Question 1

A student who does not cheat on tests because he doesn't want to violate classroom rules is in Kohlberg's ________ stage.

Accepted Answer

A)  preconventional 
B)  preoperational 
C)  conventional 
D)  postconventional 
A)  preconventional 
B)  preoperational 
C)  conventional 
D)  postconventional

Question 2

Compared with a century ago,in the United States today people are likely to

Accepted Answer

A)  establish their adult careers at an earlier age. 
B)  marry for the first time at a later age. 
C)  live separately from their parents at an earlier age. 
D)  experience their first menstrual period at a later age. 
A)  establish their adult careers at an earlier age. 
B)  marry for the first time at a later age. 
C)  live separately from their parents at an earlier age. 
D)  experience their first menstrual period at a later age.

Question 3

Our ________ often forms around our distinctive characteristics.

Accepted Answer

A)  identity 
B)  social image 
C)  social identity 
D)  self-concept 
A)  identity 
B)  social image 
C)  social identity 
D)  self-concept

Question 4

Mr.Lambers refuses to pay income taxes because his conscience will not allow him to support a government that spends billions of dollars on military weapons.Mr.Lambers' reasoning best illustrates Kohlberg's ________ stage.

Accepted Answer

A)  postconventional 
B)  concrete operational 
C)  preconventional 
D)  conventional 
A)  postconventional 
B)  concrete operational 
C)  preconventional 
D)  conventional

Question 5

According to Erikson,teens who suffer role confusion have not yet

Accepted Answer

A)  experienced a sense of basic trust. 
B)  achieved a sense of autonomy. 
C)  striven for a sense of competence. 
D)  solidified a sense of identity. 
A)  experienced a sense of basic trust. 
B)  achieved a sense of autonomy. 
C)  striven for a sense of competence. 
D)  solidified a sense of identity.

Question 6

Psychologist Jonathan Haidt has described our moral intuitions as

Accepted Answer

A)  formal operations. 
B)  a pruning process. 
C)  quick gut feelings. 
D)  postconventional judgments. 
A)  formal operations. 
B)  a pruning process. 
C)  quick gut feelings. 
D)  postconventional judgments.

Question 7

Vincent's ability to reason hypothetically in his geometry class indicates that he is in the ________ stage of development.

Accepted Answer

A)  concrete operational 
B)  formal operational 
C)  preconventional 
D)  postconventional 
A)  concrete operational 
B)  formal operational 
C)  preconventional 
D)  postconventional

Question 8

Children who ________ are especially likely to be academically successful.

Accepted Answer

A)  experience early pubertal maturation 
B)  exhibit moral intuition 
C)  are able to delay gratification 
D)  demonstrate preconventional morality 
A)  experience early pubertal maturation 
B)  exhibit moral intuition 
C)  are able to delay gratification 
D)  demonstrate preconventional morality

Question 9

According to Erikson,adolescents who are unable to develop a sense of identity experience

Accepted Answer

A)  postconventional morality. 
B)  role confusion. 
C)  delay of gratification. 
D)  an intuitionist perspective. 
A)  postconventional morality. 
B)  role confusion. 
C)  delay of gratification. 
D)  an intuitionist perspective.

Question 10

According to Erik Erikson,a sense of _________ is formed during infancy by appropriate experiences with responsive caregivers.

Accepted Answer

A)  identity 
B)  initiative 
C)  basic trust 
D)  object permanence 
A)  identity 
B)  initiative 
C)  basic trust 
D)  object permanence

Question 11

People experience rapid physical development and sexual maturation

Accepted Answer

A)  during late adolescence. 
B)  at puberty. 
C)  when the frontal lobe matures. 
D)  during emerging adulthood. 
A)  during late adolescence. 
B)  at puberty. 
C)  when the frontal lobe matures. 
D)  during emerging adulthood.

Question 12

The developmental stage of adolescence is likely to be briefest in cultures where teens are

Accepted Answer

A)  preoccupied with peer approval. 
B)  seldom married. 
C)  experiencing role confusion. 
D)  financially self-supporting. 
A)  preoccupied with peer approval. 
B)  seldom married. 
C)  experiencing role confusion. 
D)  financially self-supporting.

Question 13

Adolescents are most likely to be influenced by their parents with respect to ________,and they are most likely to be influenced by their peers with respect to ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  online communication habits;college choices 
B)  dating practices;religious faith 
C)  bedtime preferences;political views 
D)  career choices;clothing preferences 
A)  online communication habits;college choices 
B)  dating practices;religious faith 
C)  bedtime preferences;political views 
D)  career choices;clothing preferences

Question 14

G.Stanley Hall described adolescence as a period of

Accepted Answer

A)  identity verses role confusion. 
B)  intimacy versus loneliness. 
C)  storm and stress. 
D)  integrity and despair. 
A)  identity verses role confusion. 
B)  intimacy versus loneliness. 
C)  storm and stress. 
D)  integrity and despair.

Question 15

Formal operational thought is MOST necessary for the development of ________ morality.

Accepted Answer

A)  preoperational 
B)  conventional 
C)  preconventional 
D)  postconventional 
A)  preoperational 
B)  conventional 
C)  preconventional 
D)  postconventional

Question 16

Critics have noted that Kohlberg's theory of moral development is biased against ________ societies.

Accepted Answer

A)  industrial 
B)  ethnically diverse 
C)  agricultural 
D)  collectivist 
A)  industrial 
B)  ethnically diverse 
C)  agricultural 
D)  collectivist

Question 17

Which psychologist most clearly emphasized that adolescents often try out different "selves" in different situations as part of the process of forming an identity?

Accepted Answer

A)  Jonathan Haidt 
B)  Lawrence Kohlberg 
C)  Erik Erikson 
D)  Jean Piaget 
A)  Jonathan Haidt 
B)  Lawrence Kohlberg 
C)  Erik Erikson 
D)  Jean Piaget

Question 18

As individuals progress through their teen years into early adulthood,their self-esteem typically becomes

Accepted Answer

A)  less personalized and unique. 
B)  more fluid and changeable. 
C)  less integrated. 
D)  more positive. 
A)  less personalized and unique. 
B)  more fluid and changeable. 
C)  less integrated. 
D)  more positive.

Question 19

A rite of passage is defined as a(n)

Accepted Answer

A)  moral intuition. 
B)  preoperational stage. 
C)  initiation ceremony. 
D)  sense of basic trust. 
A)  moral intuition. 
B)  preoperational stage. 
C)  initiation ceremony. 
D)  sense of basic trust.

Question 20

Who is likely to be the most popular student in the fifth-grade class?

Accepted Answer

A)  Helmut,who is the tallest boy in the class 
B)  Jeff,who is the statistician for the basketball team 
C)  Hara,who is below average in height and physical maturity 
D)  Sally,who is the most sexually mature girl in the class 
A)  Helmut,who is the tallest boy in the class 
B)  Jeff,who is the statistician for the basketball team 
C)  Hara,who is below average in height and physical maturity 
D)  Sally,who is the most sexually mature girl in the class

Exam 15: Other Senses

A student who does not cheat on tests because he doesn't want to violate classroom rules is in Kohlberg's ________ stage.

Compared with a century ago,in the United States today people are likely to

Our ________ often forms around our distinctive characteristics.

Mr.Lambers refuses to pay income taxes because his conscience will not allow him to support a government that spends billions of dollars on military weapons.Mr.Lambers' reasoning best illustrates Kohlberg's ________ stage.

According to Erikson,teens who suffer role confusion have not yet

Psychologist Jonathan Haidt has described our moral intuitions as

Vincent's ability to reason hypothetically in his geometry class indicates that he is in the ________ stage of development.

Children who ________ are especially likely to be academically successful.

According to Erikson,adolescents who are unable to develop a sense of identity experience

According to Erik Erikson,a sense of _________ is formed during infancy by appropriate experiences with responsive caregivers.

People experience rapid physical development and sexual maturation

The developmental stage of adolescence is likely to be briefest in cultures where teens are

Adolescents are most likely to be influenced by their parents with respect to ________,and they are most likely to be influenced by their peers with respect to ________.

G.Stanley Hall described adolescence as a period of

Formal operational thought is MOST necessary for the development of ________ morality.

Critics have noted that Kohlberg's theory of moral development is biased against ________ societies.

Which psychologist most clearly emphasized that adolescents often try out different "selves" in different situations as part of the process of forming an identity?

As individuals progress through their teen years into early adulthood,their self-esteem typically becomes

A rite of passage is defined as a(n)

Who is likely to be the most popular student in the fifth-grade class?

The History and Scope of Psychology

Thinking Critically with Psychological Science

Research Strategies: How Psychologists Ask and Answer Questions

Neural and Hormonal Systems

The Brain

Behavior Genetics and Evolutionary Psychology

Environmental Influences on Behavior, and Reflections on Nature and Nurture

Prenatal Development and the Newborn

Infancy and Childhood

Adolescence

Adulthood, and Reflections on Developmental Issues

Introduction to Sensation and Perception

Vision

Hearing

Perceptual Organization

Perceptual Interpretation

Waking and Sleeping Rhythms

Hypnosis

Drugs and Consciousness

Classical Conditioning

Operant Conditioning

Learning by Observation

Introduction to Memory

Encoding: Getting Information In

Storage: Retaining Information

Retrieval: Getting Information Out

Forgetting, Memory Construction, and Applying Memory Principles to Your Own Education

Thinking

Language and Thought

Introduction to Intelligence

Assessing Intelligence

Genetic and Environmental Influences on Intelligence

Introduction to Motivation

Hunger

Sexual Motivation and the Need to Belong

Motivation at Work

Introduction to Emotion

Experienced Emotion

Expressed Emotion

Stress and Illness

Coping With Stress

Modifying Illness-Related Behaviors

Psychoanalytic Perspective

Humanistic Perspective

Contemporary Research on Personality

Introduction to Psychological Disorders

Anxiety Disorders

Dissociative and Personality Disorders

Mood Disorders

Schizophrenia

The Psychological Therapies

Evaluating Psychotherapies

The Biomedical Therapies

Social Thinking

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