Adolescent Development Practice Questions
Course Introduction
Adolescent Development explores the physical, cognitive, emotional, and social changes that occur during adolescence, typically between the ages of 10 and 19. The course examines key theories and current research on identity formation, peer and family relationships, moral reasoning, and psychological well-being. Students will analyze the influence of culture, technology, and environmental factors on adolescent behavior and development, and consider implications for education, counseling, and health. Throughout the course, emphasis is placed on understanding the diverse experiences of adolescents and promoting positive development during this critical life stage.
Recommended Textbook Children and Their Development 6th Edition by Robert
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V. Kail
Chapter 1: The Science of Child Development
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Q1) Different sequences of children are tested longitudinally in a study with a A)cross-sectional design.
B)longitudinal design.
C)longitudinal-sequential design.
D)microgenetic design.
Answer: C
Q2) Professor Fischer observes three different age groups over a period of 10 years to chart changes in memory.What kind of research is this?
A)cross-sectional design.
B)longitudinal design.
C)longitudinal-sequential design.
D)microgenetic design.
Answer: C
Q3) A strength of experimental studies is that
A)they measure behavior in a natural setting.
B)no manipulation of variables is done.
C)they allow conclusions about cause and effect.
D)only a single study is needed to definitely settle a question.
Answer: C
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Chapter 2: Genetic Bases of Child Development
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Q1) Inherited disorders
A)are more often caused by recessive alleles than by dominant alleles.
B)are more often caused by dominant alleles than by recessive alleles.
C)are due to dominant alleles about half the time.
D)do not usually seriously impair a child's development.
Answer: A
Q2) Children with Down syndrome typically have
A)advanced development.
B)normal development.
C)slower than normal development.
D)no development.
Answer: C
Q3) Teenage girls begin to menstruate at a younger age if they've had a stressful childhood.This is an example of epigenesist.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 3: Prenatal Development, Birth and the Newborn
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Q1) Exposure to teratogens during the period of the zygote usually results in
A)major defects in bodily structure.
B)minor defects in bodily structure.
C)improperly functioning body systems.
D)spontaneous abortion.
Answer: D
Q2) Some reflexes.such as the stepping reflex,serve as foundations for later motor activity.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) All of the following are steps women can take toward having a healthy baby EXCEPT
A)exercising throughout pregnancy.
B)getting enough rest,especially during the last two months of pregnancy.
C)doubling their caloric intake because they are eating for two.
D)visiting the doctor for regular prenatal checkups.
Answer: C
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Chapter 4: Growth and Health
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Q1) Candace has been overwhelmed with advice and information from well-meaning friends and relatives after the birth of her first child,and she isn't sure which of their statements she should believe.Which of the following statements that she has been told about nutrition and eating early in life is true?
A)At two years,growth becomes more rapid,so children need to eat more.
B)No more than one new food should be presented to an infant at one time.
C)In the United States,most babies are bottle-fed exclusively,because they get more nutrients that way than they would if breastfed.
D)Babies should not eat solid foods until they are one year of age.
Q2) Which of the following girls would you expect to enter puberty first?
A)Shalicia,whose mother entered puberty at a young age
B)Chara,who is malnourished and does not receive adequate health care
C)Anita,who has a chronic illness
D)Jane,who lived in Europe in 1840
Q3) The timing of puberty for girls can be influenced by their fathers,specifically by the quantity and quality of paternal interactions.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 5: Perceptual and Motor Development
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Q1) Light we see as the color __________ has a relatively long wavelength.
A)blue
B)violet
C)yellow
D)red
Q2) Babies who are 1½ months old who cannot crawl are afraid when they are placed on the deep side of the visual cliff.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Combining the component skills of a complex motion to form a working whole is called
A)a fine-motor skill.
B)myelinization.
C)differentiation.
D)integration.
Q4) Discuss what is known about infant depth perception and the visual cliff,drawing on the research by Gibson and Walk.
Q5) By 2 months of age,most babies can sit upright with support. A)True
B)False
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Chapter 6: Theories of Cognitive Development
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Q1) Concrete operational thinking is identical to adult thinking in that children are able to think abstractly and hypothetically for the first time.
A)True
B)False
Q2) A fundamental part of young children's theory of living things is the belief that living things and parts of living things exist for a purpose.
A)True
B)False
Q3) According to Piaget,cognitive development is complete when the __________ period is reached.
A)concrete operational
B)preoperational
C)formal operational
D)sensorimotor
Q4) Which of the following abilities marks the end of the sensorimotor period?
A)the ability to use mental symbols
B)walking
C)talking
D)the decline of egocentrism
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Chapter 7: Cognitive Processes and Academic Skills
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Q1) Structuring information to be remembered,so that related information is placed together,is a memory strategy known as A)organization.
B)rehearsal.
C)elaboration.
D)metacognition.
Q2) Piaget's view that children and adolescents solve problems in fundamentally different ways is supported by the modern view of problem solving.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The effects of collaboration with peers on problem solving
A)are always beneficial.
B)are only beneficial with preschool children.
C)are sometimes,but not always productive.
D)work well when both children are on the same level,for example when neither of them has a clue about how to proceed.
Q4) Encoding is the ability to identify individual words.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 8: Intelligence and Individual Differences in Cognition
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Q1) Mrs.Duncan is a second grade teacher who applies Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences in her classroom.Which of the following is she most likely to do?
A)Give all of her students a traditional intelligence test.
B)Strongly emphasize basic reading and language skills.
C)Incorporate the study of music,dance,and interpersonal relationships in her curriculum.
D)Focus exclusively on developing her students' logical and mathematical abilities.
Q2) How are socioeconomic status (SES)and IQ related?
A)Higher SES class children tend to obtain higher IQ scores than lower SES children.
B)Higher SES children tend to obtain lower IQ scores than lower SES children.
C)SES and IQ are unrelated.
D)SES and IQ are negatively related for European Americans but are unrelated for African Americans.
Q3) Difficulties in understanding words that have been read successfully is known as dyslexia.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 9: Language and Communication
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Q1) Children assume that a name refers to a whole object and not the parts of an object.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Noel believes that children master grammar in the context of interactions with adults in which both parties want improved communication.Noel's beliefs fit best with the
A)cognitive approach.
B)linguistic approach.
C)social interaction approach.
D)behaviorist approach.
Q3) Which of the following is an example of telegraphic speech?
A)"Baby hungry."
B)the "ing" in "kicking"
C)using the word "car" to refer to trucks,vans,and automobiles
D)using the word "dog" to refer only to the family dog
Q4) Phonemes include both consonant and vowel sounds.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Describe infant speech perception during the first year of life.
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Chapter 10: Emotional Development
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Q1) One-year-old Celia has come to expect that when she cries,her mother will respond quickly and take good care of her.One-year-old Shannon doesn't know what her mother's reaction to her cries will be.Celia and Shannon differ in their
A)display rules.
B)social referencing.
C)internal working models.
D)systematic desensitization.
Q2) Eight-year-old Megan reads the sentence such as "You are home all alone," and is asked how she would feel in the situation.Megan is likely to believe that this situation
A)cannot make a person feel more than one emotion at the same time.
B)cannot make a person experience two different emotions that differ in intensity at the same time.
C)can make a person feel both good and bad at the same time.
D)cannot influence how a person feels.
Q3) When infants are distressed they prefer to be comforted by their fathers.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 11: Understanding Self and Others
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Q1) Describe the three phases that individuals typically go through in attaining ethnic identity.
Q2) Teenagers' tendency to believe that their experiences and feelings are unique,and that no one has ever felt or thought as they do is known as A)the personal fable.
B)the imaginary audience.
C)the illusion of invulnerability.
D)hypothetical reasoning.
Q3) Self-awareness is usually well-established by the age of A)6 months.
B)1 year.
C)2 years.
D)3 years.
Q4) Self-awareness emerges between 18 and 24 months.
A)True B)False
Q5) Adolescents' self-concepts include religious and political beliefs. A)True
B)False
Q6) Name and briefly describe Selman's five stages of perspective taking.
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Chapter 12: Moral Understanding and Behavior
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Q1) Which of the following statements about prosocial behavior is INCORRECT?
A)Children are more likely to help when they feel another person's emotions.
B)Children are more likely to help when they practice helping at home and elsewhere.
C)Children are more likely to help when parents behave prosocially themselves.
D)Children are more likely to help when they base more decisions on their own needs.
Q2) The impact of bullying is reduced
A)when children are insulted or ridiculed.
B)when children see others being bullied.
C)when victimization by physical force occurs frequently.
D)when children are left alone to deal with the victimization.
Q3) How can parents BEST help their children develop higher forms of moral reasoning?
A)through discussion and modeling
B)by discouraging disagreement with the parents on moral issues
C)through physical punishment
D)by discouraging involvement in a religious community
Q4) Briefly describe and give examples of the following types of aggression: instrumental,hostile,reactive,and relational.
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Chapter 13: Gender and Development
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Q1) During recess,elementary-school girls are more often found swinging,jumping rope,or perhaps talking quietly in a group whereas boys are more often found playing football or shooting baskets.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Gender stereotypes are more extreme in America than in many other countries.
A)True B)False
Q3) Based on current research,on standardized tests of achievement in mathematics,
A)during the elementary-school years,boys usually get greater scores than boys.
B)during high school and college,girls usually get greater scores than boys.
C)during the elementary school years,girls usually get greater scores than boys but during high school and college,boys get greater scores than girls.
D)during the elementary school years,girls usually get greater scores than boys but during high school and college,boys used to get higher scores but the difference has substantially diminished..
Q4) Girls are more flexible about gender stereotypes than boys.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 14: Family Relationships
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Q1) Influential grandparents are similar to supportive grandparents,but they do not take on parental roles.
A)True
B)False
Q2) If parents solve their conflicts constructively,conflict can actually be positive for children,because it shows that their family is cohesive and able to withstand life's problems.
A)True
B)False
Q3) 71 What advice would you give to a newly created blended family?
A)Stepfathers should show interest in stepchildren,but avoid getting in the way of established relationships.
B)Mothers should spend more time with the stepfathers and less time with their children than they did before their remarriage.
C)Mothers and stepfathers should have high expectations for the relationships they have with their children.
D)Mothers and stepfathers should realize that their children will probably never adjust to the blended family.
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Chapter 15: Influences Beyond the Family
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Q1) 14 During the preschool years,cooperative play often takes on the form of ___________ play.
A)parallel
B)make-believe
C)solitary
D)controversial
Q2) 97 Four-year-old Kim watches a TV commercial in which a girl says,"This toy is more fun than any other toy I've ever had!" Kim is likely to
A)think that the girl is exaggerating.
B)believe that the commercial is part of the TV program she is watching.
C)know that the commercial is trying to persuade her to buy the toy.
D)believe that the girl is telling the truth.
Q3) 18 Preschoolers with imaginary companions
A)have fewer real friends than other preschoolers.
B)are more sociable than other preschoolers.
C)cannot distinguish fantasy and reality as well as other preschoolers.
D)have developmental problems.
Q4) 131 Intimacy is more common in boys' friendships than in girls' friendships.
A)True
B)False
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