Question 1

A 7-year-old East Asian child is likely to have all of the following EXCEPT a(n)

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East Asian families often have strong family cohesion, even with strong parental control.

Question 2

Compare and contrast authoritarian parenting and authoritative parenting,making sure to include associated parental attributes.

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Question 3

Which of the following does NOT explain why children at East Asian schools tend to do better at math than children at American schools?

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Question 4

The term "noun bias" means that

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Noun bias refers to the tendency of young children to learn and use nouns more readily than other types of words, such as verbs or adjectives. This is because nouns refer to concrete objects that children can easily see and touch, and are therefore easier for them to learn and remember.

Question 5

Kosuke is a 3-year-old Japanese boy who scores a 3 out of 7 on a measure of interdependence.Jeremy is a 3-year-old American boy who also scores a 3 out of 7 on a measure of interdependence.In general,the Japanese are more interdependent than Americans.Draw a graph to predict how each child's score on the measure of interdependence will change (or not change)as he or she gets older (until age eighteen).

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Question 6

Vladimir,Vassily,and Valentina are three siblings who immigrated with their parents to Canada from Russia.At the time of immigration,Vladimir was four,Vassily was eighteen,and Valentina was twenty.Based on research by Cheung,Chudek,and Heine regarding sensitive periods,draw a graph predicting how each sibling's identification with Canadian culture will change as he or she spends more years in Canada?

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Question 7

Xiao,a 7-year-old Chinese child,and Jess,a 7-year-old American child,are each listening to an audio tape in their individual rooms.At one point,the audio on both tapes gets covered by static.Xiao and Jess are asked to guess what was said.Which of the following is the likeliest to happen?

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Chinese language emphasizes verbs more than English, so Xiao might guess a verb, while Jess, being an English speaker, might guess a noun.

Question 8

Shuang is a Chinese mother.Compared with Shuang,Alex,an American mother,is more likely to

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American mothers, like Alex, are generally more likely to acknowledge and validate their children's perspectives, promoting independence and self-expression, compared to Chinese mothers like Shuang, who may emphasize obedience and respect for authority.

Question 9

You overhear a mother talking about her adolescent son being rebellious,but she does not seem bothered by his rebelliousness.Instead,she says that it is a universal phenomenon that adolescents are rebellious.Do you agree or disagree? Please justify your response with empirical evidence.

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Question 10

Yuexi,a Chinese mother,wants to use strong parental control with her child.Based on the textbook,which of the following would most likely NOT occur as a result?

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Question 11

According to Stevenson and Stigler's study on cultural differences in math performance at school,if American parents wanted their children to do well in math,what aspect of Chinese parenting should they mimic?

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Question 12

The Randhawa family is an Indian family who just bought a new house with three bedrooms.There are two parents (a mother and a father),a 3-year-old daughter,a 17-year-old (postpubescent)daughter,and a 20-year-old (postpubescent)son.Based only on the values of female chastity anxiety and respect for hierarchy,design a floorplan for their arrangement of bedrooms that satisfies both values.Be sure to note who sleeps in each bedroom.

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Question 13

The "terrible twos" is a developmental stage that

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The "terrible twos" is a nonuniversal stage of development, meaning not all children go through this phase. It is more prevalent in Western cultures and may not be present or recognized in other cultural contexts.

Question 14

Cross-cultural research on math achievement at school reveals that

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Research indicates that despite lower performance, Americans tend to be more satisfied with their math performance compared to East Asians, who often have higher standards and expectations.

Question 15

Adolescent rebellion

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Adolescent rebellion is more pronounced in societies with more role distinctions and opportunities because these societies often present more choices and conflicts between individual desires and societal expectations, leading to more pronounced rebellious behavior.

Quiz 5: Development and Socialization