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Is your child overweight? To find out, you get which kind of assessment?
A) SAT
B) WAIS
C) WISC
D) BMI
E) MMPI
F) Basal metabolism |
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Currently in the US, how many children and adolescents are overweight?
A) Half -- one in two
B) A third -- One in three
C) One in seven
D) One in 20 |
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Bulimia, but not anorexia, is characterized by which one of these?
A) A distorted body self-image.
B) Irrational fear of obesity.
C) A cycle of binge and purge.
D) Excessive weight loss.
E) A disturbed metabolism. |
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Anabolic steroids are chemically most similar to what?
A) cocaine
B) estrogen
C) testosterone
D) Ritalin
E) methedrine |
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What is the leading cause of death for white adolescents in the US, both male and female?
A) Guns
B) Car accidents
C) All other kinds of accidents, combined
D) Infectious illness, including AIDS
E) Drugs |
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Duke, a white teenager with white supremacist views, reads a a study that says Asians are smarter than any other group. What is his most likely response?
A) Become more accepting of Asians, but retain his prejudice against other groups.
B) Decide that the study was flawed.
C) He would hate Asians especially.
D) He would try to learn more, and maybe eventually change his whole white-supremacist view.
E) Find an Asian and beat him up. |
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In Kohlberg's theory, people who always take the "law and order" view are in what stage. ("I don't steal because it's illegal.")
A) Pre-conventional
B) Conventional
C) Post-conventional |
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When faced with the question "Would you steal a drug to save your mother's life?" Joe says "No, I might get caught." According to Kohlberg, what stage of moral reasoning is he in?
A) Pre-conventional
B) Conventional
C) Post-conventional |
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Gilligan's ORIGINAL criticism of Kohlberg's model was that it ________
A) was too authoritarian
B) had too little regard for principles of social order
C) ignored women's different moral development, which tends to emphasize compassion more than justice.
D) didn't pay enough attention to cross-cultural differences
E) was irreligious, since Kohlberg would consider that unquestioningly following the Bible's rules shows a low level of development |
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Which is the best and most basic explanation of why teenagers have a higher risk of accidental death or injury than older people, including a risk that is higher than the slightly older "young adults?"
A) They underestimate the dangers.
B) The limbic system matures before the frontal cortex.
C) Peer pressure
D) Illusion of invulnerability
E) Hormones |
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