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Newborn's remarkable capacity for _______________ supports the beginnings of self-awareness.


A) intermodal perception
B) attachment
C) auditory learning
D) self-recognition

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Long-term prediction of temperament can best be achieved after age 3 because


A) young children are unable to provide accurate self-reports.
B) experience has little effect on temperament until the preschool years.
C) temperament itself develops with age.
D) biologically based temperamental traits begin to unfold during the third year of life.

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Which of the following is supported by research on infant anger?


A) From 4 to 6 months into the second year,angry expressions decrease in frequency and intensity.
B) Younger infants react with anger in a wider range of situations than older infants.
C) As infants become capable of intentional behavior,the frequency of angry expressions decreases.
D) The rise in anger among older infants is adaptive because new motor abilities enable them to defend themselves or overcome obstacles.

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Josh is irregular in daily routines,is slow to accept new experiences,and tends to react negatively and intensely.In Thomas and Chess's research,Josh would be classified as a(n) _________ child.


A) slow-to-warm-up
B) uninhibited
C) difficult
D) easy

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Which of the following is supported by research on attachment and later development?


A) Infants who display disorganized/disoriented attachment usually develop more favorably than resistant infants.
B) The effects of early attachment security are conditional.
C) Insecure infants rarely become secure,regardless of child rearing.
D) Nearly all securely attached babies develop favorably,regardless of later child-rearing experiences.

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Humans are capable of a higher-order set of feelings beyond basic emotions called __________ emotions.


A) secondary
B) tertiary
C) self-awareness
D) self-conscious

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Research on child care in infancy has found that


A) the majority of babies in child care display a resistant attachment to their mothers.
B) the relationship between child care and emotional well-being depends on both family and child-care experiences.
C) the rate of insecurity among child-care infants is significantly higher than among non-child-care infants-about 73 versus 20 percent.
D) regardless of quality,child care predicts long-term adjustment problems.

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By age 6 months,babies of depressed mothers tend to


A) develop resilience against inadequate caregiving.
B) show delays in development,an irritable mood,and attachment difficulties.
C) develop a secure attachment to their father or another caregiver.
D) show high rates of empathy to others' distress.

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Orson's parents smile and say "Yummy!" when he tries new vegetables.His parents are using _________ to try to influence Orson's food preferences.


A) self-conscious emotion
B) self-awareness
C) social referencing
D) emotional self-regulation

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Expressions of _______ are less frequent than _________.


A) sadness;anger
B) fear;sadness
C) happiness;sadness
D) happiness;anger

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Emotional self-regulation requires


A) automatic processing of information.
B) effortful management of emotions.
C) emotional contagion.
D) adult instruction in when to feel proud,ashamed,or guilty.

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Which of the following statements about the influence of the environment on temperament is true?


A) The environment has a greater impact on temperament than genetic factors.
B) Genetic factors have a much greater impact on temperament than the environment.
C) Parents tend to view siblings as more similar in temperament and personality than other observers do.
D) Temperament and personality can be understood only in terms of complex interdependencies between genetic and environmental factors.

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Maks,who lives in an individualistic culture,gets an "A" on his test.His parents will probably encourage Maks to feel


A) pride in his personal achievement.
B) embarrassed by the individual attention.
C) anxious that he might not be able to earn As in the future.
D) guilty for doing better than other children in the class.

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Self-conscious emotions typically appear


A) between 2 and 4 months.
B) around 6 months.
C) at the beginning of the second year.
D) between 18 to 24 months.

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Carmen adopted her son just after his second birthday.What can you tell Carmen about the opportunity for attachment?


A) It is imperative that the first attachment bond develop within the first year of life.
B) Her son will definitely display attachment difficulties because he is a "late adoptee."
C) The first attachment bond can develop as late as 4 to 6 years of age.
D) Her son will likely shy away from adult attention throughout childhood.

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Which of the following is supported by research on infant fear?


A) Fear rises during the first half of the first year.
B) The most frequent expression of fear is stranger anxiety.
C) Crawling infants rarely show fear of heights.
D) Fear wanes during the second half of the first year.

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Two-year-old Annmarie tells her mom,"I a good girl." This statement demonstrates that Annmarie is beginning to develop


A) a categorical self.
B) empathy.
C) self-conscious emotions.
D) self-recognition.

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According to Erikson,a mother who __________ is likely to promote autonomy in toddlerhood.


A) gives a child an extra five minutes to finish playing before they leave the park
B) makes her son put away his toys immediately when asked
C) picks up her son's toys,puts away his books,and makes his bed on a daily basis
D) criticizes her son whenever he incorrectly uses his fork or spoon

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Babies develop attachments to


A) a single,special person.
B) female caregivers who feed them.
C) a variety of familiar people.
D) fathers only when their mothers are unavailable.

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____________ involves creating child-rearing environments that recognize each child's temperament while encouraging more adaptive functioning.


A) Goodness of fit
B) Ethological theory of attachment
C) Emotional self-regulation
D) Effortful control

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