Explain how siblings can influence one another during middle childhood
What will be an ideal response?
Positive influence
Older siblings can create a zone of proximal development.
Older siblings can influence parents’ relationships to the younger child.
Sibling conflict, positively resolved, seems to be a positive influence.
Siblings differing in gender exert some gender socialization effects on each other.
Negative influence
Older siblings with problems with aggression or drug use can cause behavioral and emotional problems in younger siblings.
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a. violence is encouraged or condoned b. a strong emphasis is placed on the frequency of heterosexual sex c. corporal and capital punishments are not allowed d. sex-role stereotyping is not existent
William Foote Whyte used covert observational measures to study corner gangs.
a. True b. False
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A) attention B) social approval C) independence D) contentment
Which of the following BEST supports the idea that teenagers who attempt suicide are more uncertain about killing themselves than elderly people are?
A) Teenagers have the opportunity for many more attempts than elderly people do. B) Teenagers succeed at suicide only in about 1 in 200 attempts. C) Teenagers have far greater access to pro-suicide websites. D) The media is much more likely to cover teen suicides than those of elderly people.