Question 1

When elementary school children are free to choose whomever they wish to play with,the most consistent finding is that they will choose

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A)  same sex playmates.
B)  opposite sex playmates.
C)  either same sex or opposite sex playmates equally often.
D)  whatever playmates they believe their teachers or parents wish for them to play with.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 2

By middle childhood,boys' choices of companions tend to be based on shared interests,whereas girls' choices of companions tend to be based more on

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A)  looks.
B)  social class.
C)  personality.
D)  parents' choices.E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 3

One gender-related characteristic of peer evaluations is that

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A)  boys are more likely than girls to be rejected for behaving in gender-inconsistent ways.
B)  girls are more likely than boys to be rejected for behaving in gender-inconsistent ways.
C)  whether or not children behave in gender-inconsistent ways seems to have no effect on peer evaluations.
D)  gender-inconsistent behavior leads to equally strong rejection for both boys and for girls.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 4

In the Primary Mental Health Project begun in 1958 in Monroe County,New York,1st graders were evaluated in a variety of ways in order to determine which early risk factor might predict later maladjustment.Of all the assessments done on those first graders,which one was the best predictor of mental health problems later?

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A)  Teachers' assessments of classroom conduct.
B)  Personality tests.
C)  School attendance records.
D)  Nomination by peers for negative roles in a class play.E) B) and C)
F) All of the above

Question 5

Recent research indicates that children who spend more time in same-gender groups show greater increases in gender-related behaviors over time than children who spend less time in same-gender groups.This process is referred to as the

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A)  social competence process.
B)  degrouping effect.
C)  social impact process.
D)  social dosage effect.E) None of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 6

Counselors working with school-age children and adolescents need to recognize that gender identity continues to develop in these years.Among the important findings from recent research is that girls tend to feel

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A)  more content with their gender than boys.
B)  more pressure to conform to gender stereotypes than boys.
C)  less content with their gender than boys.
D)  the same degree of pressure to conform to gender stereotypes as boys.E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 7

Which of the following traits best characterizes popular children across a wide variety of cultures?

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A)  Self-effacing and shy.
B)  Cautious and self-restrained.
C)  Sociable and helpful.
D)  Aggressive and sociable.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 8

Counselors working with young children should know that children as young as

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A)  3 years old
B)  6 years old
C)  9 years old
D)  12 years oldE) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

Question 9

In an assessment of peer relationships,Fred was rarely selected by classmates as someone to play with or to do a class project with.But Fred was also rarely selected as someone whom classmates would refuse to play with.Fred is an example of

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A)  a neglected child.
B)  a rejected child.
C)  a controversial child.
D)  an average child.E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 10

Counseling young boys requires sensitivity to society's "boy code" and may require special strategies for putting boys at ease in the counseling context.What is the boy code? What strategies might be especially helpful for overcoming this code? Page 320)

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Some experts argue that boys need suppor...

Question 11

Children tend to segregate into single gender play and friendship groups.Explain how such sex segregation might influence the development of sex differences during childhood.Provide clear examples of how this might work.,

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Question 12

In a study of children from elementary school to young adulthood Mahoney,2000) ,participation in extracurricular activities for at least a year was associated with high rates of graduation and low rates of criminal activity if the student's

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A)  parents supported extracurricular activity.
B)  peer group also participated in the extracurricular activity.
C)  teachers made adjustments in their expectations.
D)  community was upper middle class.E) None of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 13

A child's social preference score is based on ____________,and their social impact scores are based on ____________.

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A)  positive nominations / positive plus negative nominations
B)  positive nominations / negative nominations
C)  neutral nominations / positive nominations
D)  peer evaluations / teacher evaluationsE) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 14

The term degrouping refers to

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A)  a strategy for solving math problems that boys often learn but girls do not.
B)  a trend in middle adolescence for cliques to become less important to peer interactions.
C)  a therapeutic intervention which requires children or adolescents to mix with members of a different crowd from their usual one.
D)  the rejection of a crowd member for violating the norms of the group.E) A) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 15

In adolescence and early adulthood,males and females begin to spend more time in mixed-gender groups.Studies of who has more influence on the outcome of problem solving in mixed-gender groups indicate that

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A)  females have an advantage because they have learned to negotiate in their single-gender groups.
B)  males have an advantage because they have learned to negotiate in their single-gender groups.
C)  females have a disadvantage because males do less turn-taking and are more domineering.
D)  males have a disadvantage because females are more skilled at expressing agreement.E) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 16

Which of the following does not represent a rule that governs borderwork,interactions between the sexes in elementary school aged children?

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A)  Contact is okay if it is accidental.
B)  Contact is okay if it is required by an adult.
C)  Contact is okay if children are accompanied by someone of their own gender.
D)  Contact is okay if you share the same interest in an activity.E) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 17

In an assessment of peer relationships,Fred was rarely selected by classmates as someone to play with or to do a class project with.But Fred was also rarely selected as someone whom classmates would refuse to play with.Children like Fred seem to be

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A)  actively disliked by other children.
B)  more aggressive than other children.
C)  choosing not to participate very actively in peer activities.
D)  at high risk for later mental health problems.E) A) and D)
F) C) and D)

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