expectation of a gain or reward is
ANSWER: alturism
Sociometrically rejected children are
ANSWER: disliked by many peers, liked by few
According to Dodge's social information processing theory, before children interpret a cue, they must first
ANSWER: encode a social cue
Who are most likely to be victims of bullying?
ANSWER: middle school age boys
During early childhood, children become _______ selective about prosocial behavior.
ANSWER: more
Which preschoolers are more likely to have friends?
ANSWER: more socially skilled preschoolers
Around age 3,
ANSWER: physical aggression begins decreasing and is replaced with verbal aggression.
18-month-old Cherise tries to help her mother to fold the laundry. This is an example of
ANSWER: prosocial behavior
When both children nominate each other as a friend, it is known as a
ANSWER: reciprocated friendship
Over time, which group of children are least likely to change status?
ANSWER: rejected
During middle childhood,
ANSWER: tantrums are typically absent by age 8.
Homophily is
ANSWER: the tendency to prefer and bond with similar others
What does play predict?
Cognitive abilities Academic Achievement Social and emotional competence ANSWER: All of these
A function of friendship is
companionship stimulation ego support ANSWER: all of these
Prosocial behavior in children is predicted by
emotional competence and empathy parental responsiveness and attachment parent's values ANSWER: all of these
What does peer rejection predict?
low academic achievement psychological distress aggression ANSWER: all of these
What predicts peer status?
prosocial behavior aggression social withdrawal ANSWER: all of these