PSY 212 Exam 2

Most individuals in the U.S. have had sex by the time they graduate high school.

The degree to which a person chooses to engage in and persists with challenging tasks is called?

Scaffolding refers to the support given to a child as they work on a new task.

The most common type of contraceptive adolescents use.

Parents homeschooling their children are always required to serve as their primary instructors

Which of the following is an example of animism?

There are few criticisms of the BMI.

Research indicates that abstinence only programming is effective.

Which of the following demonstrates a sleeper effect for a child who experiences a parent's divorce at age 5?

Which of the following demonstrate parentification?

Which parenting style is associated with the best outcomes in children?

Menarche refers to...

The process of introducing concepts, knowledge, skills, and strategies to the child.

Play that involves acting out different social roles or characters

Rehearsing a word out loud is an example of (a)

Which is considered to be the most important academic skill?

The model of memory with separate storage locations.

Pia lines up various writing utensils by their height. This is an example of.

The idea that children learn a new word after 1-2 exposures

Parents report that ______is the biggest barrier to organized physical activities.

Children in middle childhood struggle with knowing how to revise their writing.

Popular children are more likely to have aggressive tendencies.

Kara thinks she's going to ace her upcoming spelling test. She practices and ends up getting 100%. This is example of?

Most children in middle child think about helping others (prosocial reasoning) because it is the right thing to do.