Psychology of Adolescence
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Psychology of Adolescence explores the developmental changes and challenges experienced during the transition from childhood to adulthood. The course examines physical, cognitive, emotional, and social growth in adolescents, highlighting the influence of family, peers, culture, and society. Topics include identity formation, moral development, risk-taking behaviors, mental health, and the impact of contemporary issues such as media and technology. Through the integration of research findings and theoretical perspectives, students gain a comprehensive understanding of the unique features that characterize the adolescent period and the factors that support healthy development.
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Human Development A Cultural Approach 1st Edition by Jeffrey J. Arnett
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Chapter 1: A Cultural Approach to Human Development
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Q1) According to Erikson,what is the developmental challenge during infancy?
A)trust vs.mistrust
B)autonomy vs.shame and doubt
C)initiative vs.guilt
D)industry vs.inferiority
Answer: A
Q2) What portion of the United States' population will increase from 16 to 30 percent by 2050?
A)African American
B)Anglo American
C)Asian American
D)Latino American
Answer: D
Q3) The third step in the scientific method is to
A)collect data to test the hypothesis.
B)identify a question of scientific interest.
C)form a hypothesis.
D)choose a research method and a research design.
Answer: D
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Chapter 2: Genetics and Prenatal Development
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Q1) In the past few decades,the average height of adults in Western countries has not changed much.This indicates that adult height for these countries has reached the upper boundary of their ____.
A)socio-economic range
B)health status
C)reaction range
D)range of genetic dominance
Answer: C
Q2) If having more than five fingers occurs because of a dominant gene,what needs to happen for a person to have more than five fingers?
A)A person must have that dominant gene.
B)A person must have two recessive genes.
C)The gene must mutate.
D)Both dominant genes must be present.
Answer: A
Q3) What are two consequences of a folic acid deficiency?
Answer: Anencephaly- part of the brain is missing or deformed. -Spina bifida- the spine is deformed and does not close.
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Chapter 3: Birth and the Newborn Child
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Q1) Supported by research,UNICEF and the World Health Organization have begun a campaign to ____.
A)promote breast-feeding
B)improve the nutritional value of milk-based formula
C)seek political asylum for those who are of childbearing age
D)encourage the use of rice as a substitute for breast milk
Answer: A
Q2) During the 15th century,who became suspected of witchcraft,resulting in many being put to death?
A)nurses
B)pregnant women
C)fertility specialists
D)midwives
Answer: D
Q3) The ____ glands are responsible for milk production.
A)thyroid
B)pituitary
C)mammary
D)adrenal
Answer: C
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Chapter 4: Infancy
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Q1) According to Piaget,when new information is altered to fit an existing scheme,what has occurred?
A)active processing
B)scheme change
C)accommodation
D)assimilation
Q2) ____ is a major killer of infants,responsible for about one million infant deaths per year,mainly in Africa.
A)Malaria
B)Dysentery
C)Asthma
D)Eczema
Q3) If the infant's brain has been damaged due to injury or illness,what is likely to happen?
A)The functions that are associated with the damaged areas are permanently lost.
B)Other parts of the brain can assume the functions of the damaged area.
C)The affected areas will grow new neurons and then resume functioning.
D)The damaged areas will begin infecting other areas until complete brain death occurs.
Q4) What do you feel is the objective of the demonstration in this video?
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Chapter 5: Toddlerhood
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Q1) When children first begin to walk they spread their feet apart and take small,stiff-legged steps,shifting their weight from one leg to the other.These movements are where the ____ stage of development gets its name.
A)infancy
B)toddlerhood
C)adolescence
D)old age
Q2) About how many synapses will be removed in the frontal cortex from early childhood to adolescence?
A)1/3
B)1/4
C)1/8
D)1/20
Q3) By the age of 2 most toddlers will have a vocabulary of about ____.
A)100 words
B)200 words
C)300 words
D)400 words
Q4) Define and give an example of scaffolding.
Q5) Describe the language environment of a country other than the U.S.
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Chapter 6: Early Childhood
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Q1) What happens to the IQ gains that occur as a function of low-income children participating in the Project Head Start program?
A)The gains are maintained throughout life.
B)The gains result in even greater gains throughout life.
C)The gains fade within two or three years.
D)There were actually no real IQ gains.
Q2) From ages 3 to 6 the typical American child grows ____ inches per year and adds ____ pounds.
A)1-3; 1-5
B)2-3; 5-7
C)6-9; 7-10
D)9-12; 9-12
Q3) Created in 1965,what is the largest early intervention program in the United States?
A)Project Head Start
B)Montessori Schools
C)early intervention programs
D)Challenger Program
Q4) According to this video,does acquiring a theory of mind occur at the same age across cultures?
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Chapter 7: Middle Childhood
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Q1) Describe a study that would benefit from using the Experience Sampling Method (ESM method).Be sure to include the definition of this term,the research question under investigation,and the reason this method would be advantageous.
Q2) Television watching varies widely across countries,but in most countries children watch television for at least ____ a day.
A)2 hours
B)4 hours
C)6 hours
D)8 hours
Q3) When an individual can speak two languages fluently they are ____.
A)bilingual
B)multilingual
C)dilingual
D)linguistic
Q4) What is the most common cause of injury in middle childhood?
A)sports-related injuries
B)accidental poisoning
C)bicycle accidents
D)automobile accidents
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Chapter 8: Adolescence
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Q1) Which of the following best describes an imaginary audience?
A)difficulty distinguishing one's thinking about one's own thoughts from one's thinking about the thoughts of others
B)an exaggerated image of a highly attentive audience for the adolescent's appearance and his or her behavior
C)holding the belief that one's personal experiences and personal destiny are unique
D)organizing information into coherent patterns
Q2) Two kinds of changes take place in the body in response to increased sex hormones during puberty.What characteristic is directly related to reproduction?
A)primary sex characteristics
B)secondary sex characteristics
C)tertiary sex characteristics
D)quarternary sex characteristics
Q3) Explain how this adolescent's story fits with the concept of an imaginary audience.
Q4) What are two causes of the secular trend?
Q5) Name one of the types of adolescent egocentrism described by Elkind.Give a specific example.
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Chapter 9: Emerging Adulthood
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Q1) AIDS has been most devastating in ____ Africa,where 10 of every 11 new HIV infections worldwide takes place.
A)western
B)central
C)northern
D)southern
Q2) ____ promoted emotional closeness for young women,whereas for young men ____ was/were usually the basis of feeling emotional closeness.
A)An easy temperament; a difficult temperament
B)A difficult temperament; an easy temperament
C)Self-disclosure; shared activities
D)Shared activities; self-disclosure
Q3) A ____ is when an individual has one part of their identity rooted in their local culture while another part stems from an awareness of their relation to the global culture.
A)split identity
B)bicultural identity
C)marginalized identity
D)multi-identities
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Chapter 10: Young Adulthood
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Q1) What aspects of love begin more slowly and take longer to develop,but endure longest?
A)intimacy and passion
B)intimacy and commitment
C)passion and commitment
D)stability and commitment
Q2) Despite family expectations for his financial help,Gary quitting his job and returning to academia.He wants to enjoy his twenties,but he worries about "all this time wasted at school." He knows he is taking a chance,but he hopes to be a pioneer as "one of the few Vietnamese getting a doctorate." He refers to all of these thoughts as "looking _________ at what I'm doing."
A)psychoanalytically
B)realistically
C)behaviorally
D)holistically
Q3) Describe the semi-arranged marriages of the East.Are there any similarities to the way mate selection occurs in Western countries? Are there any benefits? Explain.
Q4) The narrator mentions one common theme among all of the relationships,what is that theme?
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Chapter 11: Middle Adulthood
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Q1) By age 40 years,many individuals in midlife experience sleep problems.What are the consequences? Adults in midlife are ____.
A)less likely to experience the deepest type of sleep
B)more likely to have nightmares
C)more likely to fall asleep on the job
D)less likely to have appropriate bone density
Q2) Your mother and father just divorced.You talk to your mother frequently and she has indicated to you that she is worried that she will live the rest of her life alone,after all,she'll be 50 soon.Are her concerns well founded?
A)Yes,only 33% of women who get divorced after age 40 remarry.
B)Yes,only 10% of women who get divorced after age 40 remarry.
C)No,66% of women who get divorced after age 40 remarry.
D)No,90% of women who get divorced after age 40 remarry.
Q3) A person's vocabulary,cultural information stored in long-term memory,and logical reasoning abilities are examples of ____.
A)fluid intelligence
B)crystallized intelligence
C)cognitive overload
D)CPU speed
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Chapter 12: Late Adulthood
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Q1) You know that you should not be,but you are a smoker.Your grandmother has hearing aids and does not like them because they seem to amplify all types of sounds rather than just the ones she has a difficult time hearing.What is one of the things that you can do so that you do not have the same difficulties with hearing as your grandmother?
A)Eat fish and green leafy vegetables.
B)Practice listening very carefully to conversations.
C)Stop smoking.
D)Turn down your mp3 player's volume.
Q2) What type of living facility for older adults has separate apartments for each person,but residents are provided with meals in a common dining area and offers housekeeping services,transportation for shopping and medical appointments and provides social activities?
A)Assisted living
B)Nursing homes
C)Geriatric hospitals
D)Hospice
Q3) Are there sex differences between the West and East in the care of aging parents? Explain.
Q4) In which country is there a "New Old People's movement?" Explain the benefits.
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Chapter 13: Death and Afterlife Beliefs
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Q1) What percentage of individuals believed that physicians should be allowed to dispense life-ending prescriptions at the request of terminally ill persons?
A)90%
B)75%
C)55%
D)35%
Q2) Within the United States,what group has the lowest rates of death from heart disease?
A)Native Americans
B)Whites
C)African Americans
D)Latinos
Q3) What is reason for the percentage of change in rates of death from heart disease from 1950 to today?
A)reduction in obesity
B)smoking cessation
C)increased exercise
D)more individuals have health insurance
Q4) In what part of the lifespan is cancer most common? Explain why.
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