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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A achieved
B delayed
C diffused
D foreclosed
Question #2
A idealistic and overly critical.
B special and unique.
C the focus of everyone else’s attention and concern
D boring and ordinary.
Question #3
A concrete operational
B formal operational
C preoperational
D sensorimotor
Question #4
A Teenage mothers spend more of their parenting years as single parents.
B Today, about 95 percent of U.S. adolescent mothers graduate from high school.
C Many teen mothers perceive their babies as less difficult.
D Very few teen mothers experience pregnancy and birth complications.
Question #5
A beginning; middle childhood
B end; adolescence
C beginning; adolescence
D end; middle childhood
Question #6
A attend couples’ therapy
B engage in effective coparenting
C delay childbirth until their thirties
D have traditional gender roles around the home
Question #7
A Having the first child within the first year or two of marriage
B Reverting to traditional gender roles of husband and wife
C Postponing childbearing until the late twenties or thirties
D Relying on extended family for financial support
Question #8
A Peter and Linda, who share family responsibilities
B Roger and Daisy, who maintain distance from extended family
C David and Veronica, who had a child together before they got married
D Clark and Marian, who were both 19 when they got married
Question #9
A is usually permanent, with few young adults returning home.
B is a major step toward assuming adult responsibilities.
C occurs at an earlier age than in the past.
D is one phase of the family life cycle that all adults experience.
Question #10
A triangular theory of love
B adaptation to life theory
C seasons of love theory
D intimacy versus isolation stage
Question #11
A strong support exists for the idea that “opposites attract.”
B men prefer a same-age or slightly older partner.
C partners who are similar in personality are more likely to stay together.
D partners with similar attributes tend to be less satisfied with their relationship.
Question #12
A teaching social skills and social awareness.
B reinforcing rape myths.
C safety planning, but only if the abuser is still present.
D supporting gender stereotypes with evidence.
Question #13
A More men than women report persistent sexual problems.
B Most married adults say they are only somewhat happy with their sex lives.
C As number of sex partners increases, satisfaction declines sharply.
D People who engage in casual dating have the most physically satisfying sex lives.
Question #14
A sincerely believe that they eat less than they do.
B believe that only temporary lifestyle changes are needed.
C use social support and to be conscious of their behavior.
D restrict their weight-reduction plan to no longer than 25 weeks.
Question #15
A is a personal choice.
B is not treatable.
C is strongly associated with serious health problems.
D drops in early and middle adulthood.
Question #16
A consistent changes in the uterus after age 35.
B decreases in semen volume and sperm motility after age 35.
C decreases in percentage of normal sperm after age 25.
D increases in number of ova, but decreases in ova quality.
Question #17
A remains constant until about age 50.
B declines by 5 percent per decade throughout the lifespan.
C declines by 10 percent per decade after age 25.
D increases by 10 percent per decade after age 25.
Question #18
A arrhythmia.
B angina.
C atherosclerosis.
D hypertension.
Question #19
A hearing
B the cardiovascular system
C the muscular system
D vision
Question #20
A The muscles controlling the pupil weaken.
B Color discrimination improves.
C Visual acuity increases.
D The lens narrows and becomes more elastic.
Question #21
A Parents and teachers must be trained to pick up on the signals that a troubled teenager sends.
B It is nearly impossible to prevent adolescent suicide, as teenagers rarely exhibit warning signs around adults.
C Gun-control legislation that restricts the availability of firearms to adolescents has little impact on suicide rates.
D Parents should not be concerned about teenagers’ commenting, “I wish I were dead,” because adolescents are overly dramatic.
Question #22
A Depression is the most common psychological problem of adolescence.
B Heredity plays little to no role in adolescent depression.
C Chronic depression affects 15 to 20 percent of U.S. teenagers.
D Boys are more likely than girls to report a depressed mood.
Question #23
A formal religious involvement tends to increase.
B formal religious involvement tends to decline.
C most young people reject the idea of a “higher being.”
D church attendance becomes a major source of parent–child conflict.
Question #24
A postconventional
B preconventional
C universal ethical
D conventional
Question #25
A discouraging contact with peers of the same ethnicity and encouraging assimilation.
B encouraging them to explore the meaning of ethnicity in their lives.
C ensuring that they learn English, rather than retaining their native language.
D encouraging them to reject the dominant culture until they establish ethnic identity.
Question #26
A foreclosure.
B achievement.
C diffusion.
D moratorium.
Question #27
A moratorium.
B diffusion.
C achievement.
D foreclosure.
Question #28
A diffusion.
B moratorium.
C achievement.
D foreclosure.
Question #29
A an identity crisis and a resolution.
B forming an ideal self.
C exploration followed by commitment.
D experimentation and error.
Question #30
A inferiority.
B mistrust.
C role confusion.
D isolation.
Question #31
A Horatio will be less likely in the future to take his parents’ car without asking than peers who have not tried it.
B Horatio will rate the risks of taking his parents’ car without asking higher than peers who have not tried it.
C Horatio will be more likely in the future to take his parents’ car without asking than peers who have not tried it.
D Horatio will rate the benefits of taking his parents’ car without asking lower than peers who have not tried it.
Question #32
A metacognition.
B hypothetico-deductive reasoning.
C the imaginary audience.
D the personal fable.
Question #33
A Benny goes to the Friday night football game with a group of friends and cheers as loud as anyone else.
B When her fork falls off her tray in the cafeteria, Hannah is certain that everyone is thinking that she is clumsy.
C When Riley fails to make the volleyball team, she believes that no one has ever felt so disappointed.
D Harry believes that he will never have a car accident because he is a better driver than most people.
Question #34
A animistic thinking.
B hypothetico-deductive reasoning.
C practical intelligence.
D transitive inference.
Question #35
Which of the following substances do U.S. adolescents most often experiment with during high school?
A alcohol
B cigarettes
C cocaine
D marijuana
Question #36
A teach techniques for handling sexual situations.
B focus on promoting the value of abstinence
C do not encourage the use of contraceptives.
D last only a few sessions.
Question #37
A often become adolescent parents.
B score higher on intelligence tests than children of adult mothers.
C have a better chance of graduating high school than children of adult mothers.
D fare better if the teenage parent drops out of high school.
Question #38
A social influences; genetic factors
B personal choice; prenatal biological influences
C genetic factors; authoritarian child rearing
D genetic factors; prenatal biological influences
Question #39
A earlier intercourse than their heterosexual agemates.
B an inner struggle that is intensified by a lack of role models and social support.
C same-sex physical attraction, on average, between ages 6 and 8.
D gender confusion and sexual questioning.
Question #40
A Even teenagers who report talking openly with their parents about sex are unlikely to use birth control.
B School sex education classes prevent teenagers from having unprotected sex.
C Adolescent contraceptive use has decreased in recent years.
D About 14 percent of sexually active U.S. teenagers do not use contraception consistently.
Question #41
A Having higher educational aspirations
B Experiencing later puberty
C Living in a high-crime neighborhood
D Living in an economically privileged home
Question #42
A Boys account for less than 1 percent of anorexia cases.
B Although being anorexic is unhealthy, it is rarely fatal.
C Anorexia nervosa is equally common in all SES groups.
D About 10 percent of North American and Western European teenagers are affected.
Question #43
A late-maturing girls
B early-maturing girls
C late-maturing boys
D early-maturing boys
Question #44
A school issues; the importance of education
B important family values; a belief in a higher power
C moral issues; lying, stealing, and cheating
D everyday matters; driving, dating partners, and curfews
Question #45
A are less likely to engage in high-risk behaviors.
B perform better on cognitive tasks in the morning hours.
C are more likely to suffer from anxiety and depression
D display increases in executive function.
Question #46
A cope better with stressful events and rarely experience negative emotion.
B have difficulty storing and retrieving long-term memories.
C react more strongly to stressful events and experience pleasurable stimuli more intensely.
D become capable of reading and interpreting emotional cues.
Question #47
A soaring rates of overweight and obesity
B eating disorders, such as anorexia and bulimia,
C lack of standardized health care and high poverty rates
D increased rates of infectious disease
Question #48
A Mary, who eats very little
B Abbie, who is in a rigorous gymnastics training program
C Chandra, who lives in a conflict-ridden family
D Ashley, who is impoverished
Question #49
A pubic hair
B ovaries
C scrotum
D testes
Question #50
A the budding of the breasts and the growth spurt.
B the growth of underarm hair.
C extreme and unpredictable moodiness.
D menarche.
