Katie frequently switches friendships during different periods of time. She is likely to be seen as
a. playful and humorous. c. gossipy..
b. aggressive and unreliable. d. all of these.
Question 2Research on the interaction between experience and perceptual development suggests that
a. perceptual experience is supportive of only those capacities that are not fully developed at birth.
b. perceptual experience is extremely important for maintaining perceptual capacities that are present from birth.
c. perceptual capacities that are present at birth are unaffected by experience thereafter.
d. perceptual deprivation has little effect on the developing perceptual systems in humans.
Question 3Which of the following statements regarding friendships is not true?
a. Friendship formation in middle school is motivated by the need to be accepted and the fear of rejection.
b. Cross-sex friendships are rare in middle school.
c. Friendships are very stable across the childhood years.
d. The time spent with same-sex friends surpasses time spent with parents in preadolescence.
Question 4Four-year-old Michael was given a dark blue rubber ball, and he was asked to place it next to the ball it most resembled. Michael likely placed the ball next to
a. the white rubber ball of similar size. c. the slightly larger light blue ball of yarn.
b. the yellow foam ball of similar size. d. the much larger red ball of yarn.
Question 5For three-year-old Tanner, the concept of friend does not encompass the full range of psychological complexities that it will when he is older. Rather, at this age, Tanner's conception of friend is synonymous with
a. peer. c. sibling.
b. playmate. d. other child.
Question 6According to Gibson, a first-grade child who is learning to read will be able to discriminate subtle changes in letters because she
a. has been reinforced for these discriminations by her teachers.
b. attended a special preschool program that reinforced reading skills.
c. has had the opportunity to experience the regularities and differences among similar stimuli.
d. has been reinforced for these discriminations by her parents.
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