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PSY 215 LATEST 2022-2023 ALL ANSWERED CORRECT
Name: Date:
1. When G. Stanley Hall's described adolescence as a time of “storm and stress” he
meant that teenagers:
A) have a stressful life.
B) are moody, sensitive, and prone to take risks.
C) cause parents a lot of stress.
D) put society under a lot of stress.
2. Adolescence became a defined life stage in the United States when:
A) Sigmund Freud developed his theories in the early 1900s.
B) Jean Piaget identified formal operational thinking as a separate stage.
C) President Franklin Roosevelt encouraged universal high school attendance.
D) the baby boom generation rebelled against the establishment.
3. High school made adolescence a defined life stage because teens now:
A) understood the world better.
B) spent their days together as a separate group.
C) acted more adult.
D) worked in factories.
4. Which is NOT a reason why adolescence earned consideration as a separate life stage?
A) People spent their days in high school as an isolated, separate group.
B) Teens stayed in school, rather than immediately going to work.
C) People understood the world better.
D) Teenagers were marketed to as a special age group with their own interests.
5. Teenage rebellion against the older generation reached its peak during the:
A) late 1800s, when teenagers left the farm to find factory work in urban centers.
B) early 1900s, when young people had to go off to World War I.
C) late 1960s, when the baby boom cohort rejected conventional rules about adult roles.
D) 1980s, when the “me” generation of individuals who cared mainly about themselves
reached their teens.
6. Adolescence:
A) is a life stage for all people around the world.
B) is a result of people who lived in the twentieth-century developed world.
C) has been a life stage throughout history, over many centuries.
D) has been a life stage only since the seventeenth century.
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7. All are properties of formal operational thought EXCEPT:
A) reasoning like scientists.
B) thinking abstractly.
C) using logic in approaching problems.
D) using reversibility for the first time.
8.A core change unique to formal operations is that teens can:
A) conserve much better.
B) really take another person's point of view.
C) reason abstractly about hypothetical possibilities.
D) read at a much higher level.
9. When people enter formal operations, they can do all of the following EXCEPT:
A) think like “true scientists.”
B) reason logically about abstract ideas.
C) reason about things that are not real.
D) enter a zone of proximal development.
10. John has reached formal operations. John's unique new talent is that he now can:
A) debate the pluses of positions even if he is opposed to those ideas.
B) read complex novels and do math problems much faster than before.
C) get along with people better.
D) act more assertively in his life and in school.
11. Which change is NOT unique to formal operations?
A) logically arguing both sides of an issue
B) approaching problems scientifically
C) reasoning about things that are not real
D) understanding the meanings of new words
12. Adults show formal operational thinking:
A) rarely.
B) usually.
C) when they reason about their own lives, but not on Piaget's scientific tests.
D) when they reason on Piaget's scientific tests, but not in their own lives.
13. An adult would MOST likely show formal operational thought when:
A) reasoning about his or her own future.
B) reasoning scientifically.
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C) arguing the pros and cons of an issue.
D) arguing with his or her mother.
14. According to Laurence Kohlberg, postconventional thought depends on reaching
formal operations, because this most advanced moral milestone involves:
A) thinking about possible rewards and punishments.
B) imagining what people might think about the self.
C) understanding the realities of society's laws.
D) using abstract ethical principles in reasoning about life.
15. Kohlberg would NOT agree with which statement?
A) “Most adults end up reasoning at the conventional stage.”
B) “During elementary school, people begin to develop their moral code for life.”
C) “Few people reason at the highest postconventional level.”
D) “Moral development takes place in the teens.”
16. Using Kohlberg's terms, identify the level of moral reasoning in each statement: (1)
“He only cares if he gets punished or rewarded”; (2) “He has a personal code of ethics
that transcends what society says”; (3) “His morality is focused on what the culture
says is legal or right.”
A) (1) preconventional; (2) postconventional; (3) conventional
B) (1) conventional; (2) preconventional; (3) postconventional
C) (1) postconventional; (2) preconventional; (3) conventional
D) (1) premoral; (2) postmoral; (3) traditionally moral
17. Nien decides not to rob a backpack from an open locker at school because he feels
that “good people” don't steal. Nien is operating at Kohlberg's level of moral
reasoning.
A) preconventional
B) conventional
C) postconventional
D) formal operational
18. Feliciano decides not to rob a backpack from an open locker at school because he
is afraid of getting caught. Feliciano is operating at Kohlberg's level of moral
reasoning.
A) preconventional
B) conventional
C) postconventional
D) formal operational
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19. You are taking this test, and it's so, so easy to look at the next person's answers, but you
decide, “No.” What would be your reasoning if you are at Kohlberg's conventional
stage of moral development?
A) I might get caught.
B) Going against the rules is wrong.
C) I personally believe that cheating is morally wrong.
D) That person next to me might know less than me.
20. You are taking this test, and it's so, so easy to look over to the next person's answers, but
you think, “No.” What would be your reasoning if you are at Kohlberg's
postconventional stage of moral development?
A) I might get caught.
B) It's not right to go against the rules.
C) I personally believe that cheating is morally wrong.
D) This person might know less than me.
21. As you are taking this test, it's so, so easy to look at the next person's answers, but you
decide, “No.” Using Kohlberg's categories, pick out the correct level of moral
reasoning: (1)“I won't because I might get caught”; (2) “I won't because I believe that
cheating is morally wrong”; (3) “I won't because I took a pledge to uphold the school's
honor code.”
A) (1) conventional; (2) postconventional; (3) preconventional
B) (1) preconventional; (2) postconventional; (3) conventional
C) (1) preconventional; (2) conventional; (3) postconventional
D) (1) conventional; (2) preconventional; (3) postconventional
22.A mom feels ill at a family picnic, so her husband drives her to the hospital at 90 miles an
hour and with their three teenage children in the car. Billy says “Dad, you can't go this
fast. We might be stopped for speeding.” Josh says, “Slow down, Dad. It's crucially
important, no matter what, to obey the law.” Sarah, furious, yells, “You guys are crazy!
Saving mom's life is more important than ANY law.” Using Kohlberg's categories, pick
each sibling's level of moral reasoning.
A) Billy—conventional; Josh—preconventional; Sarah—postconventional
B) Billy—preconventional; Josh—conventional; Sarah— postconventional
C) Billy—premoral; Josh—fairly moral; Sarah—extremely moral
D) Billy—amoral; Josh—postmoral; Sarah—overly moral
23. Young people who get arrested for participating in illegal demonstrations that protest
what they feel are unfair laws may be operating according to Kohlberg's level of
moral reasoning.
A) preconventional
B) conventional
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