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