DPSY 6401 (DEVELPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY) FINAL EXAM 2023/2024.REAL EXAM WITH 100% CORRE CT ANSWERS (HIGHLY RECOMMEDED)

• Question 1 1 out of 1 points Which of the following best describes the period in the late 1970s when society at large had become more accepting of a wide range of sexual behaviors? Selected Answer: sexual revolution • Question 2 Changes in musculature in a twelve-year-old boy are considered 1 out of 1 points Selected Answer: secondary sex characteristics. • Question 3 1 out of 1 points Which of the following best describes David Elkind’s idea that adolescents see themselves as the center of everyone's scrutiny and attention? Selected Answer: the imaginary audience. • Question 4 All of the following are associated with growth spurts except 1 out of 1 points Selected Answer: increased body fat • Question 5 1 out of 1 points Identify the age at which the final stage of cognitive development begins according to Piaget. Selected 1 Answer: 2 • Question 6 1 out of 1 points Identify which of the following increases in volume during childhood and peaks in girls at age 9 and in boys at age 10. Selected Answer: gray matter • Question 7 1 out of 1 points In the United States, the term “later adolescence” is used to describe individuals in which of the following age groups? Selected Answer: 14– 18 • Question 8 1 out of 1 points Which of the following best explains why adolescents may not be capable of making mature adult decisions? Selected Answer: The brain is still developing. • Question 9 1 out of 1 points Which of the following best describes a specific region of the brain related to emotional regulation and control? Selected Answer: amygda la • Question 10 1 out of 1 points Helen was alarmed when her breasts began to develop and her menarche began because her mother hadn't discussed these changes with her. Helen is experiencing Selected Answer: pubert y. • Question 11 1 out of 1 points Although his parents told him to drive carefully, Marcel always drove too fast and ran red lights. Marcel believed he wouldn't be hurt because nothing bad could happen to him. Marcel was illustrating . Selected Answer: a personal fable. • Question 12 1 out of 1 points A 13-year-old boy is undergoing a ceremony to symbolically transition from childhood to adulthood. This ceremony is considered Selected Answer: rite of passage. • Question 13 1 out of 1 points Which of the following best describes the age when biological and physical changes associated with reproductive maturity start to occur? Selected Answer: Early adolescence • Question 14 1 out of 1 points With which of these statements would the authors most likely agree? Selected Answer: Moodiness in adolescents can be triggered by hormones. • Question 15 On average, boys mature 1 out of 1 points Selected Answer: two years after girls. • Question 16 1 out of 1 points During middle childhood boys are most concerned about physical size and strength while girls are more concerned with Selected Answer: weigh t. • Question 17 1 out of 1 points About of sexually active teenagers in the United States have a sexually transmitted disease. Selected 20 Answer: % • Question 18 1 out of 1 points Harold is anxious extremely sensitive because he is smaller and less muscular than most of the other boys in his grade. This is an example of a less-than-perfect Selected Answer: self- image. • Question 19 Teen pregnancy in the United States has 1 out of 1 points Selected Answer: been declining steadily since 1992. Teenage girls who become pregnant have chance of needing government aid as girls who wait until they are older and married. Selected Answer: a much greater Chapter 11 quiz • Question 1 1 out of 1 points Family members are involved in about of the rapes of girls and women. Selected 25 Answer: % • Question 2 Many researchers believe that adolescents who take risks 1 out of 1 points Selected Answer: see themselves as invulnerable. • Question 3 1 out of 1 points The percentage of U.S. teenagers and adults reporting that they have driven while under the influence of alcohol during the previous year is highest among those age Selected Answer: 21– 25.. • Question 4 1 out of 1 points When Barry gets dressed for school, he considers how his friends dress and whether they will approve of his choice of clothing. Barry is engaging in the process of Selected Answer: social comparison. • Question 5 1 out of 1 points Dylan lives in a poor socioeconomic neighborhood where drug use is widespread. His high school is very large, and they often have lock-downs because of fighting in the school. This type of environment increases the likelihood that Dylan will engage in Selected Answer: high-risk behaviors. • Question 6 1 out of 1 points Valerie dates Alex because he is handsome and because many other girls want to date him. Her sister Alexandra dates Jeff because she trusts him and can communicate with him. Which of the following conclusions is most likely to be accurate? Selected Answer: Valerie is younger than Alexandra. • Question 7 1 out of 1 points When Dalton wanted advice about how to earn spending money or which college he should attend, he most likely asked his ; however, when he wanted to know whom he should date, he probably asked his . Selected Answer: parents; friends • Question 8 According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, depression may be diagnosed when at least five of the symptoms 1 out of 1 points associated with the condition are present during the same period. Selected Answer: 2- week • Question 9 1 out of 1 points Patrice is in his second year of college. He still hasn’t chosen a major, and his political views continually shift. Based on Marcia’s model, Patrice is in which mode of identity formation? Selected Answer: moratorium status • Question 10 The most common high-risk behavior among adolescents is 1 out of 1 points Selected Answer: the use of alcohol and other drugs.