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Research shows that children engaging in make-believe play and outdoor activities develop social norms, assisting in cognitive and social skills. As children grow, their eating habits evolve, becoming more predictable or picky eaters. Factors, such as family environment, influence early menarche in girls. Prosocial behavior, influenced by peers and parents, shapes moral awareness and conscience in children.
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Research shows that children who ______________ develop an idea of social norms, assisting in development of cognitive and social skills. • Participate in make-believe play • Attend religious services often • Draw or build with blocks • Participate in longer periods of outside playtime
Eating habits change as children grow older. Which is an example of a common change that takes place in the transition to early childhood? • They require healthier foods than adults. • They have an increase in appetite, specifically salty/sweet foods. • Eating habits become predictable with children wanting more and more of the same foods. • Eating habits become unpredictable and children become picky eaters.
Homosexual men, compared to heterosexual men, usually have: • More older brothers and tend to be one of the youngest in the family • More younger brothers and tend to be one of the oldest • Very few siblings and tend to have older parents
Which of these factors lead to early menarche in girls? • Warm family environment • Happily married parents • Family discord • Close bonds to siblings
Behavior becomes more gender typed when preschoolers play with: • Same-sex peers • Opposite-sex peers • Toys alone • No one
Today, it is believed that development during adolescence is: • Socially determined. • Influenced by several forces including biological and psychological forces. • Stagelike and universal • Influenced by psychological forces only.
__________, according to Vygotsky, helps children guide their behavior during difficult tasks. • Zone of Proximal Development • Parents • Toys • Private Speech
8. Myelination of the ____________ in adolescence helps the individual to plan ahead and assume consequences while myelination of the ____________ helps to maintain attention. • Frontal lobe; cerebellum • Reticular formation; frontal lobe • Frontal lobe; reticular formation • Hippocampus; reticular formation
What is psychosocial dwarfism? • a growth hormone deficiency referring to abnormally short height in childhood, causing psychosocial issues with peers • another name for psychogenic dwarfism • a stress dwarfism, caused by extreme emotional deprivation or stress • B and C • None of the above
Prosocial behavior relates to the act of ______________ and can be influenced by _________________. • Giving, helping, and sharing; adults or parents • Giving, helping, and sharing; peers of the child • Giving, helping, and sharing; teachers and community leaders • A and B • All of the above
Preschoolers who are not securely attached to their mothers have a better understanding of emotions. • True • False
Moral awareness plays a role in emergence of conscience. What is moral awareness? • Sense of self and other’s thoughts • Sense of good versus bad • Awareness of empathy for others • All of the above
Which of the following is a primary sexual characteristic? • Pubic hair • Gonads • Genitals • Breasts
