If you want to reduce sibling arguments between your children, how should you respond when they argue with each other?
a. Ignore them so that they don't get reinforced with attention for arguing
b. Jump right in and solve the issue for them so it doesn't escalate
c. Monitor their activity and respond warmly to all the siblings when arguments break out
d. Jump in and protect the younger sibling, but not the older sibing
Question 2Which of these is LEAST characteristic of teens' formal-operational thinking?
a. Thinking based on logical reasoning
b. Thinking guided by intuitive hunches
c. Emphasis on deriving abstract principles
d. Systematic consideration of possibilities
Question 3How does marital satisfaction influence sibling relationships?
a. Siblings get along better if mom and dad get along better.
b. Siblings get along better when mom and dad are arguing more.
c. Siblings get along worse when mom and dad get along better.
d. Sibling relationships are independent of parental marital satisfaction.
Question 4When children in the concrete-operational stage are given hypothesis-testing problems to solve, they
a. reach correct solutions as efficiently as teenagers.
b. reach correct solutions but more slowly than teenagers.
c. test hypotheses but fail to isolate the effects of each variable.
d. get frustrated and quit the effort early.
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