Life Stages Quiz

Each life stage creates certain needs in individuals.

• True
• False

Friends of their own age are usually important to 2-year-olds.

• True
• False

Mental development increases rapidly during late childhood because much of the child’s life centers around school.

• True
• False

The impulsive nature of adolescents increases the possibility of suicide.

• True
• False

Many individuals do not show physical changes of aging until their seventies and even eighties.

• True
• False

An example of mental development is ____.

• solving problems
• dealing with love and hate
• interacting with other people
• exercising muscles

An example of emotional development is ____.

• creating a relationship with another individual
• expressing fear and excitement
• making sound judgments
• learning correct study techniques

A psychological disorder in which a person alternately binges and then fasts is ____.

• anorexia nervosa
• dysphagia
• bulimarexia
• bulimia

Frequently the most productive life stage with physical development basically complete

• early adulthood
• late adulthood
• early childhood
• middle childhood

Emotional development is often stormy and in conflict

• infancy
• early childhood
• late adulthood
• adolescence