Understanding Self and Others
Understanding Self and Others Quiz
Test your knowledge on self-awareness, identity formation, and self-esteem in children and adolescents. This quiz covers developmental stages and psychological theories, providing valuable insights into how young people understand themselves and their relationships with others.
- 22 thought-provoking questions
- Multiple choice format
- Learn about key concepts in child psychology
To see if a child has a sense of awareness, you can use the Mirror Task: there’s a red dot on the infant’s nose and show the infant a mirror, and if they have self-awareness, they’ll...?
touch their own nose
Touch the mirror
By what age will children look more at photos of self than others and refer to self by name or personal pronouns?
15 months
18-24 months
12 months
2-3 years
Children would know that every year they’re getting older by celebrating own’s bday every year, whatever happens to them, will essentially stay with them. This is an example of...?
Concrete Memory
Biographical Memory
Autobiographical Memory
Episodic Memory
Preschoolers will start to mention concrete characteristics. Which is NOT one of them?
Physical characteristics
Possessions
Competencies
Attitudes
True or False: Collectivist cultures describe themselves in relation to others, whereas individualist cultures just describe themselves as their own person
True
False
Adolescents will start to mention things beyond concrete characteristics, which one IS one of these characteristics?
Emotions
Social groups
Personality traits
Comparisons to others
Who believed that adolescents struggle to achieve an identity that will allow them to participate in the adult world?
Erik Erikson
Albert Bandura
Sigmund Freud
John B. Watson
Personal fable is the idea that...?
Adolescents think they’re the focus of other people’s thinking and attention, thinking that they’re being judged
adolescence think there’s this imaginary audience where their peers are always watching them and judging them by the way they talk, do things, dress, look, etc…
Adolescents think that their feelings and experiences are unique and they think nobody else went through this
adolescents will think that bad/misfortunate things only happen to other people and not them
When it comes to the stages of formation of identity, the Foreclosure stage is...?
When the adolescent is confused/overwhelmed by the task of achieving an identity, but they’re also doing very little to achieve one
When choices are predetermined, they don’t get to think about if it’s something that THEY want to do
When a person will explore a lot of different alternatives, but they have yet to find a satisfactory option
When the individual got to explore different alternatives and at the end, were able to choose one that suits them and are happy with it
Which of the following IS NOT one of the influences that can help individuals find their identity?
Roles of parents
Peers
Personality
Genetics
True or False: Research shows that most teens don’t actually experience conflict and turmoil
True
False
What kind of parent-child relation is preferred?
Indulgent
Uninvolved
Authoritative
Egalitarian
What is NOT a contributing factor to depression?
Parenting
Temperament
Heredity
None of the above
It's commonly known that one's self-esteem is at its peak in...?
Adolescent years
Preschool years
Infancy years
Elementary years
The Self-Perception Profile for Children (SPPC) measures overall self-esteem in areas of all except...?
Scholastic competence
Social acceptance
Athletic appearance
Physical appearance
Which of the following statements regarding self-esteem is FALSE?
Self-esteem in some domains contributes more to overall sense of self-worth
Self-esteem sometimes increases during the move to middle school or junior high
Self-esteem is highest in preschoolers
Social comparisons lead to drop in self-esteem at the beginning of elementary school
At what stage can children step into another person's shoes and view themselves as others do and they know others can do the same?
Undifferentiated stage
Third Person stage
Social-Informational stage
Self-Reflective stage
True or False: Children from Asian countries tend to have higher self-esteem compared to North American and European children
True
False
Children develop high self-esteem...
When they feel competent at something that’s valued by themselves and others
When parenting are not nurturing and un-involved and don't establish rules concerning discipline
When they believe their peers think low of them
When they're in a bad mood
When a child is doing something, praise should focus on ______ rather than _______
Ability; effort
Effort; genetics
Genetics; ability
Effort; ability
According to Selman, perspective taking _________ with age and depends on cognitive development
Declines
Stays the same
Improves
When children are in the social-informational stage, they...
Know that self and others can have different thoughts and feelings, but often confuse the two
Know that perspectives differ because people have access to different information
Can step into another's shoes and view themselves as others do and they know others can do the same
Can step outside the immediate situation to see how they and another person are viewed by a third person
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