Question

Which of the following was NOT a type of play behavior that you were looking for during your observations in Classroom 4 at the Children's Center?

parallel play

cooperative play

egocentric play

associative play

Q2:

Self-esteem refers to global evaluations of the self and is also called:

self-efficacy

self-image

self-concept

selfishness

Q3:

Parents who take an emotion-dismissing approach to deal with their children's negative emotions:

view their children's negative emotions as opportunities for teaching them how to handle emotions.

assist their children in labeling and dealing effectively with their emotions.

believe that their role is to either deny, ignore, or change negative emotions in their children.

interact with their children in a less rejecting manner.

Q4:

Parents can aid their young children's emotional development by engaging in emotion coaching, in which they

deny the negative emotions experienced by their children

encourage children to change their negative emotions because negative emotions are unacceptable

assist their children in labeling their feelings and dealing effectively with negative emotions

teach their children to deny or suppress their negative emotions in order to maintain socially acceptable behavior

Q5:

Which of the following statements best describes young children's (ages 3,4,5) descriptions of themselves?

They usually start by describing themselves in terms of psychological traits, such as honesty or intelligence

Their self-descriptions are realistic descriptions based on actual abilities

They usually describe themselves in terms of physical traits and material possessions

Their descriptions are based on what they expect to be like in the future rather than what they used to be like or what they are like now

Answer 1

1. The answer is Option C. Egocentric play is not expected in children’s play processes with others.

2. The answer is Option C. Self concept also refers to the global evaluations that an individual makes about his/her personal characteristics.

3. The answer is Option C. An emotion-dismissing role involves denying, ignoring or changing negative emotions.

4. The answer is Option C. Emotional coaching involves assisting children to label and deal effectively with negative emotions as th experience of such feelings is inevitable.

5. The answer is Option C. Children between 3-5 years are likely to describe themselves in terms of their physical traits and material possessions.