Development Part 2

During adolescence there is a tendency to see people engage in higher levels of risk-taking behavior. Emotional outbursts are also quite common. This is explained by the relative underdevelopment of the ________ lobe of the cerebral cortex.

• occipital

• temproal

• frontal

• parietal

Which of the following is not one of the reasons for the new lifespan development category called emerging adulthood?

• changes in the workforce

• changing cultural expectations

• taking longer to complete a college degree

• younger average age for marriage

Early maturing girls are _________________.

• at higher risk of depression, substance abuse, and eating disorders

• less likely to drop out of high school

• more confidence

• more likely to go to college

Carissa’s parents let her stay up as late as she wants. She is allowed to pick out her own clothes and decide when and what she wants to eat. Her parents act more like her friends than authority figures. What kind of parenting style is this?

• authoritarian

• authoritative

• Freudian

• permissive

Adolescents (ages 12–18) experiment with and develop a sense of who they are and what roles they want to play. Erik Erikson would argue that during this period adolescents face the________ task of development.

• generativity vs. stagnation

• identity vs. role confusion

• isolation vs. intimacy

• trust vs. mistrust

After age 65, most people are attempting to assess their lives and make sense of life and the meaning of their contributions. Within the psychosocial model of development, what is the primary developmental task of this stage?

• generativity vs. stagnation

• identity vs. guilt

• initiative vs. guilt

• integrity vs. despair

Between birth and one year, infants are dependent on their caregivers; therefore, caregivers who are responsive and sensitive to their infant’s needs help their baby to develop a sense of the world as a safe, predictable place. In Erikson’s developmental theory, what is the primary developmental task of this stage?

• autonomy vs. shame/doubt

• identity vs. confusion

• industry vs. inferiority

• trust vs. mistrust

Erikson contented that each stage of life has its own special psychosocial task or challenge. The primary task during adolescence is to _________.

• attain formal operations

• forge an identity

• develop a sense of intimacy with another person

• live independent of parents

Development researchers who emphasize learning and experience tend to believe in ________; those who emphasize biological maturation tend to believe in ______________.

• nature; nurture

• continuity; stages

• stability; change

• randomness; predictability

Erik Erikson believed that intimate relationships are _______.

• always sexual

• always with one's spouse

• likely to interfere with other important life goals

• always close, open, and loving