Children who are aggressive tend to come from families with ____ parenting styles.
a. authoritarian or authoritative
b. uninvolved or authoritarian
c. authoritative or permissive
d. permissive or uninvolved
Question 2Who is most likely to support a life-span perspective?
a. Corynne, who believes that childhood is the most important stage of development
b. Claire, who thinks that to understand adults you must consider prior development
c. Simone, who agrees with Piaget
d. Danielle, who agrees with Vygotsky
Question 3Matti finds himself unable to adjust to college because he doesn't seem to have the study skills necessary to earn passing grades. Matti's predicament would probably best be explained by
a. psychosocial theory.
b. Bronfenbrenner's ecological theory.
c. the competence-environmental press theory.
d. Kohlberg's theory of moral development.
Question 4Because they have a permissive parenting style, you would predict that Alan and Sue's son would
a. earn high grades in school.
b. have limited self-control.
c. be self-reliant.
d. have control over his behavior.
Question 5After having read a book on parenting styles, if you wished to raise a friendly and self-reliant child, you would try to adopt a(n) ____ parenting style.
a. permissive
b. authoritative
c. uninvolved
d. authoritarian
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