Ch. 8-10 Test Flashcards
Typically, ______ are people that children know and trust.
Abusers
Preschool children who have secure and satisfying relationships with parents approach interactions with peers more ______ and expect these interactions to be enjoyable.
Confidently
Before children’s behavior can be considered __________ children must first understand that other people can feel distress and pain and then intentionally engage in behaviors to cause such discomfort.
Aggressive
Refers to the ability to voluntarily control our thoughts and actions to achieve personal goals and respond to environmental contingencies.
Self-Regulation
Understanding the biologically based permanence of gender.
Gender Constancy
Our integrated view of the attributes, abilities, and attitudes that make us who we are.
Self-concept
Children who are impulsive or easily frustrated have difficulty inhibiting _____ behavior.
Inappropriate
_____ parents are high in warmth, but they also exert firm control.
Authoritative
Preschool and kindergarten teachers agree that self-regulatory skills, such as paying attention, following directions, and working independently, are essential for school _____.
Success
______ refers to any attempts parents make to change the behavior or attitude of their children.
Discipline
The value we add to the mental picture we have for ourselves.
Self-esteem
No single _____ has been identified to predict aggressive or antisocial behavior.
Gene
An understanding that other people are distinct from them and may have thought and feelings that are different from their own.
Theory of Mind
The ability to understand what another person is feeling and, as a consequence, experience the same or similar emotions.
Empathy
In general, research finds that boys are more _______ aggressive than girls, and this finding is consistent across age groups and cultures.
Physically
______ parents are characterized as being warm, but having little control.
Permissive
Involves feeling sorry or concerned for another person because he or she is experiencing negative emotions.
Sympathy
By the age of ______, most toddlers can tell you if they are a boy or girl.
Two
______ parents tend to be high in control and low in warmth and responsiveness.
Authoritarian
Supports moral development because it involves correction plus explanation.
Inductive Discipline
A second strategy involves organizing words based on ______ or connections.
Associations
______ is your knowledge and beliefs about your own cognitive processes.
Metacognition
_____ is when the child knows that an apparent change in one direction can be compensated for by a change in another direction.
Compensation
The US has over 5 million ________ from more than 350 different language backgrounds.
English Language Learners
Before the child enters school, the major influences on language development are forms of ______.
Spoken Language
_________ depends on a child’s abilities to focus on a single characteristic of objects in a set and group the objects according to that characteristic.
Classification