Which of the following is true of physical development during early adulthood?
A) Young adults are at their tallest during early adulthood.
B) Women are normally stronger than men during early adulthood.
C) The immune system suffers due to extreme stress during early adulthood.
D) The skin begins to tighten in early adulthood.
Question 2Which of the following is an example of shape constancy?
A) Recognizing that a door is a rectangle whether closed or ajar
B) Perceiving a ruler to be 12 inches long whether it is two feet or six feet away
C) Being able to see someone by means of peripheral vision
D) Scanning a human face from the edges inward
Question 3Karl is 21 years old. As an emerging adult, which of the following actions taken by him indicates a revolving door existence?
A) Karl was learning to play the guitar but has now decided to learn the saxophone instead.
B) Karl is unable to decide who he likes better, Mindy or Vanessa as his girlfriend.
C) Karl visits his grandparents every Christmas.
D) Karl returns to his father's house each time he runs out of money.
Question 4In a classic study on depth perception, Gibson and Walk placed infants of various ages on a fabric-covered runway that ran across the center of a clever device called a visual cliff. In the study, _____.
A) girls refused to cross the visual cliff but boys crossed it
B) boys crossed the visual cliff faster than girls
C) infants crossed the cliff when their mothers encouraged them to do so
D) eight out of ten crawling infants refused to cross the seemingly unsupported surface of the visual cliff
Question 5Edie is 22 years old. Being an emerging adult, which of the following actions taken by her indicates a revolving door existence?
A) Edie has changed three jobs in the last eight months.
B) Edie decides to share an apartment with her college friends.
C) Edie keeps returning to her parents' home when she is between jobs.
D) Edie stays with her boyfriend.
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