Late Childhood Social & Emotional Development - Final

Question 1

Pattern of behavior that is aggressive, defiant, uncooperative, irresponsible, or dishonest

Answer 1

Antisocial behavior

Question 2

What are the factors that affect the development of antisocial behavior?

HINT: B. F. P. S

Answer 2

Biological

Family

Peer

Social

Question 3

The factor in which is believed to be influenced biologically (i.e. predisposed, enzyme producing malfunction, etc.)

Answer 3

Biological Factor

Question 4

The factor where families serve as a contributing force to antisocial behavior (i.e. little parental supervision)

Answer 4

Family Factor

Question 5

Experiences with peers can lead to antisocial behavior (i.e. lack of positive experiences, peers may serve of models of antisocial behavior, form groups and promote more antisocial behavior)

Answer 5

Peer relationships

Question 6

Depends on the social environment (i.e. urban areas vs suburban, low-income vs middle class neighborhoods)

Answer 6

Social milieu

Question 7

True or False:

About 2% of children and 4% of adolescents experience a depressive disorder at some time during childhood

Answer 7

True

Question 8

A child must show four of the eight symptoms to be identified as clinically depressed. Which of the following is a sign of depression?

A.) Weight loss or weight gain

B.) Insomnia

C.) Fatigue or loss of energy

D.) Impairment in thinking or concentrating

E.) All of the above

Answer 8

E - all of the above

*including: motor agitation
loss of interest or pleasure in usual activities
feelings of worthlessness or excessive guilt
reocurring thoughts of suicide

Question 9

What are some of the factors that lead to childhood depression?

HINT: B.T.F

Answer 9

Biological Factor

Temperament

Family

Question 10

True or False:

depressive symptoms are more common in children who have a history of depression in the family

Answer 10

True

Question 11

True or False:

Serotonin and Norepinephrine have powerful effects on emotional states in adults and in some types of childhood depression

Answer 11

True

Question 12

True or False:

Children who are quiet and avoidant, slow to adapt to new situations, are prone to negative moods and are likely to become depressed

Answer 12

True

Question 13

True or False:

Children who don’t live in circumstances where they are undervalued or rejected are likely to become depressed

Answer 13

False - Children who do live in circumstances where they are undervalued or rejected

Question 14

True or False:

One way to treat depression is by removing the item that is causing stress (i.e. failure at school) by getting individualized instruction, tutoring, positive feedback, etc.

Answer 14

True

Question 15

True or False:

As children enter late childhood, there is a decline in the amount of time they spend with their parents and in the amount of time parents spend with them.

Answer 15

True

Question 16

True or False:

School-age children who are not well supervised by their parents are more likely to engage in antisocial and delinquent behavior

Answer 16

True

*In part has to do with mothers entering the work force

Question 17

Term used to describe children who are left unsupervised during the day or return home to an empty house after school.

Answer 17

Latchkey children

Question 18

True or False:

Children from suburban homes as well as teenagers are more likely to be latchkey children

Answer 18

True

Question 19

True or False:

Children who have siblings spend considerably more time with them than with their parents.

Answer 19

True

Question 20

True or False:

During late childhood, siblings increasingly compare themselves to one another, and it is through these comparisons that siblings learn how they are different from another

Answer 20

True

Question 21

True or False:

Only children scored higher than children with siblings on motivation to achieve and on self-esteem

Answer 21

True