1. According to Plato, what ability is NOT present in children but becomes apparent in adolescents?
A. athletic ability
B. musical ability
C. reasoning ability
D. social ability
E. all of these
ans: C
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2. Whose research found that the period of adolescence could be relatively free of storm and stress?
A. Hall
B. Mead
C. Cohen
D. Aristotle
ans: B
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3. The definition of adolescence developed in class as “accommodating to puberty and the adoption the adult responsibilities and social roles as defined by the culture” was considered better than Santrock’s definition as “a period between childhood and before adulthood” because my definition:
A. focuses on universal biological changes
B. focuses on all manners of psychological changes
C. focuses on social-cultural factors
D. All of the above.
ans: D
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4. Who characterized adolescence as a period of storm and stress?
A. Hall
B. Mead
C. Cohen
D. Aristotle
ans: A
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5. The notion that development occurs through gradual changes as versus distinct stages in development characterizes the _____ issue.
A. nature - nurture
B. early-late experience
C. internal validity-external validity
D. continuity- discontinuity
ans: D
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6. In comparison with Freud, Erikson placed more emphasis on
A. Physical development
B. Intellectual development
C. Role of parents
D. Social and cultural influence
ans: D
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7. Which one of the following groups of theorists proposed stage theories of development?
A. Piaget, Erikson, Skinner
B. Erikson, Freud, Piaget
C. Bandura, Freud, Erikson
D. Freud, Piaget, Bronfenbrenner
E. None of the above.
ans: B
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8. Piaget's theory of development differs from information-processing theory in that only Piaget’s  is based on the idea of
A. feedback.
B. environmental stimulation.
C. general cognitive stages.
D. inherited I.Q.
ans: C
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9. The Ethological approach to development highlights the importance of _______.
A. the social and historical context.
B. biological and genetic processes.
C. environmental contingencies.
D. interpersonal relations.
ans: B
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10. The Ecological approach to development highlights the importance of _______.
A. the social and historical context.
B. biological and genetic processes.
C. environmental contingencies.
D. interpersonal relations.
ans: A
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11. The most  critical distinction in Psychoanalytic Theory was is between
A. actions and beliefs.
B. feelings and thoughts.
C. sadness and depression.
D. conscious and unconscious processes.
ans: D
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12. Amsel and Santrock disagreed over the definition of which one of the following terms.  Santrock defined it as, “the pattern of change that begins at conception and continues throughout the life cycle”, but Amsel defined it as “change in a positive direction”
A. maturation
B. socialization
C. development
D. pathway
E. continuity
ans: C
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