Adolescent Psychology Question Bank
Course Introduction
Adolescent Psychology explores the physical, cognitive, emotional, and social development of individuals during the adolescent years, typically ages 12 to 18. The course examines major theories and research findings related to identity formation, peer and family relationships, mental health, and the impact of societal and cultural influences on adolescent behavior. Students will gain an understanding of the challenges and opportunities unique to this developmental stage, as well as practical approaches for supporting healthy adolescent growth and addressing common issues such as risk-taking behaviors, self-esteem, and academic pressures.
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Infants Children and Adolescents and MyVirtualChild 7th Edition by Laura E. Berk
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Chapter 1: History, Theory, and Research Strategies
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Q1) One major limitation of the clinical interview is
A) it does not provide much insight into participants' reasoning or ideas.
B) it requires extensive training to interpret.
C) the questions are phrased the same for each participant, regardless of verbal ability. D) participants are not always accurate when they report their thoughts, feelings, and experiences.
Answer: D
Q2) Dr. Newman spent three years in Botswana, participating in the daily life of a community there. She gathered extensive field notes, consisting of a mix of self-reports from members of the community and her own observations. Which research method did Dr. Newman most likely use in her research?
A) ethnography
B) structured observation
C) the microgenetic design
D) the case study method
Answer: A
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Chapter 2: Genetic and Environmental Foundations
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Q1) Denyse and David are both actors and have enrolled their children in acting classes. This is an example of a(n) ____________ genetic-environmental correlation.
A) passive
B) evocative
C) active
D) dynamic
Answer: A
Q2) Sickle cell anemia
A) is common among Jews of European descent.
B) is common in children whose parents are of Mediterranean descent.
C) occurs in full form when a child inherits two recessive alleles.
D) is a homogeneous condition.
Answer: C
Q3) The nucleus of a cell contains
A) karotypes.
B) chromosomes.
C) genotypes.
D) phenotypes.
Answer: B
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Chapter 3: Prenatal Development
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Q1) The ________ becomes the nervous system.
A) ectoderm
B) mesoderm
C) endoderm
D) trophoblast
Answer: A
Q2) The developing organism responds to touch during the ________ month of pregnancy.
A) first
B) second
C) third
D) fourth
Answer: B
Q3) Today, the issue of whether to have children is a
A) biological given.
B) compelling social expectation.
C) matter of true individual choice.
D) matter of legacy.
Answer: C
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Chapter 4: Birth and the Newborn Baby
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Q1) The cause of colic is
A) central nervous system damage.
B) unknown.
C) unpleasant stimuli.
D) gas.
Q2) Newborn babies
A) see nearby objects most clearly.
B) see unclearly across a wide range of distances.
C) cannot detect human faces.
D) have finely attuned visual acuity.
Q3) Devin is given a combined Apgar score of 7. The medical professionals should
A) immediately provide medical attention because he is in serious danger.
B) tell Devin's parents that he is in good physical condition.
C) provide assistance in establishing breathing and other vital signs.
D) immediately put him on a ventilator and monitor his situation closely.
Q4) ________ is the least developed of the newborn baby's senses.
A) Hearing
B) Taste
C) Vision
D) Touch
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Chapter 5: Physical Development in Infancy and
Toddlerhood
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Q1) In a dimly lit room, Baby Ursula actively works to bring her hands into her field of vision. She makes poorly coordinated swipes toward objects in front of her. Ursula is demonstrating
A) the ulnar grasp.
B) voluntary reaching.
C) the pincer grasp.
D) prereaching.
Q2) Which of the following is an example of a fine-motor skill?
A) standing
B) throwing
C) sitting up
D) grasping
Q3) In operant conditioning, a(n) ___________ increases the occurrence of a response.
A) neutral stimulus
B) conditioned stimulus
C) reinforcer
D) unconditioned stimulus
Q4) What is lateralization of the brain, and why does it occur?
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Q5) Define and compare the cephalocaudal and prosimodistal trends of growth.
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Chapter 6: Cognitive Development in Infancy and
Toddlerhood
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Q1) Once toddlers produce about _____ words, they start to combine two words.
A) 10
B) 50
C) 200
D) 1,000
Q2) Infant pointing predicts faster vocabulary development
A) from 6 to 12 months.
B) over the first year.
C) from 12 to 18 months.
D) over the second year.
Q3) According to Piaget, infants' very first schemes are
A) disorganized bits of information.
B) based on internal representations of experience.
C) sensorimotor action patterns.
D) deliberate and creative.
Q4) Mental tests focus on
A) the process of development.
B) cognitive delays.
C) how children's thinking changes.
D) cognitive products.
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Chapter 7: Emotional and Social Development in Infancy and
Toddlerhood
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Q1) Research on sex differences in temperament shows that A) girls are more daring than boys, and they have a large advantage in effortful control. B) boys are more anxious and timid than girls, and they are slightly more impulsive.
C) girls' advantage in effortful control contributes to better school performance. D) boys are more active than girls, but they also tend to be more anxious and timid.
Q2) Describe strategies that adults can use to help toddlers develop compliance and self-control.
Q3) An important criticism of the psychoanalytic theory of attachment is that it
A) underemphasizes the importance of the mother-infant bond.
B) overemphasizes the role of the quality of the parent-child relationship.
C) ignores the internal representation of the attachment figure.
D) overemphasizes the importance of feeding in attachment.
Q4) Describe Erik Erikson's psychosocial theory as it applies to the development of infant and toddler personality.
Q5) Describe the Attachment Q-Sort. Give some pros and cons of its use over the Strange Situation.
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Chapter 8: Physical Development in Early Childhood
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Q1) _______ are at greater risk for injury than _________.
A) Girls; boys
B) Children with easy temperaments; irritable children
C) Middle-SES children; low-SES children
D) Economically advantaged U.S. children; children in Western Europe
Q2) Sleep contributes to body growth because
A) GH is released during the child's sleeping hours.
B) rest allows the awake body to produce GH at higher levels.
C) rest allows the awake body to produce TSH at higher levels.
D) REM sleep heightens the impact of environmental events.
Q3) Most 3-year-olds
A) use an adult grip pattern to hold a pencil.
B) vary their pencil grip, depending on the location of marks they are trying to make.
C) use a constant pencil angle across a range of drawing and writing.
D) grip pencils indiscriminately in either their left or right hand.
Q4) Discuss how motor vehicle use relates to childhood injuries. What are some ways to minimize unintentional injuries during automobile travel?
Q5) Describe strategies for preventing early otitis media.
Q6) Describe the development of drawing in children in Western nations.
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Chapter 9: Cognitive Development in Early Childhood
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Q1) In Haylee's preschool classroom, teachers provide activities in learning centers from which children select, and much learning takes place through play. Haylee's preschool is
A) actually a child-care center.
B) an academic program.
C) a child-centered program.
D) unlikely to foster school readiness.
Q2) Children with autism
A) only use words to exchange ideas.
B) have narrow and overly intense interests.
C) engage in more make-believe play than typically developing children.
D) show extremely rapid synaptic pruning.
Q3) Chen, a preschooler, is most likely to view the mind as a(n)
A) active machine.
B) constructive agent that interprets information
C) passive container of information.
D) constantly spinning wheel.
Q4) Explain how adults can foster preschoolers' language development.
Q5) List strategies for supporting emergent literacy in early childhood, and explain why each strategy is useful.
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Chapter 10: Emotional and Social Development in Early Childhood
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Q1) With age, preschoolers' conflicts center less on _______ and more on ________.
A) ideas; toys
B) attitudes; resources
C) differences of opinion; toys
D) resources; differences of opinion
Q2) Shelby and Sharon are 4 years old and are best friends. They probably
A) count on each other's emotional support.
B) have similar values and attitudes.
C) feel lasting trust and caring for each other.
D) have fun playing together.
Q3) One of the best ways for Johann's mom to promote peer interaction skills is for her to A) provide opportunities for Johann to play with peers.
B) avoid arranging frequent play dates that may overwhelm Johann.
C) avoid providing specific suggestions to Johann on how to interact with other children.
D) prevent Johann from interacting with children who have conflicts with Johann.
Q4) Describe Mildred Parten's sequence of peer sociability, including follow-up research on the different types of play.
Q5) Describe authoritative child rearing and explain what makes it effective.
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Chapter 11: Physical Development in Middle Childhood
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Q1) By the end of the school years, nearly ____ percent of all children have myopia.
A) 15
B) 25
C) 35
D) 45
Q2) After age 8, girls begin _________ at a faster rate than boys.
A) accumulating fat
B) adding muscle
C) pruning synapses
D) upper body growth
Q3) Most efforts to impart health concepts to school-age children have
A) little impact on behavior.
B) a moderate impact on behavior.
C) significant impact on behavior when combined with school curriculum.
D) significant impact of behavior when combined with food rewards.
Q4) Girls have an edge over boys in A) throwing.
B) kicking.
C) hopping.
D) batting.
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Chapter 12: Cognitive Development in Middle Childhood
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Q1) Daniella listens to and tells stories but rarely draws pictures. Daniella displays ______ advanced central conceptual structures in ______________.
A) less; storytelling
B) no; storytelling
C) more; storytelling
D) more; drawing
Q2) African-American parents' communication style with their children emphasizes ________ over _________.
A) facts; emotional and social concerns
B) quick-witted jokes; serious conversation
C) emotional and social concerns; facts about the world
D) facts; problem solving
Q3) Thad is sensitive to the sounds, rhythms, and meaning of words. According to Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences, Thad should consider which of the following careers?
A) therapist
B) navigator
C) composer
D) journalist
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Chapter 13: Emotional and Social Development in Middle Childhood
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Q1) Grayson understands that third-party perspective taking can be influenced by societal values. Grayson is at the stage of ________ perspective taking.
A) undifferentiated
B) social-informational
C) self-reflective
D) societal
Q2) School-age children with a history of _________ have more complex, favorable, and coherent self-concepts.
A) elaborative parent-child conversations about past experiences
B) authoritarian parent-child interactions
C) permissive parent-child interactions
D) routine parent-child conversations about current events
Q3) Trent's parents are divorced and he resides with his mother. Trent's father sees him only occasionally. His father's parenting style is likely to be
A) uninvolved, but loving.
B) harsh, but consistent.
C) authoritative and warm.
D) permissive and indulgent.
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Chapter 14: Physical Development in Adolescence
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Q1) Which of the following girls is the least likely to develop anorexia nervosa?
A) Aaliyah, a Caucasian American
B) Brenda, an Asian American
C) Cheyanne, an African American
D) Deliah, a Hispanic American
Q2) What are some characteristics of sexually active adolescents? Which children are more likely than others to engage in early and frequent teenage sexual activity?
Q3) Spermarche occurs
A) before the height spurt begins.
B) after the peak strength spurt.
C) between ages 10 and 11.
D) before facial hair begins to grow.
Q4) ________ is a modern substitute for the physical departure of the adolescent from the home.
A) An initiation ceremony
B) A rite of passage
C) Psychological distancing
D) A cultural script
Q5) Describe the secular trend in pubertal timing in industrialized nations.
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Chapter 15: Cognitive Development in Adolescence
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Q1) Females may show an advantage in verbal skills because
A) the left hemisphere of the cerebral cortex develops earlier in girls than in boys.
B) they rely on sensory brain regions to process spoken and written words.
C) they tend to work harder in school than boys.
D) they are more likely to attend college than boys.
Q2) Describe the German apprenticeship system. What are the challenges to implementing a similar system in the United States?
Q3) Students who had academic difficulties in addition to mental health problems during junior high ___________ after the transition to high school.
A) showed grade improvements
B) showed increased out-of-school problem behaviors
C) experienced an increase in self-esteem
D) had fewer mental health problems
Q4) Women's progress entering and excelling at male-dominated professions has been A) slow.
B) moderate.
C) rapid.
D) nonexistent.
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Chapter 16: Emotional and Social Development in Adolescence
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Q1) Recent research on gender differences in identity development reveals that girls
A) focus on intimacy development before they become concerned with establishing an identity.
B) show less sophisticated reasoning about identity issues related to intimacy than do boys.
C) are fairly similar to boys in that they typically make progress on identity concerns before experiencing genuine intimacy in relationships.
D) are more identity diffused than boys and, therefore, experience intimacy in relationships before boys.
Q2) At which of Kohlberg's stages would a child reason, "You do this for me, and I'll do this for you"? The ________ orientation.
A) punishment and obedience
B) instrumental purpose
C) good boy-good girl
D) social-order-maintaining
Q3) Describe adolescent dating. Why do teenagers date? What are the positive and/or negative consequences of dating in adolescence? How do circumstances differ for homosexual young people?
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Chapter 17: Emerging Adulthood
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Q1) Lincoln, an American adult, is asked: "Do you consider yourself to have reached adulthood?" He responds that he feels that he is truly an adult. Lincoln is probably ________ years old.
A) 18 or 19
B) 20 to 22
C) 23 to 25
D) 26 to 35
Q2) Maribeth views all knowledge as embedded in a framework of thought. She believes that each person, in arriving at a position, creates her own "truth." Maribeth uses
A) dualistic thinking.
B) cognitive dissonance.
C) relativistic thinking.
D) epistemic cognition.
Q3) According to your text, advances in identity occur in which three domains?
A) love, work, and worldview
B) career, financial security, and love
C) job security, financial security, and marital status
D) religiosity, spirituality, and work
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