Which of the following statements regarding emotions and middle childhood is true?
a. Children experience less emotional stability than they did at early stages in development because they are changing social contexts more often.
b. Children's emotions become more intense, so they are not yet able to conceal their true feelings.
c. Children learn how to conceal their emotions and show socially acceptable emotions.
d. Children tend to be less happy than they were in early childhood because they engage in more social comparison.
Answer: c. Children learn how to conceal their emotions and show socially acceptable emotions.
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Suppose that a 4-year-old and a 10-year-old are working together to make a surprise birthday card for their father. Later, they tell their father which parts each of them constructed. Based on the material in Chapter 13, you would expect to find that
a. the two children have similar accuracy, because working memory does not vary much with age. b. the two children have similar accuracy, because source monitoring does not vary much with age. c. the older child is more accurate, because the 4-year-old child will demonstrate almost complete childhood amnesia. d. the older child is more accurate, because source monitoring is more accurate for older children.
As we age, our ability to recognize the strengths and limitations of our own memories improves. This is known as:
a) meta-cognition. b) meta-memory. c) permastore. d) transience.