Developmental Psychology

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Which of the following individuals is most likely to pass through Erikson's sixth stage of development successfully?

29-year-old Maria, who is a happily married mother of three

When Anthony stops drinking for any length of time, he begins to shake, sweats, gets nauseous, and vomits. These symptoms are indications of:

Addiction

Most teenagers do not consume the recommended daily dose of iron. As a result of this, they are more likely to suffer from:

Anemia

Aaliyah is an adolescent who recently began compulsively eating large quantities of food and then taking laxatives to purge the food she consumed. Aaliyah suffers from:

Bulimia nervosa

_________ reflects one's ability to work one's way from a general statement or concept to specific details.

Deductive Reasoning

The ability to consider both a point and its counterpoint simultaneously is known as ________ thought.

Dialectical

Which of the following is true of puberty and biorhythms?

During puberty, night is often more energizing.

Another name for the paired sex glands that help to trigger puberty by producing hormones is the:

Gonads

When Lucius is too warm, his body perspires to vent heat. When he is cold, he shivers to generate heat. These processes are an attempt to maintain:

Homeostasis

According to Erikson, young adults struggle with the developmental conflict of intimacy versus:

Isolation

Which of the following would be an example of homogamy?

Janice and Marcus, both African American, have been dating for a year.

Which developmental concept describes the fact that success, health, and well-being in one generation of a family is related to those qualities in the next generation?

Linked lives

The most prominent change in adolescent thought is the ability to

Perceive possibility

Tracy is greatly influenced by her environment and the context of what is going on around her. This is likely due to:

Plasticity genes

Which secondary sex characteristic is experienced by both males and females?

Pubic hair appears

Which of the following describes the type of domestic violence that occurs when both partners are aggressive toward each other, physically, verbally, or both, yet are still sometimes caring and affectionate?

Situational couple violence

Which of the following statements is true of adolescence?

Teenagers' brains make them more inclined to imagine success.

Which of the following statements about sexual activity in adolescence is FALSE?

Teens are more sexually active than 10 years ago.

Which of the following is among the body changes in adolescence that increase physical endurance?

The heart doubles in size.

The need for teenagers to fit into their peer group is most likely due to:

The imaginary audience

During adolescence, the lungs will ____ in weight and the heart will _____ in size.

Triple; Double

Depression runs in Rachel's family. She's never had an issue with it until recently, when she moved away and started college. Which of the following is the best explanation for this recent emergence?

diathesis-stress model

Sanjitis considering college but worries that he will not stay committed and complete his education. Which of the following types of education would you suggest, given his concerns?

flipped classes

The group of emerging adults who have more difficulty with achieving ethnic identity are:

immigrants

When a teenager speeds down the freeway under the influence of alcohol, he is demonstrating which aspect of adolescent egocentrism?

invincibility fable

Which of the following is NOT cited in the text as a positive impact of having more education?

less daily stress

Shania is asked to evaluate a scenario in which a woman is speeding with a young child in the car. Before answering, she asks whether the woman was rushing for a reason related to the child. Shania is demonstrating:

morality of care

Monica and Chandler met during a spring break event and fell madly in love with each other. They are both physically aroused when together. Sternberg describes this aspect of love as:

passion

The opposite of identity achievement is:

role confusion

Juan is a college student who feels strongly that he must remain true to his beliefs and try to impact the world around him. Juan is most likely a ________, according to Perry's scheme model.

senior

The local university starts an initiative to counter the belief that minority students are less academically gifted. If this helps prevent the minorities from themselves falling prey to this belief, then the program has helped to reduce:

stereotype threat


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