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