Children whose parents apply the ____ disciplinary style become impulsive, aggressive, self-centered, and bossy.
a. permissive
b. uninvolved
c. authoritative
d. authoritarian
Question 2When a young child discovers that simply changing the shape of an object does not necessarily change the amount of the object (e.g., a flattened ball of clay contains the same amount of clay as when it was rolled into a ball), the child is showing an understanding of
a. object permanence.
b. accommodation.
c. assimilation.
d. conservation.
Question 3Authoritative parents differ from authoritarian parents in that authoritative parents are
a. more intelligent.
b. better educated.
c. more flexible in the way they implement behavioral standards.
d. less involved with their children.
Question 4Spanky is a five-year-old boy. In sharing cookies with his older sister, Spanky is satisfied because his sister took two cookies and gave two half-cookies to him. Spanky has not yet mastered
a. conservation of mass.
b. reversibility.
c. centration.
d. animism.
Question 5Children of uninvolved parents display all of the following behavior patterns EXCEPT
a. high aggression as early as age three.
b. hostile and rebellious behavior.
c. a selfish disposition.
d. a future goal orientation.
Question 6In a beaker-pouring test of liquid volume conservation, preschoolers don't achieve conservation because they
a. suffer at this age from horizontal decalage.
b. are involved in polluting the environment.
c. make mistakes on mental seriation tasks.
d. become centrated on height.
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