If a client expresses a passive wish to die, this is an example of:
a) Suicidal plan
b) Suicidal intent
c) Suicidal ideation
d) Attention seeking behavior
Q. 2Donna runs a day care center. After many years of hard work, the business has grown and provides a steady income.
Donna's daughter, Elaine, has asked Donna to give her a loan for a down payment on a business of her own. In order to provide this loan, Donna would have to cut expenses at the day care center, including reducing staff by at least two employees. Based on what you know about Elaine, what is her stage of cognitive development according to Schaie's view of adult adjustment?
a. The fifth stage of cognitive development.
b. The acquisition stage.
c. The achieving stage.
d. The executive stage.
Q. 3Which of the following is the best example of fifth-stage thinking?
a. Josh evaluates the assumptions of those who favor and those who oppose the death penalty and finds both arguments unconvincing.
b. Trevor solves a complicated equation in abstract mathematics.
c. Carrie listens with great empathy and concern to her counseling client.
d. Kendra learns about several different religions, finds all of them internally consistent and appealing in some ways.
Q. 4Arnett proposes that the stage of life from age 18 to approximately 25 be called
a. youth.
b. emerging adulthood.
c. early adulthood.
d. young adulthood.
Q. 5Despite the disagreements among theorists about the existence of a fifth stage of cognitive development, nearly all agree that
a. solving real-life problems is easier if a person uses formal operational thinking skills.
b. thinking about adult real-life problems tends to become increasingly relativistic.
c. as people enter adulthood, they apply concrete operational skills to the concrete problems of daily life.
d. memory ability declines as people enter the fifth stage.
Q. 6Which of the following statements is most accurate with regard to the physical skills of young adult athletes?
a. Females reach peak performance earlier than their male counterparts.
b. Males reach peak performance earlier than their female counterparts.
c. Both males and females reach peak performance about the same time.
d. The timing of peak performance is dependent upon practice and not on biology.
Q. 7Studies of brain activity during the early adult years suggest an increased capacity for
a. moral behavior.
b. perceptual acuity.
c. sexual activity.
d. behavioral and emotional control.
Q. 8Insight and judgment are critical information, because they tell us broadly:
a) How capable and ready a client may be for therapy
b) How intelligent they are
c) How often a client thinks about themselves and others
d) None of the above
Q. 9Which of the following descriptions best characterizes the timing of indicators of adulthood in people's lives today?
a. People show some indicators of adult status at earlier ages today while other indicators of adulthood are more delayed.
b. People generally show indicators of adult status at earlier ages today than they did in earlier decades.
c. People show all indicators of adult status at later ages today than they did in earlier decades.
d. There are no differences in the timing of adulthood today compared to earlier decades.
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