When children play with unfamiliar peers, it is possible to predict their status with those peers based on
a. their family's socioeconomic status.
b. the patterns of behavior they display.
c. their size in weight and height.
d. their intelligence level.
Question 2Metacognition is another term for the brain's
a. executive function.
b. multistore model of memory.
c. implicit cognitions.
d. infantile amnesias.
Question 3What behavior pattern is most likely to predict a child being rejected by peers?
a. Pushy and self-serving
b. Watch and attempt to understand what is going on, then comment constructively
c. Hover around the edge of the group
d. Shy away from other children's bids for attention
Question 4Ambrose Bierce wrote, The mind is a mysterious form of matter secreted by the brain; its chief activity consists of trying to understand its own functions.. For Bierce, the mind's main activity represents
a. fuzzy traces.
b. metacognition.
c. relational primacy.
d. a reticular formation.
Question 5____ children tend not to be noticed, but ____ children arouse widely varying feelings in others.
a. Rejected; popular
b. Controversial; average-status
c. Neglected; controversial
d. Popular; rejected
Question 6Cognitive executive control processes are like having a
a. note pad that never loses information.
b. utilization deficiency that never gets better.
c. little person in your head who decides what to do.
d. tape recorder that repeatedly plays the same old tape.
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