MCQs of Psychology – Adolescence And Adultthood

Identify the FALSE regarding personal development:

Which of these is true in terms of an adolescent’s physical development?

Research has documented that physical development during adolescence affects all of the following except_____

Which stage of Piaget’s theory of cognitive development occurs during adolescence and refers to the ability to reason about abstract concepts and broader social environment?

Which of the following statements is correct?

Identify the correct statement from those given below, with respect to peer influence in adolescene:

Which research findings have challenged the belief that adolescents are dominated by peer pressure?

Which of the following statements is NOT a feature of physical development in early adulthood?

Which of the Kamer’s three stages of cognitive development in adulthood may be facilated by underground training at university?

K. Warner Schale and his colleagues have conducted major longitudinal studies of the evolution of primary mental abilities among several thousand adult Americans Schale , 1995, 2000) But which of the following are primary mental abilities?
1.Narrative memory
2.Dailectical reasoning
3.Spatial orientation
4.Verbal ability

Adults who find it difficult to trust others and are reluctant to commit to intimate relationships may be described as having which type of attachment style?

Which term was used by Erik Erikson to refer to the feeling experienced by some individuals in mid-life that they have achieved relatively little and have little to offer to the next generation?

Erikson (19130) saw middle age as a period when adults have to face a conflict between genrativity and stagnation. But which of the following descriptions of these terms are accurate?
1.Generativity can be realized in a variety of ways through personal family or career attainments that provide a basis for others to progress.
2.Stagnation is the feeling of having achieved relatively and of having little to offer to the next generation.
3.Some people responds to the feeling they have not met their life goals with a period of self-absorption, and an acute awareness that time is unlimited.
4.Those who fail to resolve the conflict between genrativity and stagnation care more about the future.

Which of the following do we know to be true of middle adulthood?

Which research findings have been used to support the belief that every middle aged person experiences a mid-life crisis?

Which of the following are ‘myths’ of middle age?
1.Periods of turbulence and self-doubt are peculiar to this age group.
2.The majority of middle-aged people feel they have experienced a crisis.
3.Subtantial proportions of them middle-aged people report better mental health and self-esteem during this phase of life than event before.
4.In middle age, a lot depends on the quality of a person’s attachment to his or her partner.

On the average, how do people in late adulthood(mid-60’s) compare to people in early adulthood(mid-20’s) on tests of cognitive performance?

Which factor(s) have been identified as critical to maintaining positive mental and physical health in late adulthood?

Which of the following statements is FALSE in old age:

According to longitudinal research by Levy and colleagues, what psychological factors were significantly associated with how long people actually lived?