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WorksheetsHuman Growth & Development Exam 3 Review Fall 2025
Total questions: 43
Worksheet time: 22mins
Due to changes in circadian rhythms, many teenagers find it difficult to go to sleep before 11:00p.m.
True
False
Teenagers who believe that others are always watching them and judging them are experiencing:
Imaginary audience
Personal fable
Unique invulnerability
Fragile self-esteem
Cameron volunteers at a food pantry because the volunteers get Walmart gift cards afterward. Cameron is using:
Preconventional reasoning
Conventional reasoning
Postconventional reasoning
The term "family capital" refers to:
A family's SES
Power that can be used to improve a child's education
The goals parents set for their children
How similar parents are to their child's teachers
Although they know that death is universal, adolescents may not believe death is likely to happen to them (and therefore take risky chances) because of their sense of:
Self-esteem
Identity formation
Unique invulnerability
Sensation seeking
Short-term memory holds:
A large amount of information for a short time
A large amount of information permanently
A small amount of information for a short time
A small amount of information for a long time
When making decisions about actions that have both potential risks and potential rewards, teenagers tend to:
Pay more attention to potential risks
Pay more attention to potential rewards
Pay no attention to either risks or rewards
Pay equal amounts of attention to risks and rewards
Someone having significant difficulty with the spatial and motor aspects of writing, but whose overall intelligence is at least average, may have:
Dyslexia
Dyscalculia
Dysgraphia
Dysmorphia
Secure attachment helps identify formation in adolescence.
True
False
Someone who enjoys exciting, stimulating activities and risk-taking may be described as:
Permissive
Generative
Extraverted
Sensation-seeking
Terrence refuses to pay income taxes because he believes they are unjust and deprive people of money they rightfully earned. This is an example of:
Postconventional reasoning
Preconventional reasoning
Conventional reasoning
What is the main task during the "Industry vs. inferiority" stage?
Develop a sense of self
Achieve socially defined goals
Explore personal identity
Establish independence
____________ is the "reward neurotransmitter".
Epinephrine
Norepinephrine
Dopamine
Serotonin
Which stage involves achieving socially defined goals?
Trust vs. Mistrust
Industry vs. Inferiority
Identity vs. Role Confusion
Autonomy vs. Shame and doubt
The ____________ connects the two hemispheres of the brain.
Hippocampus
Amygdala
Cerebellum
Corpus callosum
What is the key task during the "Identity vs. role confusion" stage?
Achieve socially defined goals
Develop a sense of self
Establish trust
Gain independence
IQ tests are "aptitude" tests, meaning that they:
Predict future or potential performance
Measure what you've learned
Measure creativity
All of the above
During which age range does the "Intimacy vs. Isolation" stage occur?
10s-20s
20s-40s
30s-50s
40s-60s
Martina distributes food to orphans living in the streets in a war-torn region of the world. Because this activity is actually against the law, she frequently has to deceive the authorities in order to keep these children alive. What reasoning might she use to justify doing this?
Preconventional
Conventional
Postconventional
_________ aggression attempts to damage a person's self-esteem and relationships.
Extraverted
Instrumental
Nonverbal
Relational
Bob doesn't cheat on the test because it is against the class rules. Bob is using:
Conventional reasoning
Postconventional reasoning
Preconventional reasoning
Currently, the primary markers of achieving adulthood appear to be:
Marriage and parenthood
Financial independence and self-responsibility
Buying a home and paying off student loans
Finishing education and starting a career
Linda feels it is her duty as a good American citizen who believes in freedom to vote in elections. This is an example of:
Preconventional reasoning
Postconventional reasoning
Conventional reasoning
According to Piaget, children start to understand that the amount of a substance remains constant despite changes in its appearance during the ________ stage.
In Patton & McMahon’s model, a person in which stage considers only the fun and exciting aspects of potential jobs?
One (childhood)
Two (adolescence)
Three (emerging adulthood)
Four (early adulthood)
The ability to use deductive logic, think abstractly, and systematically solve problems emerges during the:
Amara tries a new food at dinner. The next day, she feels sick and discovers she has strep throat. Amara concludes that the new food causes strep throat. Amara is using:
Inductive logic
Deductive logic
Machine logic
Symbolic logic
Bartholomew's two dimensions of adult attachment are:
Expectations and warmth
Exploration and commitment
Avoidance and anxiety
Control and responsiveness
Physical development characteristics that make reproduction possible are called:
secondary sexual characteristics
primary sexual characteristics
Bobby is seventeen and has been engaging in risky behaviors, such as reckless driving, skipping class, and breaking curfew. Which of the following is the most likely explanation for his actions?
Bobby's frontal lobes, which affect decision-making, are still developing.
Bobby is rebelling against his peers because he feels left out.
Bobby’s parents have an authoritative parenting style.
Bobby is depressed, as most adolescents are.
ADHD is believed to represent underdevelopment of the:
Occipital cortex
Cerebellum
Corpus callosum
Frontal lobe
“Controversial” children are well-liked by their peers, but disliked by their teachers.
True
False
The common ability underlying all intellectual tasks, which can be assessed in a variety of ways, is called:
Creativity
Specific intelligence factor
General intelligence factor
Adaptive behavior
Which of the following is NOT a way to promote healthy self-esteem?
Consider the person-environment fit
Provide opportunities to develop self-efficacy
Provide honest and constructive feedback
Compare children to more successful peers
When growth proceeds from the extremities toward the torso (from the outer edges toward the center), this is called _________ development.
Distal proximal
Rostral-caudal
Proximodistal
Cephalocapdal
___________ is a hormone that makes social connections feel more rewarding.
Oxytocin
Ptocin
Cortisol
Leptin
___________ are small peer groups with frequent contact and similar interests.
Crowds
Cliques
Both, because these terms mean the same thing
In ____________ cultures, young adults often have a lot of freedom to explore identity and leisure choices.
Individualistic
Collectivistic
When peers reinforce problem behavior, like sensation seeking or aggression, this is called:
Homophily
Identity hardening
Deviant peer contagion
Delinquency
Generation Z workers are
likely to:
Be easily dissatisfied
Want meaningful jobs
Want flexible jobs
All of the above
In ____________ cultures, the ability to financially support your parents is more important than your own personal financial independence.
Individualistic
Collectivistic
Maggie has started a job, but feels that she just "fell into" it and feels trapped because there are few opportunities for advancement. Which of Patton & McMahon's stages does this sound like?
One (childhood)
Two (adolescence)
Three (emerging adulthood)
Four (early adulthood)
________ thought allows us to understand "middle ground" and reconcile imperfections, and is good for solving problems with no "right" answer.
Dialectical
Abstract
Inductive
Deductive
