Adolescence And Adulthood MCQs

Option A: Peers are less influential when it comes to moral values or career choices

Option B: Parental influence can be stronger than peer influence

Option C: Friends and peer groups are influenced by parents

Option D: Adolescents do not report feeling significant pressure from peers

Correct Answer: All of the above ✔

Option A: Sense of self

Option B: Secondary sex Charecteristic

Option C: Computer skills

Option D: Relationships with other

Correct Answer: Computer skills ✔

Option A: Development stops when we reach adulthood.

Option B: Physical developments are a key consideration when considering adult changes.

Option C: Social perspectives are important in adult development.

Option D: Cognitive themes are relevant to our development as adults.

Correct Answer: Development stops when we reach adulthood. ✔

Option A: Some people find that the marital relationship becomes more rewarding.

Option B: The most long-lasting relationships are usually with siblings.

Option C: Family becomes more important

Option D: Social networks are no longer important

Correct Answer: Social networks are no longer important ✔

Option A: parents’ age of death and will to live

Option B: Generativity and secure attachments

Option C: Optimism and openness to experience

Option D: Perceptions of ageing and will to live

Correct Answer: Perceptions of ageing and will to live ✔

Option A: Having grandchildren

Option B: Retirement

Option C: Social support

Option D: (a) and (b)

Correct Answer: Social support ✔

Option A: 60-year olds perform roughly the same as 20-year olds

Option B: 60-year olds perform better than 20-year olds

Option C: 60-year olds perform worse than 20-year olds

Option D: Research has not compared 60-years olds to 20-year olds

Correct Answer: 60-year olds perform roughly the same as 20-year olds ✔

Option A: Period of turbulence and self-doubt are experienced by adults of most ages.

Option B: In large samples of middle-aged people, a minority of people report the experience of a mid-life crisis

Option C: Many middle-aged people report better mental health and self-esteem during this period of life than event before

Option D: None of the above

Correct Answer: None of the above ✔

Option A: Unlike adolescence, it is clear where middle adulthood starts and ends.

Option B: During mid-life, people experience a range of external and internal physical changes.

Option C: One of the most noticeable changes for most middle-aged people is the conset of myopia.

Option D: All of the above

Correct Answer: During mid-life, people experience a range of external and internal physical changes. ✔

Option A: Manopause

Option B: Stagnation

Option C: Generativity

Option D: Presbyopia

Correct Answer: Stagnation ✔

Option A: Secure

Option B: Insecure

Option C: Avoidant

Option D: Anxious

Correct Answer: Avoidant ✔

Option A: Postformal reasoning

Option B: Absolutist reasoning

Option C: Relativist reasoning

Option D: Dialectical reasoning

Correct Answer: Absolutist reasoning ✔

Option A: Manual dexterity begins to reduce in the mid-thirties

Option B: Physical strength declines substantially compared to the late teens.

Option C: A decline in the perception of high-pitched tones is found by the late twenties.

Option D: The health status and perceptions of young adults are influenced by their own behavioural choices.

Correct Answer: Physical strength declines substantially compared to the late teens. ✔

Option A: Adolescents tend to choose friends who have markedly different interests to their own.

Option B: Adolescents tend to choose friends who have similar interests to their own.

Option C: Adolescents invariably report that peer pressures have a major influence on their behaviour

Option D: Causation exists between friends behaviour and adolescents choices and actions.

Correct Answer: Adolescents tend to choose friends who have similar interests to their own. ✔

Option A: Formal operations

Option B: Concrete operations

Option C: Sensorimotor

Option D: Postformal reasoning

Correct Answer: Formal operations ✔

Option A: Girls experience their adolescent growth spurt at an earlier age than boys.

Option B: Boys experience their adolescent growth spurt at an earlier age than girls.

Option C: With the beginnings of adolescence, most individuals undergo a decline in their rate of growth.

Option D: Puberty is the final phase of the reproductive process.

Correct Answer: Girls experience their adolescent growth spurt at an earlier age than boys. ✔