NU230 PRACTICE EXAM 2025/2026 WITH
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According to Erikson, the pathology of the _____ stage of development is rejection.
a. identity versus role confusion
b. generativity versus stagnation
c. intimacy versus isolation
d. initiative versus guilt
generativity versus stagnation
Often, intimate relationships:
a. increase self-protection.
b. don't require much personal sacrifice.
c. progress from attraction to close connection to ongoing commitment.
d. require a compromise of self-needs to satisfy another.
progress from attraction to close connection to ongoing commitment.
The notion that family members tend to be affected by all aspects of each other's lives is called:
a. helicoptering.
b. family symbiosis.
c. dependent support system.
d. linked lives.
linked lives.
Friends are crucial during emerging adulthood because they:
a. All of these answers are correct.
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,b. help a person to achieve his or her career goals.
c. strengthen each other's mental and physical health.
d. keep a person out of criminal and financial trouble.
strengthen each other's mental and physical health.
Hookups are MOST common during which year of college?
a. senior
b. freshman
c. junior
d. sophomore
Freshman
In which of the following countries is cohabitation NOT the norm?
a. Japan
b. All of these answers are correct
c. Italy
d. Ireland
All of these answers are correct
Couples who cohabitate prior to marriage:
a. find divorce harder on the family.
b. are less likely to divorce.
c. delay having children.
d. are more likely to divorce.
are more likely to divorce.
Which of the following kinds of relationships has the LOWEST combined rates of physical and
verbal abuse?
a. a "churning" relationship
b. a relationship where the partners are consistently apart
c. an "unstable" relationship
d. a relationship where the partners are consistently together
a relationship where the partners are consistently apart
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,Research finds that there is one decided advantage to cohabitation. What is it?
a. It allows both partners to focus on their careers without worrying about being married.
b. It results in higher sexual satisfaction for both partners.
c. It enhances the likelihood of future marital success.
d. It helps people save money by living together.
It helps people save money by living together.
Research finds that there is one decided disadvantage to cohabitation. What is it?
a. If a cohabiting couple has children, there are problems associated with the parents being less
committed to each other.
b. Cohabitating is associated with a higher incidence of drug use in one or both partners.
c. Those who cohabit are less likely to stay occupationally ambitious and thus have a lower
likelihood of ongoing career success.
d. Cohabiting actually costs each member of the couple more money than being married.
If a cohabiting couple has children, there are problems associated with the parents being less
committed to each other.
The period of rapid physical growth and sexual maturation that signals the end of childhood is
called:
a. puberty.
b. menarche.
c. the growth spurt.
d. young adulthood.
puberty.
The FIRST visible sign of puberty in boys is:
a. enlargement of the penis.
b. the appearance of pubic hair.
c. growth of facial hair.
d. growth of the testes.
growth of the testes.
The secular trend in growth:
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, a. seems to have stopped in developed nations.
b. has been halted by medical advances.
c. is still apparent when looking at prepubertal growth.
d. predicts that, on average, future generations will be taller and heavier.
seems to have stopped in developed nations.
Anna lives in a more stressful environment than her cousin Maria. This is likely to:
a. lead to an increase in sexual activity in Anna.
b. result in earlier puberty for Anna.
c. delay menarche in Anna.
d. have an insignificant effect on pubertal hormones in Anna.
b. result in earlier puberty for Anna.
The relatively sudden and rapid physical growth that occurs during puberty is referred to as:
a. rapid body growth.
b. precocious puberty.
c. a proximodistal sequence.
d. a growth spurt.
a growth spurt
Which of the following is a primary sex characteristic?
a. lowering of the voice
b. breast development
c. facial hair
d. maturation of the testes
maturation of the testes
Which statement concerning a teenager's brain growth is TRUE?
a. The reflective areas of the brain develop before the emotional areas.
b. The prefrontal cortex matures before the limbic system.
c. The limbic system matures before the prefrontal cortex.
d. Maturation of the cortex depends more on hormones than on age.
The limbic system matures before the prefrontal cortex
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ACTUAL CORRECT QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED DETAILED ANSWERS
|FREQUENTLY TESTED QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS|ALREADY GRADED A+| BRAND
NEW VERSION!!|GUARANTEED PASS
According to Erikson, the pathology of the _____ stage of development is rejection.
a. identity versus role confusion
b. generativity versus stagnation
c. intimacy versus isolation
d. initiative versus guilt
generativity versus stagnation
Often, intimate relationships:
a. increase self-protection.
b. don't require much personal sacrifice.
c. progress from attraction to close connection to ongoing commitment.
d. require a compromise of self-needs to satisfy another.
progress from attraction to close connection to ongoing commitment.
The notion that family members tend to be affected by all aspects of each other's lives is called:
a. helicoptering.
b. family symbiosis.
c. dependent support system.
d. linked lives.
linked lives.
Friends are crucial during emerging adulthood because they:
a. All of these answers are correct.
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,b. help a person to achieve his or her career goals.
c. strengthen each other's mental and physical health.
d. keep a person out of criminal and financial trouble.
strengthen each other's mental and physical health.
Hookups are MOST common during which year of college?
a. senior
b. freshman
c. junior
d. sophomore
Freshman
In which of the following countries is cohabitation NOT the norm?
a. Japan
b. All of these answers are correct
c. Italy
d. Ireland
All of these answers are correct
Couples who cohabitate prior to marriage:
a. find divorce harder on the family.
b. are less likely to divorce.
c. delay having children.
d. are more likely to divorce.
are more likely to divorce.
Which of the following kinds of relationships has the LOWEST combined rates of physical and
verbal abuse?
a. a "churning" relationship
b. a relationship where the partners are consistently apart
c. an "unstable" relationship
d. a relationship where the partners are consistently together
a relationship where the partners are consistently apart
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,Research finds that there is one decided advantage to cohabitation. What is it?
a. It allows both partners to focus on their careers without worrying about being married.
b. It results in higher sexual satisfaction for both partners.
c. It enhances the likelihood of future marital success.
d. It helps people save money by living together.
It helps people save money by living together.
Research finds that there is one decided disadvantage to cohabitation. What is it?
a. If a cohabiting couple has children, there are problems associated with the parents being less
committed to each other.
b. Cohabitating is associated with a higher incidence of drug use in one or both partners.
c. Those who cohabit are less likely to stay occupationally ambitious and thus have a lower
likelihood of ongoing career success.
d. Cohabiting actually costs each member of the couple more money than being married.
If a cohabiting couple has children, there are problems associated with the parents being less
committed to each other.
The period of rapid physical growth and sexual maturation that signals the end of childhood is
called:
a. puberty.
b. menarche.
c. the growth spurt.
d. young adulthood.
puberty.
The FIRST visible sign of puberty in boys is:
a. enlargement of the penis.
b. the appearance of pubic hair.
c. growth of facial hair.
d. growth of the testes.
growth of the testes.
The secular trend in growth:
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, a. seems to have stopped in developed nations.
b. has been halted by medical advances.
c. is still apparent when looking at prepubertal growth.
d. predicts that, on average, future generations will be taller and heavier.
seems to have stopped in developed nations.
Anna lives in a more stressful environment than her cousin Maria. This is likely to:
a. lead to an increase in sexual activity in Anna.
b. result in earlier puberty for Anna.
c. delay menarche in Anna.
d. have an insignificant effect on pubertal hormones in Anna.
b. result in earlier puberty for Anna.
The relatively sudden and rapid physical growth that occurs during puberty is referred to as:
a. rapid body growth.
b. precocious puberty.
c. a proximodistal sequence.
d. a growth spurt.
a growth spurt
Which of the following is a primary sex characteristic?
a. lowering of the voice
b. breast development
c. facial hair
d. maturation of the testes
maturation of the testes
Which statement concerning a teenager's brain growth is TRUE?
a. The reflective areas of the brain develop before the emotional areas.
b. The prefrontal cortex matures before the limbic system.
c. The limbic system matures before the prefrontal cortex.
d. Maturation of the cortex depends more on hormones than on age.
The limbic system matures before the prefrontal cortex
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