Question 1

According to Erikson,trust is to infancy as identity is to

Accepted Answer

A)  late adulthood. 
B)  childhood. 
C)  young adulthood. 
D)  adolescence. 
A)  late adulthood. 
B)  childhood. 
C)  young adulthood. 
D)  adolescence.

Question 2

Laboratory games reveal that people's desire to punish wrongdoing is driven mostly by automatic emotional reactions rather than by deliberate conscious calculations that punishment will deter crime.This most clearly supports the ________ perspective on morality.

Accepted Answer

A)  psychosocial 
B)  intuitionist 
C)  postconventional 
D)  concrete operational 
A)  psychosocial 
B)  intuitionist 
C)  postconventional 
D)  concrete operational

Question 3

As teens mature,the growth of myelin facilitates

Accepted Answer

A)  the development of impulsive risky behaviors. 
B)  feelings of attraction toward those of the opposite (or the same)sex. 
C)  the birth of new nerve cells in the hippocampus. 
D)  communication between the frontal lobes and other brain regions. 
A)  the development of impulsive risky behaviors. 
B)  feelings of attraction toward those of the opposite (or the same)sex. 
C)  the birth of new nerve cells in the hippocampus. 
D)  communication between the frontal lobes and other brain regions.

Question 4

According to Kohlberg,postconventional morality involves

Accepted Answer

A)  behavior based on self-interest. 
B)  affirmation of self-defined ethical principles. 
C)  strong concern for social approval. 
D)  unquestioning obedience to authority figures. 
A)  behavior based on self-interest. 
B)  affirmation of self-defined ethical principles. 
C)  strong concern for social approval. 
D)  unquestioning obedience to authority figures.

Question 5

Lawrence Kohlberg focused on the development of

Accepted Answer

A)  a sense of identity. 
B)  self-awareness. 
C)  moral reasoning. 
D)  moral intuitions. 
A)  a sense of identity. 
B)  self-awareness. 
C)  moral reasoning. 
D)  moral intuitions.

Question 6

Zian can't decide what he wants to do with his life.He has tried several different jobs,but has been fired for lack of effort each time.According to Erikson,Zian best illustrates

Accepted Answer

A)  a pruning process. 
B)  preconventional morality. 
C)  role confusion. 
D)  delay of gratification. 
A)  a pruning process. 
B)  preconventional morality. 
C)  role confusion. 
D)  delay of gratification.

Question 7

According to Erikson,committing oneself to meaningful social roles would be most indicative of the achievement of

Accepted Answer

A)  autonomy. 
B)  competence. 
C)  initiative. 
D)  identity. 
A)  autonomy. 
B)  competence. 
C)  initiative. 
D)  identity.

Question 8

In service-learning programs where teens have tutored children or assisted older adults,the teens have experienced

Accepted Answer

A)  a decreased sense of peer approval. 
B)  increased school absenteeism. 
C)  a decreased sense of competence. 
D)  an increased willingness to serve. 
A)  a decreased sense of peer approval. 
B)  increased school absenteeism. 
C)  a decreased sense of competence. 
D)  an increased willingness to serve.

Question 9

Adolescents' search for identity is especially likely to be prolonged well into their late teens in cultures that value

Accepted Answer

A)  conformity. 
B)  individualism. 
C)  preconventional morality. 
D)  a strong sense of basic trust. 
A)  conformity. 
B)  individualism. 
C)  preconventional morality. 
D)  a strong sense of basic trust.

Question 10

Young children who more consistently delayed gratification in Mischel's classic marshmallow tests are best described as more

Accepted Answer

A)  socially dependent. 
B)  self-controlled. 
C)  anxious. 
D)  self-disclosing. 
A)  socially dependent. 
B)  self-controlled. 
C)  anxious. 
D)  self-disclosing.

Question 11

According to Erikson,infancy is to trust as adolescence is to

Accepted Answer

A)  autonomy. 
B)  identity. 
C)  generativity. 
D)  integrity. 
A)  autonomy. 
B)  identity. 
C)  generativity. 
D)  integrity.

Question 12

Adolescents and their parents are most likely to have disagreements regarding

Accepted Answer

A)  religious beliefs. 
B)  career choices. 
C)  college choices. 
D)  homework. 
A)  religious beliefs. 
B)  career choices. 
C)  college choices. 
D)  homework.

Question 13

Research on teen social relationships indicates that most adolescents

Accepted Answer

A)  like their parents. 
B)  frequently include their parents in their Facebook postings. 
C)  want to avoid emotionally close relationships with peers. 
D)  experience positive relationships with peers and negative relationships with parents. 
A)  like their parents. 
B)  frequently include their parents in their Facebook postings. 
C)  want to avoid emotionally close relationships with peers. 
D)  experience positive relationships with peers and negative relationships with parents.

Question 14

Who was the first psychologist to describe adolescence?

Accepted Answer

A)  Erik Erikson 
B)  Sigmund Freud 
C)  Jean Piaget 
D)  G.Stanley Hall 
A)  Erik Erikson 
B)  Sigmund Freud 
C)  Jean Piaget 
D)  G.Stanley Hall

Question 15

Claims that adult personality traits are completely determined by childhood experiences are most clearly disputed by the ________ perspective.

Accepted Answer

A)  psychosocial 
B)  life-span 
C)  intuitionist 
D)  psychoanalytic 
A)  psychosocial 
B)  life-span 
C)  intuitionist 
D)  psychoanalytic

Question 16

Fourteen-year-old Lisa was asked,"What would happen if everyone in the world suddenly went blind?" She responded,"Those who had previously been blind would become leaders." Lisa's answer indicates she is in the ________ stage of development.

Accepted Answer

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

Question 17

Mark believes that choosing to violate government laws is morally justifiable if it is done to protect the lives of innocent people.Kohlberg would suggest that this illustrates ________ morality.

Accepted Answer

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

Question 18

Young teens are not fully equipped for curbing risky behavior or making long-term plans because of the incomplete maturation of their

Accepted Answer

A)  thalamus. 
B)  cerebellum. 
C)  frontal lobes. 
D)  somatosensory cortex. 
A)  thalamus. 
B)  cerebellum. 
C)  frontal lobes. 
D)  somatosensory cortex.

Question 19

The improving emotion regulation during one's late teen years partially results from improved connections between the frontal lobes and the

Accepted Answer

A)  limbic system. 
B)  brainstem. 
C)  cerebellum. 
D)  thalamus. 
A)  limbic system. 
B)  brainstem. 
C)  cerebellum. 
D)  thalamus.

Question 20

Which of the following phases of development extends from the beginnings of sexual maturity to independent adulthood?

Accepted Answer

A)  puberty 
B)  adolescence 
C)  menarche 
D)  emerging adulthood 
A)  puberty 
B)  adolescence 
C)  menarche 
D)  emerging adulthood

Exam 15: Other Senses

According to Erikson,trust is to infancy as identity is to

Laboratory games reveal that people's desire to punish wrongdoing is driven mostly by automatic emotional reactions rather than by deliberate conscious calculations that punishment will deter crime.This most clearly supports the ________ perspective on morality.

As teens mature,the growth of myelin facilitates

According to Kohlberg,postconventional morality involves

Lawrence Kohlberg focused on the development of

Zian can't decide what he wants to do with his life.He has tried several different jobs,but has been fired for lack of effort each time.According to Erikson,Zian best illustrates

According to Erikson,committing oneself to meaningful social roles would be most indicative of the achievement of

In service-learning programs where teens have tutored children or assisted older adults,the teens have experienced

Adolescents' search for identity is especially likely to be prolonged well into their late teens in cultures that value

Young children who more consistently delayed gratification in Mischel's classic marshmallow tests are best described as more

According to Erikson,infancy is to trust as adolescence is to

Adolescents and their parents are most likely to have disagreements regarding

Research on teen social relationships indicates that most adolescents

Who was the first psychologist to describe adolescence?

Claims that adult personality traits are completely determined by childhood experiences are most clearly disputed by the ________ perspective.

Fourteen-year-old Lisa was asked,"What would happen if everyone in the world suddenly went blind?" She responded,"Those who had previously been blind would become leaders." Lisa's answer indicates she is in the ________ stage of development.

Mark believes that choosing to violate government laws is morally justifiable if it is done to protect the lives of innocent people.Kohlberg would suggest that this illustrates ________ morality.

Young teens are not fully equipped for curbing risky behavior or making long-term plans because of the incomplete maturation of their

The improving emotion regulation during one's late teen years partially results from improved connections between the frontal lobes and the

Which of the following phases of development extends from the beginnings of sexual maturity to independent adulthood?

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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