PSY 205 WEEK 8 FINAL EXAM 2
PSY 205 Week 8 Final
Exam 2
This exam consist of 50
multiple choice questions that cover the material in Chapters 6 through 10
1. The WISC measures
________, while achievement tests measure ________.
2. John and Martha have
clear rules and expectations. When a child breaks a rule, they listen to their
son or daughter's side of the story before deciding on a consequence. According
to Baumrind's parenting styles framework, John and Martha are probably:
3. Who is coping with a
social clock issue?
4. According to Susan
Harter, self-esteem first becomes an important issue for children:
5. Why did high school
make adolescence a defined life stage?
6. Theresa, your best
friend, tells you she thinks she is a terrific athlete but hates the way she
looks. What might you predict about Theresa's overall self-esteem?
7. Marsha has a new
pimple on her chin, and Frank, a boy she finds very attractive, sits down
beside her in the cafeteria. Marsha is mortified and tells her mother that she
must transfer to another school because she cannot go back to class the next
day. Elkind would label Marsha's assumption that Frank noticed her pimple and
her reaction as evidence of:
8. Which person is
showing prosocial behavior?
9. Dr. Jones is lecturing
on college and careers. Pick the statement he should make.
10. A colleague of yours
has a child who is regularly in trouble at school, and she is considering
sending him to a wilderness program for teens with similar problems. Based on
the text discussion of deviancy training, what might you advise?
11. You are a nurse who
works with teens with eating issues. Based on the text, pick your main
challenge.
12. Children who are
temperamentally “at risk” are MOST likely to thrive when:
13. Ruth is artistically
talented and would like to be a professional painter but realizes this field is
highly competitive and artists rarely make a living wage. After considering
several possibilities, she has decided to become an art teacher, since she also
really likes children. According to the identity statuses framework, Ruth is
in:
14. Corinne's son Josh
wants to get heavily involved in his high school drama and voice clubs and she
is worried, because her child is not a great scholar. Based on the text
research, what might you advise?
15. From an evolutionary
point of view, pick the MAIN advantage of teenage risk taking:
16. Which child is apt to
recover MOST quickly from his parents' divorce?
17. Give each child the
correct “diagnosis” or label in order: “Judy is extremely anxious and
depressed.” “Jane acts disruptively and regularly gets into fights.”
18. According to Erikson,
our life task during adolescence and emerging adulthood is deciding:
19. Which teen is MOST
likely to suffer from depression and poor self-esteem?
20. Your daughter gets an
A on her science test. According to the research, your response should be:
21. Bullying-prevention programs
focus on:
22. Above all else, what
REALLY makes teenagers feel totally loved?
23. Petra is stunted and
living in a developing country. Compared to a typical U.S girl, Petra will:
24. Which situation
involving an 8-year-old child would you be MOST likely to witness at a toy
store?
25. Which response
involves induction?
26. If were only “so so”
in your school abilities but have become huge success in life because you have
terrific street smarts, you would agree MOST with:
27. If John has reached
formal operations, pick his UNIQUE NEW talent.
28. Erik Erikson felt that
an important task in our twenties is to develop a sense of:
29. Since entering middle
school, Julie's grades are dropping, and all she cares about is being in the
“popular crowd.” Julie's behavior is:
30. Helene tells you that
in the nineteenth century, girls menstruated at an average age of 16. Now some
girls reach menarche as early as age 9. Helene is referring to the:
31. Which phrase BEST
describes the transition to adulthood among U.S. young people?
32. Pick the earliest
VISIBLE sign that a boy is reaching puberty.
33. Pick the core
difference between friendships and popularity.
34. Compared to other
Western nations, U.S. teenage pregnancy rates are ________.
35. According to Susan
Harter, which child is MOST vulnerable to low self-esteem?
36. Teachers in schools
that “beat the odds”:
37. You are devising a
questionnaire to predict which female elementary schoolers are apt to reach
puberty earlier. Which item should NOT be on your list?
38. Pick the MAIN reason
why reaching concrete operations tends to produce “self-esteem” issues.
39. Carlo is the MOST
aggressive “out of control” child in kindergarten. Predict Carlo's likely fate
in elementary school:
40. Which child is MOST
likely to be resilient?
41. As you are taking this
test, it's so, so easy to look at the next person's answers, but you decide
“No.” For each kind of reasoning pick out the correct level of moral
development using Kohlberg's categories: (1)“I won't because I might get
caught”; (2) “I won't because I believe that cheating is morally wrong”; (3) “I
won't because I took a pledge to uphold the school's honor code.”
42. Calista was highly
intellectual and self-confident in elementary school. As she travels into high
school (in a normal public school) and finds herself in the “brains crowd,”
Calista might become:
43. Which baby is MOST
vulnerable to maltreatment?
44. Emerging adulthood
refers to:
45. According to the
research, what kind of adolescent is BEST set up to master the difficult
challenges of college?
46. Dale wants a cupcake,
so he shoves Tom aside. Tom reacts by bopping Dale over the head. First, label
the type of aggression each child is showing and then identify which boy will
be MOST angry.
47. If you asked a typical
13-year-old “What is your most important priority?, he would be MOST likely to
answer:
48. All of these
23-year-olds fit a CLASSIC emerging adult pattern EXCEPT:
49. The MAIN peer problem
for early-maturing girls is having:
50. Nancy, a graphic
designer, describes her job this way: “Time flies. I get so absorbed in finding
just the right logo to best convey what the customer wants that, before I know
it, the day is over. I don't realize that I'm one of the few people left in the
office until the janitor comes to empty my trash can.” Nancy is
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