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PSY 368 EXAM 3 AND PRACTICE EXAMS /PSY 368
FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGY EXAMS WITH ACTUAL
CORRECT QUESTION AND VERIFIED DETAILED
RATIONALES ANSWERS 2024(NEWEST) ALREADY
GRADED A+
At age 7, Felix is a much better soccer player than he was at age 4. Not only is he a fast runner but he
can dribble the soccer ball down the field by alternating right-foot, left-foot kicks. He can also fake out
defenders by pretending to kick the ball with his right foot but actually using his left foot. Felix's
improvement in soccer illustrates growth in which of the following areas?
agility
____ viewed moral development as based on cognitive development, such that moral thinking changes
in predictable ways as cognitive abilities develop, regardless of culture.
Lawrence Kohlberg
Which of the following best describes an imaginary audience?
an exaggerated image of a highly attentive audience for the adolescent's appearance and his or her
behavior
According to Vygotsky, children and adolescents learn best if the instruction they are provided is ____ of
the zone of proximal development.
near the top
Jean Piaget used the ____ to illustrate and measure children's and adolescent's entrance into
hypothetical-deductive reasoning.
pendulum problem
What type of education or training program takes place beyond secondary school?
tertiary education
Which of the following pairs has the highest concordance rate for myopia?
monozygotic twins in a developed nation
Kayla accidently bumped into a boy in the hall at school, causing his books to fall to the ground. He
yelled at her that she did it on purpose and became very angry even though she tried to help him pick
up his books. He is likely a ________ child who has poor _____________.
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rejected; social information processing skills
For most sports, the peak age of performance occurs during the ____.
20s
Nearly ____ of American college students report driving while intoxicated within the past year.
50%
Traditionally, university education in Europe often lasted six or more years because it culminated in a
degree that was equivalent to a(n):
advanced degree in the United States
Tran is an 8-year-old girl who lives in a Western country in an urban area. If one were to compare the
timing of puberty for Tran to the timing of puberty for her ancestral female lineage, one would expect
that Tran will experience puberty ____ others did in her family's history.
younger than
Compared to his 7-year-old brother, a 14-year-old will have an easier time reading a book and listening
to music at the same time because he's more adept at _____________________.
tasks that require divided attention
Tuition rates were ____ in 2013 than they were in 1982 in both public and private colleges and
universities.
four times higher
When comparing the emotions experienced by American adolescents with those experienced by their
parents, researchers found that the adolescents reported feeling _________ more often.
self-conscious
Which of the following best describes cell phone usage by early adults in Japan?
more texting than phone calling
Carlos can be best described as a resilient adolescent. Against all odds, he has graduated from high
school and is enrolled in college. He comes from a lower socioeconomic status and a harsh
neighborhood, and he is the first in his family to graduate from high school and attend college. Which of
the following are three protective factors we can assume Carlos possesses?
high intelligence; warm but controlling parents, and a social network of caring adults
In many traditional cultures, young men are required to demonstrate courage, strength, and endurance
in their coming-of-age rituals because ___________.
daily life often requires these capacities
Moving from adolescence, most individuals experience ____ in self-esteem as they enter into emerging
adulthood.
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an increase
What is the term that is used to describe a person's perception and evaluation of him- or herself?
self-concept
By the end of middle childhood ___________________________________.
fine motor development has nearly reached adult maturity
Development in what allows children in middle childhood to respond rapidly to changing information,
like hitting a tennis ball or catching a baseball?
reaction time
At what age is peak bone mass generally reached?
during 20s
Even in middle childhood, obesity can result in ____.
diabetes
____ is an awareness that there are two or more sides to every story, two or more legitimate views of
every issue, and that it can be difficult to justify one position as the only true or accurate one.
multiple thinking
With respect to pubertal development, the most important estrogen is ______ and the most important
androgen is _____.
estradiol; testosterone
At age 8, what percentage of African American girls has begun to develop breasts or pubic hair or both?
50%
Which of the following are three components of the Media Practice Model?
selection, interaction, and application
Reflective judgment __________________________.
is more likely to develop in cultures that value pluralism
Your mother is really interested in your younger sister getting a vaccine that may prevent her from
getting cervical cancer. What vaccine is she talking about?
HPV vaccine
Which statement best describes the history of education in the United States?
prior to 1800, about half of children did not attend school
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In America, which of the following time periods has the greatest degree of residential change or
changing where a person lives?
emerging adulthood
Research on reading and math skills _________________________.
has found that even some nonhuman animals have a primitive awareness of numeracy
________ are most likely to be living on their own rather than with their parents in their early twenties.
white Americans
In a study that examined gender roles in 12 traditional cultures, same-gender play groups occurred in
about 30-40% of 2- to 3-year-olds, but occurred in what percentage in middle childhood?
over 90%
According to Perry, reflective judgment ________________.
is more common when the educational system promotes tolerance of diverse points of view
Self-esteem ____ in the transition from early childhood to middle childhood.
declines slightly
Jacob, an only child, has been pressured by his father to take over the family car business. Reluctantly,
Jacob has agreed to this because his father told him that he wanted to be able to pass on the fruits of his
labor and Jacob doesn't think he can earn a better salary doing anything else. He has not explored his
options, but has passively accepted the identity his father imposed on him. According to Marcia's model,
Jacob would be described as _________.
foreclosed
____ reflects the ability of the body to take in oxygen and transport it to various organs.
maximum oxygen uptake
According to Susman et al. (2007) what type of group includes students who do not stand out in any
particular way, neither positively nor negatively, and are mostly ignored by other students?
others
Which of the following are four classifications that young people can be grouped into as substance
users?
experimental, social, medicinal, and addictive
The goal of emerging adults' self-focusing is learning to stand alone as a self-sufficient person, but
emerging adults ____.
do not see self-sufficiency as a permanent state
PSY 368 EXAM 3 AND PRACTICE EXAMS /PSY 368
FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGY EXAMS WITH ACTUAL
CORRECT QUESTION AND VERIFIED DETAILED
RATIONALES ANSWERS 2024(NEWEST) ALREADY
GRADED A+
At age 7, Felix is a much better soccer player than he was at age 4. Not only is he a fast runner but he
can dribble the soccer ball down the field by alternating right-foot, left-foot kicks. He can also fake out
defenders by pretending to kick the ball with his right foot but actually using his left foot. Felix's
improvement in soccer illustrates growth in which of the following areas?
agility
____ viewed moral development as based on cognitive development, such that moral thinking changes
in predictable ways as cognitive abilities develop, regardless of culture.
Lawrence Kohlberg
Which of the following best describes an imaginary audience?
an exaggerated image of a highly attentive audience for the adolescent's appearance and his or her
behavior
According to Vygotsky, children and adolescents learn best if the instruction they are provided is ____ of
the zone of proximal development.
near the top
Jean Piaget used the ____ to illustrate and measure children's and adolescent's entrance into
hypothetical-deductive reasoning.
pendulum problem
What type of education or training program takes place beyond secondary school?
tertiary education
Which of the following pairs has the highest concordance rate for myopia?
monozygotic twins in a developed nation
Kayla accidently bumped into a boy in the hall at school, causing his books to fall to the ground. He
yelled at her that she did it on purpose and became very angry even though she tried to help him pick
up his books. He is likely a ________ child who has poor _____________.
,2|Page
rejected; social information processing skills
For most sports, the peak age of performance occurs during the ____.
20s
Nearly ____ of American college students report driving while intoxicated within the past year.
50%
Traditionally, university education in Europe often lasted six or more years because it culminated in a
degree that was equivalent to a(n):
advanced degree in the United States
Tran is an 8-year-old girl who lives in a Western country in an urban area. If one were to compare the
timing of puberty for Tran to the timing of puberty for her ancestral female lineage, one would expect
that Tran will experience puberty ____ others did in her family's history.
younger than
Compared to his 7-year-old brother, a 14-year-old will have an easier time reading a book and listening
to music at the same time because he's more adept at _____________________.
tasks that require divided attention
Tuition rates were ____ in 2013 than they were in 1982 in both public and private colleges and
universities.
four times higher
When comparing the emotions experienced by American adolescents with those experienced by their
parents, researchers found that the adolescents reported feeling _________ more often.
self-conscious
Which of the following best describes cell phone usage by early adults in Japan?
more texting than phone calling
Carlos can be best described as a resilient adolescent. Against all odds, he has graduated from high
school and is enrolled in college. He comes from a lower socioeconomic status and a harsh
neighborhood, and he is the first in his family to graduate from high school and attend college. Which of
the following are three protective factors we can assume Carlos possesses?
high intelligence; warm but controlling parents, and a social network of caring adults
In many traditional cultures, young men are required to demonstrate courage, strength, and endurance
in their coming-of-age rituals because ___________.
daily life often requires these capacities
Moving from adolescence, most individuals experience ____ in self-esteem as they enter into emerging
adulthood.
,3|Page
an increase
What is the term that is used to describe a person's perception and evaluation of him- or herself?
self-concept
By the end of middle childhood ___________________________________.
fine motor development has nearly reached adult maturity
Development in what allows children in middle childhood to respond rapidly to changing information,
like hitting a tennis ball or catching a baseball?
reaction time
At what age is peak bone mass generally reached?
during 20s
Even in middle childhood, obesity can result in ____.
diabetes
____ is an awareness that there are two or more sides to every story, two or more legitimate views of
every issue, and that it can be difficult to justify one position as the only true or accurate one.
multiple thinking
With respect to pubertal development, the most important estrogen is ______ and the most important
androgen is _____.
estradiol; testosterone
At age 8, what percentage of African American girls has begun to develop breasts or pubic hair or both?
50%
Which of the following are three components of the Media Practice Model?
selection, interaction, and application
Reflective judgment __________________________.
is more likely to develop in cultures that value pluralism
Your mother is really interested in your younger sister getting a vaccine that may prevent her from
getting cervical cancer. What vaccine is she talking about?
HPV vaccine
Which statement best describes the history of education in the United States?
prior to 1800, about half of children did not attend school
, 4|Page
In America, which of the following time periods has the greatest degree of residential change or
changing where a person lives?
emerging adulthood
Research on reading and math skills _________________________.
has found that even some nonhuman animals have a primitive awareness of numeracy
________ are most likely to be living on their own rather than with their parents in their early twenties.
white Americans
In a study that examined gender roles in 12 traditional cultures, same-gender play groups occurred in
about 30-40% of 2- to 3-year-olds, but occurred in what percentage in middle childhood?
over 90%
According to Perry, reflective judgment ________________.
is more common when the educational system promotes tolerance of diverse points of view
Self-esteem ____ in the transition from early childhood to middle childhood.
declines slightly
Jacob, an only child, has been pressured by his father to take over the family car business. Reluctantly,
Jacob has agreed to this because his father told him that he wanted to be able to pass on the fruits of his
labor and Jacob doesn't think he can earn a better salary doing anything else. He has not explored his
options, but has passively accepted the identity his father imposed on him. According to Marcia's model,
Jacob would be described as _________.
foreclosed
____ reflects the ability of the body to take in oxygen and transport it to various organs.
maximum oxygen uptake
According to Susman et al. (2007) what type of group includes students who do not stand out in any
particular way, neither positively nor negatively, and are mostly ignored by other students?
others
Which of the following are four classifications that young people can be grouped into as substance
users?
experimental, social, medicinal, and addictive
The goal of emerging adults' self-focusing is learning to stand alone as a self-sufficient person, but
emerging adults ____.
do not see self-sufficiency as a permanent state
