Research has shown that boys tend to exhibit higher ___ than girls.
a. negative emotionality c. orienting/regulation
b. surgency d. biological sensitivity to context
Question 2Effortful control is associated with
a. negative emotionality. c. orienting/regulation.
b. surgency. d. biological sensitivity to context.
Question 3Which of the following is related to positive affect and activity?
a. negative emotionality c. orienting/regulation
b. surgency, or extraversion d. biological sensitivity to context
Question 4Which of the following is linked to the capacity to inhibit a dominant response and predirect attention to another goal?
a. negative emotionality c. orienting/regulation
b. surgency, or extraversion d. biological sensitivity to context
Question 5All of the following have been found to be associated with high reactive children except
a. about 40 of children are low-reactive.
b. they tend to become unsociable and fearful when they are about 2 years old.
c. if they are minimally fearful, they are called uninhibited.
d. they show low levels of motor activity and irritability when they are 4 months old.
Question 6All of the following have been found to be associated with high reactive children except
a. about 2 of children are high reactive.
b. they show vigorous motor activity and distress in response to unfamiliar stimuli when they are 4 months old.
c. in their second year, they tend to become shy, timid, and fearful in response to unfamiliar events.
d. in their second year, about one-third of them will become inhibited.