According to Harter (1988), self-esteem (Multiple Choice)

According to Harter (1988), self-esteem
 
  A. develops in a series of unpredictable steps
  B. allows young children to make meaningful judgments about their global self-worth
  C. contributes to global self-worth
  D.develops in a series of unpredictable steps and allows young children to make meaningful judgments about their global self-worth

Question 2

Movement choices affect our
 
  A. ability to fit in socially
  B. self-identity and social mobility
  C. attitudes concerning masculinity and femininity
  D. ability to fit in socially; self-identity and social mobility; and attitudes concerning masculinity and femininity

Question 3

Socialization refers to all of the following EXCEPT
 
  A. exercising at VO2 max for 20 minutes, three times per week
  B. a dual process of interaction and development
  C. learning who you are and how you connect to the society in which you live
  D. the orientations that serve as a basis for individual behaviors and group life

Question 4

A study of expert and novice 10-year-old soccer players is conducted over 6 weeks. Findings reveal that at the end of the season, game performance improved.
 
  If this study is similar to one by French and Thomas (1987) about basketball game play, the primary contributor to improvement would be
 
   A. physical growth of the players
  B. players' ability to make more appropriate cognitive decisions during the game
  C. soccer skill execution
  D. coaching strategies employed

Question 5

1. The most important means of socialization is
 
  A. trial and error
  B. inference
  C. social interaction
  D. observation

Question 6

Knowing that an object has not increased in weight when the spatial orientation (or shape) has changed is known as
 
  A. horizontal decalage
  B. object permanence
  C. conservation of weight
  D. accommodation

Question 7

The recognition that factors other than age can affect intellectual change across time is generally referred to as
 
  A. contextual perspective
  B. implicit memory
  C. explicit memory
  D. procedural knowledge

Question 8

According to Piaget, an individual may have a highly developed level of functioning for one cognitive skill but a much lower level for another cognitive skill. He refers to this phenomenon as
 
  A. object permanence
  B. conservation
  C. horizontal decalage
  D. accommodation

Question 9

Which of the following is true regarding the findings of the Seattle Longitudinal Study pertaining to intellectual decline?
 
  A. on average, plateauing in intellectual performance occurred during the early 50s
  B. by the age of 60 years, nearly all subjects declined on 50 percent of the tested variables
  C. few subjects showed a global decline in intelligence
  D. none of the answers are correct