Developmental Psych Midterm Review

Although Azula grew up in a rundown neighborhood, had divorced parents, and rarely saw her father, she is a successful, happy, and healthy adult. Azula's ability to adapt effectively in the face of threats to development is known as __________.

• assimilation

• resilience

• age-graded development

• multidimensional development

According to ecological systems theory, interactions between Carla and her child, Eren, occur in the __________.

• microsystem

• mesosystem

• macrosystem

• exosystem

According to Erikson, the danger in middle childhood is __________, reflected in the pessimism of children who lack confidence in their ability to do things well.

• shame

• guilt

• mistrust

• inferiority

A concrete operational child can __________ mentally.

• conserve

• seriate

• classify

• reverse

Empathy __________.

• serves as a motivator of prosocial behavior

• leads to feelings of apathy for another’s plight

• is more often expressed in toddlerhood than in the preschool years

• always yields acts of kindness and helpfulness

Three-year-old Christa says, “I Christa. I a girl. I run fast. I like yellow.” Christa is beginning to develop __________.

• self esteem

• self regulation

• emotional competence

• self concept

Suki is in the last half of the first month of her pregnancy. Which of the following is developing the fastest?

• circulatory system

• endocrine system

• nervous system

• skin

Sasha's parents are indulgent. As a result, she probably __________.

• has unrealistically high self-esteem

• never exhibits aggressive behavior

• has low self-esteem

• evaluates her behavior against reasonable standards

Poor emotion regulators _____ often display __________.

• more; sympathetic concern

• more; altruistic behavior

• less; personal distress

• less; prosocial behavior

Piaget believed that through __________, young children practice and strengthen newly acquired representational schemes.

• artistic expression

• chance encounters

• make-believe play

• talking with others