Author Question: Identify a true statement about children in middle childhood. A) By middle childhood, children ... (Read 349 times)

justinmsk · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

Identify a true statement about children in middle childhood.

A) By middle childhood, children can compare themselves with other children and, unlike preschoolers, can arrive at a more honest and critical self-appraisal.
B) Children's self-esteem rises throughout middle childhood, reaching a peak at 12 or 13.
C) Children with low self-esteem tend to have parents who are restrictive, while children with a favorable self-image are more likely to have authoritarian parents.
D) During middle childhood, girls tend to have more positive self-concepts in math and physical appearance than boys.

Question 2

How did Jacobs' research contribute to theories related to coping with death?

A) He proposed the disengagement theory.
B) He included four more stages to John Bowlby's stage theory of grief.
C) He modified Erikson's psychosocial theory to include the stage of ego integrity versus despair.
D) He described the five-stage reaction of terminally ill patients to knowledge of their own impending death.