Question

What group of adolescents overall tends to have the most negative body image?

	a.	Caucasian girls.
	b.	African American girls.
	c.	Boys of all races.
	d.	Hispanic girls

Question 2

In his psychosocial theory of development, Erikson saw ____________ as the major developmental task of adolescence.

	a.	Morality.
	b.	Initiative.
	c.	Intimacy.
	d.	Identity

Question 3

During middle childhood, children from around the ages of 6 to 9 gain an average of about ________ in height, and _________ in weight each year.

	a.	1 to 2 inches; 3 pounds.
	b.	3 inches; 3 pounds.
	c.	2 to 3 inches; 5 pounds.
	d.	None of the above.

Question 4

In order, the three leading causes of death for adolescents in the United States are:

	a.	Motor vehicle accidents, illness, and suicides.
	b.	Motor vehicle accidents, homicides, and suicides.
	c.	Homicides, suicides, and illness.
	d.	Illness, motor vehicle accidents, and homicides.

Question 5

One reason that teenagers tend to be idealistic and critical is that from a cognitive perspective in formal operations:

	a.	They are learning to understand the abstract possibilities that exist outside the world that they knew in concrete operational thought.
	b.	They have become disillusioned about life.
	c.	Their hormonal changes make them irritable.
	d.	Really have no good reason to be critical or idealistic.

Answer 1

What group of adolescents overall tends to have the most negative body image?

	d.	Hispanic girls

Question 2

In his psychosocial theory of development, Erikson saw ____________ as the major developmental task of adolescence.

	b.	Initiative.

Question 3

During middle childhood, children from around the ages of 6 to 9 gain an average of about ________ in height, and _________ in weight each year.

	c.	2 to 3 inches; 5 pounds.

Question 4

In order, the three leading causes of death for adolescents in the United States are:

	b.	Motor vehicle accidents, homicides, and suicides.

Question 5

One reason that teenagers tend to be idealistic and critical is that from a cognitive perspective in formal operations:

	c.	Their hormonal changes make them irritable.