Practice Questions

Front 1

Perception

Back 1

refersto a biological construct that involves interpretation of stimuli by the brain.

Front 2

competent

Back 2

The most importantinfluence on students’ achievement is the ________________ teacher.

Front 3

Laissez-faire

Back 3

refers to a policy ofletting people do as they please

Front 4

authoritarian

Back 4

In astudy in which boys were given a craft project in an after-school group, within-groupaggression was linked to having a leader with a(n) ________ leadership style.

Front 5

direct

Back 5

Whenlittle emphasis in a learning environment is placed on discussion, studentideas, or discovery learning, the method is considered _________ instruction.

Front 6

future

Back 6

Peers According toresearchers, adolescents turn to their parents for _________-oriented decisions

Front 7

Social competence

Back 7

refersto behavior informed by an understanding of others’ feelings and intentions,the ability to respond appropriately, and knowledge of the consequences ofone’s actions.​

Front 8

Conceptions andreasoning about people, the self, relations between people, social group rolesand rules, and the relations of such conceptions to social behavior are called

Back 8

social cognition

Front 9

Children aged 2 to 7years are in the stage Piaget termed _________.

Back 9

preoperational

Front 10

Prevalence

Back 10

Theterm that refers to the extent to which violence occurs in a television programis the _________ of violence.

Front 11

rate

Back 11

The term that refersto the frequency of violent episodes per television show is the _________ ofviolence

Front 12

Arousal

Back 12

theories examinephysiological changes in the body and subsequent emotions that occur

Front 13

desensitization

Back 13

The gradual reductionin response to a stimulus after repeated exposure is

Front 14

Advertisersreport that children start asking for brand names as early as

Back 14

2 years old

Front 15

age 8

Back 15

At what age dochildren start to become aware that the purpose of a television advertisementis to sell something?

Front 16

stealth

Back 16

When the intent of anadvertisement is concealed or hidden, this is known as _________ advertising.

Front 17

mutual support

Back 17

The five functions ofa community are production, distribution, and consumption; socialization;social control; social participation; and _________.

Front 18

social participation​

Back 18

The community fulfillsthe need for companionship. This is an example of the _________ functionof community

Front 19

population density

Back 19

The number of peopleoccupying a certain area of space

Front 20

Populationcomposition

Back 20

refers to thestability or mobility of people in a neighborhood, their homogeneity, and theirheterogeneity.

Front 21

evolution

Back 21

The passing on of thesurvival and adaptive characteristics of the species from one generation to thenext is known as _________. ANSWER: evolution​

Front 22

less

Back 22

. ​Children whose parents mediate TV viewing are _________________likely to imitate aggression

Front 23

ADHD

Back 23

Children diagnosedwith _________________ are more prone to aggressive behavior than are normalchildren

Front 24

contagion

Back 24

Individual aggressive tendencies are magnified through social__________________.

Front 25

Reasoning

Back 25

The ability tounderstand rules, distinguish right from wrong, and take another person’sperspective is which of the three dimensions of morality? _________

Front 26

Conventional

Back 26

​_________ morality refers to the stage of moral development inwhich children realize that rules are arbitrary agreements that can be changedby those who have to follow them.