Describe susceptibility in children.
What will be an ideal response?
Young children's natural trust in others may enhance their suggestibility. In one study 3-year-olds who received misleading verbal and visual information from an experimenter about a sticker's location continued to search in the wrong, suggested, location despite no success. In another study, 3- to 5-year-old children watched as an adult hid a toy in one location, then told the children that the toy was in a different location. When retrieving the toy, 4- and 5-year-olds relied on what they had seen and disregarded the adult's false statements, but 3-year-olds deferred to what the adult had said, despite what they had directly observed.
In some cases, children can resist suggestion. For example, in one study 4- and 7-year-old children either played games with an adult confederate (e.g., dressing up in costumes, playing tickle, being photographed) or merely watched the games. Eleven days later each child was interviewed by an adult who included misleading questions that were often followed up with suggestions relevant to child abuse. Even the 4-year-olds resisted the false suggestions about child abuse. Children also vary. Some children are better able to resist social pressure and suggestive questioning than others.
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The particular habits, styles, and values that reflect the set of rules and rituals that characterize children as distinct from adult society define
the culture of children. peer values. the lives of childhood. the legends of childhood.
According to Caplan and Nelson (1973), why are some individuals prone to placing responsibility on individuals who are disadvantaged rather than on society or the environment?
a. Such explanations free the government and cultural institutions from blame. b. Such explanations remove the burden for solving the problem from government and cultural institutions. c. Such explanations legitimize the traditional clinical practice of treating individuals. d. all of the above
Kohlberg's level of moral reasoning that may arise during adolescence is the
a. preconventional level. c. concrete level. b. postconcrete level. d. postconventional level.
Which of the following observations convinced many scientists and physicians that environmental agents can seriously harm human embryos?
a. Infants born to mothers exposed to atomic fallout had behavioral problems. b. Mothers exposed to rubella gave birth to fetuses with various anomalies. c. Mothers treated with thalidomide during pregnancy gave birth to severely deformed children. d. Mothers with a family history of a disorder were more likely to give birth to a baby with a birth defect.