There is a student who earned the highest score on a quiz in her math class. The teacher points out her triumph to the whole class, and her classmates applaud and tell her how great she is. Which of the following students would be MOST likely to be embarrassed by this public display?
a. Yvan, who is a Guatemalan-American child
b. Tion, who is a Korean-American child
c. Mario, who is an Italian-American child
d. Kjell, who is a European-American child
Question 2The self-concepts of preschoolers and those in middle childhood differ in that
a. preschoolers see themselves as either good at doing things or not.
b. preschoolers can make judgments about their performance in seven different areas, such as physical abilityand peer relationships.
c. in middle childhood, children differentiate only between two facets of self-concept: general competence andsocial acceptance.
d. children do not develop a self-concept until age 10.
Question 3Which of the following children is experiencing a complex emotion?
a. Ippy, who is surprised when his father sneezes loudly
b. Martita, who smiles deeply when her mother smiles at her
c. Michele, who sulks when her father catches her stealing cookies
d. Malcolm, cries when his toy falls out of his crib
Question 4Which is the typical developmental path for self-esteem?
a. A decline in early childhood followed by an increase through adulthood
b. A decline in middle childhood until age 12 or 13 followed by an increase in adolescence
c. A steady increase in self-esteem from early childhood through adulthood
d. Low in early childhood, high in middle childhood, low in adolescence
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