Question 1

According to Kohlberg, what has the strongest influence on moral development?

Accepted Answer

A)  age 
B)  social development 
C)  cognitive development 
D)  emotional development

Question 2

Which of the following distinguishes girls' and boys' verbal abilities?

Accepted Answer

A)  Girls tend to score lower on verbal ability tests than boys. 
B)  Girls tend to score higher on verbal ability tests than boys. 
C)  Girls are biologically inferior verbally compared with boys. 
D)  Girls are biologically superior verbally compared with boys.

Question 3

MATCHING
-Secular trend

Accepted Answer

A) testes 
B) women's moral reasoning according to Gilligan 
C) physical changes indicating reproductive capacity 
D) intense fear of being overweight 
E) imaginary audience
F)breast development
G)can engage in hypothetical thinking
H)men's moral reasoning according to Gilligan
I)storm and stress
J)early-maturing girl
K)binge-purge cycle
L)career matched to personality
M)early onset of puberty in Western countries
N)early maturing boy
O)boys tend to outperform girls
P)transition from childhood to adulthood
Q)often accompanied by a decrease in grades and self-esteem
R)average female adolescent height gain per year
S)hands and feet grow faster than arms and legs
T)small class size, vocational components, early preschool interventions

Question 4

During adolescence, what do girls gain almost twice as much of, compared with boys?

Accepted Answer

A)  fatty tissue 
B)  muscle tissue 
C)  height 
D)  weight

Question 5

Which of the following is a sex hormone?

Accepted Answer

A)  androgen 
B)  indogen 
C)  endogen 
D)  oxytocin

Question 6

Which of the following statements best characterizes formal operations?

Accepted Answer

A)  The concept was proposed by Erikson. 
B)  Most people reach this stage by age 7 or 8. 
C)  It is a stage in Jean Piaget's theory. 
D)  It is generally achieved by age 25, following the development of the cerebrum.

Question 7

Gonads include the ovaries and testes.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

What is the relationship between the timing of the growth spurt and height at maturity?

Accepted Answer

A)  Children who spurt early tend to be long-legged. 
B)  Children who spurt late tend to be short-legged. 
C)  Children with stable growth patterns during early and middle childhood will abruptly experience growth spurt in adolescence. 
D)  Those who spurt early tend to end up taller at maturity.

Question 9

In preconventional morality, children base moral judgments on the consequences of their behaviour.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Jim and John are both 17, and both are 180 cm tall.What can we conclude about Jim and John and their growth spurts?

Accepted Answer

A)  They both experienced the growth spurt late. 
B)  They both experienced the growth spurt early. 
C)  They are very likely to be biologically related. 
D)  We know nothing about the growth spurts of these young men.

Question 11

How do adolescents choose careers?

Accepted Answer

The answer of How do adolescents choose careers?...

Question 12

What are the drug and alcohol habits of Canadian adolescents?

Accepted Answer

The answer of What are the drug and alcohol habits...

Question 13

Of the following countries, which country can brag that it has the highest average height for men?

Accepted Answer

A)  Canada 
B)  India 
C)  Netherlands 
D)  United States

Question 14

Which of the following statements characterizes an "imaginary audience"?

Accepted Answer

A)  It is a common thought process used during middle childhood but it disappears by adolescence. 
B)  It is part of adolescents' belief system that one's thoughts and emotions are special and unique. 
C)  It causes adolescents to think they are important but they are surrounded by critics more than by admirers. 
D)  It leads to distortion of body image and eating disorders in adolescent boys.

Question 15

There are no disadvantages to being an early-maturing boy.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Deepening of the voice is a secondary sex characteristic.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Unintentional injury is the number one cause of death for adolescents.Approximately what percentage of adolescent deaths each year result from unintentional injury?

Accepted Answer

A)  15% 
B)  35% 
C)  55% 
D)  75%

Question 18

What is the relationship between gender and the likelihood of dieting and of developing eating disorders?

Accepted Answer

A)  Males are more likely to diet and to develop eating disorders. 
B)  Females are more likely to diet and to develop eating disorders. 
C)  Males and females are equally likely to diet and to develop eating disorders. 
D)  Males are more likely to diet, whereas females are more likely to develop eating disorders.

Question 19

Which of the following is an example of a secondary sex characteristic?

Accepted Answer

A)  breast development 
B)  testes development 
C)  maturation of the fallopian tubes 
D)  seminal vesicles

Question 20

Adolescents can think ahead and systematically try out various possibilities in their minds.Which of the following is this ability related to?

Accepted Answer

A)  hypothesis testing 
B)  a higher level of egocentrism 
C)  a greater number of cognitive mistakes 
D)  less monitoring of individual behaviour

Exam 11: Adolescence: Physical and Cognitive Development

According to Kohlberg, what has the strongest influence on moral development?

Which of the following distinguishes girls' and boys' verbal abilities?

MATCHING -Secular trend

During adolescence, what do girls gain almost twice as much of, compared with boys?

Which of the following is a sex hormone?

Which of the following statements best characterizes formal operations?

Gonads include the ovaries and testes.

What is the relationship between the timing of the growth spurt and height at maturity?

In preconventional morality, children base moral judgments on the consequences of their behaviour.

Jim and John are both 17, and both are 180 cm tall.What can we conclude about Jim and John and their growth spurts?

How do adolescents choose careers?

What are the drug and alcohol habits of Canadian adolescents?

Of the following countries, which country can brag that it has the highest average height for men?

Which of the following statements characterizes an "imaginary audience"?

There are no disadvantages to being an early-maturing boy.

Deepening of the voice is a secondary sex characteristic.

Unintentional injury is the number one cause of death for adolescents.Approximately what percentage of adolescent deaths each year result from unintentional injury?

What is the relationship between gender and the likelihood of dieting and of developing eating disorders?

Which of the following is an example of a secondary sex characteristic?

Adolescents can think ahead and systematically try out various possibilities in their minds.Which of the following is this ability related to?