Question 1

Vincent's ability to reason hypothetically in his geometry class indicates that he is in the ________ stage of development.

Accepted Answer

A)   concrete operational
B)   formal operational
C)   preconventional
D)   postconventional

Question 2

Children who ________ are especially likely to be academically successful.

Accepted Answer

A)   experience early pubertal maturation
B)   exhibit moral intuition
C)   are able to delay gratification
D)   demonstrate preconventional morality

Question 3

Which psychologist most clearly emphasized that adolescents often try out different "selves" in different situations as part of the process of forming an identity?

Accepted Answer

A)   Jonathan Haidt
B)   Lawrence Kohlberg
C)   Erik Erikson
D)   Jean Piaget

Question 4

Psychologist Jonathan Haidt has described our moral intuitions as

Accepted Answer

A)   formal operations.
B)   a pruning process.
C)   quick gut feelings.
D)   postconventional judgments.

Question 5

The developmental stage of adolescence is likely to be briefest in cultures where teens are

Accepted Answer

A)   preoccupied with peer approval.
B)   seldom married.
C)   experiencing role confusion.
D)   financially self-supporting.

Question 6

A rite of passage is defined as a(n)

Accepted Answer

A)   moral intuition.
B)   preoperational stage.
C)   initiation ceremony.
D)   sense of basic trust.

Question 7

G.Stanley Hall described adolescence as a period of

Accepted Answer

A)   identity verses role confusion.
B)   intimacy versus loneliness.
C)   storm and stress.
D)   integrity and despair.

Question 8

According to Erik Erikson,a sense of _________ is formed during infancy by appropriate experiences with responsive caregivers.

Accepted Answer

A)   identity
B)   initiative
C)   basic trust
D)   object permanence

Question 9

A student who does not cheat on tests because he doesn't want to violate classroom rules is in Kohlberg's ________ stage.

Accepted Answer

A)   preconventional
B)   preoperational
C)   conventional
D)   postconventional

Question 10

Mr.Lambers refuses to pay income taxes because his conscience will not allow him to support a government that spends billions of dollars on military weapons.Mr.Lambers' reasoning best illustrates Kohlberg's ________ stage.

Accepted Answer

A)   postconventional
B)   concrete operational
C)   preconventional
D)   conventional

Question 11

Adolescents are most likely to be influenced by their parents with respect to ________,and they are most likely to be influenced by their peers with respect to ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   online communication habits;college choices
B)   dating practices;religious faith
C)   bedtime preferences;political views
D)   career choices;clothing preferences

Question 12

According to Erikson,teens who suffer role confusion have not yet

Accepted Answer

A)   experienced a sense of basic trust.
B)   achieved a sense of autonomy.
C)   striven for a sense of competence.
D)   solidified a sense of identity.

Question 13

Our ________ often forms around our distinctive characteristics.

Accepted Answer

A)   identity
B)   social image
C)   social identity
D)   self-concept

Question 14

According to Erikson,adolescents who are unable to develop a sense of identity experience

Accepted Answer

A)   postconventional morality.
B)   role confusion.
C)   delay of gratification.
D)   an intuitionist perspective.

Question 15

Critics have noted that Kohlberg's theory of moral development is biased against ________ societies.

Accepted Answer

A)   industrial
B)   ethnically diverse
C)   agricultural
D)   collectivist

Question 16

As individuals progress through their teen years into early adulthood,their self-esteem typically becomes

Accepted Answer

A)   less personalized and unique.
B)   more fluid and changeable.
C)   less integrated.
D)   more positive.

Question 17

People experience rapid physical development and sexual maturation

Accepted Answer

A)   during late adolescence.
B)   at puberty.
C)   when the frontal lobe matures.
D)   during emerging adulthood.

Question 18

Formal operational thought is MOST necessary for the development of ________ morality.

Accepted Answer

A)   preoperational
B)   conventional
C)   preconventional
D)   postconventional

Question 19

Compared with a century ago,in the United States today people are likely to

Accepted Answer

A)   establish their adult careers at an earlier age.
B)   marry for the first time at a later age.
C)   live separately from their parents at an earlier age.
D)   experience their first menstrual period at a later age.

Question 20

Who is likely to be the most popular student in the fifth-grade class?

Accepted Answer

A)   Helmut,who is the tallest boy in the class
B)   Jeff,who is the statistician for the basketball team
C)   Hara,who is below average in height and physical maturity
D)   Sally,who is the most sexually mature girl in the class

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As individuals progress through their teen years into early adulthood,their self-esteem typically becomes

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A student who does not cheat on tests because he doesn't want to violate classroom rules is in Kohlberg's ________ stage.

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People experience rapid physical development and sexual maturation

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According to Erik Erikson,a sense of _________ is formed during infancy by appropriate experiences with responsive caregivers.

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Mr.Lambers refuses to pay income taxes because his conscience will not allow him to support a government that spends billions of dollars on military weapons.Mr.Lambers' reasoning best illustrates Kohlberg's ________ stage.

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The developmental stage of adolescence is likely to be briefest in cultures where teens are

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Vincent's ability to reason hypothetically in his geometry class indicates that he is in the ________ stage of development.

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G.Stanley Hall described adolescence as a period of

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Critics have noted that Kohlberg's theory of moral development is biased against ________ societies.

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Children who ________ are especially likely to be academically successful.

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Who is likely to be the most popular student in the fifth-grade class?

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Adolescents are most likely to be influenced by their parents with respect to ________,and they are most likely to be influenced by their peers with respect to ________.

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According to Erikson,adolescents who are unable to develop a sense of identity experience

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Which psychologist most clearly emphasized that adolescents often try out different "selves" in different situations as part of the process of forming an identity?

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Our ________ often forms around our distinctive characteristics.

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According to Erikson,teens who suffer role confusion have not yet

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Formal operational thought is MOST necessary for the development of ________ morality.

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