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These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: Bachelor of Science in Counselling Psychology (BSc Counselling Psychology) .
| 51. |
It is important that social workers |
| A. | understand social darwinism |
| B. | understand biological, psychological and social dimensions of development |
| C. | are cosmopolitanists |
| D. | understand sociobiology |
| Answer» B. understand biological, psychological and social dimensions of development | |
| 52. |
According to Piaget, children can reason about hypothetical entities in the ________ stage. |
| A. | preoperational |
| B. | sensory-motor |
| C. | formal operational |
| D. | concrete operational |
| Answer» C. formal operational | |
| 53. |
The traditional approach to development emphasizes: |
| A. | little change from birth through old age. |
| B. | extensive change from birth to adolescence, adulthood, and old age. |
| C. | extensive change from birth to adulthood, then little change for the rest of the life span. |
| D. | extensive change from birth to adolescence, little or no change in adulthood, then decline in late old age. |
| Answer» D. extensive change from birth to adolescence, little or no change in adulthood, then decline in late old age. | |
| 54. |
The traditional and life-span perspectives are contrasting views of developmental change. According to the life-span perspective, when do developmental changes occur? |
| A. | during infancy and early childhood |
| B. | during adolescence and early adulthood |
| C. | during middle and late adulthood |
| D. | throughout the entire life cycle |
| Answer» D. throughout the entire life cycle | |
| 55. |
Allan spends a great deal of time working and trying to establish his career. He also has been thinking about how his personal relationship is going and considering whether it could be long-term and lead to establishing a family. Allan is MOST LIKELY in: |
| A. | late adolescence. |
| B. | early adulthood. |
| C. | middle adultho |
| Answer» B. early adulthood. | |
| 56. |
The period of development during which school readiness skills are developed and most free time is spent playing with friends is called: |
| A. | infancy. |
| B. | early childhood. |
| C. | middle childho |
| Answer» B. early childhood. | |
| 57. |
Which period of development is characterized by establishing independence, developing an identity, and thinking more abstractly? |
| A. | middle childhood |
| B. | late childhood |
| C. | adolescence |
| D. | early adulthood |
| Answer» C. adolescence | |
| 58. |
In one study, the reasoning abilities of older adults were improved through retraining. This is an example of how development is: |
| A. | contextual. |
| B. | multidirectional. |
| C. | multidimensional. |
| D. | plastic. |
| Answer» D. plastic. | |
| 59. |
Differences in families, neighborhoods, cultures, and even time periods affect development. This statement supports Baltes' assertion that development is: |
| A. | contextual. |
| B. | multidirectional. |
| C. | multidimensional. |
| D. | plastic. |
| Answer» A. contextual. | |
| 60. |
In many cultures, people retire from their careers in their fifties or sixties. This is an example of a: |
| A. | normative age-graded influence. |
| B. | normative history-graded influence. |
| C. | nonnormative life event. |
| D. | nonnormative socioemotional event. |
| Answer» A. normative age-graded influence. | |
| 61. |
Like many others her age, Velma does not know how to use a computer, but her six-year-old grandson has no problem navigating the Internet and using a word processing program. This is an example of a: |
| A. | normative age-graded influence. |
| B. | normative history-graded influence. |
| C. | nonnormative life event. |
| D. | nonnormative socioemotional event. |
| Answer» B. normative history-graded influence. | |
| 62. |
When Ben was thirteen when his father was killed in a car accident. This is an example of a: |
| A. | normative age-graded influence. |
| B. | normative history-graded influence. |
| C. | nonnormative life event. |
| D. | nonnormative socioemotional event. |
| Answer» C. nonnormative life event. | |
| 63. |
The onset of puberty is an example of: |
| A. | normative age-graded influences. |
| B. | normative history-graded influences. |
| C. | nonnormative life events. |
| D. | storm-and-stress events. |
| Answer» A. normative age-graded influences. | |
| 64. |
The AIDS epidemic in the United States would be an example of a: |
| A. | normative age-graded influence. |
| B. | normative history-graded influence. |
| C. | nonnormative life event. |
| D. | storm-and-stress event. |
| Answer» B. normative history-graded influence. | |
| 65. |
The number of years since a person was born is a key element in the definition of: |
| A. | chronological age. |
| B. | biological age. |
| C. | psychological age. |
| D. | developmental age. |
| Answer» A. chronological age. | |
| 66. |
The expectations society has that a person will act his or her age refers to: |
| A. | biological age. |
| B. | social age. |
| C. | psychological age. |
| D. | historical age. |
| Answer» B. social age. | |
| 67. |
Rozee is 86 years young. She continues to learn phrases in new languages, she writes poetry, and she enjoys going to museums to see the latest up-andcoming artists. These examples of her adaptive capacities demonstrate: |
| A. | chronological age. |
| B. | biological age. |
| C. | psychological age. |
| D. | social age. |
| Answer» C. psychological age. | |
| 68. |
As he was studying life-span development, Tyrell had to learn several interrelated, coherent sets of ideas that would help him explain and make predictions about development. Tyrell had to learn: |
| A. | theories. |
| B. | hypotheses. |
| C. | models. |
| D. | scientific methods. |
| Answer» A. theories. | |
| 69. |
Erik Erikson's theory emphasized: |
| A. | repeated resolutions of unconscious conflicts about sexual energy. |
| B. | developmental change throughout the human life span. |
| C. | changes in children\s thinking as they mature. |
| D. | the influence of sensitive periods in the various stages of biological maturation. |
| Answer» B. developmental change throughout the human life span. | |
| 70. |
Most life-span developmentalists recognize that: |
| A. | nature, continuity, and stability are the primary determinants of behavior. |
| B. | nurture, discontinuity, and change are the primary determinants of behavior. |
| C. | while nurture (the environment) is important, nature (heredity) plays the stronger role. |
| D. | extreme positions on these issues are unwise. |
| Answer» D. extreme positions on these issues are unwise. | |
| 71. |
When choosing a career path, men are more likely to consider ___________, while women are more likely to take ______________ into account. |
| A. | economic gains, relationships with people |
| B. | relationships with people, economic gains |
| C. | length of training, proximity |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» A. economic gains, relationships with people | |
| 72. |
In most countries, elderly women ______ than elderly men. |
| A. | are mistreated less |
| B. | live a few years longer |
| C. | suffer fewer health problems |
| D. | deal with issues of aging better |
| Answer» D. deal with issues of aging better | |
| 73. |
In Erik Erikson’s developmental stages of life, with which challenge must older people struggle? |
| A. | overcoming despair to achieve integrity |
| B. | overcoming role confusion to achieve identity |
| C. | overcoming isolation to achieve intimacy |
| D. | overcoming shame to achieve autonomy |
| Answer» A. overcoming despair to achieve integrity | |
| 74. |
No social relationship can exist without: |
| A. | face to face presence of the individuals |
| B. | physical awareness of the presence of another |
| C. | likeness of interests |
| D. | carrying common life activates |
| Answer» B. physical awareness of the presence of another | |
| 75. |
What are the parts of social structure? |
| A. | communities |
| B. | roles and sub-groups |
| C. | institutions and associations |
| D. | groups and associations |
| Answer» B. roles and sub-groups | |
| 76. |
Geronotology is the study of |
| A. | human being |
| B. | special groups |
| C. | aged and aging |
| D. | all of these |
| Answer» C. aged and aging | |
| 77. |
The most pervasive of the social processes are: |
| A. | cooperation |
| B. | over conflict |
| C. | competition |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. competition | |
| 78. |
The exception to the typical application of endogamy is: |
| A. | tribe |
| B. | kinship |
| C. | race |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. kinship | |
| 79. |
A large kinship group whose members inhabit one geographic area and believe they are descendent from a common area is known as: |
| A. | clan |
| B. | tribe |
| C. | kin group |
| D. | class |
| Answer» B. tribe | |
| 80. |
Role confusion in modern society is engendered by all but one of the following: |
| A. | broadening of role specification |
| B. | plurality of moralities |
| C. | increase in number of achievable positions |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. increase in number of achievable positions | |
| 81. |
In modern society, cultural change is most likely to be the byproduct of: |
| A. | planning |
| B. | diffusion |
| C. | social struggle |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. diffusion | |
| 82. |
Etnocentricism means: |
| A. | evaluating other cultures with the yardstick of your own values. |
| B. | taking other nations as good as your own one but disowned |
| C. | no other society is like your\s and your society or group is superior to others. |
| D. | none of these. |
| Answer» C. no other society is like your\s and your society or group is superior to others. | |
| 83. |
Age is a: |
| A. | nominal variable |
| B. | ordinal variable |
| C. | interval |
| D. | ratio |
| Answer» B. ordinal variable | |
| 84. |
Which one is a basic institution for socialization of children: |
| A. | school |
| B. | religion |
| C. | family |
| D. | community |
| Answer» C. family | |
| 85. |
Which type of family consists of a couple, one or both of whom were previously married, their children, and the children from the previous marriage of one or both parents? |
| A. | nontraditional family |
| B. | traditional family |
| C. | blended family |
| D. | step family |
| Answer» C. blended family | |
| 86. |
Ashley and her husband just had their first child. Ashley was married previously, and her two children from that marriage also live with Ashley and her current husband. Which type of family is this? |
| A. | nontraditional family |
| B. | traditional family |
| C. | blended family |
| D. | secondary family |
| Answer» C. blended family | |
| 87. |
Which type of family consists of a married couple and their own or adopted children living at home? |
| A. | nontraditional family |
| B. | traditional family |
| C. | blended family |
| D. | step family |
| Answer» B. traditional family | |
| 88. |
Barry and Laurie have been married for almost twenty years, and this is the first marriage for both of them. They have two children living at home. Which type of family is this? |
| A. | nontraditional family |
| B. | traditional family |
| C. | blended family |
| D. | step family |
| Answer» B. traditional family | |
| 89. |
Stages of the household life cycle are based on ____. |
| A. | age of the adult members |
| B. | marital status of the adult members |
| C. | presence of children |
| D. | age of children |
| Answer» D. age of children | |
| 90. |
When a couple has children, expenditures on which of the following does NOT usually decrease? |
| A. | alcoholic beverages |
| B. | meals out |
| C. | health care |
| D. | personal care products |
| Answer» C. health care | |
| 91. |
Which of the following is the primary source of consumer socialization? |
| A. | school |
| B. | advertising |
| C. | friends |
| D. | family |
| Answer» D. family | |
| 92. |
In Sternberg's triarchic theory of intelligence, the experiential subtheory refers to: |
| A. | metacomponents, performance components and knowledge-acquisition components. |
| B. | internal mechanisms that underlie intelligent behaviour. |
| C. | how experience interacts with intelligence in terms of the individual\s internal world, and the external wor |
| Answer» C. how experience interacts with intelligence in terms of the individual\s internal world, and the external wor | |
| 93. |
According to Sternberg, the ability to analyze and evaluate ideas, solve problems, and make decisions is best described as: |
| A. | logical intelligence. |
| B. | analytical intelligence. |
| C. | practical intelligence. |
| D. | essential intelligence. |
| Answer» B. analytical intelligence. | |
| 94. |
Which theory comprises the Componential subtheory, Contextual subtheory and Experiential subtheory? |
| A. | goleman\s emotional intelligence theory |
| B. | guilford\s structure of intellect model |
| C. | sternberg\s triarchic model |
| D. | gardner\s multiple intelligences theory |
| Answer» C. sternberg\s triarchic model | |
| 95. |
According to Sternberg, success is a measure of intelligence that involves an individual's ability to |
| A. | develop at least one of the three intelligences. |
| B. | score high on intelligence tests. |
| C. | solve problems without advance preparation. |
| D. | effectively balance abilities based upon environmental circumstances |
| Answer» D. effectively balance abilities based upon environmental circumstances | |
| 96. |
Sternberg's theory of successful intelligence goes beyond success in school and determines success in life by using |
| A. | real-life situations. |
| B. | social networking. |
| C. | visual cues. |
| D. | auditory cues. |
| Answer» A. real-life situations. | |
| 97. |
The general pattern of growth starting from head to foot of the body |
| A. | A . Proximodistal law |
| B. | Cephalocaudal Law |
| C. | Phylogenetic function |
| D. | Ontogenetic Function |
| Answer» B. Cephalocaudal Law | |
| 98. |
During stage 5, the adolescent will first realize the onset of … …… |
| A. | an identity crisis |
| B. | role confusions |
| C. | the most significant conflict a person will face |
| D. | both A & B |
| Answer» B. role confusions | |
| 99. |
Initiative vs. Guilt takes place during which ages? |
| A. | 2-6 |
| B. | 6-12 |
| C. | 0-1 |
| D. | 12-18 |
| Answer» A. 2-6 | |
| 100. |
What is the term that Erikson coined? |
| A. | Oedipus Complex |
| B. | Self-fulfilling Prophecy |
| C. | Identity Crisis |
| D. | Positive Reinforcement |
| Answer» C. Identity Crisis | |
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