An agentic perspective on social behavior in middle childhood requires school-age children to:

An agentic perspective on social behavior in middle childhood requires school-age children to:
 
  a. Make decisions
  b. Follow directions
  c. Avoid choices
  d. None of the above

Ques. 2

From the perspective of social cognitive theory, people take into account thoughts and beliefs about:
 
  a. Others' behavior
  b. Their own behavior
  c. Both a and b
  d. Neither a nor b

Ques. 3

What process allows imitation of a model after some time has passed?
 
  a. Attention
  b. Retention
  c. Motor reproduction
  d. Reinforcement

Ques. 4

The cognitive process through which people of all ages formulate expectations about the desirability of certain behaviors by seeing the results of others' behaviors is called:
 
  a. Positive reinforcement
  b. Negative reinforcement
  c. Vicarious reinforcement
  d. None of the above

Ques. 5

Which theory includes the principle that children learn social skills through imitation?
 
  a. Social learning theory
  b. Social cognitive theory
  c. Social information-processing theory
  d. Theory of mind

Ques. 6

Social competence is the ability to:
 
  a. Interact effectively with others
  b. Understand relationships with others
  c. Manifest self-control
  d. All of the above

Ques. 7

If school-agers think that their ability is stable to internal forces, they are likely to:
 
  a. Perceive failures as a predictor of future performance
  b. Experience lower feelings of self-efficacy
  c. Think of their ability as capacity rather than a fixed trait
  d. Think that their ability is defined by others

Ques. 8

School-age children define their real selves as:
 
  a. How they want to be
  b. How they feel they should be
  c. How they actually perceive themselves to be
  d. None of the above

Ques. 9

According to personality theorists, what is the innate drive toward mastery over the environment?
 
  a. Achievement motivation
  b. Self-efficacy
  c. Effectance motivation
  d. Flow

Ques. 10

Flow experiences are least stable when a child who has just learned to play a new video game:
 
  a. Has practically no skills but scores a point
  b. Keeps practicing and gains skills
  c. Plays against a more skillful player
  d. Improves his skills and moves to the next level

Ques. 11

Temperament researchers have found school-age boys rated higher on positive mood and activity level whereas girls rated higher on:
 
  a. Shyness
  b. Attention
  c. Adaptability
  d. All of the above