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A gender _____ organizes the world in terms of female and male.


A) role
B) identity
C) bias
D) schema

E) All of the above
F) C) and D)

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Marjorie chooses to deny, ignore, or change the negative emotions of her children. She is an:


A) emotion-coaching parent.
B) emotion-criticizing parent.
C) emotion-dismissing parent.
D) emotion-blind parent.

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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Twice each month, Gini helps to serve dinner at the "Community Table," a program that assists homeless people in the town. She brings her two children, ages 9 and 11, with her and talks to them about the need to share time, food, and kindness with others who are less fortunate. Social cognitive theorists would say that Gini's children:


A) are likely to develop moral behavior that includes helping others.
B) are not likely to be impacted by this as their moral behavior is modeled on peers, not parents.
C) will not benefit from these experiences until they are teens.
D) will fail to model their behavior to their mother's unless they see some reward in it.

E) A) and B)
F) B) and D)

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Bit by bit, children pick up what is gender-appropriate and gender-inappropriate in their culture, and develop gender _____ that shape how they perceive the world and what they remember.


A) identities
B) roles
C) schemas
D) types

E) B) and D)
F) None of the above

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Which of the following countries has the highest percentage of single-parent families?


A) Canada
B) The United States
C) Germany
D) Sweden

E) B) and C)
F) None of the above

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The ability to discern another's inner psychological state is known as:


A) correspondence.
B) congruence.
C) perspective taking.
D) nurturance.

E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

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Bernice was raised by two lesbian mothers, whereas Jessica was raised by a heterosexual couple. According to research, it is MOST likely that:


A) Bernice is more popular than Jessica, whereas Jessica is more psychologically adjusted than Bernice.
B) Bernice and Jessica are the same with regard to popularity and mental health.
C) Bernice will have a homosexual orientation; Jessica will have a heterosexual orientation.
D) both will grow up and marry men, but Bernice is more likely to get divorced.

E) All of the above
F) C) and D)

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Gender _____ involves a sense of one's own gender, including knowledge, understanding, and acceptance of being male or female.


A) role
B) typing
C) identity
D) experience

E) A) and C)
F) C) and D)

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Julie believes that Jason's accidental act of breaking 12 plates is worse than Peter intentionally breaking two plates. Julie can be best described as a(n) _____.


A) moral autonomist
B) gender-typed individual
C) empathic thinker
D) heteronomous moralist

E) C) and D)
F) B) and C)

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Explain Eric Erikson's stage of initiative versus guilt. Provide an example of initiative and an example of guilt as it is used by Erikson.

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Developmental psychologists would describe Jennifer as an "emotion-dismissing" parent to her son. Which of the following types of behavior is Jennifer MOST likely to engage in?


A) She praises her son when he performs a task well.
B) She ignores her child when he cries.
C) She engages in more scaffolding with her son.
D) She acknowledges her child's emotions.

E) A) and D)
F) B) and D)

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It is estimated that approximately _____ percent of children born to married parents in the United States will experience their parents' divorce.


A) 20
B) 40
C) 60
D) 75

E) A) and C)
F) C) and D)

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In which parenting style do parents show pleasure and support in response to children's constructive behavior?


A) Authoritarian
B) Authoritative
C) Indulgent
D) Neglectful

E) None of the above
F) B) and C)

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A parent who encourages his/her children to be independent but still places limits and controls on their actions is a(n) :


A) authoritarian parent.
B) authoritative parent.
C) indulgent parent.
D) neglectful parent.

E) All of the above
F) C) and D)

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Which of the following is an effective way of handling a child's misbehavior, according to most child psychologists?


A) Mild spanking, calculated not to hurt the child
B) Time out, in which the child is removed from a setting that offers positive reinforcement
C) Shouting at the child just enough to get the point across
D) Instilling rigid household rules and meting out severe corporal punishment if those rules are broken

E) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

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Which of the following fuels gender typing?


A) Gender schemas
B) Gender identity
C) Gender bias
D) Gender mismatch

E) B) and C)
F) All of the above

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Jerome, 6, and Hani, 10, get up early on Saturday morning and decide to make "breakfast in bed" for their mother. While reaching for the bed tray in the back of the hall cabinet, they accidentally break one of their mother's favorite porcelain dolls. Jerome knows that he's going to get into "big trouble." Hani tells him not to worry because Mom would understand that it was an accident. In what stage would Jean Piaget categorize the moral reasoning of Jerome and Hani?


A) Jerome-autonomous morality; Hani-heteronomous morality
B) Jerome-heteronomous morality; Hani-autonomous morality
C) Jerome-universal law morality; Hani-context-specific morality
D) Jerome-context-specific morality; Hani-universal law morality

E) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

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From about _____, children show autonomous morality.


A) 5 to 8 years of age
B) 4 to 7 years of age
C) 10 years of age and older
D) 5 years of age and older

E) C) and D)
F) B) and C)

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A _____ is a cognitive structure, a network of associations that guide an individual's perceptions.


A) format
B) schema
C) subset
D) system

E) B) and D)
F) A) and B)

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Suzie, 3, has to eat everything on her plate at dinner or her father punishes her by sending her to bed without dinner the next day. Suzie also has strict schedules for playing, television, and studying, and any disobedience leads to spanking and punishments. Suzie's father is most likely a(n) :


A) authoritarian parent.
B) authoritative parent.
C) indulgent parent.
D) neglectful parent.

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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