CPSY 2301 EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS
The give-and take close relationships is called - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-reciprocity
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Professor Schmidt believes that children's attachment history with their primary
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caregivers provide a mental model that they construct as a result of their
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experiences that they use to guide their interactions with caregivers and, later,
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with peers and romantic partners. This demonstrates what attachment theorists
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call an - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Internal working model
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Jasmine is attempting to achieve a sense of who she is, what moral and political
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beliefs to embrace, her career preferences, and her relationship to her culture
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and community. Jasmine is going through the process of: - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Identity development |
Cliques are: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-associated with a particular setting
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Which of the following are NOT true regarding adolescents who have a secure
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attachment to their parents? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-They are more likely to
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demonstrate externalizing behaviors | |
Cognitions and feelings about who one is as a sexual being is referred to as: -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-sexual self
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,The proportion of adolescents categorized as identity achievers: - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-increases steadily during the high school years | | | | | |
According to Erikson, the fundamental task of adolescence is: - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-identity formation |
Which of the following is NOT a possible way of bicultural identity formation
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according to Berry (1984;2015)? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-accommodation
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The hormone testosterone is found in: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-males and
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females
What hormone plays a key role in appetite and metabolism? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-leptin
Anatomical and physiological signs that outwardly differentiate male and females
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are: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-secondary sexual characteristics
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According to Tanner, which part of the body has its adolescents growth spurt the
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earliest? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the legs
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Shelly is 20-years-old and is a full-time college student in the United States who
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lives with her parents. While she works part-time, she remains financially
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dependent on her parents. Which stage is she currently in? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-emerging adulthood |
,On average how much sleep does an adolescent get a night? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-about 7 hours | |
Which of the following does NOT usually occur until fairly late in puberty? -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Deepening of the voice | | | |
What is the limbic system's primary neurotransmitter? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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Dopamine
In general the following are gender differences found among adolescents EXCEPT:
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|- CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-males are better able to handle long-term stress
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Who believed that adolescence is a distinctive stage of development because
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only then can an individual finally "fulfill the biological imperative to reproduce"?
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- CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Sigmund Freud
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Which is a correct assessment of physiological differences between males and
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females? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Males have greater capacity for physical
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exercise, but females are healthier and tolerate stress better.
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Which neurotransmitter stimulates the reward system in the brain? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-dopamine
Strength, as measured by hand grip or arm pull, is: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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nearly equal in boys and girls of equal size before puberty, but greater in boys
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thereafter.
, A serious condition that involves the activation of the HPG axis before the age of
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8 in girls and 9 in boys is called: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-precocious puberty
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Freud believed that adolescence was a distinctive stage because: - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-at this time an individual can finally fulfill the drive to reproduce the
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species.
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Which of the following is true of the Pumé people living in isolation in
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southwestern Venezuela? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Pumé girls continue to grow at
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a fairly even pace throughout middle childhood and adolescence with no
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evidence of entering a growth spurt. | | | | |
The occurrence of the first menstrual period: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-is called
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menarche
Before puberty, the strength level of girls and boys is: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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the same |
According to G. Stanley Hall, young people: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-repeat the
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stages of evolution of the species during individual development
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On average Pumé girls begin to bear children at what age? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-15 ½ years | |
As a teen reconciles his view of who he wants to be and who he is, he is
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developing his sense of: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-identity| | | | | |
CORRECT ANSWERS
The give-and take close relationships is called - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-reciprocity
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Professor Schmidt believes that children's attachment history with their primary
| | | | | | | | | |
caregivers provide a mental model that they construct as a result of their
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
experiences that they use to guide their interactions with caregivers and, later,
| | | | | | | | | | | |
with peers and romantic partners. This demonstrates what attachment theorists
| | | | | | | | | |
call an - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Internal working model
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Jasmine is attempting to achieve a sense of who she is, what moral and political
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
beliefs to embrace, her career preferences, and her relationship to her culture
| | | | | | | | | | | |
and community. Jasmine is going through the process of: - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-Identity development |
Cliques are: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-associated with a particular setting
| | | | | | | |
Which of the following are NOT true regarding adolescents who have a secure
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
attachment to their parents? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-They are more likely to
| | | | | | | | | | |
demonstrate externalizing behaviors | |
Cognitions and feelings about who one is as a sexual being is referred to as: -
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-sexual self
| |
,The proportion of adolescents categorized as identity achievers: - CORRECT
| | | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-increases steadily during the high school years | | | | | |
According to Erikson, the fundamental task of adolescence is: - CORRECT
| | | | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-identity formation |
Which of the following is NOT a possible way of bicultural identity formation
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according to Berry (1984;2015)? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-accommodation
| | | | | |
The hormone testosterone is found in: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-males and
| | | | | | | | | |
females
What hormone plays a key role in appetite and metabolism? - CORRECT
| | | | | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-leptin
Anatomical and physiological signs that outwardly differentiate male and females
| | | | | | | | | |
are: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-secondary sexual characteristics
| | | | |
According to Tanner, which part of the body has its adolescents growth spurt the
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
earliest? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the legs
| | | |
Shelly is 20-years-old and is a full-time college student in the United States who
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
lives with her parents. While she works part-time, she remains financially
| | | | | | | | | | |
dependent on her parents. Which stage is she currently in? - CORRECT
| | | | | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-emerging adulthood |
,On average how much sleep does an adolescent get a night? - CORRECT
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-about 7 hours | |
Which of the following does NOT usually occur until fairly late in puberty? -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Deepening of the voice | | | |
What is the limbic system's primary neurotransmitter? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
| | | | | | | | |
Dopamine
In general the following are gender differences found among adolescents EXCEPT:
| | | | | | | | | |
|- CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-males are better able to handle long-term stress
| | | | | | | | |
Who believed that adolescence is a distinctive stage of development because
| | | | | | | | | | |
only then can an individual finally "fulfill the biological imperative to reproduce"?
| | | | | | | | | | |
- CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Sigmund Freud
| | | |
Which is a correct assessment of physiological differences between males and
| | | | | | | | | | |
females? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Males have greater capacity for physical
| | | | | | | | |
exercise, but females are healthier and tolerate stress better.
| | | | | | | |
Which neurotransmitter stimulates the reward system in the brain? - CORRECT
| | | | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-dopamine
Strength, as measured by hand grip or arm pull, is: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
| | | | | | | | | | | |
nearly equal in boys and girls of equal size before puberty, but greater in boys
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
thereafter.
, A serious condition that involves the activation of the HPG axis before the age of
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
8 in girls and 9 in boys is called: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-precocious puberty
| | | | | | | | | | | |
Freud believed that adolescence was a distinctive stage because: - CORRECT
| | | | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-at this time an individual can finally fulfill the drive to reproduce the
| | | | | | | | | | | |
species.
|
Which of the following is true of the Pumé people living in isolation in
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
southwestern Venezuela? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Pumé girls continue to grow at
| | | | | | | | |
a fairly even pace throughout middle childhood and adolescence with no
| | | | | | | | | | | |
evidence of entering a growth spurt. | | | | |
The occurrence of the first menstrual period: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-is called
| | | | | | | | | | |
menarche
Before puberty, the strength level of girls and boys is: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
| | | | | | | | | | | |
the same |
According to G. Stanley Hall, young people: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-repeat the
| | | | | | | | | | |
stages of evolution of the species during individual development
| | | | | | | |
On average Pumé girls begin to bear children at what age? - CORRECT
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-15 ½ years | |
As a teen reconciles his view of who he wants to be and who he is, he is
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
developing his sense of: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-identity| | | | | |
