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ADOLESCENCE QUIZ

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

WHAT IS THE TRANSITION PERIOD FROM CHILDHOOD TO ADULTHOOD, EXTENDING FROM PUBERTY TO INDEPENDENCE?

a)

PUBERTY

b)

ADOLESCENCE

c)

IDENTITY

d)

INTIMACY

2.

WHAT IS THE PERIOD OF SEXUAL MATURATION, DURING WHICH A PERSON BECOMES CAPABLE OF REPRODUCING?

a)

EMERGING ADULT

b)

INTIMACY

c)

SOCIAL IDENTITY

d)

PUBERTY

3.

WHAT IS OUR SENSE OF SELF; ACCORDING TO ERIKSON, THE ADOLESCENTS’ TASK IS TO SOLIDIFY A SENSE OF SELF BY TESTING AND INTEGRATING VARIOUS ROLES?

a)

IDENTITY

b)

SOCIAL IDENTITY

c)

PUBERTY

d)

PEER PRESSURE

4.

THE “WE ASPECT OF OUR SELF-CONCEPT; THE PART OF OUR ANSWER TO “WHO AM I?” THAT COMES FROM OUR GROUPS MEMBERSHIPS?

a)

IDENTITY

b)

SOCIAL IDENTITY

c)

ADOLESCENCE

d)

INTIMACY

5.

IN ERIKSON’S THEORY, WHAT IS THE ABILITY TO FORM CLOSE, LOVING RELATIONSHIPS; A PRIMARY DEVELOPMENTAL TASK IN YOUNG ADULTHOOD?

a)

PUBERTY

b)

SOCIAL IDENTITY

c)

INTIMACY

d)

INDENTITY

6.

WHAT IS THE PERIOD FROM ABOUT AGE 18 TO THE MID-20s, WHEN MANY IN WESTERN CULTURES ARE NO LONGER ADOLESCENTS BUT HAVE NOT YET ACHIEVED FULL INDEPENDENCE AS ADULTS?

a)

EMERGING ADULTHOOD

b)

ADOLESCENCE

c)

INTIMACY

d)

PUBERTY

7.

WHAT KIND OF CONCEPT IS ADOLESCENCE?

a)

SOCIAL MEDIA

b)

SOCIAL IDENTITY

c)

SOCIAL CONSTRUCT

d)

SOCIAL OUTRAGE

8.

WHAT IS EVERYONE’S INDIVIDUAL TIMETABLE FOR PUBERTY INFLUENCED PRIMARILY BY?

a)

HEREDITY

b)

YOUR PEERS

c)

SOCIALLY INFLUENCED

d)

YOUR DIET

9.

WHICH GLAND IS RESPONSIBLE FOR RELEASING HORMONAL AGENTS INTO THE BLOOD- STREAM TO INITIATE A CHAIN REACTION?

a)

THYROID

b)

PINEAL

c)

PITUITARY

d)

ADRENAL

10.

THE MALE AND FEMALE GONADS ARE ACTIVATED BY?

a)

SURGE OF HIGH FAT DIET

b)

SURGE OF PEER PRESSURE

c)

SURGE OF HORMONES

d)

SURGE OF EXTERNAL STIMULI

11.

DURING PUBERTY MALES GROW WHAT FASTER THAN FEMALES?

a)

HAIR

b)

MUCSLES

c)

ARMS

d)

FEET

12.

WHAT KIND OF RELATIONSHIPS ARE THE CENTRAL FOCUS OF ADOLESCENTS’ LIVES?

a)

PEER

b)

PARENTAL

c)

STUDENT TEACHER

d)

NONE OF THE ABOVE

13.

THE MOST IMPORTANT FUNCTION OF FRIENDSHIP HERE IS HAVING SOMEONE WHO CAN PROVIDE WHAT TYPE OF SUPPORT?

a)

GOOD AND BAD

b)

DEFIANT AND REBELLIOUS

c)

FINANCIAL AND INTIMATE

d)

SOCIAL AND MORAL

14.

ADOLESCENTS WHO HAVE A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH THEIR PARENTS ARE LESS LIKELY TO ENGAGE IN WHAT TYPE OF BEHAVIORS?

a)

POLITE

b)

MODEL

c)

RISKY

d)

TIMID

15.

WHAT INCREASES DURING EARLY ADOLESCENCE?

a)

INTIMACY

b)

PUBERTY

c)

PEER PRESSURE

d)

SOCIAL IDENTITY

16.

CULTURE IS LEARNED THEN?

a)

FORGOTTEN

b)

SOCIALLY SHARED

17.

WHO STARTS PUBERTY 1ST? (BOYS OR GIRLS)

a)

BOYS

b)

GIRLS

18.

WHAT IS A GROWTH SPURT?

a)

SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS OVER THE SUMMER?

b)

A RAPID INCREASE IN SKELETAL SIZE

c)

WHEN YOU LEARN SOMETHING NEW

19.

WHAT KIND OF CHANGE IS PUBERTY?

a)

ENVIRONMENTAL

b)

PSYCHOLOGICAL

c)

SOCIAL

d)

PHYSICAL

20.

WHAT STAGE OF COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT ARE ADOLESCENTS IN?

a)

SENSORIMOTOR

b)

FORMAL OPERATIONAL

c)

CONCRETE OPERATIONAL

d)

PREOPERATIONAL