Hartmann
Adolescent Psychology (1230-001)
Study Guide #1—for Santrock, chapter 1 and Lectures 1, 2, & 3
Fall, 2005
Chapter 1 (Introduction)
1. During which historical time period were adolescents viewed as miniature adults?
A) the 4th century B.C. in Greece
B) The Middle Ages
C) The Age of Enlightenment
D) The eighteenth century
E) The nineteenth century
2. Stanley Hall's belief is that
A) adolescence is a time of storm and stress.
B) development is primarily biologically controlled.
C) environmental influences play a small role in the development of young children.
D) adolescents are moody.
E) all of these
3. Mead's work has been criticized for
A) being too biologically based.
B) being biased and inaccurate.
C) rarely taking into account the social and cultural factors that play a role in development.
D) being sexist.
E) all of these
4. Schools, work, and economics are especially important dimensions of what view of adolescence?
A) Sociohistorical view
B) Cognitive view
C) Hall's view
D) Inventionist view
E) Mead's view
5. Mary has high career goals, works hard, and is motivated by material interests. During which
decade of United States history was she most likely to have been an adolescent?
A) 1900s
B) 1930s
C) 1940s
D) 1960s
E) 1970s
6. Which of the following adolescent behaviors increased during the 1960s in the United States?
A) political protests
B) challenges to authority
C) ethnic conflicts
D) sexual permissiveness
E) all of these
7. Daniel Offer's cross-cultural research has shown that
A) most adolescents suffer from low self-esteem.
B) adolescents from many different cultures generally have a positive self-image.
C) most adolescents, from no matter what culture, are rebellious and not very happy.
D) most adolescents are low in self-confidence, yet aren't rebellious.
E) adolescents from different cultures tend to have an unhealthy self-image.
8. According to the text, compared to adolescents of several decades ago, today's U.S. adolescents
tend to experience less
A) mandatory education.
B) discontinuity.
C) storm and stress.
D) stability.
E) all of these.
9. Jack complains that elderly Americans are using up resources that should be allocated to
adolescents. What is Jack's belief in the unfair treatment of younger members of an aging society
called?
A) generational inequity
B) generation gap
C) adolescent generalization gap
D) youth stereotype
E) social policy
10. Recently there has been a decline in the percentage of ______________________ adolescents
who have access to secondary and higher education.
A) African American
B) Latin American
C) Asian
D) North American
E) Southern European
11. Which developmental processes most involve adolescents' changing relationships with peers?
A) biological processes
B) socioemotional processes
C) cognitive processes
D) psychological processes
E) intelligence processes
12. Ryan is in middle childhood. What is a likely central theme of his world?
A) trust
B) identity
C) achievement
D) autonomy
E) integrity
13. Kenneth Kenniston's term "youth" refers to
A) individuals under the age of 12.
B) individuals under the age of 18.
C) the transitional time period between adolescence and adulthood.
D) the time period that encompasses both early and late adolescence.
E) immature adults who are in transition.
14. In developing countries, the significant marker for entry into adulthood is often
A) going to college.
B) marriage.
C) working.
D) puberty.
E) graduating from high school.
15. A developmental psychologist believes that reasoning ability is the result of gradual, cumulative
change. This exemplifies a belief in
A) the importance of nurture more than nature.
B) discontinuity in development.
C) the importance of early experiences.
D) continuity in development.
E) the importance of nature more than nurture.
16. What theorist has been the primary influence on people in Western cultures to support the idea
that early experiences are more important than later experiences?
A) Hall
B) Mead
C) Offer
D) Freud
E) Takanishi
17. Compared to those in Western cultures, the majority of people in Eastern cultures believe
A) later childhood experiences are more important than early childhood experiences.
B) there is continuity in development.
C) early childhood experiences are more important than later childhood experiences.
D) nature and nurture play an equal role in development.
E) there is discontinuity in development.
18. A college or university professor with a Ph.D. in developmental psychology CANNOT
A) teach undergraduate courses.
B) train graduate students.
C) conduct research.
D) do counseling.
E) publish articles.
19. Emily wants to pursue a career as a psychiatrist. What educational requirements are necessary?
A) Four to five years in school psychology to obtain a D.Ed.
B) Four to six years of clinical and research graduate training to obtain a Ph.D.
C) Four years of medical school, plus an internship and a residency
D) Two years to obtain an M.A.
E) Four to six years in graduate school to obtain a Ph.D. or a Psy.D.
Discussion Question:
1. Explain and give examples of developmental controversies including (a) the nature-nurture issue,
(b) the continuity-discontinuity issue, and (c) early-later experience. Also explain why
developmentalists do not adopt extreme positions on the three issues.
Lectures 1, 2, & 3:
1. It is always a good idea to know the biases of one’s instructor. Professor Hartmann is a proponent
of
A. Freud
B. Erickson
C. G. Stanley Hall
D. Bandura
E. Darwin
2. According to the syllabus
A. Four exams will be given, each counting equally to your grade
B. The appeal process for this course requires the assistance of a lawyer
C. There is no limit on the proportion of As, Bs, etc. to be given in this course
D. Professor Hartmann discourages class participation, except in the event of an emergency
E. None of the above
3. If you are late for class
A. Stay out!
B. Enter along the side isle and avoid blocking the lectern
C. Sit on the lap of the nearest person
D. You must pay the instructor to gain admission
E. None of the above
4. Which of the following might be used to gain extra-credit for this class?
A. Writing a legislator regarding an adolescent issue
B. Editing another student’s project
C. Adding to Professor Hartmann’s cartoon collection
D. Participating in WEB discussions
E. All or none of the above
5. Success in this course is defined by four components, according to the instructor. Which of the
following is not one of those components?
A. Relations with peers
B. Learning the content
C. Relations with parents/partner
D. Obtaining a good grade
E. Relations with the professor
6. Which of the following has been described as critical to the maintainence of an interpersonally
safe classroom?
A. Regular use of deodorant
B. Checking weapons at the door
C. Not skateboarding in the classroom
D. Discreetly wearing armor under your outer garments
E. Being sensitive to alternative values/life styles of your classmates
7. Which of the following were described as important means of helping you learn the content of
this class?
A. Read the text on a regular basis & in digestible bits.
B. Engage the professor and other students about content
C. Teach your parents/partner about adolescent psychology
D. Relate the class material to material about adolescents you read and watch in the mass
media
E. All or none of the above
8. Which of the following were highlighted as important methods for doing well on the
autobiographical term paper?
A. Read sample papers on reserve
B. Check class WEB resources regarding writing term papers
C. Get a draft of your paper to at least one editor at least a week before paper is due
D. Check to see if your references look like those in the reference section of the text and that
your text citations look like those in the text
E. All or none of the above
9. According to the handout on class participation, you need to know _____ classmates by the end of
the semester to receive full credit for this content area.
A. 06
B. 09
C. 12
D. 13
E. 15
10. That adolescence has ragged boundaries mean that
1. The changes that define adolescence do not occur at the same time
2. Most adolescents wear patched clothing
3. Within a domain, such as physical, most things occur at the same time, but across domains
they occur at different times
4. Most teens are unclear as to where their concerns end and the concerns of others begin
5. None of the above; the stem concerning ragged boundaries is ridiculous
11. Which of the following influences on the works of G. Stanley Hall apparently had most to do with
his dyspeptic or sad appearance?
A. Darwinism
B. Victorian morality
C. German romanticism
D. The preference for spicy food he acquired during his graduate training in Germany
E. None of the above; G. Stanley Hall was a very happy person, not at all dyspeptic
12. Some of the dangers of stage theories (salutatory growth) it that they
F. Lead us to expect greater change between ages than is found
G. Lead us to expect greater uniformity within ages than is found
H. Lead us to make incorrect causal explanations (circular reasoning)
I. All of the above
J. None of the above
K.
13. The following graph illustrates what kind of growth?
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60
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30
20
10
A.
B.
C.
D.
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Continuous growth
Salutatory growth
Linear development
Not growth but deterioration—the failure of the instructor to be able to draw a straight
line
E. None of the above