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| About how many inches do adolescents typically gain in height during the growth spurt? |
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| Seventeen-year-old Sam is able to draw conclusions about specific cases based on a set of general premises. Which aspect of formal operational thinking is Sam demonstrating? |
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Kohlberg's postconventional level of moral development consists of which stages?
Kohlberg's postconventional level of moral development consists of which stages? |
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| Social contract and universal ethical principle orientations |
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| Seventeen-year-old Hassam has spent a lot of time this past year thinking about his personal values and life goals. He has decided to go to college and be an architect to design low-income housing. He has even taken a job and begun saving for college. Hassam appears to have attained a sense of |
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| Harold says that hitting his sister is wrong because he will be punished if he does. Harold's reasoning reflects which level of moral development? |
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| Lawrence Kohlberg was interested in which aspect of development? |
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| Which of the following statements is true about puberty |
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| Girls experience menarche at different ages in different ethnic groups |
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| Suzette drives no faster than the speed limit because it's the law. Suzette's reasoning best demonstrates which level of moral reasoning? |
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| Kohlberg studied moral development by |
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| asking people to respond to moral dilemmas |
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| Ira and Joanne have just moved in together. What are the chances that they'll eventually get married? |
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| The developmental period termed emerging adulthood is |
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| According to Erikson, middle adulthood is to ________ as early adulthood is to ________. |
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| generativity vs. stagnation; intimacy vs. isolation |
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| Approximately how many interracial married couples are there in the United States today? |
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| Research suggests that people who fail to learn a basic sense of ________ in early life may have a greater fear of ________ in adulthood. |
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| Twenty-five-year-old Allison is predicted to be in which stage of psychosocial development? |
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| Intimacy versus isolation |
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| What is one major reason for the increased life expectancy in the United States in the last few decades? |
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| Control or elimination of many infectious diseases |
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| The tendency for people to marry others who are similar to themselves is called |
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| If 22-year-old Sophie adopts the most common lifestyle for people in her age group in the United States, we would predict that Sophie is |
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| In the United States today, the average age of first marriage is ________ for males and ________ for females |
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| On average, around what age does one's fund of knowledge begin to decline? |
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| A female belonging to which of the following groups is expected to live the longest? |
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| White (non-Hispanic) American |
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