PSYC 370 – Online Exam 3

Question 1

Adolescence-limited offender refers to someone who:

attacks only other adolescents.

stops committing crimes by age 21.

is never arrested.

is arrested for the first time at the age of 25.

Question 2

Based on the results of cross-sectional intelligence testing, _____ for the first half of the twentieth century.

younger generations were considered to be smarter than older ones

older generations were considered to be smarter than younger ones

older generations were considered to know entirely different things than younger ones

younger and older generations were considered equally smart

Question 3

Which statement about body dissatisfaction is accurate?

26% of teens say that social network sites hurt their body confidence.

The more time teenage girls spend on social media, the higher their body dissatisfaction.

Males of all ages tend to be dissatisfied with their bodies.

Accepting who you are correlated with emotional health only during adolescence.

Question 4

Now that he is in his 20s, Frank wants to find someone to share his life with. Erik Erikson would say that Frank is in the stage of:

trust versus mistrust.

generativity versus stagnation.

identity versus role confusion.

intimacy versus isolation.

Question 5

Research has found that teens who smoke marijuana regularly are more likely to do all of the following EXCEPT:

drop out of school.

become teenage parents.

experience depression.

be employed in the future.

Question 6

According to Erik Erikson, who is MOST likely to suffer from loneliness?

an emerging adult who just entered a romantic relationship

an emerging adult who has had a best friend for 10 years

an emerging adult who has recently gotten divorced

an emerging adult who has dated the same person for 2 years

Question 7

The first outward sign of puberty in a typical girl is:

an increase in weight.

the development of muscular strength.

a spurt in height.

the onset of nipple growth.

Question 8

Using _____ thinking, a person might think, “If it barks like a dog and wags its tail like a dog, it must be a dog.”

deductive

preoperational

reductive

inductive

Question 9

The capacity of structures to allow the body to cope with stress via extra, unused functioning ability is referred to as:

senescence.

homeostasis.

organ reserve.

diathesis.

Question 10

Rhonda is in tenth grade. Rhonda is enrolled in _____ education.

primary

secondary

tertiary

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