chapter 10

Question 1

self-concept

Answer 1

set of attributes, abilities, attitudes, and values that define them (appearance, possessions, everyday behaviors)

Question 2

self-esteem

Answer 2

judgments we make about our own worth and feelings associated with those judgments (learning things in school, making friends, getting along with parents, treating others kindly)

Question 3

empathy vs. sympathy

Answer 3

feelings with another vs. feelings for another

Question 4

In early childhood what are the three things that define children’s self-concept?

Answer 4

-Appearance

-Possessions

-Everyday behaviors

Question 5

What do preschoolers gain in emotional competence? (combo of 3 things)

Answer 5

-Emotional understanding

-Emotional self-regulation

-Self-conscious emotions and empathy

Question 6

When discussing parenting in parenting books (whole brain child) what is the high-road referring to?

Answer 6

maintain the ability to think rationally and choose actions according to values

Question 7

For children with poor emotion regulation what does empathy lead to?

Answer 7

personal distress

Question 8

nonsocial activity

Answer 8

unoccupied, onlooker behavior or solitary

Question 9

parallel play

Answer 9

playing near other children with similar toys, without trying to influence them

Question 10

associative play

Answer 10

engaging in separate activities, but exchanging toys and comments

Question 11

cooperative play

Answer 11

working toward a common goal (as in make-believe play)

Question 12

What are the 3 cognitive play categories?

Answer 12

functional play, constructive play, make-believe play

Question 13

According to the slides what is the power of inductive discipline?

Answer 13

-gives children info on how they can behave in the future

-encourages empathy and sympathy

-gives children reasons for changing their behavior

-create script to defer future transgressions

Question 14

Know the 7 points of positive parenting

Answer 14

-Use transgressions as opportunities to teach

-Reduce opportunities for misbehavior

-Provide reasons for rules

-Arrange for children to participate in family routines and duties

-When children are obstinate, try compromising and problem solving

-Encourage mature behavior

-Be sensitive to children’s physical and emotional resources

Question 15

Know the four sources of aggression for kids in early childhood and the treatment for aggressive children

Answer 15

-individual differences

-family

-social information-processing deficits

-media influences

-treatment: breaking cycle of hostility, promote effective ways of relating to others

Question 16

authoritative parenting

Answer 16

high expectations but also warm and receptive (high control, high emotional connection)

Question 17

permissive parenting

Answer 17

few controls or demands on the child (low control, high emotional connection)

Question 18

authoritarian parenting

Answer 18

strict, punitive, not very warm (high control, low emotional connection)

Question 19

uninvolved parenting

Answer 19

disconnection resulting from depressed or overwhelmed parents (low control, low emotional connection)