Chapter 11 Physical and Cognitive Development in Adolescence

 

Complete Chapter Questions With Answers

 

Sample Questions Are Posted Below

 

Multiple Choice Questions

Which of the following is a more accurate vision of adolescence?

For most individuals, adolescence is a time of evaluation, decision making, commitment, and carving out a place in the world.

For most individuals, adolescence is a time of rebellion, crisis, pathology, and deviance.

Most adolescents have a brush with juvenile delinquency.

Very few adolescents contribute positively to their communities and make a successful transition through adolescence.

 

 

APA LO: 1.1
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Bloom’s: Understand
Difficulty Level: Medium
Learning Objective: 11.1: Discuss the nature of adolescence.
Topic: Nature of Adolescence

 

Which theorist proposed the “storm-and-stress” view that adolescence is a turbulent time charged with conflict and mood swings?

Anna Freud

Jean Piaget

2. Stanley Hall

Daniel Offer

 

 

APA LO: 1.1
APA LO: 1.2
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Bloom’s: Remember
Difficulty Level: Easy
Learning Objective: 11.1: Discuss the nature of adolescence.
Topic: Nature of Adolescence

 

When Daniel Offer and his colleagues studied the self-images of adolescents in the United States, Australia, Bangladesh, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Japan, Taiwan, Turkey, and West Germany, at least _____ percent of the adolescents displayed a healthy self-image.

25

48

60

73

 

 

APA LO: 1.2
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Bloom’s: Remember
Difficulty Level: Easy
Learning Objective: 11.1: Discuss the nature of adolescence.
Topic: Nature of Adolescence

 

For the majority of teens, adolescence is marked by:

stress and storm.

delinquency.

a healthy self-image.

low self-esteem.

 

 

APA LO: 1.2
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Bloom’s: Understand
Difficulty Level: Medium
Learning Objective: 11.1: Discuss the nature of adolescence.
Topic: Nature of Adolescence

 

Public attitudes about adolescence:

emerge from a combination of personal experience and media portrayals.

reflect an objective picture of how normal adolescents develop.

portray today’s adolescents as less troubled, less self-centered, less assertive, and less adventurous than in the past.

paint an unrealistically positive picture of adolescents.

 

 

APA LO: 1.2
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
Bloom’s: Understand
Difficulty Level: Medium
Learning Objective: 11.1: Discuss the nature of adolescence.
Topic: Nature of Adolescence