Deck 8: Feelings and Friends: Emotional and Social Competence

Question 1

Explain why it is so important for a child to be emotionally competent.

Answer 1

No answer

Question 2

Explain why it is so important for a child to be socially competent.

Answer 2

No answer

Question 3

Explain the link between emotional and social competence.

Answer 3

No answer

Question 4

Name and describe two things that a teacher can do to help a child develop social emotional competence.

Question 5

What does emotional competence refer to?

A) how well a person copes with his own feelings
B) a person's score on an E.Q. test
C) a judgment of worthiness felt by a person
D) whether the person has empathy for and gets along with others
E) A and D

Question 6

Which of the following is true about emotionally competent children?

A) They tend to get along well with other children.
B) They have a lingering doubt about their abilities.
C) They have a sense of competence and worth.
D) A and B
E) A and C

Question 7

What is the least complex of the emotional competencies?

A) changing emotions
B) perceiving emotions
C) expressing emotions
D) regulating emotions
E) none of these

Question 8

All of the following are true about self-aware individuals, except:

A) they are apprehensive about the future
B) they are aware of all feelings
C) they know that they are separate from other people
D) they realize that they can influence events
E) they are aware of emotions as they occur

Question 9

Janet says, "Look at how Tim's eyes are opened wide and how he's smiling. He looks happy!"Janet is showing:

A) her egocentricity
B) that she needs instruction in social conversation
C) her ability to read cues
D) her knowledge of physiology
E) A and D

Question 10

All of the following topics would be appropriate for enhancing social emotional learning in children except:

A) emotions are normal and serve a purpose
B) there are no limits to expressing emotions
C) there are alternate responses to emotions
D) learning how to work and play with others is important
E) having confidence in dealing with your emotions is important

Question 11

Anger is one of the ________ emotions.

A) basic
B) standard
C) complex
D) indigenous
E) healing

Question 12

What interaction most frequently elicits anger in young children?

A) conflict over possessions
B) social rejection
C) verbal assault
D) physical assault
E) none of these

Question 13

What is one of the major functions of anger for young children?

A) to prepare a child for revenge
B) to remove an obstacle so that a child can achieve a desired goal
C) to manipulate the emotions of parents and teachers
D) both B and C
E) both A and C

Question 14

Almost all anger over issues of compliance occurs between a child and who else?

A) an adult
B) another child
C) another child of the same gender
D) another child of the opposite gender

Question 15

Joel is exposed to a great deal of "background anger."This means that Joel:

A) witnesses a lot of angry interaction between his parents
B) does not necessarily have the anger directly targeted toward him
C) will express far less anger because of this background anger
D) B and C
E) A and B

Question 16

When angered by an adult, a child is most likely to react with:

A) active resistance
B) venting
C) aggressive revenge
D) passive resistance
E) none of these

Question 17

When Bill could not solve a math problem, another child laughed. Bill was angry but said, "So…I got it wrong."How has Bill reacted to his anger?

A) by expressing dislike
B) with revenge
C) by venting
D) A and B
E) none of these

Question 18

A child learns how to express emotions:

A) in her family
B) from peers
C) by reading books
D) by watching movies
E) All of these are true.

Question 19

Children think that they have ________ control in angry interactions with popular children.

A) far more
B) about the same amount of
C) far less
D) There is no research in this area.

Question 20

Which is the most complex of the emotional competencies?

A) changing emotions
B) perceiving emotions
C) expressing emotions
D) regulating emotions
E) none of these

Question 21

What part of the brain helps us process and understand emotion?

A) pons
B) medulla
C) occipital lobe
D) brainstem
E) none of these

Question 22

Children have a ________ learning to talk about emotions if they have poor language development.

A) much easier time
B) much more difficult time
C) equally easy
D) none of these; language development does not affect talking about emotions

Question 23

Socially competent children relate well to others at the following levels:

A) in relationships
B) in interactions
C) in groups of children
D) A, B, and C
E) B and C only

Question 24

Socially competent children are pleasant and welcoming to whom?

A) everyone
B) casual acquaintances but not everyone
C) good friends but not casual acquaintances
D) teachers but not other children
E) There is no research on this topic.

Question 25

Observable behaviors through which a child demonstrates that he can regulate his thoughts and emotions are called:

A) emotion rationalization
B) amygdala control mechanisms
C) radical salutations
D) social skills
E) B and D

Question 26

Jordan wanted to work with John and Joe. He stood and watched before he approached the other two boys. What ability has Jordon demonstrated?

A) manipulate the social situation
B) harass others
C) tune in to the social situation
D) minimize his chances for success
E) B and D

Question 27

Learning about feelings and about getting along with others is called:

A) social emotional learning
B) social emotional trust.
C) social emotional sanguinity
D) social emotional trust
E) B and C

Question 28

The teacher calmly said, "I was a little afraid when I heard that loud noise."Which of the following has she done to model responsible emotional management?

A) specifically identified her emotion
B) acknowledged her emotion
C) ranted about her emotion
D) A and B
E) none of these

Question 29

The children knew the word "angry"and the teacher taught them the words "irritated"and "annoyed"for different levels of anger. What is the teacher doing?

A) helping the children build a strong feelings vocabulary
B) confusing the children with too many words for "angry."
C) breaking a connection in their amygdala
D) using a developmentally appropriate practice
E) A and D

Question 30

How well, overall, a person copes with his or her own feelings and whether the person has empathy for and gets along with others is called:

A) social competence
B) emotional competence
C) social regulation
D) emotional regulation

Question 31

Children tend to express anger in which of the following ways?

A) venting
B) avoidance
C) seeking out adults
D) A and B
E) all of the above

Question 32

Why is it important to set limits on expressing emotions?

A) Children need to learn that hurting others or damaging property is not acceptable.
B) Children need to learn that humiliating and insulting others is not acceptable.
C) It is not important to set limits on expressing emotions as long as it doesn't hurt anyone else.
D) A and B
E) all of the above