Setting the Challenge: Emotion Regulation; Personality

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Which statement is true about relational aggression?

Relational aggression increases in middle childhood and early adolescence.

A parent who asks a child, "How would you feel if someone did that to you?" does so in order to:

encourage sympathy.

An example of a(n) _____ problem is excessive shame and low self-worth.

internalizing

Emotional regulation difficulties that involve turning one's emotional distress inward are called _____ problems.

internalizing

Jason believes he is a failure at everything he does. He is timid, anxious, and does not try, even when he could succeed. Jason has developed:

learned helplessness.

The tendency to feel good or bad about ourselves is called as:

self-esteem.

Which compliment is MOST apt to increase a child's self-efficacy?

"You are trying so hard!"

Which child is the LEAST likely to be prosocial?

Lizzie, an anxious and fearful child

The capacity to manage one's feelings is called:

emotion regulation.

Rexford feels that everyone is out to get him. Rexford has a:

hostile attributional bias.

Four-year-old Reece struggles to take risks. He is anxious and stays close to his teachers at school and his parents at home. He does not participate with the other children on the playground. Erik Erikson might say that Reece is struggling to achieve:

initiative.

Research in your text suggests that highly prosocial behavior during the preschool years:

predicts prosocial behavior in adulthood.

Three-year-old Chang knocks Dan to the ground to snatch a toy from him. Chang is demonstrating:

proactive aggression.

Leo punches Alan in the face after Alan tripped Leo on the playground. Leo's behavior would BEST be described as _____ aggression.

reactive

Faila believes that if she works hard, she can do almost anything. Faila has high:

self-efficacy.

Harry has externalizing problems and often interrupts other children when they are playing. According to the text, the BEST approach for correcting Harry's behavior is:

to gently explain to him that other kids don't like it when he barges in on their games.


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