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Child Development - A Thematic Approach
, Fifth Edition
Danuta Bukatko - College of the Holy Cross
Marvin W. Daehler - University of Massachusetts, Amherst
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Chapter 11:
Emotion
- Roxanne is three days old. Her parents are amazed to observe her smiling,
because they didn't think newborns could smile. Roxanne is probably smiling because
- her parents are smiling at her.
- she has "gas."
- she is in REM sleep.
- she is happy.
- Which of the following is a good example of the child's active involvement in the process of emotional development?
- An infant's expression of surprise to a novel stimulus.
- A child's response to positive reinforcement to learn appropriate behavior.
- An infant's smiling in response to changes in physiological state.
- A child's use of social referencing.
- While his mother is busy preparing dinner, eleven-month-old Todd crawls to the top of the stairs and then stands up.
Noticing that Todd has crawled out of her sight, Todd's mother looks for him and finds him perched at the top of the stairs, smiling.
Todd's mother gasps and looks frightened. Seeing his mother's face, Todd slowly sits down and calls for his mother. Todd's behavior is an example of
- signaling behavior.
- an innate fear of stairs.
- social referencing.
- attachment.
- When her mother looks sad, infant Linda smiles and coos; her mother smiles back. Mother and daughter are displaying
- separation anxiety.
- ambivalent attachment.
- interactive synchrony.
- an asynchronous interaction.
- is unrelated to her cognitive level.
- Jeffrey has substantial knowledge about his emotions, more so than most of his peers. Jeffrey is likely to
- be better liked by his peers.
- have fewer friends in school.
- have poorer cognitive skills than his peers.
- be shy and have a limited vocabulary.
- Which of the following ways of encouraging children to regulate their negative emotions is least likely to be successful?
- Suggesting alternative ways for dealing with negative emotions.
- Permitting children to talk about their feelings.
- Punishing children for displays of negative emotions.
- Helping children to identify their own styles of regulating emotions.
- Depression in adolescence
- is rarely found in families in which a caregiver is also depressed.
- is typically found in homes in which parents are warm and supportive.
- may be linked to cognitive growth that permits increased self-reflective
and future-oriented thinking.
- is not associated with domestic violence.
- From the day she was born, Alisha has been a content, calm baby who has a
regular sleeping and feeding schedule and enjoys new places and people. According
to Stella Chess and Alexander Thomas, Alisha probably has a(n) _____________________ temperament.
- secure
- slow-to-warm-up
- easy
- calm
- Whenever her mother walks out of the room, twelve-month-old Daria cries and
chases after her. Daria's behavior indicates
- separation protest.
- stranger anxiety.
- insecure attachment.
- interactive synchrony.
- Maxine had to leave her fourteen-month-old son, Edward, with a baby-sitter
while she went shopping. Edward cried when his mother left but calmed down
after a while. When Maxine returned, Edward ran to her and hugged her. Edward
is probably ____________________ attached to his mother.
- insecurely.
- avoidantly.
- ambivalently.
- securely.
- Attachment patterns between a child and a parent are determined by the
- temperament of the child.
- behavioral characteristics of the parent.
- characteristics of parent and child.
- innate characteristics of the child.
- Terry was born with a "difficult" temperamental style. To counter this style, Terry's mother might want to
- reduce the tempo of interactions with Terry to help her perceive the signals Terry is sending.
- withdraw and let Terry work out whatever problems need to be resolved.
- maintain close physical contact as a way of calming Terry and ensuring that she
experiences the feeling of being loved.
- focus on eliminating Terry's negative ways of responding so that more positive responses shine through.
- Melody's mother demonstrates the same kind of emotional relationship with her daughter
and with other family members and friends as Melody's mother experienced as a child. In doing so, Melody's mother is displaying
- interactive synchrony.
- display rules.
- an internal working model of relationships.
- signaling behavior.
- As a result of an extensive study examining the effect of day care on attachment,
researchers agree that
- the effects of day care on children's responses to mothers are nonexistent.
- day care often produces insecure attachments.
- day care produces a significant number of disorganized/disoriented attachments.
- day care is generally unrelated to attachment except when its quality is
poor and the mother is insensitive to the child.
- Yvonne was abused by her mother as an infant. She is most likely to show
_____________________ attachment.
- secure
- disorganized/disoriented
- ambivalent
- avoidant
- Jessica was playing with her mother. They were taking turns smiling and laughing at each other. In other words, Jessica and her mother
were showing ____________________.
- social referencing
- interactive synchrony
- secure attachment
- complex emotions
- Which of the following is the best example of a display rule?
- A child cries when his mother leaves.
- A child pretends to like the socks Grandma gave for his birthday.
- A child laughs when tickled.
- A child gets angry when a toy is taken away.
- Keri gets upset when her father leaves her alone in the Strange Situation.
When he returns, Keri goes over to him, but then appears to be angry and pushes him away. This is most characteristic
of which attachment style?
- Secure.
- Avoidant.
- Ambivalent.
- Disorganized.
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