Chapter 11 Physical and Cognitive Development in Adolescence

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