Human Growth: Test 3; True/False
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
