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Jeffrey Arnett (2000) has termed the age range from 18 to 25: |
| | A) | late adolescence. |
| | B) | early adulthood. |
| | C) | emerging adulthood. |
| | D) | adulthood transitioning. |
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Compared to their 1980s counterparts, university students today indicate that they feel: |
| | A) | more excited about their opportunities. |
| | B) | more depressed. |
| | C) | less prepared for university. |
| | D) | more prepared for university. |
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How well do university students use their knowledge about health? |
| | A) | They are well informed and a majority of them use the information to live healthy lifestyles. |
| | B) | Surveys indicate that most of them are aware of what it takes to be healthy and almost 50% practice what they know. |
| | C) | Those who are well-informed also tend to practice what they know. |
| | D) | Although most of them know what it takes to be healthy, most do not apply it. |
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Which of the following might be expected to occur when an individual reaches age 30? |
| | A) | greater muscle tone and strength |
| | B) | radical changes in the sensory systems |
| | C) | sagging chin and protruding abdomen |
| | D) | decrease in the body's fatty tissues |
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Which of the following is LEAST likely to play a role in obesity? |
| | A) | heredity |
| | B) | metabolism |
| | C) | personality |
| | D) | environmental factors |
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With increasing age, basal metabolism rate: |
| | A) | increases steadily. |
| | B) | reaches a peak and levels off. |
| | C) | declines steadily. |
| | D) | does not change. |
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__________ are individuals who chronically restrict their food intake to control their weight. |
| | A) | Dieters |
| | B) | Restrained eaters |
| | C) | Yo-yo dieters |
| | D) | Bulimics |
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The main focus of research on the effects of exercise on health has involved: |
| | A) | reducing weight. |
| | B) | preventing cancer. |
| | C) | staying young. |
| | D) | preventing heart disease. |
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At age 30 you find you are a successful, hardworking executive, but you are also slightly overweight and have increasing difficulty coping with the tension in your life. What do the "experts" recommend you do to ensure good health? |
| | A) | lose weight |
| | B) | start a daily weight lifting program |
| | C) | increase physical activity levels gradually by manageable amounts |
| | D) | push yourself to jog fast for 30 minutes three to five times a week |
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__________, a behaviour modification technique in which the smoker is sensitized to smoking cues, has been used effectively in getting some individuals to stop smoking. |
| | A) | Stimulus control |
| | B) | Systematic desensitization |
| | C) | Cue sensitization |
| | D) | Cognitive control |
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__________ is a pattern of behaviour characterized by an overwhelming involvement with using a drug and securing its supply. |
| | A) | Drug tolerance |
| | B) | Addiction |
| | C) | Drug withdrawal |
| | D) | Substance abuse |
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| 12 | |
The currently accepted view of sexual orientation is that: |
| | A) | people are either heterosexual or homosexual. |
| | B) | sexuality exists along a continuum from exclusively heterosexual to exclusively homosexual. |
| | C) | homosexuals and heterosexuals have differing attitudes and behaviours. |
| | D) | homosexuals and heterosexual have different physiological responses during sexual arousal. |
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Recent research exploring the biological bases of homosexuality has found that: |
| | A) | homosexuals and heterosexuals have different physiological responses during sexual arousal. |
| | B) | if male homosexuals are given male sex hormones, their sexual orientation changes. |
| | C) | exposure of the fetus to hormone levels characteristic of females might cause an individual to become attracted to males. |
| | D) | an area of the hypothalamus that governs sexual behaviour has been found to be twice as large in homosexual males as in heterosexual males. |
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The most common of all sexually transmitted diseases is: |
| | A) | syphilis. |
| | B) | gonorrhea. |
| | C) | chlamydia. |
| | D) | genital herpes. |
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Death rates due to AIDS in Canada: |
| | A) | are on the rise. |
| | B) | are the same as in the past. |
| | C) | have begun to decline. |
| | D) | are unknown at this time. |
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AIDS CANNOT be transmitted by: |
| | A) | intimate sexual contact. |
| | B) | sharing needles. |
| | C) | blood transfusions. |
| | D) | contact with urine. |
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Andrea and Tom are at a point in their relationship where they will soon become sexually intimate. They would be wise to protect themselves against STDs by taking which of the following precautions? |
| | A) | ask about each other's previous sexual encounters |
| | B) | obtain medical examinations |
| | C) | apply petroleum jelly to condoms before using them |
| | D) | promise to be monogamous |
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Sexual harassment is: |
| | A) | a manifestation of power and domination of one person over another. |
| | B) | physical abuse that usually takes place in the workplace. |
| | C) | becoming less prevalent because of awareness. |
| | D) | less prevalent than the media would have us believe. |
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With respect to adult cognitive processes, psychologist K. Warner Schaie (1977) concluded that: |
| | A) | adults now enter a post-formal operational stage involving more complex strategies. |
| | B) | many adults revert back to a pragmatic concrete stage rather than using formal operational thought. |
| | C) | adults do not go beyond formal operational thought, but they do progress in how they use their intellect. |
| | D) | adults in certain careers (e.g., higher education) tend to go into a post-formal operational stage, but most others do not. |
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Life-span development students often complain, "Why do we have to learn all of these theories? Why don't you just teach us the right one?" According to William Perry, this complaint reflects __________ thinking. |
| | A) | absolute, dualistic |
| | B) | dualistic, reflective |
| | C) | reflective, relativistic |
| | D) | full relativistic |
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Postformal thought involves the understanding that: |
| | A) | the search for truth is often a ever-ending process. |
| | B) | knowledge is concrete and finite. |
| | C) | the correct answer to a problem does not vary from situation to situation. |
| | D) | determining the correct answer to a problem requires non-reflective thinking. |
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Recent research on creativity has shown that it: |
| | A) | is highly correlated with intelligence. |
| | B) | peaks in adolescence, and then declines. |
| | C) | peaks in adulthood, and then declines. |
| | D) | peaks somewhere in middle to late adulthood. |
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According to John Holland, the person with a conventional personality is most likely to become a(n): |
| | A) | bank teller. |
| | B) | artist. |
| | C) | social worker. |
| | D) | carpenter. |
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If Habib wants to get a career in the occupation currently believed to have the fastest growth in the next few years, he will find a position as a: |
| | A) | computer systems analyst. |
| | B) | health care worker. |
| | C) | college professor. |
| | D) | commercial artist. |
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Approximately ____ percent of Americans work 50 hours or more per week. |
| | A) | 20 |
| | B) | 28 |
| | C) | 38 |
| | D) | 48 |
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