Question 1

The National Research Council (2004)recommended which of the following as a way to improve U.S.high schools?

Accepted Answer

A) Involve students in public health care. 
B) Discourage students from taking on community service involvement. 
C) Find ways to get students more engaged in learning. 
D) Encourage students to focus on one extracurricular activity at a time. 
A) Involve students in public health care. 
B) Discourage students from taking on community service involvement. 
C) Find ways to get students more engaged in learning. 
D) Encourage students to focus on one extracurricular activity at a time.

Question 2

Which of the following is an essential characteristic of the imaginary audience phenomenon?

Accepted Answer

A) A sense of immortality 
B) A feeling of insignifiance 
C) Attention-seeking behavior 
D) A sense of indestructibility 
A) A sense of immortality 
B) A feeling of insignifiance 
C) Attention-seeking behavior 
D) A sense of indestructibility

Question 3

What is character education?

Accepted Answer

Character education refers to a direct e

Question 4

A direct approach that involves teaching students a basic moral literacy to prevent them from engaging in immoral behavior and harming themselves or others is called

Accepted Answer

A) hidden curriculum. 
B) character education. 
C) service learning. 
D) value clarification. 
A) hidden curriculum. 
B) character education. 
C) service learning. 
D) value clarification.

Question 5

Which of the following is NOT one of the sociocultural factors that influence adolescent career development?

Accepted Answer

A) Parents and peers 
B) Schools 
C) Culture 
D) Screen time 
A) Parents and peers 
B) Schools 
C) Culture 
D) Screen time

Question 6

According to Jean Piaget,adolescents differ from younger children in that younger children will have significant difficulty in

Accepted Answer

A) solving problems through trial-and-error. 
B) differentiating between thoughts and reality. 
C) dealing with concrete experiences. 
D) creating and testing hypotheses. 
A) solving problems through trial-and-error. 
B) differentiating between thoughts and reality. 
C) dealing with concrete experiences. 
D) creating and testing hypotheses.

Question 7

According to your text,which developmental factor contributes to adolescents' increasing sensitivity with members of abstract groups that they have little experience?

Accepted Answer

A) Physical development 
B) Cognitive development 
C) Emotional development 
D) Intuitive development 
A) Physical development 
B) Cognitive development 
C) Emotional development 
D) Intuitive development

Question 8

The increase in _____ lets adolescents consider various ideas about religious and spiritual concepts.

Accepted Answer

A) abstract thinking 
B) trial-and-error learning 
C) adolescent egocentrism 
D) the imaginary audience phenomenon 
A) abstract thinking 
B) trial-and-error learning 
C) adolescent egocentrism 
D) the imaginary audience phenomenon

Question 9

Cognitive control is also referred to as inhibitory control or _____ control.

Accepted Answer

A) effortful 
B) focused 
C) dedicated 
D) strenuous 
A) effortful 
B) focused 
C) dedicated 
D) strenuous

Question 10

What changes often occur in an adolescent's religious development?

Accepted Answer

Students' answers may vary. More so than

Question 11

One finding from the Carnegie Corporation's 1989 report Turning Points was that most middle schools and junior high schools tend to

Accepted Answer

A) be too small to provide a diversified curriculum. 
B) involve parents and community leaders in schools. 
C) provide health-care and counseling services to students. 
D) teach from seemingly irrelevant curricula. 
A) be too small to provide a diversified curriculum. 
B) involve parents and community leaders in schools. 
C) provide health-care and counseling services to students. 
D) teach from seemingly irrelevant curricula.

Question 12

What is working memory? What are the developmental changes in working memory during adolescence?

Accepted Answer

British psychologist Alan Baddeley propo

Question 13

What is the role of parenting in the formation of religious beliefs?

Accepted Answer

Religious institutions created by adults

Question 14

After his grandmother drove him to the video store to buy a new game,Caleb stayed and raked his grandmother's yard.Caleb was demonstrating

Accepted Answer

A) forgiveness. 
B) kindness. 
C) empathy. 
D) gratitude. 
A) forgiveness. 
B) kindness. 
C) empathy. 
D) gratitude.

Question 15

What is an integrative approach to moral education?

Accepted Answer

Darcia Narváez emphasizes an integrative

Question 16

In the _____ stage individuals are no longer limited to actual experiences as anchors for thought.

Accepted Answer

A) sensorimotor 
B) preoperational 
C) concrete operational 
D) formal operational 
A) sensorimotor 
B) preoperational 
C) concrete operational 
D) formal operational

Question 17

In a typical _____ program,high school students meet in a semester-long course to discuss a number of moral issues.The instructor acts as a facilitator,rather than as a director,of the class.

Accepted Answer

A) hidden curriculum 
B) character education 
C) cognitive moral education 
D) values clarification 
A) hidden curriculum 
B) character education 
C) cognitive moral education 
D) values clarification

Question 18

According to Robert Crosnoe's book,Fitting In,Standing Out,many adolescents

Accepted Answer

A) spend more time on their academics than on peer relations. 
B) pay an academic price because of the demanding social aspects of school. 
C) are very popular,so academics don't really matter to them. 
D) are more likely to fit in if they are gay or obese. 
A) spend more time on their academics than on peer relations. 
B) pay an academic price because of the demanding social aspects of school. 
C) are very popular,so academics don't really matter to them. 
D) are more likely to fit in if they are gay or obese.

Question 19

_____ invulnerability,captures an adolescent's felt invulnerability related to personal or psychological distress.

Accepted Answer

A) Psychological 
B) Natural 
C) Danger 
D) Induced 
A) Psychological 
B) Natural 
C) Danger 
D) Induced

Question 20

Hypothetical-deductive reasoning enables adolescents to:

Accepted Answer

A) indulge in idealistic thinking. 
B) plan and systematically test alternatives. 
C) overcome adolescent egocentrism in their thinking. 
D) speculate about ideal characteristics they desire in themselves and in others. 
A) indulge in idealistic thinking. 
B) plan and systematically test alternatives. 
C) overcome adolescent egocentrism in their thinking. 
D) speculate about ideal characteristics they desire in themselves and in others.

The National Research Council (2004)recommended which of the following as a way to improve U.S.high schools?

Which of the following is an essential characteristic of the imaginary audience phenomenon?

What is character education?

A direct approach that involves teaching students a basic moral literacy to prevent them from engaging in immoral behavior and harming themselves or others is called

Which of the following is NOT one of the sociocultural factors that influence adolescent career development?

According to Jean Piaget,adolescents differ from younger children in that younger children will have significant difficulty in

According to your text,which developmental factor contributes to adolescents' increasing sensitivity with members of abstract groups that they have little experience?

The increase in _____ lets adolescents consider various ideas about religious and spiritual concepts.

Cognitive control is also referred to as inhibitory control or _____ control.

What changes often occur in an adolescent's religious development?

One finding from the Carnegie Corporation's 1989 report Turning Points was that most middle schools and junior high schools tend to

What is working memory? What are the developmental changes in working memory during adolescence?

What is the role of parenting in the formation of religious beliefs?

After his grandmother drove him to the video store to buy a new game,Caleb stayed and raked his grandmother's yard.Caleb was demonstrating

What is an integrative approach to moral education?

In the _____ stage individuals are no longer limited to actual experiences as anchors for thought.

In a typical _____ program,high school students meet in a semester-long course to discuss a number of moral issues.The instructor acts as a facilitator,rather than as a director,of the class.

According to Robert Crosnoe's book,Fitting In,Standing Out,many adolescents

_____ invulnerability,captures an adolescent's felt invulnerability related to personal or psychological distress.

Hypothetical-deductive reasoning enables adolescents to:

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Biological Beginnings

Prenatal Development

Birth

Physical Development in Infancy

Cognitive Development in Infancy

Socioemotional Development in Infancy

Physical Development in Early Childhood

Cognitive Development in Early Childhood

Socioemotional Development in Early Childhood

Physical Development in Middle in Late Childhood

Cognitive Development in Middle in Late Childhood

Socioemotional Development in Middle in Late Childhood

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Exam 15: Cognitive Development in Adolescence

The National Research Council (2004)recommended which of the following as a way to improve U.S.high schools?

Which of the following is an essential characteristic of the imaginary audience phenomenon?

What is character education?

A direct approach that involves teaching students a basic moral literacy to prevent them from engaging in immoral behavior and harming themselves or others is called

Which of the following is NOT one of the sociocultural factors that influence adolescent career development?

According to Jean Piaget,adolescents differ from younger children in that younger children will have significant difficulty in

According to your text,which developmental factor contributes to adolescents' increasing sensitivity with members of abstract groups that they have little experience?

The increase in _____ lets adolescents consider various ideas about religious and spiritual concepts.

Cognitive control is also referred to as inhibitory control or _____ control.

What changes often occur in an adolescent's religious development?

One finding from the Carnegie Corporation's 1989 report Turning Points was that most middle schools and junior high schools tend to

What is working memory? What are the developmental changes in working memory during adolescence?

What is the role of parenting in the formation of religious beliefs?

After his grandmother drove him to the video store to buy a new game,Caleb stayed and raked his grandmother's yard.Caleb was demonstrating

What is an integrative approach to moral education?

In the _____ stage individuals are no longer limited to actual experiences as anchors for thought.

In a typical _____ program,high school students meet in a semester-long course to discuss a number of moral issues.The instructor acts as a facilitator,rather than as a director,of the class.

According to Robert Crosnoe's book,Fitting In,Standing Out,many adolescents

_____ invulnerability,captures an adolescent's felt invulnerability related to personal or psychological distress.

Hypothetical-deductive reasoning enables adolescents to:

Introduction

Biological Beginnings

Prenatal Development

Birth

Physical Development in Infancy

Cognitive Development in Infancy

Socioemotional Development in Infancy

Physical Development in Early Childhood

Cognitive Development in Early Childhood

Socioemotional Development in Early Childhood

Physical Development in Middle in Late Childhood

Cognitive Development in Middle in Late Childhood

Socioemotional Development in Middle in Late Childhood

Physical Development in Adolescence

Socioemotional Development in Adolescence

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