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Human Development - HDFC

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1. Children in middle childhood experience a significant increase in size and strength - but the increases occur more ______ than in infancy and early childhood.






2. Adolescents most at-risk for depression and eating disorders?






3. Two major sources for the formation of extended families are...






4. Knowledge - skills - and attitudes that are precursors to learning to read - write and do math are known as...






5. In which category of ethnic socialization do parents who promote ethnic pride and emphasize cultural heritage fall?






6. Metacognition refers to the ability to think about one's own...






7. Which of the following has the strongest effect on the quality of sibling relationships?






8. Baumrind's research found that children of authoritarian parents were...






9. According to research - what seems to be associated with the emotional intensity and sensation-seeking behavior experienced by many adolescents?






10. By helping children to recall and interpret events in which they have participated - adults help children acquire an enduring sense of themselves by creating a sort of personal narrative - referred to as the child's...






11. Five-year-old Jacob is playing with his grandmother's buttons. He counts eight wooden buttons and three plastic buttons. When his grandmother asks Jacob if he has more wooden buttons or more buttons - he will most likely indicate that there are...






12. A child with a high score on quantitative ability and a low score on verbal ability probably has






13. Studies comparing schooled and nonschooled students have demonstrated that...






14. Which approach does the idea that theory of mind develops from primitive theories of how the world works that are present at birth and modified through experience in the world follow?






15. NOT a major difference LeVine found when looking at children of mothers who do and did not have formal educational experience?






16. The increasing memory performance characteristic of middle childhood does not depend on...






17. The term gonads refers to...






18. Which of the following statements about children's experience with interactive media is NOT true?

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19. Gardner proposed a theory of intelligence that included...






20. During adolescence - the amount of time teens spend with their peers ___________ and the amount of time teens spend with their parents ___________.






21. The process by which children acquire the knowledge - standards - and values of their society is referred to as...






22. Authoritative parents are...






23. Disturbances in emotion or mood such as guilt - depression and anxiety are known as...






24. In the U.S. - teenage sex is considered by many to be...






25. Compared to teenage girls - teenage boys' friendships are...






26. Research on young children demonstrates that high levels of ______________ measured at the beginning of a year is associated with high levels of self-regulation when measured later in the same year.






27. One of the most important predictors of the well-being of children in single-parent families is...






28. Dyslexia - dyscalculia - and dysgraphia are examples of...






29. According to Marcia - an adolescent who reports high levels of commitment and low levels of exploration is said to be in...






30. The adolescent brain experiences __________________ in the gray matter.






31. Findings from the research of Kenneth and Mamie Clark has led psychologists to conclude that...






32. A psychological process in which children try to look - act - feel - and be like significant people in their social environment is referred to as...






33. According to Piaget -...






34. A child sharing her apple slice with another child is an example of...






35. A teacher and a small group of students read silently through segments of text and take turns leading discussion of their meaning. This is an example of...






36. EEG coherence refers to the synchronization of...






37. Young minority children who are economically disadvantaged benefit from...






38. Not a protective factor






39. Preschool children's inability to take another person's spatial perspective is an example of which of the following?






40. Increasing decentration in middle childhood allows children to engage in...






41. A child who thinks that people cannot get any smarter than they already are holds...






42. The pleasure young children take in using their new motor skills is referred to as...






43. Hitting another child to get a toy is an example of...






44. Vygotsky believed that which of the following plays a key role in self-regulation and can allow children to create their own zones of proximal development?






45. Developmentalists refer to the ages 18 to 25 as...






46. A culture that emphasizes the individual and the individual's personal choices and goals is said to be...






47. In terms of sleep - adolescents...






48. Apprentices receive ______________ to learn their craft.






49. When it comes to television - children between the ages of 4 and 5...

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50. ccording to Kohlberg's cognitive explanation of sex-role identity formation - children go through three stages...