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The Adolescent: Development, Relationships,
and Culture by Kim G. Dolgin
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Chapter 1
Dolgin Test Bank
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Human growth from the stages of childhood to adulthood is
a. consistent and fluid.
b. inconsistent and fluid.
c. gradual and uncertain.
d. gradual and certain.
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Answer: c
Topic: Terminology Applied to Adolescence
Learning Objective: LO 1.1: Differentiate the terms used to describe adolescents
Skill Level: Analyze It
Difficulty Level: Easy
The term “juvenile” typically signifies a person
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2.
a. not considered an adult in the eyes of the law.
b. not yet able to procreate.
c. who has not yet developed secondary sexual characteristics.
d. under the age of 12.
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Answer: a
Topic: Terminology Applied to Adolescence
Learning Objective: LO 1.1: Differentiate the terms used to describe adolescents
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty Level: Easy
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3. Which common approach to understanding adolescence is taken by the text?
a. The biological approach
b. The cognitive approach
c. The evolutionary approach
d. The interdisciplinary approach
Answer: d
Topic: Approaches to Studying Adolescents
Learning Objective: LO 1.2: Identify the approaches used to study adolescence
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty Level: Easy
4. If a researcher were to study an adolescent’s growth by applying the cognitive perspective,
she would most likely be interested in the adolescent’s
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a. reasoning.
b. biological functioning.
c. sexual development.
d. social development.
Answer: a
Topic: Approaches to Studying Adolescents
Learning Objective: LO 1.2: Identify the approaches used to study adolescence
Skill Level: Analyze It
Difficulty Level: Moderate
5. Karen is an adolescent researcher who studies the roles of self-concept, gender, and identity
in adolescent growth. Karen most likely uses which perspective to conduct her research?
AP
a. The biological perspective
b. The cognitive perspective
c. The psychosexual perspective
d. The social relationship perspective
Answer: c
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Topic: Approaches to Studying Adolescents
Learning Objective: LO 1.2: Identify the approaches used to study adolescence
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty Level: Easy
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6. The stage between adolescence and adulthood is referred to as
a. extended adolescence.
b. emerging adulthood.
c. delayed adulthood.
d. juvenile adolescence.
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Answer: b
Topic: Approaches to Studying Adolescents
Learning Objective: LO 1.2: Identify the approaches used to study adolescence
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty Level: Easy
7. Suppose a researcher studying adolescence wanted to collect the largest sample possible of
youth for her study. Based upon statistics indicating the largest population of youth, which
country would she visit to collect her data?
a. The United States
b. Russia
c. Africa
d. China
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Answer: d
Topic: The Global Face of Adolescence
Learning Objective: LO 1.3: Describe the world’s adolescent population
Skill Level: Analyze It
Difficulty Level: Moderate
8. Statistical forecasts predict the U.S. youth population to
a. slowly increase over the next 30 years.
b. steadily decline over the next 30 years.
c. remain constant over the next 30 years.
d. peak within 10 years and then slowly decline.
Answer: a
AP
Topic: The Global Face of Adolescence
Learning Objective: LO 1.3: Describe the world’s adolescent population
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty Level: Easy
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9. Research indicates that juveniles and their families are typically moving away from
__ ________ in the United States.
a. Northwestern states
b. Northeastern states
c. Western states
d. Southern states
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Answer: b
Topic: The Global Face of Adolescence
Learning Objective: LO 1.3: Describe the world’s adolescent population
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty Level: Easy
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10. Society and its expectations can affect adolescents in various ways. Which aspects of an
adolescent’s life can society affect?
a. Development, relationships, and problems
b. Relationships, intelligence, and adjustment
c. Hygiene, adjustment, and relationships
d. Adjustment, personalities, and intelligence
Answer: a
Topic: Our Evolving Society
Learning Objective: LO 1.5: Characterize the adolescent cohorts that have existed since the
early 1900s
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
IUYTREDSA
TEST BANK
The Adolescent: Development, Relationships,
and Culture by Kim G. Dolgin
AP
LU
S0
01
COMPLETE TEST BANK!!!
IUYTREDSA
, UYTREREWQ
Chapter 1
Dolgin Test Bank
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Human growth from the stages of childhood to adulthood is
a. consistent and fluid.
b. inconsistent and fluid.
c. gradual and uncertain.
d. gradual and certain.
AP
Answer: c
Topic: Terminology Applied to Adolescence
Learning Objective: LO 1.1: Differentiate the terms used to describe adolescents
Skill Level: Analyze It
Difficulty Level: Easy
The term “juvenile” typically signifies a person
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2.
a. not considered an adult in the eyes of the law.
b. not yet able to procreate.
c. who has not yet developed secondary sexual characteristics.
d. under the age of 12.
S0
Answer: a
Topic: Terminology Applied to Adolescence
Learning Objective: LO 1.1: Differentiate the terms used to describe adolescents
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty Level: Easy
01
3. Which common approach to understanding adolescence is taken by the text?
a. The biological approach
b. The cognitive approach
c. The evolutionary approach
d. The interdisciplinary approach
Answer: d
Topic: Approaches to Studying Adolescents
Learning Objective: LO 1.2: Identify the approaches used to study adolescence
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty Level: Easy
4. If a researcher were to study an adolescent’s growth by applying the cognitive perspective,
she would most likely be interested in the adolescent’s
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a. reasoning.
b. biological functioning.
c. sexual development.
d. social development.
Answer: a
Topic: Approaches to Studying Adolescents
Learning Objective: LO 1.2: Identify the approaches used to study adolescence
Skill Level: Analyze It
Difficulty Level: Moderate
5. Karen is an adolescent researcher who studies the roles of self-concept, gender, and identity
in adolescent growth. Karen most likely uses which perspective to conduct her research?
AP
a. The biological perspective
b. The cognitive perspective
c. The psychosexual perspective
d. The social relationship perspective
Answer: c
LU
Topic: Approaches to Studying Adolescents
Learning Objective: LO 1.2: Identify the approaches used to study adolescence
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty Level: Easy
S0
6. The stage between adolescence and adulthood is referred to as
a. extended adolescence.
b. emerging adulthood.
c. delayed adulthood.
d. juvenile adolescence.
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Answer: b
Topic: Approaches to Studying Adolescents
Learning Objective: LO 1.2: Identify the approaches used to study adolescence
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty Level: Easy
7. Suppose a researcher studying adolescence wanted to collect the largest sample possible of
youth for her study. Based upon statistics indicating the largest population of youth, which
country would she visit to collect her data?
a. The United States
b. Russia
c. Africa
d. China
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Answer: d
Topic: The Global Face of Adolescence
Learning Objective: LO 1.3: Describe the world’s adolescent population
Skill Level: Analyze It
Difficulty Level: Moderate
8. Statistical forecasts predict the U.S. youth population to
a. slowly increase over the next 30 years.
b. steadily decline over the next 30 years.
c. remain constant over the next 30 years.
d. peak within 10 years and then slowly decline.
Answer: a
AP
Topic: The Global Face of Adolescence
Learning Objective: LO 1.3: Describe the world’s adolescent population
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty Level: Easy
LU
9. Research indicates that juveniles and their families are typically moving away from
__ ________ in the United States.
a. Northwestern states
b. Northeastern states
c. Western states
d. Southern states
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Answer: b
Topic: The Global Face of Adolescence
Learning Objective: LO 1.3: Describe the world’s adolescent population
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
Difficulty Level: Easy
01
10. Society and its expectations can affect adolescents in various ways. Which aspects of an
adolescent’s life can society affect?
a. Development, relationships, and problems
b. Relationships, intelligence, and adjustment
c. Hygiene, adjustment, and relationships
d. Adjustment, personalities, and intelligence
Answer: a
Topic: Our Evolving Society
Learning Objective: LO 1.5: Characterize the adolescent cohorts that have existed since the
early 1900s
Skill Level: Understand the Concepts
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