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Development Across the Lifespan Chapter 10
Ch. 10 Social and Personality Development in Middle Childhood
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04/17/2012

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Social Comparison
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Comparing ourselves to others in the same areas of behavior, abilities, expertise, and opinions is called:
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Self Esteem
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Vera's belief that she is a good soccer player, but not good at singing refers to her:
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Preconventional
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Reward and punishment are most important to people in which of Kohlberg's levels of morality?
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Conventional
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A student who decides not to cheat on an exam does so because he thinks he would feel guilty reasons at what level of morality?
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Form cliques
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Higher status children are more likely to what?
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Social Identity theory
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What theory provides an explanation of the complex relationship between self esteem and minority group status?
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Finding and indentifying relevant social cues
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Social problem solving begins with what?
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50%
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What percent of children in the US will pass through childhood living with both of their parents, each of whom has been married only one time?
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Rigid-flexible
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According to Weiner, attributions have all of the following dimensions EXCEPT:
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self-fulfulling prophecy
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When and expectation helps bring about the predicted event, which then strengthens the expectation, what occurs?
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teacher expectancy effect
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The cycle of behavior in which a teacher transmits and expectation about a child and thereby actually brings about the expected behavior is called what?
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self-care children
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Children who let themselves into their homes after school and wait alone until their caretakers return from work are known as what?
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greater emphasis on psychological traits
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During middle childhood, there is a shift in self-understanding to a...?
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to protect their self-image
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Children tend to make downward social comparisons
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have similar self-esteem as the majority group if they blame society for the prejudice they experience
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According to social identity theory, members of a minority group
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morality of contract, individual rights, and democratically accepted laws
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According to Kohlberg's theory the fifth stage of development is
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goodness of self sacrifice
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According to Gilligan, the second state of moral development is
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restrictive play
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Given their dominance hierarchy, what type of play do many school age boys engage in?
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a goal to maintain equal status relationships
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According to Carole Beal, the motivation of girls to solve social conflicts indirectly stems from
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the psychological adjustment of the mother
Definition
The good adjustment of children whose parents both work is related to what?
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industry vs. inferiority
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The psychosocial stage of middle childhood is what?
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12
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Self esteem of most children tends to increase during middle childhood, with a brief decline around what age?
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morality of individual principles and conscience
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Students participate in sit-in demonstrations to support a belief about which they feel strongly.  They believe the quality of life for everyone in the world is impacted. They are operating at what stage of moral development?
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compassion
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Gilligan's research on women's moral reasoning indicates that it is based on the concept of what?
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encouraging victims to take responsibility for the bullying behavior
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What is NOT a way to deal with schoolyard bullies?
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social competence
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Sarah has developed a collection of social skills that permit her to perform successfully in social settings. She has achieved what?
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develop a dominance hierarchy
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compared to middle school girls, boys tend to
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blended family
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a family which includes a husband and wife and at least one stepchild living with them is called a
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asking children to choose teams and groups publicly
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What does not increase social competence?
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US
Definition
What country are people more likely to attribute school performance to stable, internal causes?
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internal-external
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What dimension is related to esteem related emotions?
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more accepted by their peers than before training
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group of unpopular 5th graders were taught the skills that underlie social competence. compared with a group of children who did not receive such training, the children who were in the experiment were
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coregulation
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middle childhood marks a period of what in which children and parents jointly control behavior
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authoritative
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which parenting style is most likely to promote a child's self esteem
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feel an obligation to their families to succeed
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In the US, children in middle childhood from immigrant families
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from Western cultures
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Kohlberg's theory has been criticized because his research subjects were primarily
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believe that mutual trust is the centerpieve of friendship
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In the 2nd stage of friendship, children
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helps to emphasize the clear boundaries that exist between 2 sexes
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Gender segregation of friendships during middle childhood
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Sharon who is 7 years old and Sara who is 8 years old
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Which siblings will experience the most intense sibling rivalry?
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children often blame themselves for the breakup
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An accurate statement concerning children's reaction to their parents' divorce is:
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