Question 1

A fair number of late-adopted children fail to establish attachments, secure or otherwise, with adoptive parents--a phenomenon known as

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A)   the maternal deprivation effect
B)   reactive attachment disorder
C)   disorganized emotional bonding
D)   the social deprivation effect

Question 2

A common misunderstanding about the ethological theory of attachment is the idea that

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A)   attachment is under cognitive control
B)   attachments are reciprocal bonds between caregiver and infant
C)   attachments are "automatic" if the child has a regular caregiver
D)   infants are passive participants in the attachment process

Question 3

Two- to 3-month-old infants' _____ are thought to contribute greatly to the development of synchronized routines with caregivers.

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A)   emerging understandings of social contingencies
B)   emerging understandings of complex emotions
C)   warm experiences with caregivers shortly after birth
D)   social smiles

Question 4

Fathers

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A)   play no meaningful role in a child's development until the preschool period (ages 3 to 5) 
B)   are effective playmates but are not terribly proficient at soothing their distressed infants and toddlers
C)   both of these
D)   none of these

Question 5

One-year-old Julie, who is playing with her toy, happens to notice her mother leaving the room. Julie becomes upset and whimpers but soon resumes playing. Five minutes later, Julie smiles and willingly accepts a hug when her mother reenters the room, and then ventures away from mom to play with a distant object. Julie's attachment appears to be

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A)   secure
B)   resistant
C)   avoidant
D)   disordanized/disoriented

Question 6

Compared with their never-institutionalized agemates, Romanian toddlers in socially depriving institutions

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A)   often failed to form a classifiable attachment relationship with caregivers
B)   showed especially secure relationships with favorite caregivers when a secure bond was established
C)   both of these
D)   none of these

Question 7

Cross-cultural studies of infants' behavior in the "Strange Situation" reveals that _____ is the most common kind of attachment that infants display.

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A)   secure
B)   avoidant
C)   resistant
D)   disorganized/disoriented

Question 8

When caregivers are clinically depressed

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A)   their infants will form disorganized/disoriented attachments
B)   their infants become hyperactive and fussy with them but show adequate social skills when interacting with other nondepressed adults
C)   their infants are likely to form secure attachments nonetheless
D)   their infants are at risk of forming some kind of insecure attachment

Question 9

One study of Czechoslovakian children whose mothers had unplanned, unwanted pregnancies found that, compared to children who had been "wanted," these "unwanted" children

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A)   quickly changed their mothers' attitudes and developed normally from infancy onward
B)   showed developmental impairments throughout the school years and into adulthood
C)   showed insecure attachments in infancy but otherwise were indistinguishable from "wanted" peers
D)   none of these

Question 10

Once children form a true emotional attachment they become

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A)   somewhat wary of strangers
B)   more inclined to explore the environment in the presence of the attachment object
C)   both of these
D)   none of these

Question 11

An infant who can consistently attract attention that turns out to be insensitive or overintrusive should form a _____ working model of self _____ working model of others, thus forming a(n)  _____ attachment.

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A)   positive; positive; secure
B)   positive; negative; avoidant
C)   positive; negative; resistant
D)   negative; positive; resistant B

Question 12

Susan and her mother are participating in the "Strange Situation." When Susan's mother returns to the room, Susan acts resentful but moves closer, staying near until Mom tries to hug her. Susan's attachment classification is most likely

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A)   secure
B)   resistant
C)   avoidant
D)   disorganized/disoriented

Question 13

Describe Bowlby's theory of internal workinq models. Is there any evidence that these models might be transmitted from parent to child and have long-lasting effects on the character of a person's close relationships later in life? Cite some research to support your claim.

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Question 14

Attachments are

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A)   strong affectional ties
B)   relationships in which the parties involved are motivated to interact often and to maintain proximity to each other
C)   both of these
D)   none of these

Question 15

Evidence for the role of cognitive development in the establishment of attachments comes from studies showing that

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A)   the timing of primary attachment is related to the child's level of object permanence
B)   children with higher IQs are more securely attached
C)   attachment occurs during the period of primary circular reactions
D)   infants show no evidence of forming attachments before they are capable of inner experimentation

Question 16

From another toddler's point of view whereas those who are _____ are apt to be highly aggressive playmates whom peers often reject.

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A)   secure; resistant
B)   secure; disorganized/disoriented
C)   avoidant; resistant
D)   resistant; disorganized/disoriented

Question 17

Research conducted with severely deprived institution children in Romania reveals that they are often

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A)   indiscriminately friendly, approaching and seeking attention from caregivers and strangers
B)   extremely withdrawn and socially inhibited
C)   unable to form secure attachments, even with new caregivers who have secure working models of attachment relationships
D)   extremely withdrawn and socially inhibited, and unable to form secure attachments, even with new caregivers who have secure working models of attachment relationships
E)   all of these E

Question 18

Infants who are securely attached to their fathers

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A)   are more emotionally conflicted around strangers than are infants who are insecurely attached to their fathers
B)   are less emotionally conflicted around strangers than are infants who are insecurely attached to their fathers
C)   are less emotionally conflicted around strangers than are infants who are securely attached to both parents
D)   develop this kind of relationship only because they are securely attached to their mothers

Question 19

Knowing that you've taken a course in social and personality development, Susan asks you for the best single piece of advice you can offer about her decision to place her infant in day care. Based on the evidence available you might advise her, above all, to _____.

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A)   seek the highest quality alternative care she can find
B)   avoid placing the child until he or she is at least 1 year old
C)   reconsider her decision and choose instead to stay home with her baby
D)   advise her not to worry, for children in day care generally fare better than those who receive full-time care from their mothers

Question 20

If Klaus and Kennell's "sensitive period" hypothesis were correct, then we would expect that _____ .

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A)   parents who had no contact with their infant during the sensitive period would not be as strongly attached to their infant as those who had had early contact with their babies
B)   adoptive parents should be less closely attached to their infants than biological parents are
C)   both of these
D)   none of these C

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A common misunderstanding about the ethological theory of attachment is the idea that

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