Chapter 6: Typical Emotional

Question 0

Which one of the following statements is most accurate regarding the origins of prosocial and aggressive behavior?

• are influenced by both genetic heritage and environmental influences
• are primarily determined by environmental influences

Answer 0

are influenced by both genetic heritage and environmental influences

Question 1

Roger’s classmates think he is a bully. He frequently assaults other boys and is even mean to the neighborhood pets. Roger brags about stealing cars from local dealerships to go joy riding in the middle of the night. He is already known to the local authorities for truancy and vandalism. These behaviors suggests that Roger has:

Answer 1

a conduct disorder

Question 2

Children’s early attachments with caregivers are most likely to:

Answer 2

help children form ideas about the nature of typical interpersonal relationships

Question 3

From the perspective of Erik Erikson’s theory of psychosocial development, children’s ability to trust those around them stems from:

Answer 3

experiences with adults during infancy

Question 4

Which one most accurately describes the concept of temperament:

• The extent to which the children like or dislike themselves
• a general predisposition to interact with one’s environment in certain ways
• the extent to which children are either outgoing or withdrawn

Answer 4

a general predisposition to interact with one’s environment in certan ways

Question 5

Which one of the following best describes attachment in the yearly years?

• a mother’s innate tendency to protect her young offspring
• an enduring emotional bond between infant and caregiver
• predisposition by infants to behave certain ways and not in others

Answer 5

and enduring emotional bond between infant and caregiver

Question 6

Anita’s idea of how to interact with her classmates is is tease or insult them. Not surprisingly, she has few friends. Her teacher can best help her by:

Answer 6

Explicitly teaching her more effective ways to interact with her peers

Question 7

Gender differences in emotions seem to be:

Answer 7

due partly to biology and partly to socialization

Question 8

Racine is very moody. One day she seems reasonably happy, but the next day she’s irritable and on the edge. The day after that, she’s quite cheerful. Taking developmental differences into account and without knowing anything else about Racine, our best guess would be Racine is in ________ grade:

Answer 8

seventh

Question 9

Which one of the following best illustrates Erikson’s stage of identify vs. role confusion?

• Dawn underestimates her ability to learn math
• Craig is trying to decide what career he wants to pursue
• Arnold is always wishing things were different than they are

Answer 9

Craig is trying to decide what career he wants to pursue

Question 10

The emotions guilt and shame are different from emotions such as sadness, fear, and anger in that they:

Answer 10

require awareness of society’s standards