psych test 3 example #69736

When students make the transition to middle or junior high school, they experience the _____ phenomenon, moving from being the oldest, biggest, and most powerful students in the elementary school to being the youngest, smallest, and least powerful students in the middle or junior high school.

Megan, 8, has a test tomorrow. "It's an easy test", she tells her mother. "I just have to recognize a bunch of stuff on a chart. I finished studying for it yesterday". Megan is exhibiting her:

Eight-year-old Ella can use scissors to cut small paper dolls out of construction paper, something she could not do at age 3. What best accounts for her improving dexterity?

Studies on friendship reveal that sixth-grade students who did not have a friend:

Fifteen-year-old Juanita wants to skip school today because she is having a bad hair day and is convinced that everybody will notice and think badly of her. Which aspect of adolescent egocentrism is Juanita experiencing?

Zack is having a conversation with his friend Ben in a crowded room. Despite the presence of many voices around him, Zack focuses on what Ben is saying. This is an example of _____ attention.

Anorexia nervosa is a(n):

Emerging adulthood is a time frame during which most individuals are:

In one survey, _____ of female college freshman women report having been date raped or having experienced an attempted date rape at least once.

Most divorces occur in the _____ year of marriage.

All of the following are myths about gay and lesbian couples EXCEPT:

Researchers have found that male rapists share the following characteristics: aggression enhances their sense of power or masculinity; they are angry at women in general; and _____.

Louise is teaching her son to read by telling him the sound that each alphabet stands for. What approach is she using?

Ramon's parents have decided that he will enroll in a liberal arts course in the state college near their hometown. Ramon has not really thought about the issue much himself, and he will most likely do what they advise. James Marcia would classify Ramon's identity status as:

Which of the following statements about sexual orientation is considered true today?

A(n) _____ is a written statement that spells out a program that is specifically tailored for the student with a disability.

Boys are estimated to be _____ more likely to have autism spectrum disorders than girls are.

What is the average life expectancy for individuals born today in the United States?

Penelope is describing her marriage of 15 years: "My husband and I were eating breakfast the other day. Neither of us was talking, both of us just reading and thinking our own thoughts. But it was a very comfortable, companionable silence, and I love it"! What aspect of their relationship does this illustrate?

In the Berkeley Longitudinal Study some years ago, early-maturing boys perceived themselves _____ than did their late-maturing counterparts. When the late-maturing boys were in their thirties, however, they had developed a _____ than the early-maturing boys had.

By about age 15, adolescent females have a rate of depression that is _____ that of adolescent males.

Mary Carskadon and her colleagues concluded from their research of the sleep patterns of U.S. adolescents that:

_____ is the "judgment" region that reins in intense emotions but doesn't finish developing until at least emerging adulthood.

Most of us reach our peak physical performance:

A number of leading experts on adolescent sexuality conclude that abstinence-only programs:

Why are older adults more likely to forget what items they wanted to buy at a grocery store (unless they write them down on a list and take it with them) than they are to forget how to drive a car?

Sandra's mother is concerned about Sandra's lack of interest in marrying and having children. She told Sandra, "When I was your age, I had already found a good husband and settled down". Sandra and her mother:

The abstract quality of thinking during the _____ stage is evident in the adolescent's verbal problem-solving ability.

The average adult in middle adulthood _____ height and _____ weight.

According to Erik Erikson, which of the following stages occurs during early adulthood, after individuals are well on their way to establishing stable and successful identities?

In terms of self-understanding, children in late childhood are MORE likely than children in early childhood to:

Older adults not being hired for new jobs, being eased out of old ones because they are perceived as too rigid or feeble-minded, and being eased out because they are not considered cost effective are examples of:

A child with an IQ of _____ or higher is considered to be gifted.

Arthur and Molly's last child has just left home to attend Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. According to research, this will most likely be a time when:

Julio, 12, cannot get his science project to work. In fact, it seems to him that nothing he makes ever works properly. According to Erik Erikson, Julio is at risk for developing a sense of:

Which of the following is especially important to successful aging?

Which of the following statements about juvenile delinquency is true?

Which of the following is associated with breast, uterine, and skeletal development in girls?

The U.S. adolescent pregnancy rate is _____ times as high as in the Netherlands.

One area of math in which boys were found to be better at is:

Bellah sits in the back of the room, and very few of the children in class even know his name. He does not have any best friends, but he is not disliked by his classmates. Which of the following is Bellah's probable sociometric status?

African American students are _____ times as likely as Latinos, Native Americans, or Whites to be suspended from school.

About _____ as many boys as girls are classified as having a learning disability.

The growth spurt that characterizes pubertal change occurs approximately _____ for girls than for boys.

Children who have reached the concrete operational stage are capable of _____, which is the ability to order stimuli along a quantitative dimension.

Which of the following is TRUE about why males are more likely than females to succeed in committing suicide?

Alzheimer disease involves a deficiency in an important brain messenger chemical _____.

A recent study revealed that in their early twenties, women showed more _____ with their closest friend than did men.

Those individuals who have IQs of 55 to 70 fall into the _____ category of mental retardation.

Damon's teachers frequently complain that he disrupts his kindergarten class by fidgeting and moving about all the time. He does not pay any attention to what is being taught in class and behaves impulsively. Considering the presence of the tell-tale characteristics of inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity, Damon's pediatrician diagnosed him with _____.