EDU 330 UPDATED ACTUAL Questions
and CORRECT Answers
A girl's first menstruation is termed: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- menarche.
Michelle is a top level runner with very little body fat, who exercises vigorously each day.
Which is she most likely to experience? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- amenorrhea
The average girl matures about ________ before the average boy. - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- two years
Which of the following orders of pubertal events is most typical for boys? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- height spurt, early voice change, growth of beard.
Which of the following orders of pubertal events is most typical for girls? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- height spurt, menarche, axillary hair growth
The preadolescent growth spurt begins about age ________ for boys, and about age
________ for girls. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 14; 12
Piaget's third stage of cognitive development, which extends from about seven to eleven or
twelve years of age is: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- concrete operational.
Piaget's fourth stage of cognitive development, which extends from eleven or twelve years of
age on, is: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- formal operational.
What type of reasoning is when a person begins with a hypothesis and breaks things down to
see if the hypothesis is true? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- deductive
According to Elkind, young adolescents may seem to be hypocrites because they are -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- unable to relate general theory to specific practice.
, According to Elkind, imaginary audience and personal fable are both aspects of adolescent -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- egocentrism.
Chip is certain that everyone will notice the pimple on his cheek, so he doesn't want to go to
school. Chip is experiencing: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- the imaginary audience.
Which of the following statements best illustrates the personal fable? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- "Don't worry about my speeding—I'm a great driver."
According to Erikson, which 17-year-old is most likely to figure out successfully who he or
she is? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Deborah, who constantly tries new activities and roles,
yet hasn't decided on any of them
Kohlberg and Giligan differe in their theories of moral development in that - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Kohlberg believes the ultimate moral stage of development is the value of
the individual while Giligan believes the in the group good.
The grade configuration of middle schools may include all of the following except: -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 4-9
Major functions of the National Middle School Association include: - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- all of the above
The original Turning Points document was developed - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- to
prescribe ways to meet the needs of young adolescents.
Turning Points advocates - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- special preparation for teachers of
young adolescents.
This We Believe was written - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- all of the above
Effective middle schools - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- may vary in terms of program
components.
and CORRECT Answers
A girl's first menstruation is termed: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- menarche.
Michelle is a top level runner with very little body fat, who exercises vigorously each day.
Which is she most likely to experience? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- amenorrhea
The average girl matures about ________ before the average boy. - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- two years
Which of the following orders of pubertal events is most typical for boys? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- height spurt, early voice change, growth of beard.
Which of the following orders of pubertal events is most typical for girls? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- height spurt, menarche, axillary hair growth
The preadolescent growth spurt begins about age ________ for boys, and about age
________ for girls. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 14; 12
Piaget's third stage of cognitive development, which extends from about seven to eleven or
twelve years of age is: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- concrete operational.
Piaget's fourth stage of cognitive development, which extends from eleven or twelve years of
age on, is: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- formal operational.
What type of reasoning is when a person begins with a hypothesis and breaks things down to
see if the hypothesis is true? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- deductive
According to Elkind, young adolescents may seem to be hypocrites because they are -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- unable to relate general theory to specific practice.
, According to Elkind, imaginary audience and personal fable are both aspects of adolescent -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- egocentrism.
Chip is certain that everyone will notice the pimple on his cheek, so he doesn't want to go to
school. Chip is experiencing: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- the imaginary audience.
Which of the following statements best illustrates the personal fable? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- "Don't worry about my speeding—I'm a great driver."
According to Erikson, which 17-year-old is most likely to figure out successfully who he or
she is? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Deborah, who constantly tries new activities and roles,
yet hasn't decided on any of them
Kohlberg and Giligan differe in their theories of moral development in that - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Kohlberg believes the ultimate moral stage of development is the value of
the individual while Giligan believes the in the group good.
The grade configuration of middle schools may include all of the following except: -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 4-9
Major functions of the National Middle School Association include: - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- all of the above
The original Turning Points document was developed - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- to
prescribe ways to meet the needs of young adolescents.
Turning Points advocates - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- special preparation for teachers of
young adolescents.
This We Believe was written - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- all of the above
Effective middle schools - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- may vary in terms of program
components.
