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6. Relational self worth can be described as
- How self worth varies in relation to age
- How self worth is evaluated in differing contexts
- How self worth is evaluated in relation to others
- All of the above
7. Which was NOT a finding of Saarni's (1984) unwanted gift paradigm?
- 6-9y looked to parents to guide response
- 10-11y always reacted positively
- 6y girls were always negative
- 6y boys were always negative
8. At 3rd grade, what percentage of children are likely to understand the concept of duality?
9. At what age is a child likely to give a moderately realistic self description involving some mental states?
10. Maccoby (1998) and Killen (2007) both concluded that...
- It is common for children to exclude a playmate based on gender alone
- Boys were more likely to notice gender discrimination in a playground context
- Females spend more time in pretend play than males
- Boys spent more time in same-sex play than girls
11. Killen and Stangor (2001) showed that...
- Transitions between schools may affect self esteem
- Children can be aware of the exclusion of a character based on gender
- Some contexts affect relational self worth more than others
- None of the above
12. The 5 components of self esteem were developed by...
- Bigelow
- Maccoby
- Harter
- Kohlberg
13. Heredity as a source of self esteem refers to:
- Internalising the view of others
- Appearance, intellect, sociability and genetic factors
- Socio-economic background
- All of the above
14. At what age can children become aware of gender discrimination?
15. Chepp et al.'s (1987) study looked at..
- How children believed they had affected their parents emotions
- The idea that different people may show different emotions in the same context
- The longitudinal relationship of quality of friendships
- The unwanted gift paradigm
16. A younger childs self description will likely NOT include?
- Possessions
- Family role
- Likes/dislikes
- Characteristics
17. Which is NOT a finding from the Zesuls et al (2001) study?
- There was an inherent in-group positivity bias
- There was an inherent out-group negativity bias
- That gender segregated interactions did not reinforce feelings about opposite-gendered peers
- That gender segregated interactions did reinforce feelings about opposite-gendered peers
18. Parental influence
- has no effect on self esteem
- is initially the most important social source of self esteem, but is peer influence becomes more important
- at first is less important than peer influence, but becomes most important
- is always the most important social source of self esteem
19. At what age will a child begin to distinguish between real and ideal self?
20. What percentage of children believed they were the cause of their parents happiness?
