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When Caitlin falls and hurts herself, she runs to her mother crying. Rather than comforting Caitlin, her mother offers her a toy to distract her. Her mother is a(n)
 
  proximal parent.
  distal parent.
  authoritative parent.
  slow-to-warm-up parent.

Question 2

Yashiko is 16 months old and is from Japan. Gerhardt is 16 months old and is from Germany. When meeting new people, Yashiko demonstrates more stranger anxiety than Gerhardt. What is the most likely explanation for this?
 
  Yashiko is female, and girls generally tend to exhibit stranger anxiety longer
  than males.
  Gerhardt's mother most likely carries him everywhere, so he feels more
  secure.
  Gerhardt is of German descent and therefore tends to be generally hardier
  than children of Asian descent.
  Yashiko has probably had fewer experiences with separation from her
  mother.

Question 3

The Western value of independence is clearly exhibited in
 
  Freud's oral stage.
  Piaget's sensorimotor stage.
  Erikson's stage of autonomy vs. shame and doubt.
  epigenetic theory.

Question 4

Margarita and Roberto are warm, nurturing parents who hold their baby all of the time and cradle him. They are exhibiting
 
  proximal parenting.
  distal parenting.
  authoritarian parenting.
  autonomous parenting.

Question 5

A theory of child rearing that is embedded in culture or ethnicity is a(n)
 
  macro theory.
  micro theory.
  ethnotheory.
  anthrotheory.

Question 6

Claire is 1 year old and lives in a noisy, loving family home with her parents and four siblings. She receives much positive attention and has a trusting relationship with her family. According to Piaget, she will likely develop which of the following?
 
  a fixed cognitive schema that families are large
  a fixed cognitive schema that she will always be the youngest in her
  family
  a cognitive schema that families are as loving and loud as her working
  model
  a cognitive schema that children are reinforced for making noise

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