Chapter 10: Psychosocial Development in Middle Childhood

Question 1

In neo-Piagetian terminology, the third stage in development of self-definition, characterized by breadth, balance, and the integration and assessment of various aspects of the self.

a. Representational systems
b. Self-concept development
c. Industry versus inferiority
d. Coregulation

Answer 1

a. Representational systems

Question 2

Erikson’s fourth stage of psychosocial development, in which children must learn the productive skills their culture requires or else face feelings of inferiority.

a. Representational systems
b. Self-concept development
c. Industry versus inferiority
d. Coregulation

Answer 2

c. Industry versus inferiority

Question 3

Transitional stage in the control of behavior in which parents exercise general supervision and children exercise moment-to-moment self-regulation.

a. Representational systems
b. Self-concept development
c. Industry versus inferiority
d. Coregulation

Answer 3

d. Coregulation

Question 4

Behaviors by which emotional problems are turned inward; for example, anxiety or depression.

a. Maternal employment
b. Internalizing behaviors
c. Externalizing behaviors
d. Family conflict

Answer 4

b. Internalizing behaviors

Question 5

Behaviors by which a child acts out emotional difficulties; for example, aggression or hostility.

a. Maternal employment
b. Internalizing behaviors
c. Externalizing behaviors
d. Family conflict

Answer 5

c. Externalizing behaviors

Question 6

Unfavorable attitude toward members of certain groups outside one’s own, especially racial or ethnic groups.

a. Racisim
b. Neglect
c. Discrimination
d. Prejudice

Answer 6

d. Prejudice

Question 7

Tendency to perceive others as trying to hurt one and to strike out in retaliation or self-defense.

a. Hostile attribution bias
b. Aggression and bullying
c. Instrumental aggression
d. Relational aggression

Answer 7

a. Hostile attribution bias

Question 8

Aggression deliberately and persistently directed against a particular target, or victim, typically one who is weak, vulnerable, and defenseless.

a. Discrimination
b. Prejudice
c. Bullying
d. Abuse

Answer 8

c. Bullying

Question 9

Pattern of behavior, persisting into middle childhood, marked by negativity, hostility, and defience.

a. Oppositional defiant disorder (ODD)
b. Conduct disorder (CD)
c. Separation anxiety disorder
d. School phobia
e. Social phobia
f. Generalized anxiety disorder

Answer 9

a. Oppositional defiant disorder (ODD)

Question 10

Repetitive, persistent pattern of aggressive, antisocial behavior violating societal norms or the rights of others.

a. Oppositional defiant disorder (ODD)
b. Conduct disorder (CD)
c. Separation anxiety disorder
d. School phobia
e. Social phobia
f. Generalized anxiety disorder

Answer 10

b. Conduct disorder (CD)

Question 11

Condition involving excessive, prolonged anxiety concerning separation from home or from people to whom a person is attached.

a. Oppositional defiant disorder (ODD)
b. Conduct disorder (CD)
c. Separation anxiety disorder
d. School phobia
e. Social phobia
f. Generalized anxiety disorder

Answer 11

c. Separation anxiety disorder

Question 12

Unrealistic fear of going to school; may be a form of separation anxiety disorder or social phobia.

a. Oppositional defiant disorder (ODD)
b. Conduct disorder (CD)
c. Separation anxiety disorder
d. School phobia
e. Social phobia
f. Generalized anxiety disorder

Answer 12

d. School phobia

Question 13

Extreme fear and/or aviodance of social situations.

a. Oppositional defiant disorder (ODD)
b. Conduct disorder (CD)
c. Separation anxiety disorder
d. School phobia
e. Social phobia
f. Generalized anxiety disorder

Answer 13

e. Social phobia

Question 14

Anxiety not focused on any single target.

a. Oppositional defiant disorder (ODD)
b. Conduct disorder (CD)
c. Separation anxiety disorder
d. School phobia
e. Social phobia
f. Generalized anxiety disorder

Answer 14

f. Generalized anxiety disorder

Question 15

Psychological treatment in which a therapist sees a troubled person one-on-one.

a. Family therapy
b. Drug therapy
c. Behavior therapy
d. Play therapy
e. Individual psychotherapy
f. Art therapy

Answer 15

e. Individual psychotherapy

Question 16

Psychological treatment in which a therapist sees the whole family together to analyze patterns of family function.

a. Family therapy
b. Drug therapy
c. Behavior therapy
d. Play therapy
e. Individual psychotherapy
f. Art therapy

Answer 16

a. Family therapy

Question 17

Therapeutic approach using principles of learning theory to encourage desired behaviors or eliminate undesired ones; also called behavior modification.

a. Family therapy
b. Drug therapy
c. Behavior therapy
d. Play therapy
e. Individual psychotherapy
f. Art therapy

Answer 17

c. Behavior therapy

Question 18

Therapeutic approach that allows a person to express troubled feelings without words, using a variety of art materials and media.

a. Family therapy
b. Drug therapy
c. Behavior therapy
d. Play therapy
e. Individual psychotherapy
f. Art therapy

Answer 18

f. Art therapy

Question 19

Therapeutic approach that uses play to help a child cope with emotional distress.

a. Family therapy
b. Drug therapy
c. Behavior therapy
d. Play therapy
e. Individual psychotherapy
f. Art therapy

Answer 19

d. Play therapy

Question 20

Administration of drugs to treat emotional disorders.

a. Family therapy
b. Drug therapy
c. Behavior therapy
d. Play therapy
e. Individual psychotherapy
f. Art therapy

Answer 20

b. Drug therapy

Question 21

Children who weather adverse circumstances, function well despite challenges or threats, or bounce back from traumatic events.

a. Resilient children
b. Good children
c. Bad children
d. Protective factors

Answer 21

a. Resilient children

Question 22

Influences that reduce the impact of potentially negative influences and tend to predict possitive outcomes.

a. Resilient children
b. Good children
c. Bad children
d. Protective factors

Answer 22

d. Protective factors