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​Imaginary friends are psychologically unhealthy and should be discouraged.

​The concept that personality emerges from conflicts that children experience when what they want to do differs from what society wants them to do is the basis of ____’s psychodynamic theory.

Chucky is a three-year-old who is very easily upset. For the most part, he likes to sit and play with building toys for hours at a time. When he goes to new places, he gets angry easily and avoids moving around or interacting with other people. Given this information, how would you expect Chucky to be evaluated on Rothbart’s three dimensions of temperament?

​Toward a child’s second birthday, cooperative play which is characterized by organization and collaboration between playmates, begins to emerge.

​If Tori is a proponent of dynamic systems theory, then you know that she is most interested in

​The symptoms of autism spectrum disorders usually emerge by which age?

​During the preschool years, children begin to understand that gender is _______________, that is, boys become men and girls become women.

​A researcher is going to do a longitudinal study of cognitive development in elementary school-age children. What problems is this researcher going to have that could be avoided if she were to do a cross-sectional study instead?

​Which of the following clichés encapsulates one of the three recommendations that your textbook makes for enhancing children’s learning?

​Mariposa just called out to her son Lou by saying his name to him. Lou just turned and looked in his mother’s direction, demonstrating recognition of his own name. How old would you say that Lou must be?