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Adolescence is typically a time of


A) diminishing parental influence and diminishing peer influence.
B) growing parental influence and growing peer influence.
C) diminishing parental influence and growing peer influence.
D) growing parental influence and diminishing peer influence.

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After controlling for other factors,children ________ achieve better life outcomes.


A) whose parents are cohabiting
B) whose parents are divorced but living together
C) raised by both parents
D) living with a close relative

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As individuals progress through their teen years into early adulthood,their self-concepts typically become


A) less personalized and unique.
B) more fluid and changeable.
C) less integrated.
D) more positive.

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Boys first begin producing sperm during


A) embryonic development.
B) fetal development.
C) the first year after birth.
D) puberty.

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Five-year-olds who were surprised to discover that a Band-Aid box contained pencils were able to anticipate their friend's false belief about the contents of the box.This best illustrates that the children had developed a


A) secure attachment.
B) conventional morality.
C) theory of mind.
D) concept of conservation.

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Which of the following is true of adolescence in contemporary industrialized societies,as compared with previous centuries?


A) It begins earlier in life and ends earlier in life.
B) It begins later in life and ends earlier in life.
C) It begins earlier in life and ends later in life.
D) It begins later in life and ends later in life.

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Conscious recall of lasting memories most directly depends on the childhood maturation of the


A) hypothalamus.
B) amygdala.
C) hippocampus.
D) thalamus.

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Older adults who feel satisfied when reflecting on their lives demonstrate what Erikson called a sense of


A) plasticity.
B) maturity.
C) integrity.
D) resilience.

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A mother who is slow in responding to her infant's cries of distress is most likely to encourage


A) conservation.
B) insecure attachment.
C) object permanence.
D) egocentrism.

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Parenting styles can be described as a combination of


A) involvement and restraint.
B) responsiveness and demandingness.
C) rules and affection.
D) oversight and involvement.

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The human tendency to stand before walking is an illustration of


A) maturation.
B) change.
C) stability.
D) nurture.

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The differences among adults' abilities to learn and remember are greatest among those in their


A) forties.
B) fifties.
C) sixties.
D) seventies.

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The understanding that biological,psychological,and social-cultural forces interact in development supports which major issue in developmental psychology?


A) continuity and stages
B) conception and prenatal development
C) stability and change
D) nature and nurture

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Twenty-year-olds would most likely outperform 60-year-olds on an art history exam in which they were asked to


A) list as many famous artists as possible.
B) match paintings with famous painters.
C) pick an artist's country of birth from a list of four possibilities.
D) respond to true-false statements regarding important events in artists' lives.

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Fourteen-year-old Lisa was asked,"What would happen if everyone in the world suddenly went blind?" She responded,"Those who had previously been blind would become leaders." Lisa's answer indicates she is in the ________ stage of development.


A) preconventional
B) postconventional
C) formal operational
D) conventional

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The preoperational child's difficulty taking another's point of view is called


A) stranger anxiety.
B) egocentrism.
C) imprinting.
D) conservation.

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Grace and Sam have been happily married for 30 years.Which of the following is an indicator of their successful marriage?


A) at least a five-to-one ratio of positive to negative interactions
B) avoiding a midlife transition
C) an even balance of intimacy and generativity
D) having cohabited prior to marriage

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Parent-child conflict during the transition to adolescence tends to be ________ with first-born rather than second-born children.The conflict tends to be ________ between children and their mothers than between children and their fathers.


A) greater;stronger
B) smaller;weaker
C) greater;weaker
D) smaller;stronger

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The period of sexual maturation,during which a person becomes capable of reproducing,is called


A) the formal operational stage.
B) emerging adulthood.
C) pruning.
D) puberty.

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Adolescents who have been bullied by their peers are at increased risk of reduced physical health and


A) delay of gratification.
B) postconventional morality.
C) psychological distress.
D) excessive online texting.

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