Three of the following alternatives describe typical thoughts and actions of children who are predisposed to aggressive behavior. Which one is not a typical description?
a. Jordan pushes Lisa because he is sure that Lisa bumped into him on purpose.
b. Other children always give in to Bobby's demands because they're afraid he'll push them down if they don't, but Bobby thinks the other students respect him for his actions.
c. Derek wants to join the soccer game in progress on the playground, so he runs into the middle of the field and trips Nathan in order to get the ball.
d. Carrie throws her pencil at Jack because she thinks he is laughing at her, but then she is immediately sorry and tells him so.
Ques. 2Twelve-year-old Kyle takes a picture of his classmate Bill completely nude while in the school locker room. Kyle then forwards the picture via e-mail to about 50 classmates, who delight in Bill's humiliation at being exposed in this way.
Kyle's action can best be characterized as:
a. cyberbullying
b. a hostile attributional bias
c. reactive aggression
d. social cognition
Ques. 3Which one of the following forms of aggression are we more apt to see in girls than in boys?
a. Pulling someone's hair
b. Spreading a malicious rumor
c. Poking a nearby classmate
d. Throwing a pencil at someone across the room
Ques. 4Danny is a quiet 11-year-old who usually keeps to himself. Some of the other boys in class like to tease him when the teacher isn't looking because they know they can provoke him to fight, and then Danny hits them and gets in trouble.
The type of aggression that Danny exhibits is called:
a. Proactive aggression
b. Prosocial aggression
c. Reactive aggression
d. Relational aggression
Ques. 5Which one of the following alternatives most accurately describes research findings regarding students' use of the Internet to communicate with others?
a. When used judiciously and without malice, it can enhance students' sense of connectedness with peers.
b. Away from school, students rarely use e-mail for productive purposes; accordingly, parents should be encouraged not to provide personal e-mail accounts for their children.
c. In the United States, the great majority of students do not have access to the Internet either at school or at home; thus, computer literacy is quite low among approximately 80 of children and adolescents.
d. Use of the Internet should be discouraged altogether because it exposes unsuspecting teenagers to adults who may do them harm.
Ques. 6Lamont worries that he has unintentionally hurt another student's feelings. From this information alone, we can reasonably conclude that Lamont:
a. Has developed a theory of mind
b. Has reached Kohlberg's conventional level of moral reasoning
c. Has reached Kohlberg's postconventional level of moral reasoning
d. Must be at least 12 years old
Ques. 7Most days Marnie keeps to herself at school, and her classmates don't even seem to be aware that she is nearby. Marnie can best be described as:
a. A rejected student
b. A neglected student
c. A student at Kohlberg's preconventional level
d. A student at Kohlberg's conventional level
Ques. 8Luanne's parents are in the process of getting a divorce. She is so distracted and upset by the situation that she sometimes has trouble paying attention in class, and her performance on assignments and quizzes has slipped a bit.
She worries that her teachers might think she simply doesn't care about her schoolwork, when in fact she cares a great deal about how she well she does in school. Luanne is showing:
a. Induction
b. Recursive thinking
c. Prosocial reasoning
d. An attributional bias
Ques. 9When asked which classmates they would most like to do things with, on average children tend to choose peers who:
a. Are compassionate and cooperate
b. Are the best athletes
c. Enjoy making fun of others
d. Always like to be in charge
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