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Psych 250 Exam 3 Chapter 10
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Undergraduate 1
03/03/2009

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industry v.inferiority
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industry resolved positively when kids develop a sense of competence at useful skills and tasks
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social comparisons
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judgement of one's own appearance, abilities, and behavior in relation to those of others
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mastery-oriented attirbutions
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credit their successes to ability. a characteristic they can improve through trying hard and can count on when facing new challenges. and they attribute failure to factors that can be changed or controlled, such as insufficient effort or a very difficult task.
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learned helplessness
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attribute their failures, not successes, to ability. when they succeed, they conclude that external factors, such as luck, are responsible unike their mastery-oriented counterparts, they believe that ability is fixed and cannot be changed by trying hard.
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problem-centered coping
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appraise the situation as changeable, identify the difficulty, and decide what to do about it.
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emotion-centered coping
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internal and private, and aimed at controlling distress when little can be done about an outcome.
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perspective taking
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the capacity to imagine what other people may be thinking and feeling.
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distributive justice
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beliefs about how to divide material goods fairly
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peer groups
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collectives that generate unique values and standards for behavior and a social structure of leaders and followers
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peer acceptance
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likeability-the extent to which a kid is viewed by a group of agemates, such as classmates, as a worthy social partner.
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popular kids
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get many positive votes, well-liked
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rejected kids
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actively disliked
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controversial kids
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receive many votes, both positive and negative
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neglected kids
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seldom chosen either positively or negatively
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average kids
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1/3 of the kids
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popular-prosocial kids
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combine academic and social competence
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popular-antisocial kids
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"tough" boys (athletic but poor students who cause trouble), and relationally aggressive boys and girls (enhance own status by ignoring, excluding, and spreading rumors about other kids)
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rejected-aggressive kids
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show high rates of conflict, physical and relational aggression, are hyperactive, inattentive, and impulsive
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rejected-withdrawn kids
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passive and socially awkward
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peer victimization
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certain kids become frequent targets of verbal and physical attacks or other forms of abuse.
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coregulation
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transitional form of supervision in which they exercise general oversight while permitting kids to be in chargeof moment-by-moment decision making.
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coregulation
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transitional form of supervision in which they exercise general oversight while permitting kids to be in chargeof moment-by-moment decision making.
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divorce mediation
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a series of meetings between divorcing adults and a trained professional aimed at reducing family conflicts.
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joint custody
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grants the mom and dad equal say in important decisions about the child's upbringing, as a means of encouraging both to remain involved in their kid's lives.
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blended/reconstituted family
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the new family structure created by the 60% of divorced parents who remarry within a few years or others who cohabit.
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self-care children
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kids who regularly look after themselves after school
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phobia
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an intense, unmanageable fear
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