1) according to erikson, the psychological conflict of adolescence is identity versus
a)autonomy.
b)role confusion.
c)exploration.
d)commitment.
2) around age ____, iq becomes more stable than it was at earlier ages, and it correlates
well with academic achievement.
a)3
b)4
c)6
d)8
3) kevins parents make few or no demands. they permit kevin to make many decisions
before he is ready. kevins parents have a(n) ___________ style of child rearing.
a)authoritarian
b)permissive
c)authoritative
d)uninvolved
4) tony has thought long and hard about music as a career. when asked if he would
change his mind if something better came along, he replied, i doubt it. which identity
status characterizes tony?
a)identity achievement
b)moratorium
c)identity foreclosure
d)identity diffusion
5) children first represent objects and events on paper by
a)drawing only the boundaries of objects.
b)drawing recognizable shapes.
c)making gestures that leave marks.
d)drawing stick figures.
6) which of the following statements is consistent with the proximodistal trend of body
growth?
a)in the prenatal period, the head, chest, and trunk grow first, then the arms and legs.
b)at birth, the head takes up one-fourth of total body length, the legs only one-third.
c)in the prenatal period, the trunk grows first, followed by the chest and the head.
d)during infancy and childhood, the hands and feet develop more rapidly than the trunk.
7) kyle enjoys construction and carpentry. which of the following personality types best
describes him?
a)conventional
b)enterprising
c)investigative
d)realistic
8) adolescents most commonly media multitask by
a)surfing the internet while in class.
b)listening to music while doing homework or talking with friends.
c)watching tv while eating dinner with their families.
d)using cell phones while watching tv.
9) many u.s. teachers emphasize
a)the application of abstract concepts to real-life situations.
b)rote memorization and repetitive drills.
c)higher-level thinking.
d)analysis and synthesis of new information.
10) which of the following 11-year-old children is the most likely to have adjustment
difficulties when left alone at home?
a)genevieve, who has a history of authoritative parenting
b)trenton, who is left to his own devices for five hours a day
c)teresa, who is monitored by parental telephone calls
d)alexia, who has regular after-school chores
11) after a family camping trip, rollies mother asks him to tell his grandmother about
the trip. rollies response represents
a)metacognitive knowledge.
b)a script.
c)recognition memory.
d)autobiographical memory.
12) which of the following is true about the parentchild relationship in adolescence?
a)contrary to popular media portrayals, there is a decline in the intensity of parentchild
conflict.
b)psychological distancing, common in village and tribal societies, is less common in
western cultures.
c)the larger the gap between parents and adolescents views of teenagers readiness for
new responsibilities, the more they quarrel.
d)parentson conflict tends to be more intense than conflict with daughters.
13) older adolescent mothers display more effective parenting when they
a)live with one or both of their own parents until the child is school-age.
b)avoid child-care assistance from the babys father in order to establish their
independence.
c)cut off ties with their friends and relatives during the early childhood years.
d)establish their own residence with the help of relatives.