Related Mcqs:

1. Which factor(s) have been identified as critical to maintaining positive mental and physical health in late adulthood?

   A. Having grandchildren
   B. Retirement
   C. Social support
   D. (a) and (b)

2. Which of the Kamer’s three stages of cognitive development in adulthood may be facilated by underground training at university?

   A. Postformal reasoning
   B. Absolutist reasoning
   C. Relativist reasoning
   D. Dialectical reasoning

3. Which of the following statements is NOT a feature of physical development in early adulthood?

   A. Manual dexterity begins to reduce in the mid-thirties
   B. Physical strength declines substantially compared to the late teens.
   C. A decline in the perception of high-pitched tones is found by the late twenties.
   D. The health status and perceptions of young adults are influenced by their own behavioural choices.

4. Which of the following do we know to be true of middle adulthood?

   A. Unlike adolescence, it is clear where middle adulthood starts and ends.
   B. During mid-life, people experience a range of external and internal physical changes.
   C. One of the most noticeable changes for most middle-aged people is the conset of myopia.
   D. All of the above

5. Which term was used by Erik Erikson to refer to the feeling experienced by some individuals in mid-life that they have achieved relatively little and have little to offer to the next generation?

   A. Manopause
   B. Stagnation
   C. Generativity
   D. Presbyopia

6. Which research findings have been used to support the belief that every middle aged person experiences a mid-life crisis?

   A. Period of turbulence and self-doubt are experienced by adults of most ages.
   B. In large samples of middle-aged people, a minority of people report the experience of a mid-life crisis
   C. Many middle-aged people report better mental health and self-esteem during this period of life than event before
   D. None of the above

7. Which stage of Piaget’s theory of cognitive development occurs during adolescence and refers to the ability to reason about abstract concepts and broader social environment?

   A. Formal operations
   B. Concrete operations
   C. Sensorimotor
   D. Postformal reasoning

8. According to longitudinal research by Levy and colleagues, what psychological factors were significantly associated with how long people actually lived?

   A. parents’ age of death and will to live
   B. Generativity and secure attachments
   C. Optimism and openness to experience
   D. Perceptions of ageing and will to live

9. Identify the correct statement from those given below, with respect to peer influence in adolescence:

   A. Adolescents tend to choose friends who have markedly different interests to their own.
   B. Adolescents tend to choose friends who have similar interests to their own.
   C. Adolescents invariably report that peer pressures have a major influence on their behaviour
   D. Causation exists between friends behaviour and adolescents choices and actions.

10. Which of the following statements is FALSE in old age:

    A. Some people find that the marital relationship becomes more rewarding.
    B. The most long-lasting relationships are usually with siblings.
    C. Family becomes more important
    D. Social networks are no longer important