Question 1

Compare Mary Ainsworth's three types of attachment and how each is identified, and explain how these early attachments can have a lasting emotional and behavioral impact by describing examples of both positive and negative outcomes.

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Question 2

Explain why being a member of a minority ethnic group tends to make identity formation more challenging.

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Question 3

Several elementary, junior high, and high school students are presented with a moral dilemma involving a young man whose best friend asks him to help him cheat on the upcoming history test. Using Kohlberg's theory, explain the level each of the different age students would most likely be in and how each might respond to this dilemma.

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Question 4

Describe the characteristics, age range, and behaviors displayed during Piaget's formal operational stage, and explain why scientists believe that formal thinking is based more on learning and culture than maturation.

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Question 5

Discuss how a child's prenatal development is influenced by the mother's physical health, emotions, and her exposure to various teratogens.

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Question 6

Describe what is meant by the theory of the mind; compare the recent research on this concept to what Piaget theorized about preoperational children; explain how theory of mind is assessed and how this ability helps a child to progress in their cognitive development; and identify the childhood condition in which theory of mind is poorly developed.

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Question 7

General life satisfaction combined with frequent positive emotions and relatively few negative emotions is called __________.

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Question 8

Describe the three parenting styles classified by Baumrind, the type of discipline approach(es)used in each style, and the effects of each parenting style on the children's social and emotional development.

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Question 9

Describe four adaptive reflexes, and explain how each is elicited and how each aids survival of the newborn.

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Question 10

Compare the caregiving styles of mothers and fathers, and explain how both styles contribute to the competence of young children.

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Question 11

Describe the five reactions to impending death as outlined by Kübler-Ross, and explain how this information on the typical reactions can be used to help those who are dying, their loved ones, and ourselves.

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Question 12

You are about to start your first teaching job as a fourth grade teacher. Your sister teaches tenth grade social studies. Using Erikson's theory, describe the psychosocial dilemmas that most of the students will be facing in your class and in your sister's.

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Question 13

Describe a young child's language development from his or her use of crying to gain attention at one month to his or her use of telegraphic speech.

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Question 14

Discuss early emotional development, including the basic emotions, the social smile, and the complex emotion of embarrassment.

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Question 15

Discuss temperament, including the characteristics of the easy, difficult, and slow-to-warm-up child and how parenting can affect each of these temperaments.

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Question 16

Mary and Zeke have three children, all of whom have blue eyes. However, both Mary and Zeke have brown eyes. Using genetic principles, explain the probability of this situation occurring.

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Question 17

Explain how parents and teachers can utilize Vygotsky's ideas to help children become more skillful learners.

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Quiz 3: Human Development