Santrock Adolescene 16Th Edition by John Santrock - Test Bank

1. According to Plato, reasoning first appears during

A. early childhood.

B. middle childhood.

C. adolescence.

D. young adulthood.

2. Plato thought children should study

A. science.

B. music.

C. art.

D. mathematics.

3. Plato thought that adolescents should study

A. science.

B. language.

C. music.

D. history.

4. Which ability did Aristotle argue is the most important aspect of adolescence?

A. the ability to reason

B. the ability to think critically

C. the ability to debate

D. the ability to choose

5. What did Aristotle see as the hallmark of maturity?

A. self-determination

B. empathy

C. self-efficacy

D. critical thinking

6. Rousseau believed that curiosity should be especially encouraged in the education of

A. 6- to 8-year-old children.

B. 8- to 11-year-old children.

C. 12- to 15-year-old children.

D. 17- to 19-year-old children.

7. Ms. Bowen encourages her students, ages 12-15, to engage their curiosity in their learning. This teacher's ideas most closely resemble those of

A. Sigmund Freud.

B. Aristotle.

C. Hall.

D. Rousseau.

8. G. Stanley Hall believed that development is controlled primarily by _____ factors.

A. cultural

B. psychological

C. social

D. biological

9. The "storm and stress" view of adolescence was postulated by

A. Jean Rousseau.

B. Alfred Adler.

C. G. Stanley Hall.

D. Margaret Mead.

10. The "storm and stress" view of adolescence sees adolescence as a time of

A. turbulence.

B. conflict.

C. mood swings.

D. All of these choices are correct.

11. Mary tells her husband that she is not looking forward to the time their son becomes an adolescent, because she has read that it is a time of

great conflict and stress for the family. Which of the following theorists would agree with Mary's view of adolescence?

A. Carl Jung

B. Carol Gilligan

C. Anna Freud

D. G. Stanley Hall

12. Anthropologist Margaret Mead concluded that the basic nature of adolescence is

A. biological.

B. psychological.