Human Growth: Test 3; True/False

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According to current research, college students are more concerned with getting a well-rounded education than with being able to find a good-paying job upon graduation. A) True B) False

False

According to research, women who were abused have temporary but not lifelong alteration of their cortisol responses. A) True B) False

False

Adolescents' belief that others are as intensely interested in them as they are in themselves is referred to as "the invincibility fable." A) True B) False

False

Adults are usually aware of the "sexting" that occurs between adolescents. A) True B) False

False

All high school students who take Advanced Placement classes will be well prepared for college. A) True B) False

False

Analytic thought and intuitive thought both develop during adolescence, although analytic thought often overrides intuitive thought when many adolescents are together. A) True B) False

False

Analytic thought, compared to intuitive thought, is generally preferred in everyday life. A) True B) False

False

Anita is within the normal range for weight, but she uses laxatives in order to control her severe overconsumption of calories. Anita suffers from anorexia. A) True B) False

False

Children are more likely than adults to imagine several solutions for every problem and then to take care in selecting the best one. A) True B) False

False

Cognitive flexibility is said to be the most advanced cognitive process. A) True B) False

False

College students tend to underestimate how much the average student drinks and overestimate how their peers feel about the loud, late talking and other behaviors of students who are drunk. A) True B) False

False

Cross-sex friendships are almost always preludes to romance. A) True B) False

False

Due to their skepticism, college graduates tend to think more narrowly and rigidly than those who did not attend college. A) True B) False

False

During emerging adulthood, those who did not attend college are more likely to change jobs than those who did attend college. A) True B) False

False

Education, specific dilemmas, and culture correlate less strongly than gender with whether a person's moral judgments emphasize relationships or absolutes. A) True B) False

False

Emerging adults are marrying at younger ages than in the past. A) True B)False

False

Emerging adults are more likely than older or younger people to attend religious services and to pray, even though most consider themselves less spiritual compared to when they were younger. A) True B) False

False

Emerging adults of both sexes say that if they want a serious relationship with someone, they are more likely to hook up with them to find out whether they are sexually compatible. A) True B) False

False

Familism refers to parents' ongoing awareness of their children's activities and friendships. A) True B) False

False

Family stress decreases hormone production during puberty. A) True B) False

False

Health habits in emerging adulthood do not affect vitality in old age. A) True B) False

False

Hermione accepts her parents' religious faith without question. She is happy and enjoys participating in religious events with them. Hermione's behavior shows identity moratorium. A) True B) False

False

In the twenty-first century, most adolescents affiliate strongly with one political party over another. A) True B) False

False

Late-maturing girls tend to have a worse body image than their early-maturing peers do. A) True B) False

False

Longitudinal research shows that more than 60 percent of European children grow up to be isolated, lonely emerging adults. A) True B) False

False

Middle schools are designed to foster strong teacher-student relationships. A) True B) False

False

Most American high-school students eat the recommended amount of vegetables daily. A) True B) False

False

Most teens are fairly satisfied with their physical appearance. A) True B) False

False

People tend to make more friends during adolescence than at any later period. A) True B) False

False

Research has shown that the majority of college students date people of a different ethnicity. A) True B) False

False

Secondary sex characteristics involve reproductive organs such as the uterus and testes. A) True B) False

False

Several suicides that occur within a group over a brief span of time are called "crowd suicides." A) True B) False

False

The four areas of identity formation identified by Erikson include religious, political, familial, and physical. A) True B) False

False

The process of rumination helps adolescents recover more quickly from the effects of difficult experiences. A) True B) False

False

The rate of clinical depression in girls triples during the adolescent years. A) True B) False

False

Today's adults are considered to be "digital natives." A) True B) False

False

For adults, including emerging adults, chronological age is an imperfect guide for physical, social, and cognitive transitions. A) True B) False

True

For female emerging adults who engage in unprotected intercourse, pregnancy occurs within three months, on average. A) True B) False

True

Four aspects of family closeness are communication, support, connectedness, and control. A) True B) False

True

High school students can think abstractly, analytically, hypothetically, and logically as well as emotionally and intuitively. A) True B) False

True

Hormonal increases directly lead to interest in sex. A) True B) False

True

In many cases, perpetrators of child sexual abuse are someone the victim knows well. A) True B) False

True

In the United States in 2017, a couple's first shared household is more likely to involve cohabitation than marriage. A) True B) False

True

In the United States, STIs are overrepresented among 15- to 25-year-olds, even though this age group is underrepresented among all the sexually active adults. A) True B) False

True

Longitudinal research found that adults who were shy 4-year-old children chose careers and romantic partners later than their peers. A) True B) False

True

Many adolescents enjoy intense sensory experiences due to the difference in maturation rate between the limbic system and the prefrontal cortex. A) True B) False

True

Many emerging adults make decisions about their future careers on their own because their parents may have little knowledge of the labor market. A) True B) False

True

Men tend to share activities and interests and talk mostly about external matters in their male-male friendships. A) True B) False

True

Moratorium is an identity status that is considered to be a more mature response to identity exploration than foreclosure. A) True B) False

True

One reason other nations have greater massification than the United States in the twenty-first century is that most other nations increased public funding for tertiary education, while the United States decreased it. A) True B) False

True

Parents and teachers are often unaware of cyberbullying among adolescents. A) True B) False

True

Possible problems caused by the sexual patterns among emerging adults are increased anxiety and depression. A) True B) False

True

Postformal thought is more practical as well as more creative and imaginative than earlier stages of thinking. A) True B) False

True

Pubertal changes begin between the ages 8 and 14. A) True B) False

True

Sixteen-year-old Andrea quit school, lost her job as a waitress, and spends most of her time online in chat rooms. When her parents voiced their disapproval, she replied, "Leave me alone!" Andrea's behavior shows role confusion. A) True B) False

True

Social networking may lead to choice overload for emerging adults' romantic prospects. A) True B) False

True

Social norms exert a particularly strong influence on college students. A) True B) False

True

Some adolescents engage in some law-breaking behaviors during adolescence. A) True B) False

True

Students from all backgrounds learn more if they involve themselves in the campus community. A) True B) False

True

Studies suggest that genes influence the timing of puberty. A) True B) False

True

Taking risks can benefit an individual's development. A) True B) False

True

The most common mood disorder is major depression. A) True B) False

True

The process of aging begins in late adolescence, but few emerging adults are aware that their cells are aging. A) True B) False

True

The rate of risk taking is much higher in males than in females. A) True B) False

True

The years between ages 18 and 25 are optimal for safe reproduction and hard physical work. A) True B) False

True

Those who begin heavy drug use in college are less likely to sustain romances. A) True B) False

True

When children are born into a romantic relationship, passion seems to fade for both men and women, but commitment increases. A) True B) False

True

"Hookups" always involve sexual intercourse. A) True B) False

False

"This creature barks and wags its tail. Dogs bark and wag their tails. Therefore, this must be a dog." This is an example of deductive reasoning. A) True B) False

False

A hallmark of postformal cognition is intellectual flexibility, a characteristic far more typical of middle-aged adults than of younger people. A) True B) False

False

A person's gender identity always reflects biological characteristics. A) True B) False

False

About two-thirds of marriages worldwide are arranged. A) True B) False

False

A person with anorexia nervosa has a BMI of 18 or lower. A) True B) False

True

A program in Guatemala that provided adequate nutrition to pregnant women and children under age 3 revealed benefits for emerging adults 20 years later. A) True B) False

True

A reasonable response to the identity search is to seek a moratorium, postponing identity achievement while exploring possibilities. A) True B) False

True

According to Erikson, the ultimate goal of the identity crisis is identity achievement. A) True B) False

True

According to Jean Piaget and his colleagues, around age 10, children are first able to use the trial-and-error method to achieve some understanding of balance. A) True B) False

True

Across adulthood, back and leg muscles shrink faster than arm muscles. A) True B) False

True

Adolescents place a very high value on social warmth and friendships. A) True B) False

True

Adults are more likely to commit suicide than are adolescents. A) True B) False

True

Advertisements and curricula that rely on scare tactics can actually increase drug use by making it seem exciting. A) True B) False

True

All research finds that many emerging adults are anxious about themselves, their relationships, and their future. A) True B) False

True

An individual's personality influences success in high school and college, but success in high school and college also affects an individual's personality. A) True B) False

True

Andre, an adolescent, constantly thinks about himself and how others perceive him. This egocentrism is common at his age. A) True B) False

True

Because the limbic system is activated by puberty but the prefrontal cortex matures more gradually over time, adolescents might be swayed by their intuition instead of by logic. A) True B) False

True

Being exposed to a diverse array of people in college likely contributes to deeper thought and intellectual challenge. A) True B) False

True

Both boys and girls produce androgens and estrogens. A) True B) False

True

Carol Gilligan believes that decisions about reproduction advance moral thinking, especially for women. A) True B) False

True

College students may avoid getting a flu shot because it does not guarantee that they won't get the flu. A) True B) False

True

Contrary to adult fears, many adolescent romances do not include sexual intercourse. A) True B) False

True

Deepening of the voice is among the last signs of pubertal changes in males. A) True B) False

True

Dialectical thinking involves the constant integration of beliefs and experiences with all the contradictions and inconsistencies of daily life. A) True B) False

True

During adolescence, the heart doubles in size, the pulse rate decreases, and blood pressure increases. A) True B) False

True

During their growth spurt, females gain more fat than males do. A) True B) False

True

Egocentrism leads adolescents to interpret everyone else's behavior as if it were a judgment on them. A) True B) False

True

Every year of college appears to improve cognitive abilities. A) True B) False

True


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