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111. Which of the following statements has been identified as a : 1202007
111. Which of the following statements has been identified as a limitation of Kohlberg’s theory of moral development?
A. The definition of “moral judgment” is not the same for every culture.
B. Kohlberg thought development ended during adolescence.
C. There is no solid evidence that people tend to progress upward through Kohlberg’s stages.
D. Kohlberg believed that every adult would reach the highest stage.
112. Because Lawrence Kohlberg used an all-male sample, Carol Gilligan rejected his findings that the “moral ideal” is based only on some abstract concept of justice. Gilligan’s research findings suggest that the female view of morality is based on
A. competition and success.
B. education and intelligence.
C. religious values and compassion.
D. caring and relationships.
113. When it comes to the universality of Kohlberg’s moral developmental stages, which of the following is true:
A. Kohlberg’s moral dilemmas were found to be unsuitable for use with people from cultures other than European or American.
B. Although people in all cultures appear to demonstrate reasoning consistent with Stages 5 and 6, the same is not true for the earlier stages.
C. In collectivist cultures, people often invoke the importance of community when solving moral dilemmas.
D. Researchers failed to find that people make steady progress through the stages in many of the other cultures studied.
114. Compared with teenagers, people in middle adulthood
A. have better vision and hearing.
B. have faster reactions.
C. have better vocabularies.
D. score worse on tests of information.
115. Matilda is seventy years old and in good health, with no signs of dementia or Alzheimer’s disease. Matilda is most likely to experience some difficulties remembering
A. the name of her next-door neighbor.
B. what she had for lunch yesterday.
C. her phone number.
D. the recipe for her homemade brownies.
116. Colleen just graduated from college. Colleen realizes that many of her friends have plans to get married soon, and she starts to wonder whether she could handle marriage at this point in her life. Which of Erikson’s psychosocial crises is Colleen facing?
A. Intimacy vs. isolation
B. Trust vs. mistrust
C. Industry vs. inferiority
D. Generativity vs. stagnation
117. Patrick is thirty-five-years old. If Patrick is a typical thirty-five-year-old, it is not true that
A. his vocabulary continues to improve.
B. his thought is more complex and relativistic than when he was younger.
C. he is more concerned with broad moral issues than when he was younger.
D. his speed of information processing is still increasing.
118. Older people will generally have more cognitive difficulty
A. remembering names of familiar objects.
B. recalling general knowledge of the world.
C. inferring what other people are thinking.
D. dividing their attention between two activities.
119. Which of the following statements regarding developmental changes in adulthood is false?
A. Nearly everyone shows some hearing impairment by their mid-thirties.
B. Increased farsightedness is common at about age forty.
C. Cognitive abilities decrease significantly by fifty years of age.
D. Alzheimer’s disease strikes about 3 percent of the world’s population by age seventy-five.
120. Warwick is thirty-five years old and has recently begun lamenting the fact that he has yet to make a significant contribution to his field of research, which concerns the mating behavior of marsupials. Furthermore, Warwick is beginning to think that his mother is right in saying that he really should settle down one of these days, get married, and have kids. According to Erikson, Warwick may be going through
A. terminal drop.
B. the integrity vs. despair stage.
C. a crisis of generativity.
D. a midlife transition.
121. Bridgett and Timothy are in their thirties and are interested in starting a family because they want children to carry on the traditions and ideals of their families after they are no longer alive. According to Erikson, Bridgett and Timothy may be dealing with the crisis of
A. autonomy.
B. industry.
C. intimacy.
D. generativity.
122. Otis feels free since his recent divorce. He quit his bank job and has gone back to school to pursue a career in music performance. Otis is probably having a(n)
A. midlife transition.
B. crisis of generativity.
C. identity crisis.
D. peak experience.
123. Seventy-five-year-old Van is worried that his life has been wasted and few of his goals met. He regrets many of his major decisions and would live a completely different life if given a second chance. According to Erikson, Van is most likely in the _____ stage of development.
A. initiative vs. guilt
B. intimacy vs. isolation
C. integrity vs. despair
D. trust vs. mistrust
124. Wilhelmine, a ninety-three-year-old former accountant, has recently had difficulty balancing her checkbook and remembering to get her mail. Reading, which used to be her recreation in life, has now become difficult. Wilhelmine is most likely experiencing
A. a cognitive coping strategy.
B. a midlife crisis.
C. the generativity vs. stagnation crisis.
D. terminal drop.
125. Marlon, an older adult, would like to extend his longevity. Marlon should do all of the following to have a longer life except
A. restrict his caloric intake.
B. get a pet.
C. live independently.
D. avoid physical exercise.
