Chapter 12-Development 2-Adolescence To The End Of Life

Question 0

True or False.
Typically by late childhood or early adolescence, and individual would be functioning at the level of conventional morality.

Answer 0

True

Question 1

True or False.

Adolescent refers to the approximately two year period of rapid physical change that culminated sexual maturity.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

True or False.
The term climacteric refers to physiological changes associated with the transition from fertility to infertility for both men and women.

Answer 2

False.

Question 3

True or False.

The brain begins to decrease in size as a result of loss in neurons by about age forty.

Answer 3

False.

Question 4

True or False.

The activity theory proposes that the aging process is a consequence of wear and tear on one’s body

Answer 4

False.

Question 5

What does the adolescent growth spurt indicate?
A. Occurs at younger age in boys than girls
B. Refers to as a four year time span of rapid physical growth in early adolescence
C. Completes before child reaches sexual maturity
D. Occurs after child reaches sexual maturity

Answer 5

C. Completes before child reaches sexual maturity

Question 6

When people have cognitively matured to the point which they can explore hypothetical or what of possibilities, Piaget would say that they are in the \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_stage.
A. Sensorimotor 
B. Preoperational 
C. Concrete op.
D. Formal op.

Answer 6

D. Formal op.

Question 7

Kohlberg was more interested in a person’s_______ rather than in his or her________.
A. Moral behavior, moral reasoning
B. Yes or no answer to moral dilemma, moral behavior
C. Yes or no answer to moral dilemma, moral reasoning
D. Moral reasoning, yes or no answer to moral dilemma

Answer 7

D. Moral reasoning, yes or no answer to moral dilemma

Question 8

The popular image of the teenager years as a time of rebellion, storm, stress, is considered which of the following?
A. Substantiated by studies
B. Applicable to only adolescent years
C. More myth than fact
D. True only in America

Answer 8

C. More myth than fact

Question 9

When do most people reach the peak of their reproductive capacities and enjoy the best health of their lives?
A. Middle adulthood 
B. Early adulthood 
C. Later adulthood
D. Late adolescence

Answer 9

B. Early adulthood

Question 10

What is one problem with cross sectional studies on intelligence?
A. Older groups experienced less formal education
B. Older groups have less experience with standardized test
C. Groups have experienced varied cultural conditions
D. All of the above

Answer 10

D. All of the above

Question 11

Approx. what percent of young adults are married today?
A. 60
B. 50 
C. 80 
D. 25

Answer 11

B. 50

Question 12

Which of the following vision problems is NOT increasingly common in the old years?
A. Night vision problems
B. Perceiving color
C. Farsightedness 
D. Nearsightedness

Answer 12

D. Nearsightedness

Question 13

Current evidence links the cause of Alzheimer's disease to which of the following?
A. An excess in beta amyloid protein
B. Defective gene in chromosome 21
C. Environmental factors
D. Gene mutation on several chromosomes

Answer 13

A. An excess in beta amyloid protein

Question 14

Erikon’s development task of the older years-ego integrity v despair-is consistent with the idea that older people_______.
A. Select a lifestyle that reflects their personality
B. Are concerned with problem finding
C. Conduct a life review
D. Demonstrate post conventional thought

Answer 14

C. Conduct a life review