Hartmann  Psychology 326: Social & Personality  Spring '96
Developmental
Final Exam: Essay

Instructions: Answer each question in the space provided.  
Note that you are not required to answer all questions.  The 
questions are weighted approximately as follows: A=2; B=3; 
and C=5.  Place your name on the back of the last page of 
the exam.  Good luck!

A. Brief answer questions. Answer 3 of the following 4.
   10 points per question; maximum = 30 points.

   1. Distinguish between friendship and popularity as these
   terms are used in the study of children's peer relationships.

   2. What is correspondence training, and why should we care.

   3. What is the relationship of negative reinforcement to coercion
      in Patterson's theory?

   4. What is moral realism?


B. Medium length questions.  Answer 3 of the following 4 questions.
   15 points per question; maximum = 45 points.

   1. Discuss three ways in which parents can affect their child's
      responsiveness to peers.  Cite research evidence as appropriate.

   2. Investigators have reported findings that present problems for
      Piaget's theory of moral development.  Briefly discuss two such
      findings and indicate thy they are inconsistent with Piaget's theory.

   3. Does divorce strike harder at children of one sex than the other?
      Explain your answer.

   4. An investigator decides that she will explore the relationship
      between parental disciplinary techniques and child behavior.
      What words of wisdom might you give to her as she begins her quest.


C. Lengthy answer questions.  Answer 1 of 2.

   1. A biologist and a social-developmentalist are discussing sex-role
      development.  The biologist argues that sex-typing is
      "biologically programmed."  What evidence would the psychologist
      cite to counter the biologist's assertion, thereby illustrating
      that biology is not destiny?

   2. Compare and contrast Kohlberg's cognitive-developmental theory of
      sex-typing with Martin and Halverson's social information-processing
      approach.

   c. Children first develop an in-group/out-group schema; this is followed
      by an own-sex schema.  Compare with the three stages proposed by Kohlberg.

 

 
 
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