What are personality traits?
a. Transient states of a person
b. Knowledge of who you are and what you can do
c. Feeling that you are valued as a person
d. Stable characteristics of a person
Ques. 2The What I am Like scale assesses school-age children's:
a. Self-competence
b. Self-worth
c. Social acceptance
d. All of the above
Ques. 3Knowledge of who you are is called your:
a. Self-concept
b. Self-worth
c. Self-esteem
d. Self-competence
Ques. 4Rogers defined conditions of worth as those that are:
a. Valued by the self and others
b. Established by the superego
c. Determined by socioeconomic status
d. None of the above
Ques. 5Humanistic theorists focus on the development of:
a. A positive sense of self
b. Self-actualization
c. Emotional well-being
d. All of the above
Ques. 6Studying how individuals respond to the world as they experience it is a perspective called:
a. Psychodynamic
b. Phenomenological
c. Psychosexual
d. None of the above
Ques. 7Benjamin and a group of friends decide to build a tree house. During their summer vacation, they draw up plans, collect materials, and ask people for assistance in completing their project. According to Erikson's theory, Benjamin is in the stage of:
a. Trust vs. mistrust
b. Autonomy vs. shame/doubt
c. Initiative vs. guilt
d. Industry vs. inferiority
Ques. 8Based on Freud's psychosexual approach, the latency stage occurs during:
a. Early childhood
b. Middle childhood
c. Adolescence
d. Adulthood
Ques. 9In the 21st century, a family unit has multiple definitions. Describe three types of households in which children in middle childhood might be residing. For each of them, identify what the related developmental outcomes seem to be.
What will be an ideal response?
Ques. 10When your Aunt Mrytle learns that you are taking this class, she asks you what are the effects of divorce on children in middle childhood. After reading this chapter you know the best answer is it depends. Upon what variables does your answer depend? Use specific findings from the chapter.
What will be an ideal response?
Ques. 11Explain the rationale for using a family systems approach to studying relationships in middle childhood. Using examples from either how parents monitor digital media use, or adjustment after divorce, explain the family systems perspective.
What will be an ideal response?
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