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