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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A delayed
B foreclosed
C diffused
D achieved
Question #2
A idealistic and overly critical.
B the focus of everyone else’s attention and concern
C boring and ordinary.
D special and unique.
Question #3
A sensorimotor
B concrete operational
C formal operational
D preoperational
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 Many teen mothers perceive their babies as less difficult.
D Teenage mothers spend more of their parenting years as single parents.
Question #5
A beginning; adolescence
B end; adolescence
C end; middle childhood
D beginning; middle childhood
Question #6
A engage in effective coparenting
B delay childbirth until their thirties
C attend couples’ therapy
D have traditional gender roles around the home
Question #7
A Postponing childbearing until the late twenties or thirties
B Having the first child within the first year or two of marriage
C Reverting to traditional gender roles of husband and wife
D Relying on extended family for financial support
Question #8
A David and Veronica, who had a child together before they got married
B Clark and Marian, who were both 19 when they got married
C Peter and Linda, who share family responsibilities
D Roger and Daisy, who maintain distance from extended family
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 adaptation to life theory
B intimacy versus isolation stage
C seasons of love theory
D triangular theory of love
Question #11
A men prefer a same-age or slightly older partner.
B partners who are similar in personality are more likely to stay together.
C strong support exists for the idea that “opposites attract.”
D partners with similar attributes tend to be less satisfied with their relationship.
Question #12
A reinforcing rape myths.
B safety planning, but only if the abuser is still present.
C teaching social skills and social awareness.
D supporting gender stereotypes with evidence.
Question #13
A Most married adults say they are only somewhat happy with their sex lives.
B More men than women report persistent sexual problems.
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 restrict their weight-reduction plan to no longer than 25 weeks.
B use social support and to be conscious of their behavior.
C sincerely believe that they eat less than they do.
D believe that only temporary lifestyle changes are needed.
Question #15
A is not treatable.
B is strongly associated with serious health problems.
C drops in early and middle adulthood.
D is a personal choice.
Question #16
A decreases in percentage of normal sperm after age 25.
B increases in number of ova, but decreases in ova quality.
C consistent changes in the uterus after age 35.
D decreases in semen volume and sperm motility after age 35.
Question #17
A remains constant until about age 50.
B increases by 10 percent per decade after age 25.
C declines by 10 percent per decade after age 25.
D declines by 5 percent per decade throughout the lifespan.
Question #18
A arrhythmia.
B atherosclerosis.
C angina.
D hypertension.
Question #19
A the muscular system
B the cardiovascular system
C vision
D hearing
Question #20
A Visual acuity increases.
B The muscles controlling the pupil weaken.
C Color discrimination improves.
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 Parents should not be concerned about teenagers’ commenting, “I wish I were dead,” because adolescents are overly dramatic.
D Gun-control legislation that restricts the availability of firearms to adolescents has little impact on suicide rates.
Question #22
A Boys are more likely than girls to report a depressed mood.
B Depression is the most common psychological problem of adolescence.
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 most young people reject the idea of a “higher being.”
B formal religious involvement tends to decline.
C church attendance becomes a major source of parent–child conflict.
D formal religious involvement tends to increase.
Question #24
A universal ethical
B postconventional
C conventional
D preconventional
Question #25
A encouraging them to reject the dominant culture until they establish ethnic identity.
B ensuring that they learn English, rather than retaining their native language.
C discouraging contact with peers of the same ethnicity and encouraging assimilation.
D encouraging them to explore the meaning of ethnicity in their lives.
Question #26
A diffusion.
B foreclosure.
C achievement.
D moratorium.
Question #27
A foreclosure.
B moratorium.
C achievement.
D diffusion.
Question #28
A moratorium.
B achievement.
C diffusion.
D foreclosure.
Question #29
A experimentation and error.
B forming an ideal self.
C exploration followed by commitment.
D an identity crisis and a resolution.
Question #30
A inferiority.
B mistrust.
C role confusion.
D isolation.
Question #31
A Horatio will be more likely in the future to take his parents’ car without asking 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 less 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 hypothetico-deductive reasoning.
B the imaginary audience.
C the personal fable.
D metacognition.
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 practical intelligence.
C hypothetico-deductive reasoning.
D transitive inference.
Question #35
A cocaine
B cigarettes
C alcohol
D marijuana
Question #36
A focus on promoting the value of abstinence
B teach techniques for handling sexual situations.
C last only a few sessions.
D do not encourage the use of contraceptives.
Question #37
A have a better chance of graduating high school than children of adult mothers.
B fare better if the teenage parent drops out of high school.
C score higher on intelligence tests than children of adult mothers.
D often become adolescent parents.
Question #38
A genetic factors; authoritarian child rearing
B genetic factors; prenatal biological influences
C personal choice; prenatal biological influences
D social influences; genetic factors
Question #39
A same-sex physical attraction, on average, between ages 6 and 8.
B earlier intercourse than their heterosexual agemates.
C gender confusion and sexual questioning.
D an inner struggle that is intensified by a lack of role models and social support.
Question #40
A School sex education classes prevent teenagers from having unprotected sex.
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 About 14 percent of sexually active U.S. teenagers do not use contraception consistently.
Question #41
A Living in an economically privileged home
B Experiencing later puberty
C Living in a high-crime neighborhood
D Having higher educational aspirations
Question #42
A Anorexia nervosa is equally common in all SES groups.
B Although being anorexic is unhealthy, it is rarely fatal.
C Boys account for less than 1 percent of anorexia cases.
D About 10 percent of North American and Western European teenagers are affected.
Question #43
A late-maturing boys
B early-maturing boys
C early-maturing girls
D late-maturing girls
Question #44
A important family values; a belief in a higher power
B moral issues; lying, stealing, and cheating
C school issues; the importance of education
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 display increases in executive function.
D are more likely to suffer from anxiety and depression
Question #46
A cope better with stressful events and rarely experience negative emotion.
B become capable of reading and interpreting emotional cues.
C react more strongly to stressful events and experience pleasurable stimuli more intensely.
D have difficulty storing and retrieving long-term memories.
Question #47
A soaring rates of overweight and obesity
B lack of standardized health care and high poverty rates
C increased rates of infectious disease
D eating disorders, such as anorexia and bulimia,
Question #48
A Abbie, who is in a rigorous gymnastics training program
B Chandra, who lives in a conflict-ridden family
C Ashley, who is impoverished
D Mary, who eats very little
Question #49
A ovaries
B pubic hair
C scrotum
D testes
Question #50
A the growth of underarm hair.
B menarche.
C extreme and unpredictable moodiness.
D the budding of the breasts and the growth spurt.