Question 1
2 out of 2 points
Which of the following statements is FALSE with regard to the onset of menarche?
Selected
Answer:
Girls who are very athletic are likely to have earlier
onset of menarche.
Question 2
2 out of 2 points
Brain developments in the adolescent period include which of the following?
Selected
Answer:
Continued
myelination .
Question 3
2 out of 2 points
When Sammy had to learn the names of all the planets, as well as their relative sizes, he made up
sentences to help him create meaningful links between the concepts. For example, “Eartha ate the
Mars candy bar” helped him remember that Earth is larger than Mars. Sammy was using a
memory strategy called
Selected
Answer:
Elaborati
on.
Question 4
2 out of 2 points
Piaget’s description of the differences between preoperational thought (characteristic of preschool
aged children) and concrete operational thought (characteristic of elementary school aged
children), includes which of the following?
Selected
Answer:
Preoperational thought is centered, but concrete operational
thought is decentered.
Question 5
2 out of 2 points
Stanley is 7 years old. His parents are quite concerned about his school progress. Although he has
begun to learn to read, he reverses some letters when he writes. Based on research, Stanley’s
school counselor should tell his parents that
Selected
Answer:
Brain development can be quite uneven in childhood and as a result, it is not
unusual for children to show poor performance in isolated skills.
Question 6
2 out of 2 points
According to Crittendon’s model, infants encode early experiences of care-giving in the form of
Selected
Answer:
procedural
memories.
Question 7
2 out of 2 points
Which of the following describes a type of influence that parents can have on whether or not their
adolescent becomes a member of a particular crowd?
Selected
Answer:
Parents can affect their children’s initial characteristics, which then
affect crowd selection.
Question 8
2 out of 2 points
Beliefs about sex differences sometimes are supported by research and sometimes are not. Which
of the following gender stereotypes is not supported by research?
Selected
Answer:
Females tend to be more sociable and
prosocial than males.
Question 9
2 out of 2 points
Which of the following best represents Mead’s contribution to our understanding of self-
development?
Selected
Answer:
Children internalize the orientations and values of their families and cultural groups
in constructing their sense of self.
Question 10
2 out of 2 points
Which of the following most accurately reflects Erikson’s view of identity?
Selected
Answer:
Identity provides a foundation for making mature commitments to adult
roles and belief systems.
Question 11
2 out of 2 points
Which of the following statements is FALSE with respect to the moral self:
Selected
Answer:
Moral development and religious experience are equivalent, in order to develop
morally, own must have a religious affiliation.
Question 12
2 out of 2 points
Video response. Review the video on, page 307 of your book; from the 3 statements select which
one(s) are correct.
Statement 1: When considering selective association, gender is a key consideration across
cultures, during middle childhood.
Statement 2: During middle childhood, girls are more interested in high activity play and boys are
more interested in cooperative play; this changes during adolescence.
Statement 3: To help child develop appropriate peer relationships, girls and boys should be forced
to mix and be introduced to activities that are suitable to both genders.
Selected
Answer:
Statement 1 is
correct
Question 13
2 out of 2 points
Memory is to some degree reconstructed. This accounts for the phenomenon of
Selected
Answer:
False
memories.
Question 14
2 out of 2 points
Annette is a warm and affectionate mother to her sons, Jason and Keith. When she comes home
from her job, she likes to spend time playing with them, preparing their favorite foods, and
watching TV with them. She describes herself as a “soft touch” when it comes to her children.
Lately she has been hearing complaints about 6-year-old Jason’s behavior in school. Annette thinks
the teacher is being too hard on her son. She does not want anything to affect the good
relationship she has with her children. Which style best describes Annette’s parenting?
Selected
Answer:
Permissi
ve.
Question 15
2 out of 2 points
Recent research on the self-system supports the idea that the self is ____________ in nature.
Selected
Answer:
multidimensi
onal
Question 16
2 out of 2 points
At what age would a young child typically show self-recognition, the ability to recognize
themselves in a mirror?
Selected
Answer:
By 18
months
Question 17
2 out of 2 points
Billy’s babysitter takes him to the park every day where he can play with other preschoolers. When
Billy falls or gets hurt, his babysitter soothes him until he feels better. One day Dwayne, another
preschool child, falls from the swings. Billy looks concerned and rushes over to help. Then Billy
tells his babysitter that Dwayne got hurt. According to research, Billy’s prosocial behavior is
strongly related to Billy’s experience of
Selected
Answer:
Empathy and
sympathy.
Question 18
2 out of 2 points
Sabrina and Bethany are both members of the same crowd in high school, which means that
Selected
Answer:
They share interests, attitudes, behaviors, and
appearance characteristics.
Question 19
2 out of 2 points
A person who perceives neutral events as containing aggressive or threatening meaning is said to
possess a
Selected
Answer:
Hostile attributional
bias.
Question 20
2 out of 2 points
The term ____________ refers to the description of a person’s attributes, whereas the term
____________ refers to how a person feels about those attributes.
Selected
Answer:
self-concept / self-
esteem
Question 21
2 out of 2 points
Experimentation with deviant or risky behaviors (drug use, vandalism, sex, truancy, etc.) in
adolescence is
Selected Typical of this age group and can be considered
Answer: statistically normative.
Question 22
2 out of 2 points
Which of the following is a well-documented gender difference in brain structure?
Selected
Answer:
Male brains are more lateralized than
female brains.
Question 23
2 out of 2 points
Males are less likely to survive than females, both before and after birth. One important reason is
that
Selected
Answer:
Males are more vulnerable to disorders caused by X-linked recessive
alleles than females.
Question 24
2 out of 2 points
The unique state of instability and anxiety in adolescence, brought on by body changes, emerging
sexual needs, hormonal shifts, cognitive changes, and changing maturity demands, is referred to
as
Selected
Answer:
Frameworkless
ness.
Question 25
2 out of 2 points
Biological females with two X chromosomes are sometimes born with congenital adrenal
hyperplasia (CAH), which causes their external genitalia to appear more like those of a male. They
may be misidentified at birth and raised as males. If the correct identification is not made before
age 3, physicians often advise parents to continue raising the child as a boy, because the child’s
gender identity may be difficult to change after age 3. The experiences of CAH girls and other
gender atypical children have helped demonstrate that
Selected
Answer:
Social assignment is a powerful influence on
gender identity.
Question 26
2 out of 2 points
Which of the following elements is most closely associated with the concept of the imaginary
audience?
Selected
Answer:
extreme self-
consciousness
Question 27
2 out of 2 points
Video response. Review the video on, page 376 of your book; from the 3 statements select which
one(s) are correct.
Statement 1: The girl was exhibiting a normal element of adolescent development by desiring that
her parents allow her to make more decisions on her own, and to trust her ability to make good
decisions.
Statement 2: The parents described in the video were permissive and allowed the girl lenience in
her activities and freedom to make her own decisions.
Statement 3: The girl in the video described her parents as good role models but admitted that
she often disagreed with them.
Selected
Answer:
Statement 1 & 3 are
correct
Question 28
2 out of 2 points
High levels of parental monitoring and control are associated with which of the following outcomes
regardless of ethnicity or social class?
Selected
Answer:
Less deviant behavior and drug use among
adolescents.
Question 29
2 out of 2 points
Which of the following is a critical element that underlies the development of self-control?
Selected
Answer:
Emotion
regulation.
Question 30
2 out of 2 points
What kind of peer intervention is least likely to be helpful to troubled teens?
Selected
Answer:
Moving troubled teens to a new school so that they are separated
from at-risk peers.
Question 31
2 out of 2 points
A coping style which has been linked to higher levels of depression among adolescent girls and
women is
Selected
Answer:
ruminati
on.
Question 32
2 out of 2 points
Video response. Review the video on, page 386 of your book; from the 3 statements select which
one(s) are correct.
Statement 1: The video suggests that the media does apply peer pressure to adolescents to dress
and act according popular trends.
Statement 2: The video suggests that text messaging is the most popular form of communication
and even increases responses to parents.
Statement 3: The video suggests that there are both positive and negative influences of social
media on adolescents.
Selected
Answer:
Statement 1,2&3 are
correct
Question 33
2 out of 2 points
Which of the following is more typical of boys’ sex-segregated groups than of girls’ sex segregated
groups?
Selected
Answer:
Boys engage in more rough-and-tumble play in
their groups.
Question 34
2 out of 2 points
Which of the following emotions develops only after a child has a mental representation of him or
herself as a separate person?
Selected Guil
Answer: t.
Question 35
2 out of 2 points
One gender-related characteristic of peer evaluations is that
Selected
Answer:
Boys are more likely than girls to be rejected for behaving in gender-
inconsistent ways.
Question 36
2 out of 2 points
Which of the following parenting styles is most closely associated with positive outcomes in
psychosocial development and school achievement for adolescents?
Selected
Answer:
Authoritati
ve
Question 37
2 out of 2 points
Research indicates that sex role development usually proceeds normally in single parent families
as well as in the more traditional dual parent families. These findings are not consistent with
predictions from what type of theory about how sex differences develop?
Selected
Answer:
Psychoanalytic (Freudian)
theories.
Question 38
2 out of 2 points
Some research shows that cultural values and goals shape the kinds of discipline that parents use
with their children. One example is that Puerto Rican mothers wanted their children to recognize
their obligations and connectedness to others; their goals for their children were more ____________
than the goals of European American mothers
Selected
Answer:
sociocent
ric
Question 39
2 out of 2 points
Self-esteem has been mistakenly touted as the “holy grail” of mental health, and this has meant
that
Selected
Answer:
Many preventive and remedial efforts have focused directly on
improving low self-esteem.
Question 40
2 out of 2 points
Which of the following is true with regard to the way coping styles relate to depression?
Selected
Answer:
Distraction shortens episodes of depression by shortening the time spent focusing
on negative events and thus lessening their intensity.
Question 41
0 out of 2 points
A cognitive change during middle childhood that is characterized by improved declarative,
procedural, and conditional knowledge is know as
Selected
Answer:
Nondeclarative
knowledge.
Not: Long-term memory
Answer!! Metacognitive skill!!
(Ten-year-old David shows his metacognitive awareness as he talks about andshows his skills at
remembering. )
Question 42
2 out of 2 points
What does Savin-Williams (2005) argue about the nature of sexual orientation?
Selected
Answer:
Sexual orientation is a fluid concept for up to
20% of teens.
Question 43
2 out of 2 points
Which of the following is a difference between working memory and long-term memory?
Selected
Answer:
Working memory has a limited capacity whereas long-term memory has
almost unlimited capacity.
Question 44
2 out of 2 points
Pubertal processes begin when certain changes occur in the endocrine system. Which of the
following explains the beginning of this process?
Selected
Answer:
The pituitary begins to stimulate other glands to release hormones
into the bloodstream.
Question 45
2 out of 2 points
Studies show that formal operational thinking is:
Selected
Answer:
is more common among older adolescents and adults, particularly in domains where
they have experience in thinking about abstract concepts.
Question 46
2 out of 2 points
In adolescence and early adulthood, males and females begin to spend more time in mixed-gender
groups. Studies of who has more influence on the outcome of problem solving in mixed-gender
groups indicate that
Selected
Answer:
Females have a disadvantage because males do less turn-taking and
are more domineering.
Question 47
2 out of 2 points
Video response. Review the video on, page 215 of your book; from the 3 statements select which
one(s) are correct.
Statement 1: The boy is reciting an audio biological memory of the event based on episodic
memory.
Statement 2: The boy is using schematic representation of the event to form a script.
Statement 3: The boy is demonstrating declarative knowledge about facts and events.
Selected
Answer:
Statement 2 is
correct
Question 48
2 out of 2 points
What is the “two-pronged approach” to helping adolescents with their behavioral, social, or
academic problems?
Selected
Answer:
A focus on reducing risk factors while also enhancing
protective factors.
Question 49
2 out of 2 points
The maturing of the corpus callosum by middle childhood is especially important for
Selected
Answer:
Motor
coordination.
Question 50
2 out of 2 points
When Marla, age 14, decides that she is a good writer because she gets better grades than her
friend Jenna on stories she writes for English, she is demonstrating the use of ____________ as part
of identity formation.
Selected
Answer:
Social comparison with
peers
Question 7
2 out of 2 points
Which of the following is a temperamental characteristic that is associated with prosocial
behavior?
Selected
Answer:
Low social
anxiety.
Question 8
2 out of 2 points
According to research, in middle childhood, academic competence, athletic competence physica
appearence , peer acceptance and behavioral conduct are important to the development of self-
esteem. Which one of these domains have been proven to be more important that the others?
Selected
Answer:
Physical
appearance.
Question 11
2 out of 2 points
The internalization of rules and standards of behavior is most closely associated with the
development of
Selected
Answer:
conscien
ce.
Question 15
2 out of 2 points
When data are analyzed together from a large number of different studies on the same question,
like “are there sex differences in nurturing tendencies,” the report is called a
Selected
Answer:
Meta-
analysis.
Question 21
2 out of 2 points
One factor that promotes self-esteem among minority group members is
Selected
Answer:
A strong and positive racial or
ethnic identity.
Question 22
2 out of 2 points
For an adolescent engaging in risky behavior (e.g., alcohol use), one strategy that counselors can
use is to introduce dissonance into the discussion. Before a counselor can do so effectively, she
must
Selected
Answer:
interview the teen about his or her own current beliefs
and expectations.
Question 32
2 out of 2 points
Friendship, according to Selman, requires balancing
Selected
Answer:
Intimacy and
autonomy.
Question 34
2 out of 2 points
The ability to restrain or redirect a strong impulse in order to perform a less-preferred response is
called
Selected
Answer:
Effortful
control
Question 39
0 out of 2 points
Which of the following does not
contribute to improvements in children’s ability to remember with increasing age?
Selected
Answer:
As children get older, they can process information
more quickly.
Answer?? As children get older they forget previously misunderstood information.
Question 43
2 out of 2 points
When considering identity status, which statement is TRUE?
Selected
Answer:
Diffusion is the first status, typical during early adolescence, when there is a lack
of exploration and commitment.
Question 18
2 out of 2 points
By middle childhood, boys’ choices of companions tend to be based on shared interests, whereas
girls’ choices of companions tend to be based more on
Selected
Answer:
Personali
ty.
Question 29
0 out of 2 points
Which of the following therapeutic approaches is designed to help children develop their
perspective taking and friendship skills?
Selected
Answer:
The self-monitoring
approach.
Correct Answer?? Pair Therapy??
Question 45
2 out of 2 points
Schulman (2002) defines morality as composed of three interlocking systems, including
Selected
Answer:
Empathy, identification with moral others, and standards of
right and wrong.
