PSY 252 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
Cigarette smoking among US adolescents:
a) peaked in 2005 and has steadily decreased since then.
b) has been increasing year after year.
c) peaked in 1996 and has steadily decreased since then.
d) has not experienced any drop. - ANSWER c) peaked in 1996 and has steadily
dropped thereafter.
In the latter part of the twentieth century and the first few years of the twenty-first
century, U.S. high school dropout rates:
a) increased.
B) declined
c) stayed unchanged.
d) plateaued - ANSWER: b) decreased.
In the University of Michigan Monitoring the Future Study, ___ per cent of high
school seniors stated they had been in a car with a drugged or drunk driver in the
previous two weeks.
a) 30
B) 70
c) 20
d) 40 - A) 30
,According to Jean Piaget, the fourth stage of cognitive development, known as the
_____ stage, occurs at about age 11.
a) concrete operational.
c) Post-operational
c) formal and operational
d) passive operational - answer: c) formal operational
According to research conducted by Lloyd Johnston and his colleagues at the
Institute of Social Research at the University of Michigan on the drug usage of
America's high school seniors in a variety of public and private high schools, the
percentage of illicit drug use is:
a) decreased during the late 1990s
b) was highest in the early 1990s.
c) has maintained the same level since 1990
d) rose dramatically between ANSWER a) decreased in the late 1990s.
Who founded the current discipline of cognitive development?
A) Jean Piaget
B) Lawrence Kohlberg
c) Albert Bandura.
d) Erik Erikson — ANSWER a) Jean Piaget
In sixth grade, early-maturing girls show____ with their figures than late-maturing
girls, but by tenth grade, late-maturing females are more ____.
,a) increased satisfaction: satisfied.
b) decreased confidence; conflicted.
b) increased preoccupation: preoccupied.
d) increased sadness; miserable - ANSWER: a) increased satisfaction; contented.
Anorexia nervosa is more likely to affect women than men.
a) twice more.
b) Ten times more.
c) Half as
d) three times more, ANSWER: b) ten times more
Leading researcher Charles Nelson claimed that, while adolescents are capable of
intense emotions, their prefrontal brain has not fully evolved to the point where
they can manage these emotions. His perspective reflects the rapidly expanding
subject of ____, which studies the links between development, the brain, and
socioemotional processes.
a) Social and emotional neuroscience
b) Biosocial Neuroscience
d) Psychosocial Neuroscience
Answer: d) social developmental neuroscience.
Social learning is a style of education that emphasises social responsibility and
community involvement.
a) Service.
B) Social
, c) collaboration.
D) cooperative - ANSWER a) service
Which of the following has been proven to be true concerning binge drinking?
a) Binge drinking has decreased among high school seniors since 1980.
b) In recent years, binge drinking has become more common among eighth-grade
students.
c) In recent years, binge drinking has become more common among tenth-grade
pupils.
d) Females binge drink more than boys - ANSWER a) Binge drinking has
decreased among high school seniors since 1980.
In the Berkeley Longitudinal Study a few years ago, early-maturing males judged
themselves as ___ than their late-maturing peers. When the late-maturing boys
reached their thirties, they had developed a ___ that the early-maturing boys
lacked.
a) as an abnormality; increased sense of inadequacy.
b) more favourably; a better sense of self.
d) as misfits; a negative self-image.
d) more adversely; a deeper sense of sorrow, ANSWER b) more favourably; a
stronger sense of identity.
When Daniel Offer and his colleagues researched the self-images of adolescents in
the United States, Australia, Bangladesh, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Japan, Taiwan, and
West Germany, they discovered that at least ___ per cent of them had a good
self-image.
a) 25
AND ANSWERS
Cigarette smoking among US adolescents:
a) peaked in 2005 and has steadily decreased since then.
b) has been increasing year after year.
c) peaked in 1996 and has steadily decreased since then.
d) has not experienced any drop. - ANSWER c) peaked in 1996 and has steadily
dropped thereafter.
In the latter part of the twentieth century and the first few years of the twenty-first
century, U.S. high school dropout rates:
a) increased.
B) declined
c) stayed unchanged.
d) plateaued - ANSWER: b) decreased.
In the University of Michigan Monitoring the Future Study, ___ per cent of high
school seniors stated they had been in a car with a drugged or drunk driver in the
previous two weeks.
a) 30
B) 70
c) 20
d) 40 - A) 30
,According to Jean Piaget, the fourth stage of cognitive development, known as the
_____ stage, occurs at about age 11.
a) concrete operational.
c) Post-operational
c) formal and operational
d) passive operational - answer: c) formal operational
According to research conducted by Lloyd Johnston and his colleagues at the
Institute of Social Research at the University of Michigan on the drug usage of
America's high school seniors in a variety of public and private high schools, the
percentage of illicit drug use is:
a) decreased during the late 1990s
b) was highest in the early 1990s.
c) has maintained the same level since 1990
d) rose dramatically between ANSWER a) decreased in the late 1990s.
Who founded the current discipline of cognitive development?
A) Jean Piaget
B) Lawrence Kohlberg
c) Albert Bandura.
d) Erik Erikson — ANSWER a) Jean Piaget
In sixth grade, early-maturing girls show____ with their figures than late-maturing
girls, but by tenth grade, late-maturing females are more ____.
,a) increased satisfaction: satisfied.
b) decreased confidence; conflicted.
b) increased preoccupation: preoccupied.
d) increased sadness; miserable - ANSWER: a) increased satisfaction; contented.
Anorexia nervosa is more likely to affect women than men.
a) twice more.
b) Ten times more.
c) Half as
d) three times more, ANSWER: b) ten times more
Leading researcher Charles Nelson claimed that, while adolescents are capable of
intense emotions, their prefrontal brain has not fully evolved to the point where
they can manage these emotions. His perspective reflects the rapidly expanding
subject of ____, which studies the links between development, the brain, and
socioemotional processes.
a) Social and emotional neuroscience
b) Biosocial Neuroscience
d) Psychosocial Neuroscience
Answer: d) social developmental neuroscience.
Social learning is a style of education that emphasises social responsibility and
community involvement.
a) Service.
B) Social
, c) collaboration.
D) cooperative - ANSWER a) service
Which of the following has been proven to be true concerning binge drinking?
a) Binge drinking has decreased among high school seniors since 1980.
b) In recent years, binge drinking has become more common among eighth-grade
students.
c) In recent years, binge drinking has become more common among tenth-grade
pupils.
d) Females binge drink more than boys - ANSWER a) Binge drinking has
decreased among high school seniors since 1980.
In the Berkeley Longitudinal Study a few years ago, early-maturing males judged
themselves as ___ than their late-maturing peers. When the late-maturing boys
reached their thirties, they had developed a ___ that the early-maturing boys
lacked.
a) as an abnormality; increased sense of inadequacy.
b) more favourably; a better sense of self.
d) as misfits; a negative self-image.
d) more adversely; a deeper sense of sorrow, ANSWER b) more favourably; a
stronger sense of identity.
When Daniel Offer and his colleagues researched the self-images of adolescents in
the United States, Australia, Bangladesh, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Japan, Taiwan, and
West Germany, they discovered that at least ___ per cent of them had a good
self-image.
a) 25
